1 . The other day,Jenny and I went to a cookbook launch party at our friend Odette’s apartment. We stood in her_________and drank Prosecco. While eating pasta salad, we chatted about work and fantasy vacations to Italy. After a couple of hours, it was time for me to head_________for the boys’ bedtime,so I turned to Jenny.“Okay, let’s_________behind the kitchen is-land,”I said, noting Odette’s position on the other side of the room.

Jenny looked at me in_________.“But we have to say goodbye.”

Oh, right! I_________that not everyone ghosts after parties. Meanwhile, I’ve been happily ghosting for the past_________.It started 10 years ago,when my husband Alex and I_________a big holiday party. Fifty friends squeezed into our tiny apartment, and everyone was having a_________ time until something started happening.

For the entire second half of the party,friends kept coming up to say goodbye and_________ us a happy rest-of-the-weekend. It just felt like a mass leave because we were consumed with saying goodbye to every__________person who was heading home. It felt like the__________was already over. The next morning, Alex and I made a decision: We would never say goodbye to the   __________of parties. We would__________slip out the door.

Goodbyes are, by their very nature, at least a mild disappointment. So I__________people to leave parties without saying goodbye. What if your friends wonder where you’ve gone?They probably won’t even__________that you’ve left.

1.

A．hall

B．kitchen

C．bedroom

D．garden

2.

A．outside

B．sideways

C．home

D．away

3.

A．slip out

B．hide in

C．set off

D．go up

4.

A．hope

B．trust

C．anger

D．puzzlement

5.

A．informed

B．convinced

C．forgot

D．decided

6.

A．decade

B．year

C．century

D．month

7.

A．witnessed

B．supplied

C．attended

D．threw

8.

A．humorous

B．great

C．miserable

D．busy

9.

A．promise

B．show

C．wish

D．owe

10.

A．single

B．devoted

C．lonely

D．healthy

11.

A．life

B．party

C．game

D．world

12.

A．owners

B．attendants

C．guests

D．hosts

13.

A．simply

B．frequently

C．smoothly

D．excitedly

14.

A．assist

B．command

C．encourage

D．require

15.

A．ignore

B．mind

C．remember

D．notice

2 . 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。

As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents in Texas, which was a welcome change from my Huston life of school and I loved it.

One of the best parts of spending summers with my grandparents was caravanning(乘房车度假)with the caravan club. Every few summers, we would join the trips organized by the caravan club and it was during one of these trips that my grandfather said to me the right words at the right time—it’s much harder to be kind than clever.

I wasn’t very old, maybe ten or eleven, but I was forming my opinions about the world, and of course, I thought I knew much more about things than I actually did.

I was then, as I am now, a big reader and a crazy fan for numbers. Anyone who has been on a long road trip knows that no matter how many books you bring, how beautiful the scenery is, you still have too much time to think. So I spent a good deal of my extra time calculating. I calculated gas mileage. I figured out the average per-item price of groceries bought over the course of the trip. And at some point, I saw an anti-smoking ad on TV. The announcer declared that every time a smoker took a puff of a cigarette(抽一口烟). he was shortening his life time by two minutes. My grandmother was a smoker. I hated it, and not just because I knew that it was bad for her. My guess is that any kid who rides for thousands of miles sitting in the smoke-filled backseat of a 1973 Olds car grows to hate smoking. So on one particularly long driving day, I decided to do the math.

I don’t remember exactly what the number was. Two minutes per puff, twenty puffs per cigarette, twenty cigarettes per pack, one pack a day for thirty years. About sixteen years? When I was satisfied that I had come up with a reasonably accurate number, I poked my head between the two front seats and tapped my grandmother on the shoulder.

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1. 续写词数应为150左右:
2. 请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。

I told grandma that she had taken sixteen years off her life from smoking.

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My grandpa got out of the car and asked me to follow.

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3 . For years, people had been warned that New Orleans was vulnerable (脆弱的). The FEMA had stated that a hurricane hitting the city would be one of the deadliest disasters in the history of U.S. But then, in September 2004, New Orleans had been spared by Hurricane Ivan. However, it had provided the city with a clear warning. It had showed the need to prepare for the next hurricane. But the authorities did not act quickly or decisively enough. Eleven months later, Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city.

In 2003, the Harvard Business Review published an article titled Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming. The authors, Max Bazerman and Michael Watkins, argued that while the world is changeable, unpredictability is often not the problem. The problem is that we still fail to act, even if faced with clear risks. Psychologists describe this inaction as normalcy bias (偏见). In the face of disaster, people have often been slow to recognize the danger and do nothing until it is too late.

Part of the problem may simply be that we get our clues from others. In a famous experiment conducted in the late 1960s, psychologists filled smoke into a room in which the participants were filling in a questionnaire. When the subject was sitting alone, he or she tended to note the smoke and calmly leave to report it. But when in a group of three, they were much less likely to react: each person remained passive, ensured by the passivity of the others.

Another cognitive (认知的) shortcut is optimism bias. In an experiment, psychologists Neil Weinstein asked more than 250 students to predict pleasant future such as good jobs and clear risks such as an early heart attack. To their surprise, the students felt that good things were likely to happen to themselves, while unpleasant things waited for other students, although they didn’t have any evidence to support that idea.

1. What contributed to the destruction of the city when the hurricane came?

A．Absence of warnings.	B．Inaction of the authorities.
C．Shortage of supplies.	D．Unpredictability of the disaster.

2. Which of the following action can be described as normalcy bias?

A．People didn’t go to hospital due to the confidence in physical condition.

B．Americans followed others to buy toilet paper crazily during the pandemic.

C．Few people got prepared for the pandemic at first because others didn’t do so.

D．Residents in New Orleans worked together to build shelters facing a hurricane.

3. How does the author introduce the two cognitive shortcuts?

A．By telling stories.	B．By listing facts.
C．By making definition.	D．By giving examples.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Are Disasters Predictable?

B．Are We Ready for the Next Disaster?

C．Why Do We Fail to Prepare for Disasters?

D．What Is the Common Bias in Face of Disasters?

4 . 阅读下面的材料，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。

Cathy, my mom, whose pet phrase (口头禅) was “Never give up”, was our family’s beacon of positivity. It was not a title she earmed without concerted (一致的) effort, however. When she was only thirty years old, her husband was killed in a car accident and she was left to raise me alone.

My mom could have lived under a black cloud. Instead, she challenged herself to find joy every day. Leading by example, Mom taught me just how much one could accomplish with a positive attitude. She has taken the same approach in her relationship with her grandchildren-Max and Charley.

One hot summer afternoon, my mom and her two grandsons, having spent two hours building sand castles and collecting sea shells on the beach, sank into their beach chairs to have a rest. How they longed for delicious ice cream to cool themselves, especially the two kids!

Suddenly, my mom heard the familiar loud clang (叮当声) of the ice-cream man’s bell from her beach chair. She turned quickly and saw him briefly, spotting his distinctive green shirt and catching the gleam of his waving bell before he turned and disappeared over the dunes (沙丘).

Happily, the ice-cream man’s visit was a daily occurrence at the beach, although the lag time between the sound of his bell and the departure of his truck was not long. One must be quick enough to catch him to buy the ice cream.

Max and Charley were in great disappointment when they didn’t catch him in time that day because they really wanted to have a taste of those cool ice-creams. That was until my mom’s eyes sparkled and she said to the kids, “Never give up!” She explained to the kids that the truck might be gone, but they should be able to catch him up at its next stop. And the kids agreed immediately.

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2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1: So Max and Charley, accompanied by my mom, began their mission.
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Paragraph 2: Max and Charley, encouraged by my mom, ran another three blocks.
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5 . Sinking onto the sofa in my living room on a Friday evening, I was emotionally worn out from a busy workweek and eager to find a temporary _________. Nearby, my 3-year-old son was playing with a toy train, so _________ in the play that he didn’t even notice me.

Then I made a surprising _________. Though exhausted, I was flooded with a sense of deep satisfaction. I felt extremely _________ watching him swing his body to ride the train through imaginary hills and valleys. His loud “choo-choo” sounded like a comforting tune. I dared not make the slightest sound or motion that would _________ this joyful moment.

Upon reflection, I _________ something: No amount of money or success could _________ this experience. Professional milestones such as earning a medical degree paled in comparison to the _________ I was feeling now. It will not contribute to my professional achievements. Nor will it _________ me any praise from colleagues. But it has __________ my life in a significant way. I did not have to work for it. All I had to do was __________ and be present, like my son who was focused on his train game and __________ showing me how to be in the here and now.

Our daily lives are hidden with countless __________ to find satisfaction. It may be the sound of birds on a sunny morning or __________ a few minutes of silence at the end of a busy day. The key is to __________ the moment and take it in.

1.

A．reward

B．duty

C．satisfaction

D．solution

2.

A．talented

B．absorbed

C．restricted

D．stressed

3.

A．announcement

B．victory

C．decision

D．discovery

4.

A．delighted

B．pressed

C．frustrated

D．astonished

5.

A．disturb

B．capture

C．extend

D．avoid

6.

A．remembered

B．realized

C．repeated

D．requested

7.

A．describe

B．enrich

C．equal

D．promote

8.

A．kindness

B．generosity

C．energy

D．joy

9.

A．buy

B．cost

C．earn

D．hand

10.

A．attracted

B．affected

C．risked

D．ruined

11.

A．slow down

B．calm down

C．catch on

D．move on

12.

A．undoubtedly

B．unknowingly

C．unnecessarily

D．unconditionally

13.

A．presents

B．arrangements

C．opportunities

D．instructions

14.

A．filling

B．breaking

C．noticing

D．enjoying

15.

A．seize

B．share

C．define

D．choose

6 . When I was a lite boy, I was playing with my friends in the attic (阁楼) of an old, abandoned log house. As I climbed down out of the attic, I _______my feet on a window sill (商台) for a moment — and then jumped. I had a ring on my left index finger, and as I jumped, the ring caught on a nailhead and________my finger.

I screamed. I was terrified. I was _______I was going to die. But after the hand _______I never worried about it for one split second. What would have been the________? I accepted the inevitable (必然发生的事).

Now I often go for a month at a time without even thinking about the fact that I have only three fingers and a thumb on my left hand.

A few years ago, I met a man who was________a freight (货物) elevator in one of the downtown office buildings in New York. I________that his left hand had been cut off at the wrist. I asked him if the _______of that hand bothered him. He said, “Oh, no, _______ever think about it. I am not married; the only time I ever think about it is when I try to thread a needle."

It is _______how quickly we can accept almost any situation — if we have to — and _______ourselves to it and forget about it.

I often think of an inscription (碑文) on the ruins of a fifteenth-century church in Amsterdam, Holland. “It is so. It cannot be _______.”

As you and I _______across the decades of time, we are going to meet a lot of ________situations that are so. We have our choice. We can either accept them as inevitable, or we can ruin our lives with rebellion (反抗) and maybe end up with a nervous ______.

1.

A．struggled

B．rested

C．lay

D．squeezed

2.

A．took down

B．knocked down

C．tore off

D．dropped off

3.

A．positive

B．conscious

C．confused

D．informed

4.

A．suffered

B．stretched

C．remained

D．healed

5.

A．case

B．use

C．bond

D．harm

6.

A．running

B．opening

C．handling

D．balancing

7.

A．examined

B．spotted

C．clarified

D．doubted

8.

A．pain

B．shape

C．loss

D．situation

9.

A．hardly

B．merely

C．really

D．nearly

10.

A．astonishing

B．confusing

C．annoying

D．worrying

11.

A．abandon

B．devote

C．adjust

D．admit

12.

A．though

B．otherwise

C．either

D．yet

13.

A．jump

B．come

C．get

D．march

14.

A．exciting

B．fascinating

C．unpleasant

D．uncertain

15.

A．breakdown

B．breakaway

C．breakthrough

D．outbreak

7 . It was a regular school day, and the air was filled with the usual sounds of chatter and laughter as students prepared for their lessons. Little did I know that this day would soon take a ________ turn, making it an unforgettable day.

As the bell rang, signaling the beginning of our English class, we entered the classroom, completely ________ of the coming danger. The teacher began the lesson, and we were really ________ our literature lesson when, out of nowhere, a loud fire alarm ________ everything.

Panic spread as we understood how ________ it was. Smoke filled the hallway, and a sharp burning smell hung in the air. The neat classroom turned into a mess as everyone ________ to the door, trying to get away from the coming danger.

In all the chaos, I noticed my ________ Sarah looking obviously scared by her desk. I quickly ________ she needed help. Without hesitation, I rushed over, took her shaky hand, and told everyone to stay calm. We went through the thickening smoke together, and each ________ felt like a really long time.

As we reached the door, it felt hotter, and we knew we had to hurry. With hearts ________, we hurried into the playground where teachers and students were making sure everyone stayed sate.

Outside, we took a moment to catch our breath, ________ by the loud sounds of approaching fire trucks. Seeing parts of the building on fire, a sense of ________ washed over us, knowing that we had made it out unharmed.

After everything happened, I couldn’t help but reflect on the events of that day. ________ it taught me it’s important to stay calm when things get ________ and how helping others during hard times matters. It was a day when ordinary students became unlikely heroes, bound together by the shared ________ to overcome the unexpected challenges.

1.

A．classic

B．dramatic

C．powerful

D．graceful

2.

A．independent

B．tolerant

C．fluent

D．unaware

3.

A．into

B．onto

C．behind

D．against

4.

A．destroyed

B．interrupted

C．buried

D．sheltered

5.

A．formal

B．unique

C．severe

D．awkward

6.

A．hurried

B．delivered

C．jogged

D．hesitated

7.

A．sister

B．mother

C．classmate

D．teammate

8.

A．protested

B．reminded

C．stressed

D．realized

9.

A．flight

B．step

C．wave

D．foot

10.

A．racing

B．debating

C．suffering

D．begging

11.

A．greeted

B．conducted

C．surrounded

D．attracted

12.

A．stress

B．sadness

C．confidence

D．relief

13.

A．Breaking through

B．Going through

C．Making out

D．Working out

14.

A．tough

B．plain

C．various

D．specific

15.

A．contribution

B．ambition

C．determination

D．addiction

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。

The idea of helping people comes naturally to most of us. If we see a blind person getting off     1     bus, we watch to make sure that he is in no danger of     2     (fall).     3    , there are many people who have nobody near to see their need for help even when the need is known. The old, the handicapped (disabled), and the homeless — these are the people for     4     help may not come, because nobody sees. Organizations exist which try to make sure that someone sees when help     5     (need) and does something about it. Volunteers give up a little of their spare time     6     (lend) a hand.

If you wish to take part in this worthwhile activity, think of the people most in need of help and the ways in which help can be given. Old people cannot always redecorate     7     (they) homes. Household repairs, cleaning, preparing food or taking care of the garden may all prove difficult. Elderly people with failing eyesight are     8     (delight) if a friend comes in to read or to write letters for them.

People confined to wheelchairs cannot go out     9     somebody takes them. Blind children may love swimming but they need a sighted     10     (swim) to go with them.

What do you do if you want to help?

9 . When I entered high school, there were many things that worried me. I felt homesick and couldn't study well, which resulted in low marks as well as self-esteem (自尊心). I didn't know what to do, so I just followed others.

One day, all students were called to the school playground. We were asked to meet an education expert for personality development. All of us were waiting for him when we saw a thin man and the headmaster. He looked confident, with a smile on his face. He introduced himself to us and started his work. Most of it was interactive (互动的)lessons with students. Then he said," Now I need 20 students. Who want to take a talent(才能)test and consider them to be the best in the world ?" We all wanted to attend, so all of us raised our hands in unison.

He chose 20 among us and gave them a question paper and said, "There are 10 questions on the paper, and the quickest person to answer it will be the winner! When finishing it, write your name on the paper and give it to me." When he said "Start", all the students wrote quickly. Between their funny actions and our loud laughter, somehow the competition was over. At last, he told us the name of the winner--NOBODY. We were all surprised, and silence fell upon us. He said between the first introduction and the first question, there was another line which said ,"Read all the questions carefully, and answer ONLY THE 10TH QUESTION."

Needless to say (不用说) all the students were awkward.

After a few minutes, he spoke at last and told us to keep careful and have creativity in life. He got all our attention; he is none other than Dr Tyler Ralph, one of the most famous experts in American education.

1. What does the underlined part "in unison" in Paragraph 2 mean ?

A．Following others slowly.

B．Doing something doubtfully.

C．Having no purpose or thought.

D．Doing something at the same time.

2. Why was there no winner among those 20 students ?

A．Because the questions were difficult.

B．Because none of them was a talent.

C．Because they were all too careless

D．Because the test time was too short.

3. What does Dr Tyler Ralph think the student should be________.

A．energetic and thoughtful

B．careful and creative

C．confident and active

D．brave and honest

10 . Eight years ago, I determined to start my first job — training horses in different countries. Now here I am, my connection with horses have taught me a lot. Let me share two ________ with you.

We can manage ________ through cultural sharing connection. Horse riding is the only sport in the Olympics where men and women ________ equally. In India, as the only woman ________ in the riding club, I had to teach some uneducated males who had a ________ understanding of horsemanship. People believe horse riding is a man’s sport. As a woman, I had to ________ my right. I often trained difficult to ride horses as well as ________ the entire riding club. I worked hard, eventually ________ over those men, who were eager to learn horsemanship training techniques.

The second lesson is that we are never too old to learn. Riding can be learned at any ________. My husband, Christian, had never ridden a horse before but had always ________ it. When moving to England, we invested in a young horse named Lilly, as a ________ project. At the age of 30, my husband started to learn horse riding, and now, the two can’t be ________. Lilly follows him everywhere. Christian finally realized his dream.

I never realized how many doors of ________ horses would open up for me. Because of horses, I ________ the world, I help others, and I’ve watched them heal souls and ________ with people.

1.

A．results

B．stories

C．lessons

D．rides

2.

A．skill

B．equality

C．approach

D．management

3.

A．compete

B．battle

C．learn

D．work

4.

A．exercising

B．surviving

C．involving

D．working

5.

A．deep

B．proper

C．limited

D．sufficient

6.

A．fight for

B．give up

C．carry out

D．argue against

7.

A．owned

B．ran

C．started

D．formed

8.

A．took

B．turned

C．got

D．won

9.

A．country

B．place

C．setting

D．age

10.

A．dreamed of

B．objected to

C．participated in

D．cared for

11.

A．race

B．training

C．team

D．presentation

12.

A．separated

B．connected

C．combined

D．defended

13.

A．study

B．idea

C．hope

D．opportunity

14.

A．transform

B．influence

C．travel

D．shape

15.

A．cooperate

B．struggle

C．bond

D．talk