1 . A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e­mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e­mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e­mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”

The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers (零售商) in the US.

One day, one of his friends asked him for his e­mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e­mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”

1. What did the man do for the test?

A．He sent e­mails.	B．He did the cleaning.
C．He sold computers.	D．He filled in forms.

2. The man ________ after he left Microsoft.

A．went to look for another job

B．asked for food from door to door

C．thought of an idea to make money

D．bought a computer and got an e­mail

3. Why could the man become one of the biggest food retailers in the US?

A．Because he had many friends to help him.

B．Because he was smart and worked very hard.

C．Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

D．Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living.

4. What does the story want to tell us?

A．Computers are very important in our daily life.

B．Everyone can make a lot of money with only $10.

C．The HR manager didn’t find the ability of the man.

D．Nothing in the world is impossible if we work hard.

3 . I couldn’t walk or speak until the age of 6. My brother and sister often made fun of me for being different and slow. My brother found it _________ that I couldn’t remember what the tutor had taught me and would say how _________ I was. Mum had to explain to him that I was different.

She tried to get me enrolled in various _________ Every time, she would explain to my classmates about my _________ so that I wouldn’t be bullied in school. Despite the best _________ of my teachers, I _________ to cope with the pace of the lessons and transferred(转学)from one school to another. I remembered _________ schools at least four times.

My life _________ when I was 10. Mum and I chanced upon a group of _________ with disabilities training in the open field of the nearby university. Mum __________ them and found out they were Special Olympics athletes.

At the time, I was physically __________ I had problems walking and had to hold someone’s hand for __________ . I also had problems with my eyesight. When Mum asked if I could become a Special Olympics athlete, we were __________ surprised that the answer was “yes”. I started simple training every Saturday. Although it was __________ , I never gave up. Neither did my family. Mum had to work on weekends and Grandma helped to ensure I never __________ a single session of training.

After a few months, with the __________ guidance of my coaches, I got stronger. At my regular Special Olympics 25-metre run practice, my grandma __________ me to let go of her hand. When I __________ the finish line, the team went wild. I was so __________ that I gave my grandma a bear hug. I __________ my progress to my coaches, families and friends.

1.

A．exciting

B．new

C．normal

D．strange

2.

A．ambitious

B．modest

C．stupid

D．tense

3.

A．competitions

B．games

C．schools

D．trainings

4.

A．disability

B．fault

C．mistake

D．worry

5.

A．blessings

B．efforts

C．plans

D．wishes

6.

A．began

B．managed

C．refused

D．struggled

7.

A．attending

B．dropping

C．returning

D．switching

8.

A．blew up

B．lifted off

C．turned around

D．went downwards

9.

A．athletes

B．workers

C．students

D．painters

10.

A．approached

B．greeted

C．invited

D．praised

11.

A．addicted

B．ill

C．sensitive

D．weak

12.

A．advice

B．message

C．support

D．warmth

13.

A．barely

B．pleasantly

C．slightly

D．eventually

14.

A．boring

B．difficult

C．timely

D．rewarding

15.

A．designed

B．escaped

C．missed

D．updated

16.

A．detailed

B．general

C．patient

D．practical

17.

A．encouraged

B．allowed

C．requested

D．advised

18.

A．crossed

B．grasped

C．broke

D．touched

19.

A．absorbed

B．delighted

C．relieved

D．tired

20.

A．attach

B．compare

C．devote

D．owe

5 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，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。

In my memory, my grandfather was kind and not good at expressing himself. I never knew that he really thought. He never judged book by its cover and treated people around him equal. When I was in primary school, I sent with him a letter, telling him how much I loved him. He never mentioned that he had received the letter and I never asked. When he passed away, I cleaned out my things. I found the letter hiding in his bedroom. On the back of the letter, he writes: “I’m so glad you love me, my grandson. I love you, either.” At that moment, I was so moved that I burst into tear.

7 . At the mid-May in 2018, the 69 year-old amputee (被截肢者) Xia Boyu finally stood proud on two artificial legs on the peak of Mount Qomolangma, a symbol showcasing to the world the power of_________.

More than 40 years ago, Xia_________ both of his feet to frost bite after lending his sleeping bag to a team member during the trip to climb Mount Qomolangma.

Even though artificial legs were not _________in China at the time, Xia strongly _________ that he would one day fulfill his _________dream and so, before that day came, the best thing to do was to_________ himself by training constantly. Three years later he finally got his new legs, which enabled him to_________his sports career.

However, fate once again took a _________turn when he was in his 40s. In 1993, illness _________ on the stumps(残肢) on his legs, which required another third of his lower legs be amputated. Three years after that, he was diagnosed with lymph cancer.

Over the years, Xia never gave up his dream of climbing Mount Qomolangma. ____________ to his final successful climb in 2018, he had tried four other times to climb to the summit, but each time Lady Luck gave him the ____________.

The last time he ____________ his dream was in 2016. The then 67-year-old was only 94 meters from the summit, but a snow storm ____________ his way. Taking his team members’ ____________ into consideration, Xia made the ____________ decision to go back.

On May14, Xia felt ____________ and a strong sense of fulfillment ____________in him, standing on the peak of the highest mountain in the world.

“The key is to focus on your dreams, instead of the ____________ you encounter along the way. I didn’t regret anything that I had done and accepted everything that life had ____________ me, but I never stopped fighting against ____________,” Xia said, stressing that fulfilling one’s dream has nothing to do with age, disability or the thoughts or expectations of others, but a firm belief in yourself.

1.

A．strength

B．dream

C．confidence

D．mind

2.

A．cost

B．gave

C．lost

D．paid

3.

A．affordable

B．acceptable

C．available

D．reachable

4.

A．confirmed

B．assured

C．hoped

D．believed

5.

A．unfinished

B．unchallenged

C．unsolved

D．untouched

6.

A．pressure

B．present

C．preserve

D．prepare

7.

A．take

B．begin

C．complete

D．continue

8.

A．sudden

B．right

C．dark

D．good

9.

A．existed

B．developed

C．rose

D．stood

10.

A．Previous

B．New

C．Back

D．Similar

11.

A．tough nut

B．red carpet

C．cold shoulder

D．last straw

12.

A．put effort into

B．devoted himself to

C．got close to

D．threw himself into

13.

A．blanketed

B．blocked

C．bathed

D．smoothed

14.

A．honour

B．safety

C．credit

D．struggle

15.

A．final

B．disappointing

C．wise

D．heartbreaking

16.

A．tiredness

B．relief

C．pain

D．loneliness

17.

A．welled up

B．showed up

C．stood up

D．turned up

18.

A．distrust

B．doubt

C．difficulties

D．criticism

19.

A．thrown at

B．provided for

C．arranged for

D．distributed to

20.

A．challenges

B．fear

C．fate

D．disbelief

8 . Jayce Crowder began noticing when he was in kindergarten that he looked different from his classmates. They had two ______. He had one.

It started when one boy ______ at him, said his mother, Cortney Lewis. He returned home with ______: Why am I different? Why me? Why? Lewis ______ she didn’t know what to do at that point. How could she provide answers to her son’s questions when she had never found those ______ herself?

A few weeks later, Lewis came home from her job and turned on the TV to a ______ story about Trashaun Willis, then 14. He had become an Internet hit after ______ videos of his slam dunks (扣篮), and, like Jayce, he was ______ most of his left arm. At the time, it seemed that ______ Trashaun would simply be an ______ moment for Jayce. He’d see a role model with a similar defect (缺陷). Then a family friend ______ the Des Moines Register, asking the newspaper to help set up a ______ with Trashaun to build Jayce’s ______.

The boys met at Washington Middle School a couple of months later and ______ bonded at first sight, because both of them had the same problem. The day was not spent ______ themselves in self-pity — it was ______ fun. Trashaun also told the boy not to let anyone’s ______ shake his confidence.

______ that meeting, Lewis has seen a(n) ______ difference in her son, who is now in second grade. He recently started wrestling and loves it. Lewis points to Trashaun’s ______. As for Trashaun, his relationship with Jayce made him look forward to helping more kids in the future.

1.

A．hands

B．feet

C．legs

D．eyes

2.

A．stared

B．laughed

C．pointed

D．smiled

3.

A．tears

B．questions

C．anger

D．curiosity

4.

A．argues

B．promises

C．regrets

D．admits

5.

A．differences

B．words

C．answers

D．solutions

6.

A．bedtime

B．news

C．fiction

D．adventure

7.

A．seeing

B．making

C．posting

D．shooting

8.

A．cutting

B．hiding

C．injuring

D．missing

9.

A．watching

B．contacting

C．becoming

D．beating

10.

A．exciting

B．essential

C．inspiring

D．influential

11.

A．headed for

B．turned to

C．wrote to

D．called on

12.

A．company

B．system

C．meeting

D．program

13.

A．confidence

B．strength

C．charm

D．courage

14.

A．secretly

B．immediately

C．seriously

D．closely

15.

A．involving

B．enjoying

C．helping

D．abandoning

16.

A．given to

B．meant for

C．chosen for

D．connected with

17.

A．actions

B．stare

C．criticism

D．words

18.

A．Ever since

B．Thanks to

C．Owing to

D．In spite of

19.

A．emotional

B．slight

C．complex

D．obvious

20.

A．phenomenon

B．influence

C．effort

D．success

10 . Over the years, I bought countless pairs of shoes that brightened my mood, picked out dresses that improved my figure, and turned over my credit card for lots of cosmetics that I had hoped would make me look fresher and happier. But all those things failed to bring relief to my pain inside.

But one afternoon in October 2021, I walked out of one store with something more valuable than anything money could buy. I found hope in the unlike liest place after months of hopelessness, thanks to a woman who decided to start a conversation with me in the store’s café.

It had been a painful time for me. Married a little over four years, I had suffered five heartbreaking miscarriages (流产) and, at 42, was slowly accepting the cruel idea that I might never be able to have a child.

On that fateful day, an elegantly dressed, slightly older woman seated beside me offered to share the photos and stories of her daughter to break the silence in the half-empty café. Her Chinese girl was about seven years old.

“She’s pretty,” I said. “But what made you decide to adopt her?” I asked, uncertain whether I had stepped into an area which seemed too personal. “I don’t want work to be my whole life,” she said. I wasn’t sure whether she saw the tears welling up in my eyes as I replied, “I don’t either, but I’m afraid it’s too late!” “I was 51 when I adopted Melanie,” she said, “And it’s the most rewarding and exciting thing I’ve ever done.”

When our checks came, she handed me her business card, and I finally learned her name — and in that minute, I saw a happier and more satisfied myself, a reborn “mother-to-be”.

1. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 1?

A．She cared about her appearance too much.

B．She lacked enough confidence in herself.

C．She failed to buy happiness with money.

D．She liked shopping more than anything else.

2. What did the older woman intend to do when talking with the author?

A．Advise the author to forget her pain.

B．Share her feelings of being an adoptive mother.

C．Show off her beautiful daughter to the author.

D．Advertise the benefits of adopting a Chinese girl.

3. Which of the following best describes the older woman?

A．Inspiring.

B．Patient.

C．Outgoing.

D．Responsible.

4. Why did the author see a happier self after the encounter?

A．She could adopt children because she was still young.

B．The older woman set an example as a good mother.

C．She realized life was more important than work.

D．Her hope of owning a child was built up again.