1 . 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。

Tomato Changed My Life

Doing things-without being planned was never my strength.

As a 14-year-old, I would refuse to go for walks around the block with my friends if I was the least bit behind in my schoolwork.

Unlike most teenagers, I lived not in my room, but in an unused kitchen upstairs where I spread my books and papers on a large round table. I spent considerable time there, working continuously for hours, and my mother worried. She would try to lure (引诱) me away. “Come and watch the parade!” she would call from downstairs. “All neighbors are out there!” She thought of all kinds of tricks-the swimming pool, ice cream, stray cats and turtles-to remove me from my -studies, but nothing ever worked.

Later, in college, the pattern continued. The library and my college dorm replaced the unused kitchen at home. When spring came along friends would stop by my dorm or peer into my library room to persuade me to play Frisbee on the lawn. “No, I would almost always say.” I have too much to do.

My college study days were gone, but not my need and love for schedules. My friends and sisters tried to keep me away from my plans, but they were hardly ever successful.

This summer, though, while house sitting for my parents, I was persuaded to change my plans in the most unexpected way. The sight of tomatoes growing in my mother’s garden lured me out of my tightly scheduled world. They drew me with the power of a lover’s gaze. Hundreds of them were turning ripe and red by the minute, decorating the garden like decorations on a Christmas tree.

“If I have time, I’ll make tomato sauce (番茄酱).” I told myself. But my long week in the house by myself was already filled with things to do: writing, and finishing a project that I brought home from the office.

Then, watching the fascinating tomatoes continuously falling to the ground in ever-greater numbers, again I mentally argued about all the things I had planned and needed to do.

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Finally, I gave in.
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A month later, my parents came back.
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2 . While enjoying my fresh lunch in a restaurant in Amsterdam, I noticed something odd. Customers coming in for something to eat ignored the person standing behind the counter (柜台), preferring to________through a smart phone.

What was the crazy thing about this? They were just several________apart! In fact, they were so close that the staff member took a quick________at his screen to get a head start on picking the right vegetables—all without any words________. Now, I get it: Modern technology allows us to be more________, but I might be witnessing something deeper: we prefer not to talk to each other anymore.

Think about it for a moment. When was the last time you naturally ______ a conversation with somebody you didn’t know? The chances are that you don’t even________! Likely either you or the other person was “busy” with other things like________with a smartphone. Now, with the________of digital technologies, one can’t help but pay the________for modern efficiency: our ability to talk to strangers.

We shop,________a hotel, or order a taxi, all via an app.________with random strangers is becoming rarer and rarer. Yet there are surprising________of having even a short and simple conversation with strangers. You might learn something________, and beyond doubt, it has the power to enrich your understanding of others and________a special bond in our modern world.

1.

A．talk

B．call

C．order

D．deliver

2.

A．meters

B．millimeters

C．kilometers

D．centimeters

3.

A．chance

B．turn

C．look

D．test

4.

A．spoken

B．written

C．typed

D．mentioned

5.

A．efficient

B．enthusiastic

C．effective

D．energetic

6.

A．ended up

B．engaged in

C．made up

D．went on

7.

A．hear

B．believe

C．remember

D．understand

8.

A．recording

B．studying

C．playing

D．calculating

9.

A．idea

B．aim

C．problem

D．rise

10.

A．cash

B．price

C．debt

D．tax

11.

A．decorate

B．book

C．build

D．repair

12.

A．Contact

B．Work

C．Quarrel

D．Reunion

13.

A．interests

B．benefits

C．disadvantages

D．influences

14.

A．unrealistic

B．unsuitable

C．unreasonable

D．unexpected

15.

A．serves as

B．refers to

C．accounts for

D．consists of

3 . As my kids and I walked around a community garden the other week, I asked them what veggies they could identify. We were in Alberta, where many plants were still in their early stages of growth — I wasn’t optimistic about what the kids would be able to name by leaves alone. However, they called out, “Tomatoes! Potatoes! Carrots!” Their answers made me even prouder than if they’d just explained some knowledge of physics. All the time we’ve spent in our home garden is actually sinking in.

Although I’ve been gardening for years, this year feels different. Spending time in the garden has helped me with my own well-being at a trying time, and it has given me a new way to connect with my kids when I’m running out of steam.

My garden is wild, full of life, and a bit messy. Honestly, the same goes for my kids — and I don’t expect perfection from them either. Unless you’re relying on your yield for money or food, it’s a good idea to have your expectations for gardening as low as possible. My kids say they “love the garden” but “don’t like gardening” — I think they mean they don’t like the chores. If I have some weeding or potting to do, I’ll also have some entertainment for them, which can be as simple as “find these 10 rocks” or “wet this plot with your water gun”.

Involving the kids in every stage of the process can be powerful and fun, even if what you have are just a few containers on a balcony. “Gardening allows us to spend free, unscheduled outdoor time with our kids,” writes journalist and author Shannon Brescher Shea in her book Growing Sustainable Together. “Let your kids lead the way. Invite them to participate in every step, from planting to harvesting, but don’t force it.”

One of the best things about gardens is the food, but frankly, my kids are not going to be pushing greens into their mouths any time soon. Finding uses for garden goods that go beyond food production can spark interest and supply you with some unexpectedly good results.

1. What can the author infer from her kids’ answers?

A．It’s worthwhile to spend time in her garden.

B．It’s great to witness her kids’ academic progress.

C．It’s necessary for kids to know common sense.

D．It’s difficult for kids to learn plants in early stages.

2. What do we know about the author’s garden?

A．It is in a complete mess.	B．It has a rise in output.
C．It has been abandoned for long.	D．It goes as nature takes its course.

3. How does the author attract the kids’ interest in gardening?

A．By giving rewards afterwards.	B．By giving more encouragement.
C．By adding recreational activities.	D．By asking them to have short breaks.

4. What is Shannon’s suggestion on parents’ involving kids in gardening?

A．Teaching kids the power and fun of harvesting.

B．Encouraging kids’ active participation.

C．Allowing kids to observe every step carefully.

D．Setting an example for kids in doing gardening.

4 . All of us ought to be able to brace ourselves for the predictable challenges and setbacks that crop up every day. If we expect that life won’t be perfect,     1     But even if you are strong enough to persist the obstacle course of life and work, sometimes you will encounter an adverse event that will completely knock you on your back.

Whether it’s a financial loss, the loss of respect of your peers or loved ones, or some other traumatic event in your life,     2     You may even wonder if things can ever change for the better again.

Adversity happens to all of us, and it happens all the time.     3     To ignore adversity is to give in to the ultimate self-delusion.

    4     Abraham Lincoln overcomes a difficult child-hood, depression, the death of two sons, and constant ridicule during the Civil War to become arguably one of the greatest president ever. Helen Keller made an impact on the world despite being deaf, dumb, and blind from an early age. Franklin Roosevelt had polio.

There are endless examples.     5    

A．What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

B．we’ll be able to avoid that impulse to quit.

C．these major setbacks leave you doubting yourself.

D．Some are either there or in wait just around the corner.

E．we’ll learn to accept imperfection and compromise with reality.

F．But history is made by people facing hurdles but achieving greatness.

G．People faced adversity bravely, learned valuable lessons and moved ahead.

5 . 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。
注意：1.续写的词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

One day, little Philip spent the morning with his young playmate, Johnny Crane, who lived in a fine house. When Philip returned home, he told Mother Johnny had money in both pockets and he said he could get ever so much more if he wanted it. Mother nodded calmly.

“Why, he has a big popgun, and a watch, and a hobbyhorse, and lots of things.” Philip looked up with an unhappy stare…and the tears sprang to his eyes, “I guess we are very poor, aren’t we?”

“No, indeed, Philip, we are far from being poor. We are just not so rich as Mr. Crane’s family, if that is what you mean.”

“No!” insisted the little fellow, sobbing, “I do think we are very poor! I have scarcely anything –– I mean anything that’s worth money, except things to eat and wear, and I’d have to have them anyway.”

“Have to have them?” Mother echoed, wondering how to reason with him on that point, “Grow up, my son. We have enough to live...”

Just then Uncle Ben looked up from the paper he had been reading: “Philip,” said he, I’m doing experiments about eyes; so, if you will let me have yours, I will give you a dollar apiece for them. I will give you chloroform (三氯甲烷), so it will not hurt you in the least, and you shall have a beautiful glass pair for nothing, to wear in their place. Come, a dollar apiece, cash down! What do you say?”

“Give you my eyes, uncle?” cried Philip, looking wild at the very thought and shaking his head, “No!”

“Well, five, ten.” “Twenty dollars, then.”

Philip shook his head at every offer. “No! I wouldn’t let you have them for a thousand dollars! What could I do without my eyes? I couldn’t see mother, nor the baby, nor the flowers, nor the horses, nor anything,” added Philip, growing angry.

“How about two thousand?” urged Uncle Ben, taking a roll of bank notes out of his pocket.

Para 1:

Philip, however, shouted that he never would do any such thing.

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Para 2:

To all of these offers for his body parts Philip shook his head, refusing to exchange any.

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6 . I’m a mother of three and a psychologist. Recently, I come to understand what makes childhood valuable in its own right.

One day, when I went to get my 7-year-old son from soccer ________, the kid ________ me with a downcast face. The coach had ________ him for not focusing on his soccer drills. He walked out of the school with his head and shoulders ________ down. He seemed wrapped in ________. But just before he reached the car door, he suddenly stopped, crouching (蹲伏) down to ________ something on the sidewalk. His ________ went down lower and lower, and then, with complete joy he called out, “Mum. Come here. This is the ________ bug (虫子) I’ve ever seen. It has, like a million ________. It’s amazing.” He looked up at me, his features overflowing with energy and ________. “Can’t we ________ here for just a minute? I want to find out what he does with all those legs.”

The traditional view of such a moment is that it is ________, or a waste of valuable time. Yet at that moment it suddenly dawned on me that what sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance (无知) but their ________ for joy. Children’s ability to become deeply ________ in something and get great pleasure is what adults spend the rest of their lives ________.

1.

A．appointment

B．display

C．practice

D．experience

2.

A．served

B．greeted

C．witnessed

D．treated

3.

A．envied

B．criticized

C．promoted

D．forgiven

4.

A．hanging

B．settling

C．putting

D．turning

5.

A．shyness

B．weakness

C．loneliness

D．sadness

6.

A．pick up

B．look for

C．stare at

D．bring out

7.

A．ears

B．hands

C．mouth

D．face

8.

A．biggest

B．simplest

C．strangest

D．dullest

9.

A．eyes

B．arms

C．legs

D．feet

10.

A．entertainment

B．delight

C．satisfaction

D．confusion

11.

A．gather

B．play

C．sit

D．stay

12.

A．practical

B．impossible

C．accessible

D．unnecessary

13.

A．capacity

B．respect

C．effort

D．responsibility

14.

A．experienced

B．absorbed

C．rich

D．skillful

15.

A．seeking

B．studying

C．missing

D．denying

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。

In the Game

“I’m gonna play basketball, Daddy.” My daughter, Lauren, whooped, skipping into the room. “There are only eleven girls in Verden, and everybody makes the team.”

High-school sports is the biggest thing that happens in Verden, so I shouldn’t have been surprised when Lauren announced she was going out for the girls’ basketball teams — Lady Tiger. But I was. My wife and I never told Lauren that she was disabled. We didn’t want her to feel different from other children. She has Down syndrome (唐氏综合征).

What if the other girls on the team failed to accept her? What if Lauren spent most of her time on the bench? What if she got injured during the game? What should I say to the coach?

The next afternoon, I parked by the basketball court.

“Hey, Johnny,” Coach Forthythe called. “We’re glad Lauren came out for the team.”

“Well, Mr. Forthythe, you know we don’t expect you to play her in a game. just include her when you can.”

The game arrived the next Sunday. I settled into a seat on the second row with my wife. Moments later, a train of girls chugged out of the locker room. Last in line was Lauren. I stood along with the crowd and clapped. She searched the stands. spotted us and waved broadly.

The game got off to a good start, but soon Verden was behind. I gazed at Lauren, the most excited on the team. She slapped (拍打) her knee when the opponents scored. Her arms moved around in the air each time Verden shot. Even though she wasn’t playing, she looked as if she were having the time of her life. Now, I felt admiration for my daughter. Her team was getting beat, yet she still enjoyed the action.

Just less than two minutes were left, and Verden was down by 17 points. Coach called a time-out. Then boomed the announcer’s voice, “Number thirty-three, Lauren, in for the Lady Tigers.”

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With a slap on her back, Coach sent Lauren running onto the court.

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“Did you see? Dad and Mum. I scored! I made a basket!”

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8 . Some years ago, I was extremely sick. I had already been in hospital without _________ for so long that I became deeply discouraged. Day after day, the doctors would _________ in my room, bringing bad news. It seemed like life would be over.

That afternoon, a volunteer came into my room with a _________. We made small talks. I told him how _________ I was for some time. He said, “I’ve come today to tell you that you are not to lose hope.” He set the container filled with snacks on my bedside table before leaving.

For the first time, I fell into a sound sleep. When I _________, I thought I had had a great dream. Then I saw the container. I _________ that it was all real.

After my visitor came, something _________ inside me. The same doctors came in with the same _________ news each day, but it no longer _________ me the same way. I had not been given new __________, but I had been given hope, and it was the most __________ medicine of all. Eventually, I __________.

It has been many years now, but I still __________ that snack container. It is a permanent __________ through all the challenges of life to never give up. The snacks are long gone, but the container is not empty. It is filled with __________.

1.

A．doctors

B．roommates

C．assistants

D．visitors

2.

A．work out

B．stay up

C．show up

D．stand out

3.

A．container

B．letter

C．bill

D．parcel

4.

A．grateful

B．desperate

C．curious

D．guilty

5.

A．rested

B．escaped

C．awoke

D．survived

6.

A．admitted

B．predicted

C．expected

D．realized

7.

A．stayed

B．changed

C．occurred

D．faded

8.

A．false

B．local

C．awful

D．joyful

9.

A．ignored

B．benefited

C．restricted

D．affected

10.

A．medicine

B．information

C．opportunities

D．diseases

11.

A．natural

B．powerful

C．complex

D．creative

12.

A．returned

B．accepted

C．recovered

D．continued

13.

A．seek

B．pack

C．share

D．keep

14.

A．reward

B．reminder

C．device

D．shame

15.

A．hope

B．gifts

C．challenges

D．money

9 . Owen was born just as Hurricane Katrina _________ the Gulf Coast. Days later, Owen became _________ ill. Those weeks taught me something about the _________ of strangers.

All disasters are personal. Some in the Gull Coast sought their families who had survived. Some sought to _________ others. At the hospital, we watched our son Owen sleep. Despite the tubes dripping. he still slept his baby sleep. I _________ the doctor, who held the CAT scan up to the light and searched for answers. No one can know what you will feel in a time of need, but I learned that in this _________ time, the people our family depended upon most were people we had never _________.

We depended upon the doctors, clerks and ambulance drivers who knew their _________ was to help others. We depended upon the nurses who _________ our son all through the night. We depended upon the hotel that gave us a place to __________ near the hospital. We depended upon those strangers who made a __________ to helping others.

This commitment is a(n) __________ that holds us together in hard times. By the time we took Owen home, the worse effects of Hurricane Katrina were __________. I watched the images from the Gulf Coast, images of communities, lives and families whose essential parts had been __________.

I thought of the web of strangers that had helped my family. I can only hope this web will be __________ enough, so that it will hold and care for many and we can all depend upon the kindness of strangers.

1.

A．destroyed

B．left

C．approached

D．rounded

2.

A．immediately

B．seriously

C．firmly

D．eventually

3.

A．kindness

B．courage

C．wisdom

D．humor

4.

A．treat

B．reward

C．please

D．help

5.

A．answered for

B．accounted for

C．turned to

D．stood for

6.

A．tough

B．flexible

C．fruitful

D．relaxing

7.

A．evaluated

B．promised

C．encountered

D．missed

8.

A．preference

B．talent

C．shelter

D．duty

9.

A．fed

B．attended

C．taught

D．blamed

10.

A．stay

B．work

C．decorate

D．visit

11.

A．path

B．schedule

C．dream

D．commitment

12.

A．trick

B．web

C．switch

D．alternative

13.

A．evident

B．predictable

C．hidden

D．tiny

14.

A．replaced

B．managed

C．ruined

D．fixed

15.

A．shallow

B．strong

C．gentle

D．complex

10 . I used to have a “dream job”. At least, that’s how many people saw it. It was a highly desirable government position that included a guaranteed retirement and a lifetime medical plan. It was also nearly impossible to get fired.

But I was miserable every day. As soon as I clocked into work, all my energy—and in turn, all my desire for life—faded away.

Instead, I thought about my side business. For a few years, I’d been running an auto shop in my home garage. I specialized in repairing and modifying classic cars. At one point, I hung up a print (照片) of my favorite automotive shop as a source of inspiration. I knew the owner’s story well: He has a tight work schedule, but his work ethic, artistry, and authenticity never falter(衰退).

In 2019, one of my clients offered me an actual industrial space to run my shop. I was nervous to say yes. Could I really expand my business and keep my government job? Was it wise to give up something with so much security?

Then it dawned on me: The “dream job” had a guaranteed retirement plan for people who work there for 30 years—but after 30 year, would elderly me look back and regret not seizing the opportunity to do things on my own terms? I had my answer.

In 2020, I left the dream job to run my business full time. In 2021, I somehow kept the business afloat, and we moved into a shop that’s double the size. That’s when I realized that my print was still hanging up back at my “first” garage. I thought about how much that print meant to me back then, and how it deserved a place of prominence(杰出) at my new location.

It is now proudly displayed in my humble shop, along with a banner given to me by the owner of the store that I like. It serves as a reminder to hold myself to the same ethos as he—tireless work ethic, ever-evolving artistry, and genuine authenticity. Frankly, this path has not been easy. Since starting my own business, never in my life have I been so tired, frustrated, or anxious. But I live on my own terms and love every second of life.

1. How did the author probably feel about his “dream job”?

A．Fairly painful.	B．Rather busy.
C．A bit regretful.	D．Very enjoyable.

2. Why did the author mention his favorite automotive shop owner in Paragraph 3?

A．He helped the author expand his shop.

B．He encouraged the author to work hard.

C．He always worked according to his schedule.

D．He was an inspiration for the author to own a shop.

3. What did the author mean by his answer?

A．He would refuse to accept the owner’s offer.

B．He would give up his dream job in the end.

C．He would value the print offered by the owner.

D．He would keep a strong desire for his dream job.

4. What message does the author seem to convey in the text?

A．All hard work will pay off.

B．We should respect our heart.

C．There is no shortcut to success.

D．Opportunity is for the prepared.