1 . When Chase Bailey was found to have autism (自闭症) at 2, his mother Mary Bailey feared he’d never enjoy a typical life. Indeed, he hasn’t. Occupied with appearances with famous people and hosting his own cooking show, Chase’s life is anything but typical. During the past years, the teenager has cooked noodles with food master Roy Choi and baked cookies for guests at a celebration in Los Angeles.
The days when Chase would eat nothing but pizza, chicken, French fries, and chocolate chip cookies almost seem like a distant memory. For him to go from that to cooking and eating all kinds of different things is pretty astonishing.
After the diagnosis (诊断) of Chase’s disease, friends prepared Mary for the worst: He’d never be able to have a job, never learn to socialize, and never be independent. Like many autistic patients, the sight, smell, feel and taste of almost everything on Chase’s plate tipped him over the edge.
However, when he watched cooking shows with his grandfather, he became addicted to seeing people enjoy what they were eating and started asking to try some of the food on the shows. Two years later, he recorded the first episode (集) of “Chase N Yur Face” with the help of his mother, which they posted on social media. The show quickly caught the attention of autism groups. Chase started reaching out to chefs he admired by email to invite them to tape episodes with him.
In the show which has more than 30 episodes, a confident Chase cooks everything from cupcakes to roasted meats. It has harvested tens of thousands of views. He dreams of one day seeing his show on television and wants to open his own restaurant. He hopes his experience can help others with autism. “Don’t be afraid to be yourself,” he said.
1. How is Chase’s life?| A．It is a typical one. | B．It is full of bitter experiences. |
| C．It is like other autistic kids’. | D．It is beyond his mom’s expectations. |
| A．Food was appealing to Chase. | B．Food on Chase’s plate tasted bad. |
| C．Chase had no appetite for most food. | D．Chase wanted to cook himself. |
| A．From autism groups. | B．From his grandfather. |
| C．From food masters. | D．From cooking programs. |
| A．Food Changed Chase’s Life |
| B．Cooking Is a Treatment for Autism |
| C．A Cooking Show Cures an Autistic Teenager |
| D．Chase Turns Food Fear into Love of Cooking |
2 . About five weeks ago, I noticed the skin of our pet lizard was growing dusty. Later, our lizard emerged (出现) from its tank with its old skin flowing behind it. I didn’t think about it much until a morning last week when I knocked my favorite teapot off the table. It burst into hundreds of pieces. As I swept up the mess, I wondered why we had been breaking so many things over the months.
The destruction started three months ago. It was my husband’s birthday. He had just lost his job. The uncertainty was starting to wear on us, so I wanted to do something special.
“Let’s make a cake for Dad!” I cried. My kids screamed with joy. We baked, iced and sprinkled for most of the day. Candles on the cake! Balloons on the walls! Flowers on the table!
Two hours before my husband came back home from another job interview, my daughter climbed up to grab a glass vase from a high shelf. It fell and crashed beside the cake. Tiny pieces of glass were everywhere. She sobbed loudly as I threw the cake away. My husband had banana pudding for his birthday.
Three days ago, the light in our living room suddenly went out. After several frustrating hours of unsuccessful attempts to fix it, my husband suggested watching the Michael Jordan documentary series The Last Dance.
The poignancy (酸楚) of Jordan retiring from his beloved basketball to play baseball and what had pushed him to make such a tough decision took me by surprise. As I watched him take off his basketball uniform and replace it with a baseball uniform, I saw him leaving behind the layer that no longer served him, just as our lizard had. Neither of them chose the moment that had transformed them. But they had to live with who they were after everything was different. Just like us. I realized that we have to learn to leave the past behind.
Humans do not shed skin (蜕皮) as easily as other animals. The beginning of change is upsetting. The process is tiring. Damage changes us before we are ready. I see our lizard, raw and nearly new.
Jordan said that no matter how it ends, it starts with hope. With our tender, hopeful skin, that is where we begin.
1. Why did the author’s husband have banana pudding for his birthday?| A．The birthday cake was ruined. | B．The author made good puddings. |
| C．Pudding was his favorite dessert. | D．They couldn’t afford a birthday cake. |
| A．To prove a theory. | B．To define a concept. |
| C．To develop the theme. | D．To provide the background. |
| A．Treasure Past Experiences. | B．Move on Whatever Happens. |
| C．Love Helps Us through Hardships. | D．Breaking Things Makes No Difference. |
3 . 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。
When Marco was a boy, he tried everything to get his father’s love and attention. He worked hard to earn good marks; he tried to be obedient (顺从的), he chose inspiring friends and always tried to behave well.
Sensitive and shy, he was so timid (胆怯的) that he always wore turtleneck shirts. He hid behind his hair, which he wore long around his face and ears. To make it worse, Marco was naturally shorter than the other kids. And because his good marks had allowed him to skip second grade — he was younger than everyone else. This added nothing to his already low self-confidence.
When Marco was eight his parents divorced, and Marco was sent to a boarding school. Six years later, he and his young sister Sandra moved in with their dad and his new wife in S-Leonard, a French Canadian and Italian neighborhood on the east side of Montreal, It felt to Marco that his father had little time for him and Sandra. Except for his demands around chores (日常琐事) after school, communication was nonexistent. It seemed to Marco the only time his dad ever spoke to him was to be demanding. He began to fear to come home from school every day.
Marco sank further into his low self-confidence, feeling unappreciated, inadequate, depressed and confused.
One day, his aunt called him. To Marco, this seemed like a miracle. Aunt Ginette usually only called once a year, on his birthday. She said she had just seen some young teenagers participate in a public speaking contest called Gala Personnalite sponsored by Club Optimiste — and she thought about him. She thought he, should give it a try. She told him she firmly believed he could perform on stage like the other kids.
Marco was greatly surprised. Him? Onstage? In a public speaking contest? To agree would be contrary to his entire shy, timid personality. But Aunt Ginette was so confident. She seemed really serious. She was sure it was something he could do. She truly believed in him. And feeling her strong belief, Marco agreed to enter the contest.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
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When the big night arrived, his family were all in the audience.
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4 . I live on Canada’s west coast and my son lives on its east coast. He has visited his mother and me a number of times and we have visited him there with some
Then, one day, there was a knock at the door and when I opened it, in walked my son carrying a pot of flowers. He hadn’t told us he was coming and seeing him was a wonderful
I think that, as parents we tend to think of our children as being young and being in need of
My son left recently for his home and again I was in tears but it was
| A．frequency | B．appointment | C．privilege | D．preference |
| A．fence | B．distance | C．ocean | D．continent |
| A．on our own | B．by ourselves | C．of our own | D．in person |
| A．shock | B．cheat | C．fault | D．pray |
| A．understanding | B．sympathy | C．guidance | D．empathy |
| A．Anyhow | B．Somehow | C．Somewhat | D．Furthermore |
| A．legal | B．pure | C．sudden | D．embarrassing |
| A．encouragement | B．saving | C．mercy | D．support |
| A．maintaining | B．protecting | C．calculating | D．forecasting |
| A．comfortable | B．dynamic | C．elegant | D．harmonious |
| A．calling off | B．putting off | C．taking off | D．setting off |
| A．agenda | B．chaos | C．panic | D．load |
| A．convincing | B．humble | C．competent | D．gentle |
| A．similar | B．related | C．different | D．visible |
| A．relieved | B．released | C．impressed | D．moved |
In 2000, when I was six years old, my parents, sister, and I were coming back from a baseball game. Little did we know that a big surprise was waiting for us in our driveway. We spotted two adult geese and a small gosling. The adults were frightened away by our return, but their baby was still too young to follow. We were no strangers to the ways of wildlife, so we avoided physical contact with the young gosling out of fear that he would stay with us and be lost to his family forever.
Hours passed, and night fell. With it came a deep chill and a fear of watchful predators. The tiny little thing was wandering around our yard, unaware of what could happen. It was clear that he needed protection, warmth, and food to survive until morning. At that point, we knew we had to bring him into our house.
We all slept with one eye open till morning came. And then another morning. Each morning, we would try to drive the goose over to his parents, who kept coming back to our yard. He wouldn’t go to them, though, and they wouldn’t come close enough to claim him. We kept this up for five days, but no luck. The young goose had decided we were his new family, so we had to give him a name, Peeper.
Days turned into weeks, months until almost a year passed. We settled into a routine filled with feathery hugs. One evening, my uncle came. My dad wanted to show him Peeper. He threw Peeper up in the air, but he just flew off. Everyone was sad and worried. We looked for Peeper for days, but he didn’t come back. We hoped he had gone to join a flock of his own kind. Again, days turned into weeks, months, and then years. I missed my little buddy. I would call for him every time I saw a flock of geese in V-formation. Twenty years passed, and Peeper became a fond memory for my family.
注意：
(1)所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；
(2)续写部分分为两段，每段开头语已经给出。
In 2019, an aging adult goose came to my family home.
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After this goose came back repeatedly for two weeks, it became clear to me that this was Peeper.
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6 . Ten years ago I adopted my dog Rudy from a shelter just days before they were going to euthanize(使安乐死)him. We’ve had a special
As a single woman in my 50s, I’ve found his
I was considering taking him to obedience(驯服)school when it suddenly
| A．exercise | B．connection | C．task | D．communication |
| A．company | B．trust | C．support | D．comfort |
| A．abandoned | B．transformed | C．left | D．changed |
| A．happily | B．anxiously | C．desperately | D．impatiently |
| A．respond to | B．try out | C．stick to | D．put off |
| A．hit upon | B．dawned on | C．flooded into | D．poured to |
| A．dropped | B．opened | C．saw | D．felt |
| A．unusual | B．interesting | C．impossible | D．natural |
| A．friend | B．dentist | C．doctor | D．manager |
| A．experiments | B．tests | C．treatment | D．research |
| A．outside | B．inside | C．throat | D．hand |
| A．faster | B．better | C．slower | D．worse |
| A．waited | B．continued | C．refused | D．rejected |
| A．lost | B．fallen | C．failed | D．died |
| A．protected | B．influenced | C．saved | D．guided |
7 . 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 used to be crazy about the hunting season. I could hardly wait for those dry, cold mornings, that cup of hot coffee and then the walk over fresh-fallen snow, a fine rifle (步枪) in my hand.
There’s a thrill in hunting, an excitement that comes over you when a deer crashes out of the bush. You are waiting for him with death. After hunting, you also feel great. There’s the bit of showing off with the boys.
There’s beauty in the woods especially late in the fall. Sometimes you walk among the huge trees, where the sunlight filters through. It’s quiet and big. with touches of white and green and gold. And the silence is like that of a church.
It was like that the last time I was in the woods. I was alone, packing a rifle, a thermos (保温杯) of coffee and three thick sandwiches. I went up into the hills, heading for a well-used deer trail. Sure enough there were fresh tracks in the snow. I turned over a few rocks to clear the snow and settled down behind a little bush. It was pretty cold, but I was dressed for it and didn’t mind.
I sat there for about an hour. It was then that I saw him. A deer, a big beautiful deer! He was off to my left. There was no cover nearer to him than 30 yards. Surely, I couldn’t miss! I waited for him to realize I was there. I waited for him to be shocked and run away. But he fooled me completely. He came towards me! He was curious, I suppose, or maybe he was stupid — how else can you explain it?
He was not quite young. He must have known about men and guns. But he came closer, slowly and purpose fully. His big eyes never moved from my face. Well, that deer walked right up to where I was sitting. Then he stopped and looked at me!
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
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What happened next is hard to believe, but it’s true.
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I picked up my thermos and the wrapping for the sandwiches, and started walking back.
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8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
I walked down the street shortly before ten o’clock and arrived
9 . Six-year-old Harper Gage is already a race car driver and she races in a small car called a go-kart getting started.
In December, Harper took part in the World Karting Association’s national tournament and raced against other kids of her age.
She was sixth out of 17 racers near the end of the race. However, her first season as a racer did not end the way she planned. The motor stopped with only two laps left. “She’s pretty bummed,” Harper’s mother said after the race. “But we are so proud of her.”
Harper started racing go-karts around one year ago. At first, Gage wasn’t sure if her daughter should race. To help, Harper wears hearing aids. But her hearing aids don’t fit under her race helmet, so she races without them. Without the hearing aids, sound is muffled or muted.
Harper doesn’t think hearing loss puts her at a disadvantage. She said having perfect hearing would help, but it was not needed if she used her eyes. “She’s always looking back,” her father said.
Born With Hearing Loss
Harper was 4 months old when she was diagnosed with hearing loss. Ears have three bones that send sound vibrations to the brain. Harper is missing one of those bones in each ear. Her parents were worried at first as they weren’t sure what it would mean for their only child.
Today, Harper wears a hearing device, tiny metal transmitters sit behind her ears. They take the place of the missing bones and send vibrations to the brain.
“I Want To Drive Fast”
Harper would like to be a pro race car driver one day, but for now, she has other plans. When asked about her goals, Harper shyly giggled and said, “I want to drive fast.”
1. Why did Harper feel bummed after her December race?| A．She had to race against older kids. |
| B．She made poor decisions in the race. |
| C．Her go-kart’s motor stopped during the race. |
| D．She only ranked sixth near the end of the race. |
| A．It made her unable to hear other racers. |
| B．The hearing aids did not fit under her helmet. |
| C．The helmet made the hearing aids not work as well. |
| D．It made Harper feel uncomfortable during her racing. |
| A．“She’s always looking back,” her father said. |
| B．Harper started racing go-karts around one year ago. |
| C．She was sixth-out of 17 racers near the end of the race. |
| D．Harper doesn’t think hearing loss puts her at a disadvantage. |
| A．Six-year-old Harper wants to be a professional auto racer. |
| B．Six-year-old Harper races go-karts despite her hearing loss. |
| C．Six-year-old Harper is the youngest racer at national tournaments. |
| D．Six-year-old Harper races go-karts with the support of hearing aid. |
10 . Earlier that evening, my mother called, telling me that my brother died in a car crash. I stumbled (跌跌撞撞地走) around the house
I tried to hold my tears. I
Larry phoned a few friends.
The doorbell rang and I rose slowly for the door. It was Donna.
“I’ve come to clean your shoes,” she said.
Shoes were gathered. Donna
Now whenever I hear of an acquaintance’s loss of a loved one, I think of one
| A．forgetting | B．imagining | C．wondering | D．searching |
| A．damage | B．failure | C．despair | D．mess |
| A．aimlessly | B．helplessly | C．quickly | D．decisively |
| A．hurry | B．decide | C．focus | D．move |
| A．Constantly | B．Fortunately | C．Suddenly | D．Surprisingly |
| A．call for | B．ask for | C．talk about | D．get across |
| A．Touched | B．Shocked | C．Confused | D．Amused |
| A．minutes | B．hours | C．weeks | D．decades |
| A．satisfaction | B．funeral | C．smiles | D．wishes |
| A．laid | B．stood | C．rested | D．settled |
| A．keeping | B．concentrating | C．insisting | D．depending |
| A．thoughts | B．rooms | C．sadness | D．luggage |
| A．got into shape | B．slid into chaos | C．fell into place | D．put into effect |
| A．specific | B．normal | C．challenging | D．perfect |
| A．idea | B．personality | C．identity | D．need -6- |
