1 . Just two months before his senior year in high school, Foster Andersen was riding a motorcycle in his hometown of Henrietta, N.Y., when he crashed. The accident left him in a coma. He remained in a hospital for seven months.

In the nearly 40 years that have followed, Andersen has to use a wheelchair. He can write when a pen is intertwined in his fingers, but he needs an assistant to help him with everyday needs. However, a quick survey of his achievements shows not one, but two college degrees and a huge network of people who call him friend. And probably the best example of Andersen’s spirit is his nonprofit group Shared Adventures. Last summer the organization celebrated 21 years of bringing recreational and social activities to people with disabilities.

“It’s founded on the belief that recreation, fun, challenge and opportunity to the outdoors are necessary parts of a healthy life,” Andersen said. “We are the only year-round program that offers such a wide range of activities to people with physical challenges and special needs.”

Cycling is on today’s schedule. A group of about 50 people gather at the campus of California State University for a 25-mile ride along the California coast.

Besides cycling, Shared Adventures offers year-round classes in yoga, gardening and art. It also hosts many social events, such as a winter holiday party.

The most well-known event is called Day on the Beach. Last year, nearly 1,200 volunteers and participants gathered on the Cowell Beach in Santa Cruz to give participants a rare opportunity to surf in the Pacific Ocean.

Wendy Bell, a disabled yoga teacher and Day on the Beach participant, said the event is the best example of the great experience the organization offers. And Shared Adventures helps her in another way. “More than half of the people I meet are through Shared Adventures, so it provides something that can be hard to find elsewhere,” she said.

1. What can we know about Foster Andersen?

A．He has spent most of his life writing.	B．He built a big charity organization online.
C．He made a survey on people with disabilities.	D．He has lived a rich and full life despite his disability.

2. What’s the purpose of Shared Adventures?

A．It offers the disabled year-around indoor activities.

B．It aims to improve the quality of disabled people’s life.

C．It helps the disabled face challenges and problems in life.

D．It encourages people to hold a positive attitude towards life.

3. How does Shared Adventures benefit Wendy Bell?

A．It helps her to show her yoga skills.	B．It allows her to forget her disabilities.
C．It enables her to study the Pacific Ocean.	D．It gives her a chance to set up her social network.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Foster Anderson: try bravely without fear of failure

B．Foster Anderson: take action for extraordinary changes

C．Shared Adventures: save Foster Anderson

D．Shared Adventures: meet the recreational and social needs

2 . If you’re still confused about which are the best charities to donate to, then continue reading further. These charities have a respectable track record, meaning you can be assured that the money you donate is used for the cause that you support.

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

It is a branch that operates under the United Nations. UNICEF is engaged in various charitable activities around the world. They fund educational programs for children in remote areas of poor countries, provide meals and health care services, and help prevent child abuse while assisting kids in conflict and disaster zones.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

If you’re a wildlife lover and would like to prevent extinction of rare animal species while helping conservation of precious plants and animals, donate to WWF. In fact, WWF has various creative ways to donate. You can “adopt” an endangered elephant or tiger or another animal that WWF is trying to prevent from extinction. Or you can donate a small amount of money every month or annually to WWF.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Anyone who watches or reads news is aware of countless conflicts going on around the world and a large number of refugees. Generally, these refugees are children, women and men who are living in areas now infested with terrorists or trapped in wars. You can help relieve some of the sufferings of these persons by donating to UNHCR. They help refugees by providing food, clothing, shelter, health care and other basic necessities.

World Food Programme (WFP)

WFP is a global charity that operates under the United Nations. Every day, WFP delivers food to famine-stricken areas in over 80 countries. They have 5600 trucks, 30 ships and 92 planes that deliver the food they buy with your donations to hungry people in these countries.

1. What do we know about the WWF?

A．It provides only one way for you to make a donation.

B．It will instruct you to raise endangered species at home.

C．It will use your donation to help endangered species survive.

D．It encourages wildlife lovers to adopt wildlife by themselves.

2. What do UNICEF and WFP have in common?

A．They help prevent child abuse in poor countries.

B．They are both in the charge of the United Nations.

C．They provide health care services in conflict zones.

D．They deliver food and gifts to disaster-stricken areas.

3. Which of the following helps women in wars?

A．UNICEF.

B．WWF.

C．UNHCR.

D．WFP.

3 . Clara Barton, born on December 25, 1821, is widely known as one of the most honored women in American history. She lived in Washington, D.C., when the Civil War began in 1861. She heard stories of wounded and suffering soldiers. She immediately recognized that the poorly equipped soldiers needed help. Instead of waiting for others to step in, Clara collected necessary things on her own, asked the public for donations and learned how to store and distribute them to the soldiers in the battlefield.

After the Battle of Cedar Mountain in northern Virginia in 1863, Clara arrived at a field hospital at midnight with a vehicle full of supplies. A doctor named Paul Smith at that hospital would later write, “I thought heaven had sent out an angel that night — her assistance arrived at exactly the right time.

After four years of hard work, Clara fell ill and moved to Switzerland to recover. It was there that she first learned about a group called the Red Cross. This group worked to help people who were suffering during times of war. But the United States did not take part in then. Clara, returned home and began to establish the Red Cross in America. She worked hard, travelling to Washington for support, gave speeches and wrote articles to win the support of the public. She told people the Red Cross was not only important during times of war, but also useful in peace time. This got the attention of both the public and the politicians, and thus the American Association of the Red Cross came into being in 1881.

Clara Barton retired from the Red Cross in 1904. She died 8 years later on April 12,1912. Her legacy with the American Red Cross lives on.

1. What did Clara Barton want to do during the war time?

A．Help some families to rebuild their home.

B．Advise the government to buy some medical supplies.

C．Treat the wounded soldiers by herself.

D．Collect money to buy medical supplies.

2. As is mentioned in Paragraph 2, when seeing Clara Barton’s arrival, how did Dr. Smith feel?

A．Proud and joyful.

B．Excited and grateful.

C．Shy and nervous.

D．Exhausted and upset.

3. What was the author’s purpose for writing this passage?

A．To explain how dangerous being a soldier was during the Civil War.

B．To compare and contrast the Red Cross in Switzerland and America.

C．To describe an important historical figure.

D．To illustrate the history of the Red Cross.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the school raising money for this year?

A．Sports equipment.

B．An exercise park.

C．School materials.

2. How much money was raised for the second year?

A．$1000.

B．$2000.

C．$4000.

3. What will the woman be in charge of?

A．Money collection.

B．Game organization.

C．Food and music.

4. Which activity is especially prepared for kids?

A．The magic show.

B．The outdoor movie.

C．The music show.

5 . 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。

Claudia’s mom first saw the advertisement in a newspaper. The advertisement told of an AmeriCorps-sponsored workshop to train 100 teenagers in leadership skills and community service. Claudia sent in her application and was one of the teenagers chosen to go to Fort Devens, Massachusetts, in the summer when she was 16.

During the leadership training, Claudia worked with a team of 10 kids. Together they surveyed, planned, and set up a meeting for minority business owners to find out how crime and safety affected them. After surveying more than 150 people, Claudia and her friends provided information to businesses about alarm systems and other safety measures.

At the end of her AmeriCorps training, Claudia was one of only two teens chosen to attend a Sumner of Safety National Forum. She received more training there and returned home with enthusiasm.

That’s when her mom told her about a problem at the day-care center where she worked. All day long, kids from a nearby housing project would press their noses against the windows of the center, knocking and begging to use the playground. But the playground was always locked, and only children whose parents paid for day care were allowed to use it.

“That’s when it hit me,” Claudia remembers. “I had really developed my leadership skills and a desire to serve by helping those small businesses. So I went to a teacher at Framingham High School and made a proposal for an after-school program for those children living in the low-income housing project.” Claudia received lots of support from about 20 other teens in a service club at the high school.

The project wasn’t easy. First, Claudia struggled to find a place to house the program. The Framingham Housing Authority finally agreed to donate a facility next door to the day-care center. Claudia immediately organized her friends to collect donations of crayons, paper, scissors, and supplies from teachers and day-care centers. Then she made a flyer (传单) and distributed it around the housing project.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右；
2. 应使用 5 个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:

Only a few kids showed up on the first day.

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Paragraph 2:

When Claudia graduated from high school, another girl from the service club took over the program, and it’s still running.

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1. 志愿者服务时间（2022 年 9月至 10月）及地点（杭州, 宁波, 温州等);
2. 招募条件;
3. 报名时间和方式。
注意:
1. 词数 80 左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
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7 . Every year, natural disasters affect about 250 million people and global warming is making droughts and floods more common.     1     But we can reduce the number of people who die in them.

In Bangladesh，a lot of people have to live on flat and near the sea, but the cyclones (旋风) there bring terrible floods. In 1970, Cyclone Bhola killed at least 300,000 people.     2     In 1991, the even stronger cyclone Gorky hit the country. This time, people could use special school buildings as emergency shelters. Unfortunately, many women and children didn’t go to them and around 140,000 people drowned.

After this, villages set up groups of emergency volunteers and teachers had to talk to children every week about the things which they should do if there was a cyclone warning.

    3     It came in 2007. Twelve hours before cyclone Sidr reached land, a Bangladeshi scientist in the USA calculated (计算) the exact areas of danger on a computer. The emergency volunteers in the villages spread the warning fast.

    4     “You must come to the school now,” they shouted. “You won’t be safe if you stay here.” All the buildings in the village were destroyed in the cyclone except for the school shelter.

Not everyone in Bangladesh was so lucky.     5     But this was a much smaller number than in the big cyclones of the twentieth century. With modern technology, planning and education, we don’t have to lose huge numbers of lives in natural disasters.

A．Sadly, we can’t stop the disasters.

B．Four thousand people died in cyclone Sidr.

C．Heavy rains, too, contribute to the total cyclone damage.

D．They didn’t have to wait many years for the next big cyclone.

E．It was one of the worst natural disasters of the twentieth century.

F．Ten-year-old Rupa and her friends ran to all their neighbours’ homes.

G．A tropical cyclone can be up to six miles high, and hundreds of miles wide.

8 . Anyone wanting to help the poor may like this idea—recycling aluminum cans in a different way, which is apparently also good for the environment. So you're actually killing two birds with one stone. It goes without saying that recycling aluminum cans can save resources, energy, time and money. People usually save and place aluminum cans in the dustbins, which are then collected and taken away by cleaners, who will finally recycle them in the recycling center. But if you save the aluminum cans, and skip the cleaners, you can save these same cans for something more important—helping the poor. In other words, by doing less, you are giving the environmental cause some new significance.

Here is how to put this idea into action. Take your aluminum cans and place them in a plastic bag. For the dirty ones, rinse them out first. Store the bag of clean aluminum cans. Once you collect about one hundred cans or more, take the cans to the recycle center yourself. There are about eighteen aluminum cans in a pound. And you can receive three to four dollars for one hundred cans. Donate your three to four dollars to the poor or any charity organization of your choice.

By now, you may wonder if your few dollars have really made a difference to the poor. Consider this: Is there any individual or any specific event that is great enough to change the world or decide the direction that history takes? The answer is probably no. What if there were a lot of people who would do the same thing? History shows nothing but the collective will of the whole community. And that will surely be powerful enough to make a bigger difference.

Go to your community or your school and spread your idea. Share your idea and save your aluminum cans with other people. One hundred people can speak louder than one. And the money you make by saving cans can be multiplied by one hundred times. And if more people join in the cause around the world, an even larger difference can be made , and more people in need will enjoy the benefits.

1. What's special about the new idea?

A．It makes profits.	B．It saves resources.
C．It benefits the poor.	D．It involves cleaners.

2. What can we infer from paragraph 2?

A．Dirty cans do not sell well.	B．You decide who receives the money.
C．A hundred cans weigh about 3 pounds.	D．The recycle center is conveniently located.

3. What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 3 probably refer to?

A．A great individual or event.	B．The direction history takes.
C．The collective will of people.	D．The neighbourhood you live in.

4. Which of the following does the writer want to tell us?

A．Many hands make light work.	B．Kill two birds with one stone.
C．Don't put the cart before the horse.	D．No man can do two things at once.