1 . The other day, I watched the documentary 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, which followed Nirmal Purja as he climbed all 14 mountains with a height of more than 8,000 meters. Having no _________ of mountaineering apart from occasional recreational hikes, I _________ Purja’s courage and perseverance (毅力).

Not long into the programme, however, such feelings began to _________. On a journey Purja called “the mission possible”, he _________ extreme weather conditions and almost lost his life in a 100-metre fall. Whatever the _________ , he pursued the completion of his task.

The documentary _________ Purja’s perseverance, suggesting you can achieve anything as long as you persevere. _________ , the more dead mountaineers Purja passed on the way, the more I began to _________ this message.

Why did an able mountaineer insist upon exposing himself to a(n) _________ situation? Human culture values the completion of tasks. This phenomenon is called “completion bias (偏见)”. While it can be a __________ for people to overcome difficulties, it is important to be aware of its __________. For example, with people trying hard to get things done, many have a natural __________ for focusing on particular tasks. Ultimately, it may prevent us from __________ bigger tasks that really matter.

Therefore, it is always __________ to remember that giving up a task does not necessarily mean failure. The choice to __________ a mission can be a wiser one than pushing through a misguided quest.

1.

A．influence

B．experience

C．expression

D．intention

2.

A．suspected

B．displayed

C．gathered

D．admired

3.

A．recover

B．emerge

C．fade

D．improve

4.

A．fought

B．recorded

C．described

D．forecast

5.

A．purpose

B．cost

C．reason

D．excuse

6.

A．made up for

B．looked out for

C．spoke highly of

D．took pity on

7.

A．However

B．Thus

C．Moreover

D．Otherwise

8.

A．understand

B．memorize

C．mistake

D．question

9.

A．urgent

B．stable

C．ideal

D．dangerous

10.

A．motivator

B．lesson

C．warning

D．promise

11.

A．basic rules

B．side effects

C．potential rewards

D．various levels

12.

A．preference

B．vision

C．talent

D．occasion

13.

A．abandoning

B．assigning

C．tackling

D．evaluating

14.

A．common

B．worthwhile

C．difficult

D．impossible

15.

A．design

B．accomplish

C．establish

D．discontinue

2 . 用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯(每个单词限用一次)

you   work   be   high   though   imagine   price   dream   towards     once

As a child, I would spend hours dreaming about my future. I imagined having a beautiful home. I also    1    of being a teacher, pianist or world traveler. Dreaming encouraged me to set goals and learn new skills like painting, knitting and cooking. When I dreamed, I realized the chances in life    2     endless.

A dream is something that you    3    might happen. Once you have a dream, you can create a goal. A goal is something that you can work    4    in the future. Goals turn dreams into reality.

Perhaps you want to change something about    5    . Maybe you want to lose weight, exercise more every week or earn    6    grades. You may want to read 10 books this year or travel to another country. These are specific goals.

    7    you have a goal, create a strategy that will help you reach that goal. Dreams are free. But goals have a     8    . You must spend time, money and effort to reach them. If you want to learn an instrument, then you must take lessons and practice. It is not always easy, but your hard    9    will pay off.

Finally, don’t give up your goals. At times, you may get discouraged     10    . Work hard and you can reach your goals!

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。

You know how when big things in your life aren’t going well and the little things bother you more? That happened to me last year. Like many people during the pandemic, my husband, Paul, was laid off. I was still working, but my job was only part-time and would likely be ending soon too. I was worried about money, pandemic and our future.

That’s when our mailboxes really started getting to me. I’d never liked our mailboxes much. They stood at the end of our long driveway, far enough away from our house. Fortunately, I didn’t see them often. The mailboxes had already been in rough shape when we moved in and the paint was faded.

At some point, someone had driven into the pole. It was now bent slightly, making the mailboxes bend, pointing in different directions. Still, because the boxes could hold the mail and the mail carrier wasn’t complaining, there really was no need to replace them.

“I wish we could have better mailboxes,” I found myself thinking as I pulled out of the driveway one day on my way to work. It was just a passing thought. I probably would have forgotten all about it if not for the news we got the next morning.

The next day, my neighbor Ailsa told me a girl drove her car right into the mailboxes and completely knocked them down. Ailsa saw the accident and gave her our number and information. “That certainly wasn’t in our budget,” I thought. Though I wanted new mailboxes, getting them would be expensive. With our income decreasing since Paul’s layoff, this was an expense we didn’t need. I sighed.

However, the next day where our old, rusted mailboxes had once stood were two new shiny mailboxes-one black, one white. Each one had large, neat numbers on the sides, the white mailbox with black numbers and the black one with white numbers. They were beautiful. I sat there, feeling surprised.

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1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式作答。
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I opened one of the mailboxes and found a note.

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Paragraph 2:

When we called, the girl’s mother answered.

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4 . I believe almost everyone would like two things from their jobs and careers: success and happiness. They want to do relatively well financially, receive fair recognition for their accomplishments, enjoy their work as much as one can, and become happier as a person as a result. So many people, especially ambitious, hard-working people, simplify them in a logical way: They first seek success and then assume that success will lead to happiness.     1    . Chasing success has costs that can end up lowering happiness.

This is not to say that you have to choose between success and happiness.     2    . But you have to reverse (颠倒) the order of operations: Instead of trying first to get success and hoping it leads to happiness, start by working on your happiness, which will enhance your success.

Whether you are an employee or employer, it is a better investment to increase happiness at work and in life, rather than simply trying to increase measures of success.

    3    . No matter how much you enjoy your work, overwork will become an obstruction (阻碍) to well-being.

Once work quantity is under control, happiness at work requires a sense of meaning and purpose.     4    . Earned success implies a sense of accomplishment and recognition for a job well done, while service to others requires knowledge of the real people who benefit from your work.

Ultimately, although success and happiness are linked, the magic mostly works one-way — and not in the way that most people think.     5    , and may lead you to unhappiness. But working on your happiness. gives you the best chance at getting both.

A．You can obtain both

B．But this reasoning is faulty

C．It’s fairly reasonable to think this way, though

D．Working on your success to get happier is inefficient at best (充其量)

E．The first thing to remember is that happiness requires balance

F．It’s dangerous to pursue success instead of happiness

G．The two key aspects of meaningful work are earned success and service to others

5 . 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

6 . A relative invited me to come and live in his house. With complete _________ in his promises, I loaded all my worldly possessions onto a ship _________ India in November 2001. Everything had gone _________ in the run-up (准备阶段) to the trip. I was confident that this _________ was the next big step I had to take.

When I arrived, he said, “Things have _________. There is no place here for you.”

I was stunned. I was so _________ that I couldn’t speak. Like a frozen statue, I stood perched on the edge of the vast _________, not sure of what to do. The anger _________. I could not go back to England as all my worldly possessions were on their way to India.

In order to live, I submitted articles to magazines in India and, occasionally, they _________ me for them.

Those years of __________ left a permanent impression. I was searching for an appropriate place to __________, but only later did I realize that the movement itself was meant for my __________ development. If I had only stayed in his house, I would never have learned many valuable lessons. One such lesson was that through __________ and commitment to one’s ideals in life, any adverse situation can be __________. I am writing this story from my __________ in India.

1.

A．agreement

B．interest

C．faith

D．curiosity

2.

A．ready for

B．bound for

C．relevant to

D．accessible to

3.

A．secretly

B．constantly

C．frequently

D．smoothly

4.

A．adventure

B．advantage

C．choice

D．application

5.

A．improved

B．failed

C．ended

D．changed

6.

A．touched

B．frightened

C．excited

D．shocked

7.

A．impossible

B．opposite

C．unknown

D．unlimited

8.

A．surfaced

B．disappeared

C．passed

D．melted

9.

A．blamed

B．charged

C．paid

D．thanked

10.

A．exploring

B．wandering

C．frustration

D．contribution

11.

A．settle

B．decorate

C．restore

D．visit

12.

A．logical

B．physical

C．spiritual

D．material

13.

A．expectation

B．perseverance

C．imagination

D．experience

14.

A．saved

B．affected

C．hidden

D．overcome

15.

A．office

B．hotel

C．home

D．company

7 . 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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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。
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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8 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

“You’ll have to be quicker to beat Kendall on Friday,” Coach Dugan said. For weeks, I’d been hearing about how fast he was. I was tired of it. But I stll walked back to the starting line. A good start gives you a half success.

Eric said to me, “I heard that Kendall trains with Olympic coaches.”“What? No way,” I said. Not only that, I heard he cheats and does whatever it takes to win.

“Let’s go, boy,” Coach shouted. I got ready and exploded, driving hard toward the finishing line. I crossed two full steps ahead of everyone else. Coach clicked his stopwatch and nodded.“Better, Alex. But let’s do it again.” I couldn’t get any faster. Besides, Kendall trains with Olympic coaches!“You have to work harder,” Coach Dugan said. Easy for him to say, he wasn’t racing Kerry Kendall.

Then came the day to compete. The infield bustled (忙乱) with kids from every middle school in our district. I sat on the grass, looking for Kendall and preparing for the competition.

“Are you Alex?” a voice asked. I looked up over my shoulder, Kerry Kendal. I nodded. Kendall sat down next to me.“Heard you’re fast,” he said, touching his nose to his knee. I checked him out. His leg muscles (肌肉) looked like he worked out plenty. After a minute, he asked,“Is it true you have a private (私人的) trainer?” I laughed.“Coach Dugan was good, but he was no private trainer. Well, I heard you trained with Olympic coaches.” He was surprised. “You’re kidding, right? I train by running the hills. After practice I run those hills until my legs ache. That sounds like Olympic coaches to you?”

I finally learned the truth that for this competition Kendal had worked hard. Running the hills was tough, but he did it after his regular practices every day. I wonder how those foolish rumors (谣言) started and why I believed them. Seeing Kendall stood in place, I said, “Nice talking to you. Good luck in the dash.” He stopped and turned.“The same to you.” We looked at each other and smiled, and then he started over to join his team.

注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为75左右;
2.续写部分的开头语已为你写好;
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Then the competition began.

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9 . I was never very neat. Later in life I learned to owe this bouts(发作) of _________ to the flip side of my unique gifts and talents. Yet, when I arrived at college, I hadn’t come up with any impressive reasons for my big messes. They just were, and my roommate didn’t seem to _________their contribution to my bright future. I’m not sure why they stuck us together. Kim was extremely organized, who _________everything and each item she owned had its place. Kim and I were_________ each other. She would complain about my dirty clothes, I would complain about Lysol headaches.

It came to a head one fateful October evening. Kim came into the room and had some kind of fit because one of my shoes had _________found its way beneath her bed. I don’t know what was so significant about that shoe but it _________her! She picked it up, tossed it toward my side of the room and managed to knock my lamp onto the floor. The light bulb _________, covering the layer of clothes I had been planning to fold that very night. I leapt off the bed in horror and immediately started yelling about her _________ rudeness.

When the phone rang she picked it up and I could tell right away it wasn’t good news. I knew Kim had a boyfriend back home and I could tell that he was breaking up with her. Though I didn’t _________for it to happen, I could feel the warm feelings of __________rising up in my heart. The experience of losing a boyfriend was giving me a sense of déjà vu (似曾相识).

Therefore,sensing her faint sobbing,I knew I need to make a change.

I __________ with the cluttered room and managed to get everything in place.When I was finally done I went and sat at her bed,awaiting her response.

That day __________our make-up.Her reaction to my unusual __________really hammered my heart,bringing out the tenderness,which became the __________between us.It dawned on me that learning how to be empathetic roommates enabled us to __________ hearty human interactions.

1.

A．distribution

B．disorganization

C．property

D．prosperity

2.

A．appreciate

B．assemble

C．accomplish

D．accelerate

3.

A．reserved

B．highlighted

C．labeled

D．dumped

4.

A．took over

B．tore down

C．fed up with

D．touched off

5.

A．invariably

B．temporarily

C．somewhat

D．somehow

6.

A．annoyed

B．attracted

C．frightened

D．refreshed

7.

A．survived

B．shattered

C．bounced

D．expanded

8.

A．enthusiastic

B．desperate

C．sensible

D．ridiculous

9.

A．point

B．mean

C．get

D．set

10.

A．sympathy

B．discipline

C．regulation

D．substitute

11.

A．corresponded

B．progressed

C．wrestled

D．exploded

12.

A．exposed

B．witnessed

C．fueled

D．spotted

13.

A．apology

B．criterion

C．conflict

D．parade

14.

A．calculator

B．monitor

C．mess-maker

D．ice-breaker

15.

A．dominate

B．integrate

C．facilitate

D．withdraw

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。

“Look at the little dog!” a girl screamed from across the street. “She’s got rain boots!” I smiled and waved. Yes Velma had her own rain boots, her own raincoat both of which matched the leash(拴绳) I was holding and the bow in her hair. I would never have put clothes on any animal I owned, but Velma wasn’t my dog. I’d just offered to walk her this morning when my neighbor Arlene suffered from her seasonal muscle pain.

Velma was adorable. A real sweetie. A shih tzu(西施犬) who weighed no more than five pounds, she looked like a tiny mop running down the street. When Arlene had asked me to walk Velma, I’d been happy to volunteer. I was less pleased when Arlene made me spend 20 minutes dressing her up.

Once outside, I’d expected to walk Velma around the block quickly. But with all the people stopping me every few minutes to comment on the little dog and her clothing, it was taking me forever. It was a relief to get her back home. I had done my good deed and could finally go off to work before I was late.

“Thank you so much,” Arlene said at the door. I turned to go. “So I’ll see you again at noon.”

“Wait, what?”

“That’s when Velma gets her next walk,” Arlene said, as if I’d somehow agreed to a whole daily schedule.

“I’m sorry, but I have to be at work.”

“Oh, I guess we’ll see you at six then.”

“Great.” I said, making my escape. I was a quarter block away before it dawned on me that I’d just agreed to walk her dog again at six! How had I let that happen? Was I that much of a people-pleaser that I automatically did things I really didn’t want to do?

That day was just the beginning. All the next week, Arlene “reminded” me to walk Velma at various times throughout the day. I tried to tell her no, but eventually I’d just get tongue-tied and give in.

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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。
After that terrible week as Velma’s “permanent” dog walker, I couldn’t take it any more.
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“I really appreciate all you did for us,” Arlene said. “Thank you, Linda.”
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