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。

In a quiet suburb, there lived a high school student named Liam. He was the son of two chemistry. Naturally, everyone thought Liam would follow in his parents’ footsteps and chemistry. Naturally, everyone thought Liam would follow in his parents’ footsteps and pursue (致力于) a career in science and become a scientist. However, Liam’s heart was to put into something entirely different—he was passionate about literature and writing.

Each morning, Liam would wake up to hear his parents discuss the latest scientific discoveries and development over breakfast. One particular morning, Liam was upset, as the task of selecting his high school courses weighed heavily on him. He knew his parents would expect him to fill his schedule with science and math classes and engage in work related to science. At breakfast, Liam’s mother noticed his sadness and asked, “Is everything alright, Liam?” Liam hesitated (犹豫) but then replied, “I’m just thinking about my course selection for next semester.” His father cut in, “You should consider more science courses. They will prepare you for a great career in science, just like us.”

Throughout the day, the thought of disappointing his parents troubled Liam. He loved and respected them but felt hesitated between their expectations and his own ambition. That afternoon, Liam met his best friend, Sam, at their favorite cafe. “Liam, you seem worried. What’s on your mind?” Sam asked. Liam admitted, “I’m struggling with course selection. My parents want me to focus on science, but I really want to take more literature and writing classes.” Sam listened carefully and comforted him, “Liam, it’s important to follow your passion. Maybe you should talk to your parents about what you really want. They might be more understanding than you think.”

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Encouraged by Sam’s words, Liam decided to have an honest conversation with his parents that night.

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Liam’s parents listened intently, their expressions softening as they began to understand the depth of his passion.

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2 . My father never kept anything for nostalgia (怀旧)—except once.

As the only sports fan in our family, I usually listened to Yankee games on the radio, dreaming of watching my heroes in person at Yankee Stadium (体育馆).

One winter, my father surprised me by suggesting we save up to go to Yankee Stadium.

I immediately washed out a jar (罐子) and stuck a label: YANKEE STADIUM FUND, 1960.

We contributed to the jar weekly, and by midsummer it was filled with money. By the end of August, however, we still hadn’t gone to a game because my father had had to work every Saturday and even some Sundays.

With only two weekends left in the season, I began to lose hope. He comforted me, “Well, don’t worry, Edwin. Things are sure to slow down and we’ll have a free Saturday.”

On the morning of the last game, I sat waiting hopelessly with no sign of my father when the door crashed open and my father yelled, “I’ve got tickets. We’re going!”

I could hardly breathe when we finally sat together, father and son, watching my New York Yankees. I sat cheering, but for my father it must have been a long afternoon trying to follow a game he didn’t understand. Several times I turned to look at him, All I could see was a face lined with tiredness from working all Saturday morning after working all week.

After the game, we kept saving money and went to two more games together.

On the second day of 1963, my father died suddenly while working. I threw away the jar.

After the funeral (葬礼), our house was filled with neighbours and relatives, but I didn’t want to talk to anybody. I walked upstairs to my parents’ bedroom, hoping, I suppose, to find some comfort from seeing what was his. As I looked through my father’s prayer (祈祷) book, something fell out. I picked it up. It was a yellowed ticket, which read, October 1, 1960, YANKEE STADIUM. My father, who saved nothing for nostalgia (怀旧) reasons, had decided to keep this, a memory of our afternoon at the ballpark. Carefully, I placed the ticket back into his prayer book, and slowly walked downstairs to begin the rest of my life without him.

1. The writer’s father kept the ticket to ________.

A．remind his son of his love after his death

B．use it just as a bookmark in his prayer book

C．keep a memory of the special moment with his son

D．show off to his friends that he went to a baseball game

2. How did the writer feel before and after he saw the yellowed ticket?

A．Empty→Encouraged.	B．Sad→Serious.
C．Scared→Calm.	D．Lonely→Excited.

3. What can we infer from the passage about the father?

A．He was excited every time at the stadium.

B．He began to keep old things after the game.

C．He didn’t have enough money until the last game.

D．He worked long hours to support his family.

4. What does the underlined word “yelled” mean in Paragraph 7?

A．Worried.

B．Shouted.

C．Slept.

D．Sang.

3 . 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。

My little sister, Meg, said that she wasn’t afraid of the dark anymore and she’d be OK staying with Aunt Lily in the country. “As long as you’re there, Mike,” she had said. Still, Mum was worried. Meg had never slept away from home, away from the city. So I told Mum I could handle everything.

Even though we were only staying overnight, Meg had brought six books-all about fairies (仙女). After we unpacked, Aunt Lily invited us to pick some flowers. As we followed her through the forest, Meg held my hand tightly. But once we reached the sunlit grassland, she let go. “Butterflies!” whispered Meg. She screamed with delight when one flew near her.   

Maybe I had nothing to worry about, I thought. I still remembered when I was here last summer, I found some amazing insects, like fireflies (萤火虫) and walking sticks which I’d never seen in the city.

“Fairies are magical. See these beautiful flowers they grow!” she kept telling absolutely everything she knew about fairies. I was glad that if she kept it up until bedtime, then maybe she’d fall right to sleep.

Meg did keep chatting, right through supper. Then the sun began to set. “Does it get really dark out here at night?” she asked. Her eyes were fixed on the window.

“Sure, but we’ve got plenty of lights inside,” said Aunt Lily. She leaned over and gave Meg a warm smile. But I could tell she was still worried. “I could read to you.”

I hadn’t even finished a page when her bottom lip started shaking slightly. “Mike,” she said, her eyes starting to fill. “I want to go home.” I quickly searched through her book for something to keep her from crying.

The book fell open to a page that was dog-eared from use, a page that was obviously one of Meg’s favorites. The text read: “Among the trees deep in the forest, the lights of fairies gleam (闪烁).” Aha! How could I forget those “tiny fairies” out there?

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“Meg, there’s something outside I want to show you,” I whispered.

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“Tiny fairies, Mike!” she said, pressing her forehead against the window, “Everywhere!”

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4 . 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。

A good parent-children relationship should     1    (build) on the basis of understanding and respect. On the one hand, parents cannot impose (强加) their ideas on their children. They should treat children as     2    (independence) people. It is good for the parents to learn to listen to     3    (children) ideas and encourage them     4    (think) on their own, instead of deciding everything for the children. On     5     other hand, children should listen to their parents’ advice because they’re more experienced. Try to be understanding     6     there is disagreement with parents. Always keep one thing in mind—whatever they do     7    (come) from their love for us. It is also necessary for children to exchange ideas     8     parents from time to time. Doing so will bridge the gap between parents and children. Parents give us life and all the     9    (thing) we need, but we can’t give them back. However, we should try our best to treat them     10    (kind). Our parents are so good to us, so we must be grateful to them.

5 . 语法填空

Education is very close in my heart. My father grew up     1    a small village in China.

In those days, not many villagers could read. So my father     2     (open) a night school to teach them how to read. With his help, many people learned     3     (write) their own names; with his help, many people learned to read newspapers for the first time; with his help, many     4     (woman) were able to teach their children how to read.

As his daughter, I know     5     education means to the people, especially those without it. After generations of hard work, China has come a long way in education. I myself am a beneficiary (受益者) of the progress. Otherwise，I would never become a soprano (女高音)     6     a professor of music. My father,    7     was poor but determined, made a small difference in his village. Together we can make     8     big difference in the world. Once I     9     (ask) about my Chinese dream. I said I hope all children especially girls can have access to a good education. I believe one day education will no longer be a dream;     10     will be a reality by every young woman on this planet.

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。

When Cassandra Ridder picked up her son Brody from school, the boy wasn’t his usual happy-go-lucky self.

Cassandra said that the sixth graders didn’t want to talk about his day and only wanted to listen to music. To lighten his mood, she asked him about his yearbook (毕业纪念册). Earlier that day, the mom had received an email, informing parents that students would be bringing their class yearbooks home. She was curious if Brody got lots of signatures.

But when she brought it up, her son got really sad. He said, “No, Mom, no one really signed my yearbook. I asked people and they either told me no or that they would do it later, and that they were too busy for me.”

When Brody handed over his yearbook, Cassandra’s heart sank. The page was almost empty, except for a couple of messages from his teachers and two students’ names. To fill in the space, Brody had written a note to himself that read “Hope you make some more friends”, and had signed his own name.

“I tried to make him feel better,” said Cassandra. “I told him that it might have just been a busy day, and to give people the benefit of the doubt. I told him that things will get better and to stay positive, and that no matter what, I would always be his friend.”

Upon discovering what happened with Brody’s yearbook, Cassandra decided to do something. That night, she wrote a post on the Internet for parents. She wanted to let the other parents know this was happening at the school and remind them they should talk to their kids about being kind to one another.

“My poor son feel sad. Despite Brody’s asking all kinds of kids to sign it, two teachers and a total of two students wrote in his yearbook, her post read.” So Brody took it upon himself to write to himself. My heart is broken.

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Cassandra didn’t expect too much from the post.

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The headmaster Mr Rudd also knew of Brody’s story.

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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。

Tom, a 15-year-old boy, and his mother Marissa didn’t have much in life, living daily with just enough to eat three meals and pay the bills. Without his mother knowing, Tom had been saving up his pocket money for months to buy her a birthday present. He had collected a total of $25.

As a cleaner at a nearby park, Marissa never took a bus, choosing to walk to and from work to save money. One day, Tom noticed that her mother came home wet to the skin. She told him her umbrella broke because of the strong wind and she wanted to get home in time to have dinner with him.

The following day, his mother woke up with a fever.

“Mom, don’t get up from bed,” Tom told her. “I’ll attend to you today. Here is your medicine,” he said, handing it to her with a glass of water. After Marissa took the medicine, Tom walked to the nearby supermarket to buy something to cook a hot bowl of soup for his mother.

It occurred to him that his mother’s birthday was in a couple of days, so he wanted to get her mother an umbrella first and spend the rest of his money on food.

“What is your strongest umbrella here, sir?” he asked the shop assistant. “I am looking for something that doesn’t break when hit by the wind and something that would last for years.” The man showed Tom some umbrellas in different colors and Tom chose a purple one, which was his mother’s favorite color. It was $22. After checking out, Tom couldn’t help smiling after being able to fit his $25 to buy everything he needed. He even had some money to spare!

While Tom was walking back home, it suddenly started to pour. He ran toward a nearby bus stop to seek shelter when he noticed an old lady walking slowly while everyone around her ran toward shaded areas. Without hesitation, he took the umbrella out of his bag. The old woman was surprised to feel that the rain had stopped suddenly.

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She looked up and realized an umbrella was sheltering her from the rain.

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Tom arrived home and his mother asked why he had been out for so long.

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8 . How to Be a Patient Parent

Being a parent is hard work, and sometimes it’s difficult to stay patient with your children. Bad behavior on top of the normal stress of life can cause you to lose your temper sometimes. We all want to be loving parents and have our children respect us instead of fearing us.     1     You can use them to keep your cool and prevent doing something you will regret.

    2     When you feel your anger start to boil over, count to ten slowly. This gives you time to calm down a bit and it will teach you to control your impulses. When you are done counting, take three deep breaths before you speak. You will feel the tension melt away with each breath.

Always pretend like people are watching you when you have to deal with a problem with your kids.     3     Also, think of someone you know who is very patient and ask yourself what they would do in this situation.

You can also walk away and take a break. Taking a five- to ten-minute break will give you time to cool off and really plan what you are going to say and do. This is much better than acting in the moment. Take the opportunity to teach them something.     4     Use this opportunity to help them improve themselves.

When all else fails, laugh. Life does not always have to be so serious. There are times when a battle just is not worth fighting. This is the only time we will have with our kids and it should be as fun as we can make it, because we will never get another chance to relive these years.     5    

A．You can first do two exercises together.

B．Count the numbers quickly and loudly.

C．Several methods can be used to control anger.

D．Keep that in mind when you are trying to handle a situation.

E．During such stressful times, children will challenge limits.

F．Remember they are just kids and that they are not perfect.

G．You are less likely to over-react when others are beside you.

9 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What does John say about the two families?

A．They have a good relationship.

B．They have dinner together every day.

C．They only celebrate children’s birthdays.

2. Where were Mark’s parents when John arrived?

A．They were in the kitchen.

B．They were in the garden.

C．They were in the living room.

3. What gift did John buy for Mark?

A．A T-shirt.

B．A book.

C．A toy.

4. Why did the children leave the party at 9:00 pm?

A．They found the party boring.

B．They finished all the food early.

C．They needed to get up early today.

10 . Julia, a 27-year-old TikTok user from Chicago, has been making dresses that her grandmother designed at fashion school to share on the platform.

According to Julia, her grandma, Georgie, went to fashion school in the 1940s and dreamed of being a fashion designer, but _________ before completing her studies because she needed to _________ some sick family members.

One day in 2021, when Julia was visiting her grandma, _________ old sketches (草图) of dresses that Georgie designed when she was a teenager, she thought they were _________.

“I knew my grandma was _________, but these are really much better than what I was _________ in my head. And she mentioned that when she died, she wanted them to get _________ at her funeral,” she said.

“But,” Julia added. “I just thought, why wait until she’s _________?”

Then Julia posted a video displaying some of her grandma’s _________ on TikTok, which became her first post on the platform to spread quickly and widely, receiving 2.7 million views.

__________ mostly old pieces of material left over from her grandmother’s own collection of cloth, Julia has now made four designs, trying to stick to a __________ of under $300 per gown (长礼服).

Julia thinks viewers have been __________ by her story of intergenerational bonding.

“Lots of old people say they love seeing someone younger __________ something from their generation,” she said, adding, “And then younger people, who maybe don’t have the best __________ with their grandparents, or lost their grandparents, say seeing my videos __________ them of their grandparents.”

1.

A．broke down

B．got over

C．dropped out

D．turned up

2.

A．nurse

B．guide

C．tolerate

D．rescue

3.

A．ignoring

B．scanning

C．assuming

D．negotiating

4.

A．plain

B．fantastic

C．primitive

D．abstract

5.

A．aged

B．concerned

C．disciplined

D．talented

6.

A．picturing

B．understanding

C．sharing

D．planning

7.

A．directed

B．displayed

C．divided

D．dismissed

8.

A．normal

B．optimistic

C．dead

D．wild

9.

A．certificates

B．essay

C．drafts

D．products

10.

A．Throwing

B．Using

C．Checking

D．Producing

11.

A．schedule

B．duration

C．foundation

D．budget

12.

A．fascinated

B．disturbed

C．confused

D．cheated

13.

A．abuse

B．appreciate

C．accelerate

D．assess

14.

A．promise

B．welfare

C．relationship

D．network

15.

A．warns

B．informs

C．convinces

D．reminds