2 . It was just a typical morning of an ordinary workday. I was at the _______, on my way to the lab where I was a postdoctoral fellow (博士后研究员). But something began to _______ inside me as I watched the people around me-headphones hanging from their ears, eyes cast down, _______ faces. They looked unhappy. And I realized that I was one of them. Suddenly, I could no longer _______ my work life and booked a one-way ticket to fly home.

Over the years. I had grown more competitive due to the _______ of finishing my Ph.D. Those who could have been partners became competitors I disliked and the effect of this competition was exactly the _______ of what I had hoped for. I began to feel lonely and lost. I became less and less _______ in my scientific work. I hit my _______ point that day at the bus station. I had to end this before it is too late. I emailed my professors, explaining that l had put the _______ first and myself second for too long.

Shortly after I got back home, I started to receive some emails from my workmates — I guessed they expected me to join them again soon. After a few ________ asking how I was, in the emails many expressed their stress of academic life. Vulnerable (脆弱的) researchers were sticking their heads out of their shells (壳), seeking ________. It occurred to me that we all ________ sometimes, and our vulnerability seemed so much alike that I ________ myself from all that had bothered me for days. ________ it can be win-win game, instead of one where one side gains while the other side loses. Working with others and asking for help doesn’t make my contributions ________; it means we can all succeed.

1.

A．store

B．office

C．cafe shop

D．station

2.

A．settle

B．disappear

C．awaken

D．explode

3.

A．uncertain

B．unique

C．unfamiliar

D．unsmiling

4.

A．begin with

B．get rid of

C．proceed with

D．get down to

5.

A．pressure

B．response

C．commitment

D．obligation

6.

A．outcome

B．opposite

C．means

D．alternative

7.

A．responsible

B．anxious

C．tough

D．productive

8.

A．starting

B．breaking

C．ending

D．boiling

9.

A．fame

B．honor

C．partner

D．occupation

10.

A．accounts

B．jokes

C．lines

D．greetings

11.

A．belief

B．assistance

C．hardship

D．answers

12.

A．choked

B．hesitated

C．relaxed

D．suffered

13.

A．protected

B．prevented

C．liberated

D．excused

14.

A．Actually

B．Generally

C．Eventually

D．Fortunately

15.

A．irregular

B．improper

C．illogical

D．insignificant

3 . As a kid growing up in a suburb of London. I loved to go looking for the perfect park bench. Some Sunday mornings, my dad could be persuaded to drive to new parks. We’d have a kick-around with a soccer ball, share a bag of Doritos and check out all the benches in the area, reading the words on them.

The good park bench leaves me in a state, somewhere between nostalgia (怀旧) and eager anticipation. Where once I was excited by the words carved on wood, I now find, as a 10-year-old, that I’m more appreciative of each bench’s quiet stoicism (坦然淡定), the way they are willing to wait out their turn in every weather, remaining available to all-comers. Like a good book or piece of music, a park bench allows for a sense of solitude (独处) and community at the same time, which is crucial to life in a great city.

Part of my obsession with park benches is as spaces where history settles. By planting seeds of curiosity, and making space for reflection, park benches become doors to the past. Maybe that’s the greatest power of the park bench: its capacity encourages the art of observation. A good bench catches us in our quietest, most vulnerable (脆弱的) moments, when we may be open to imagining new narratives and revisiting old ones. Our masks are taken off, hung from the bench’s wrought iron. On other nearby benches, babies are being burped. Glances exchanged. Sandwiches eaten. Newspapers read it .

......

Which aspect of park benches does paragraph 3 focus on?

A．Design.

B．History.

C．Location.

D．Power.

4 . Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money. Strange as it may seem, if you're unsatisfied, the issue is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires — not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don't have enough tastes.

Real riches consist of well-developed and hearty capacities (能力) to enjoy life. Most people are already swamped (淹没) with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much. They live in too big a house with too many rooms, yet their house of life is a hut.

Your house of life ought to be a mansion (豪宅) , a royal palace. Every new taste, every additional interest, every fresh enthusiasm adds a room. Here are several rooms your house of life should have.

Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautiful things. If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them, they would make you as happy as to find plenty of hamburgers and eggs when you're hungry.

Literature, classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment. To gain that love would go toward making you a rich person, for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library.

Music like Mozart's and Bach's shouldn't be absent. Real riches are of the spirit. And when you've brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk, you have increased your thrills and bettered them. And life is a matter of thrills.

Sports, without which you remain poor, mean a lot in life. No matter who you are, you would be more human, and your house of life would be better supported against the bad days, if you could, and did, played a bit.

Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding.

What would be the best title for the passage?

A．House of Life	B．Secret of Wealth
C．Rest and Refreshment	D．Interest and Enthusiasm

6 . 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。

Every corner of the small bedroom was filled with summer heat. Hot air snaked across my chest and made my already labored breathing more difficult. At nearly ten years old, I thought I was too old to have the croup (哮吼). The bad cough told a different story.

Earlier that monring, fever and congestion (鼻塞) had been my greatest enemies. I became mad because of the mix. As the excited voices of my sister and two cousins came upstairs, I squeezed deeper into the soft bed. The closing of the front door, followed by the noise of my uncle’s old car threw me further into disappointment. They went off on an afternoon outing adventure. They were close to nature while I was stuck in bed. AGAIN!

I complained, which only served to fuel my anger. Worn out by the bad cough and the heat, I fell asleep. When I awoke, my grandmother was sitting in a chair next to my bed, peeling peas (剥豌豆皮) into a big pot.

She looked at me and smiled, “Good, Max, you’re awake.” She reached over and pressed my hand against my forehead. “Better. In a few days, you’ll be up and running around.”

“Not soon enough,” I said unhappily.

Her hands stilled for a moment, several peas held in her fingers. “Ah, the trip.”

I hit the bed hard with my fist. “They could have waited. I’m stuck here and they’re off having a good time. Why always me? Why is it me that suffers a lot again and again? It’s not fair.” Tear welled up in my eyes as I spoke.

My grandmother remained silent. Her hands again moved smoothly, continuing to shell peas as if they had a life of their own. When she finally spoke, her voice had an edge to it. “So who told you life was easy and fair?”

注意：
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。
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I looked at my grandmother in surprise and asked, “What do you mean?”

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Then my sister and cousins raced into the house and said, “We got these strawberries for you.”

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7 . The bond between mother and daughter is irreplaceable. One of the most famous women scientists of the 20th century, Marie Curie, worked _______ her daughter Irene in the field of radioactivity（放射性）, each of them _______ earning their own Nobel Prize. Today, there are more _______ mother-and-daughter pairs showing what happens when _______ works together.

In April 2020, Dr. Cynthia Kudji and her daughter Dr. Jasmine Kudji have become the first mother and daughter to _______ from the medical school at the same time and be placed in the same hospital. Cynthia Kudji put her dream of becoming a _______ on hold when she became pregnant at 23. She worked as a nurse for almost a decade _________ making the decision to attend the medical school at the University of Medicine and Health Sciences. _______, her daughter Jasmine attended Louisiana State University School of medicine.

At first, it was _______ for them to live and study so far apart from one another. “I thought initially it was hard because my mom and I had always been really ________ so I had to get used to the ________,” Dr. Jasmine Kudji explains to Afro Tech. Although the experience was difficult, it also had ________ results. “Sometimes people struggle to find someone who ________ their struggles, so for that person to be my mom was extremely helpful,” she adds.

After years apart, both Cynthia and her daughter earned their M. D. degree. Then on “Match Day” when recent med school graduates ________ the results of their residency (高级专科住院生实习期) applications, Cynthia and Jasmine learned that they were ________ in the same hospital.

This pair of mother and daughter proves that family can do anything together.

1.

A．under

B．alongside

C．for

D．around

2.

A．constantly

B．eventually

C．initially

D．occasionally

3.

A．inspiring

B．moving

C．shocking

D．satisfying

4.

A．team

B．community

C．family

D．class

5.

A．escape

B．skip

C．quit

D．graduate

6.

A．nurse

B．doctor

C．student

D．scientist

7.

A．after

B．upon

C．before

D．with

8.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．Afterwards

D．Meanwhile

9.

A．natural

B．difficult

C．boring

D．important

10.

A．close

B．nervous

C．successful

D．confident

11.

A．role

B．distance

C．journey

D．relationship

12.

A．mixed

B．apparent

C．lasting

D．beneficial

13.

A．relates to

B．appeals to

C．adapts to

D．refers to

14.

A．announced

B．cancelled

C．checked

D．promoted

15.

A．rejected

B．ranked

C．praised

D．placed

8 . Climbing, I once thought, was a very manly activity, but as I found my way into this activity, I came to see that something quite different happens on the rock.

Like wild swimming, rock climbing involves you into the landscape. On the rock, I am fully focused. Eyes pay close attention, ears are alert, and hands move across the surface. Unlike walking, where I could happily wander about absent-mindedly, in climbing, attentive observation is essential.

As an arts student studying English literature, I discovered a new type of reading from outdoor climbing. Going out on to the crags (悬崖), I saw how you could learn to read the rocks and develop a vocabulary of physical movements. Good climbers knew how to adjust their bodies on to the stone. Watching them, I wanted to possess that skillful “language”.

My progress happened when I worked for the Caingorms National Park Authority. Guiding my explorations into this strange new landscape was Nan Shepherd, a lady too. Unlike the goal-directed mindset of many mountaineers, she is not concerned with peaks or personal achievement. Shepherd sees the mountain as a total environment and she celebrates the Caingorms as a place alive with plants, rocks, animals and elements. Through her generous spirit and my own curiosity, I saw that rock climbing need not be a process of testing oneself against anything. Rather, the intensity of focus could develop a person into another way of being.

Spending so much time in high and stony places has transformed my view on the world and our place in it. I have come into physical contact with processes that go way beyond the everyday. Working with gravity, geology (地质学), rhythms of weather and deep time, I gain an actual relationship with the earth. This bond lies at the heart of my passion for rock climbing. I return to the rocks, because this is where I feel in contact with our land.

1. Why does the author like rock climbing?

A．It challenges her to compete with men.	B．It allows her a unique attitude toward rock.
C．It teaches her how to possess a new language.	D．It makes her feel connected wth the earth.

2. What does the writer find important in climbing?

A．Balance.	B．Concentration.
C．Determination.	D．Perseverance

3. What does the writer learn from Nan Shepherd?

A．Climbing goes together with nature.	B．Every mountain top is within reach.
C．The best climber is the one having fun.	D．You can not achieve high unless you change.

4. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Time.

B．Transformation.

C．The world.

D．My view.