1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词。

People take up hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship, knowledge, and relaxation. Sometimes they even yield     1     profit. Hobbies help people relax after     2     of hard work, and provide a balance between work and play. Hobbies also offer interesting activities for persons who have retired. Anyone, rich or poor, old or young, sick or well, can     3     a satisfying hobby,     4     of his age,     5    , or income.

2 . Terri Bolton is a dab hand when it comes to DIY (do-it-yourself). Skilled at putting up shelves and piecing together furniture, she never pays someone else to do a job she can do herself.

She credits these skills to her late grandfather and builder Derek Lloyd. From the age of six, Terri, now 26, accompanied Derek to work during her school holidays. A day’s work was rewarded with £5 in pocket money. She says: “I’m sure I wasn’t much of a help to start with, painting the rooms and putting down the flooring throughout the house. It took weeks and it was backbreaking work, but I know he was proud of my skills.”

Terri, who now rents a house with friends in Wandsworth, South West London, says DIY also saves her from losing any deposit when a tenancy (租期) comes to an end. She adds: “I’ve moved house many times and I always like to personalise my room and put up pictures, so, it’s been useful to know how to cover up holes and repaint a room to avoid any charges when I’ve moved out.”

With millions of people likely to take on DIY projects over that coming weeks, new research shows that more than half of people are planning to make the most of the long, warm summer days to get jobs done. The average spend per project will be around £823. Two thirds of people aim to improve their comfort while at home. Two fifths wish to increase the value of their house. Though DIY has traditionally been seen as male hobby, the research shows it is women now leading the charge.

1. Which is closest in meaning to “a dab hand” in paragraph 1?

A．An artist.

B．A winner.

C．A specialist.

D．A pioneer.

2. Why did Terri’s grandfather give her £5 a day?

A．For a birthday gift.	B．As a treat for her work.
C．To support her DIY projects.	D．To encourage her to take up a hobby.

3. How did Terri avoid losing the deposit on the house she rented?

A．By making it look like before.	B．By furnishing it herself.
C．By splitting the rent with a roommate.	D．By cancelling the rental agreement.

4. What trend in DIY does the research show?

A．It is becoming more costly.	B．It is getting more time-consuming.
C．It is turning into a seasonal industry.	D．It is gaining popularity among females.

3 . Some of the best advice I ever heard was: “Get 3 hobbies, one to keep you physically active, one to express yourself creatively, and one to make you social.” I don’t know if that’s a famous quote but it really inspires me.

Set some physical goals for yourself. Maybe it’s running a marathon, maybe it’s lifting your own body weight, maybe it’s riding a unicycle to work every morning.     1     Just having a goal that’s not immediately obtainable but gives you something to work towards will help give you some direction.

    2     Maybe buy a recorder and learn to play Disney songs, or grab some paints and follow along with a famous painter, or write plays about your dreams, or build tiny furniture. Just something that requires your imagination and creation. Perhaps you’ll never learn how to play that instrument or how to paint. It’s unimportant.     3    

Finding a hobby is probably the hardest one right now. I would recommend some goal-oriented video games with voice chat. I started playing VR paintball last month, which was incredibly helpful for me. You might also want to look into joining an online Dungeons & Dragons game.     4     Chatrooms and forums are fine, but you should make sure you’re using your voice, and hearing other people’s voices.

If you get these hobbies started and set personal goals for yourself in each hobby, you’ll soon start feeling more fulfilled.     5     If after about a month you don’t like one, then try switching to a different hobby in the same category. Eventually, you’ll discover something you like.

A．Find a way to be creative.

B．It doesn’t matter what it is.

C．Talk to your children about creation.

D．It is extremely important to have a clear goal.

E．Try to do each hobby for at least 30 minutes a day.

F．Just get started and move onto another if you have to.

G．You need to find something that requires you to actually talk with others.

4 . 假设你是李华。你们学校近期将举办关于“音乐改变人们生活”的主题演讲比赛。请你结合自身经历，写一篇演讲稿参加比赛。
注意：词数在80左右。
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5 . 许多人认为“生命在于运动”，谈谈你个人的运动经历，要点如下：
1.谈谈你平时最喜爱做的运动；
2.运动给你带来的好处；
3.你认为运动应该注意什么。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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6 . William was one of my students. He adored plants but struggled with his reading. After the mid-term test, William’s ______ showed no sign of improvement. Until the last few weeks of the year, when we ______ the life cycle of plants, William excelled. I'd never seen him so ______ in the classroom.

As a class project, each child planted a sunflower seed in one of the containers and ______ its growth. I did this every year, with varying ______. Planting the seeds was exciting for many of the students, the ______ part much less so. It took too long to see results from daily watering, and most kids lost ______ and interest. As a result, they forgot to ______ their sunflowers-to-be.

But not William. Every afternoon, William made sure all the containers were ______ and nurtured (培育). By the last week of school, the ______ were about four inches tall, which really ______ me. In years past, few seeds successfully produced new shoots. And those that did had never gotten so tall. But these were ______. These were William’s sunflowers.

This is what it means to be a ______. At that moment, I knew I didn’t have to ______ William. I’d seen that special seed planted inside him. Others would too. And, one day, he’d start to ______, mature and shine —just like his sunflowers.

1.

A．intelligence

B．image

C．condition

D．grade

2.

A．studied

B．changed

C．completed

D．disturbed

3.

A．realistic

B．invested

C．odd

D．embarrassed

4.

A．limited

B．forecast

C．maintained

D．admired

5.

A．results

B．achievements

C．ratings

D．methods

6.

A．best

B．growing

C．easy

D．picking

7.

A．chance

B．courage

C．patience

D．ability

8.

A．show off

B．sell out

C．carry away

D．care for

9.

A．filled

B．watered

C．cleaned

D．repaired

10.

A．plants

B．containers

C．shoots

D．seeds

11.

A．puzzled

B．bothered

C．benefited

D．amazed

12.

A．similar

B．different

C．natural

D．organic

13.

A．teacher

B．gardener

C．parent

D．teenager

14.

A．criticize

B．praise

C．evaluate

D．concern

15.

A．bend

B．explore

C．grow

D．respond

7 . Alex Davani is mostly an A-student at Don Juan Avila Middle School, but he was not good at math last year. To get better grades in math, Davani learned to solve the Rubik’s Cube.

Davani wasn’t the only one. Teacher Ron McDevitt gave all his students a chance of getting a high grade if they could beat the cube, and he gave more scores for faster times. “A Rubik’s Cube is a lot like math,” explained McDevitt. “If you make one bad move with the cube, you have to go back a step or start over. At math, it’s the same way. It forces you to go slowly and be patient.”

For Davani, solving the cube was great fun. With about six months of practice, he could solve the Rubik’s Cube in under 30 seconds. So Davani decided to enter a world competition in Las Vegas. Davani is placed in the middle among about 800 competitors, and with more practice, he hopes to raise his position next year. He also got to meet cubers from 37 countries, and had lunch with four of the best cubers.

So how does Davani solve the cube so quickly? “It’s mostly just practice,” he said. “You will form muscle memory after lots of practice. You memorize the method and you don’t even have to think about it. Your fingers move naturally.”

“I teach my kids how to solve it and they can vanquish me now,” said McDevitt whose best record is around two minutes, much longer than many of his students. “I’ve never had a student take it as far as Davani and compete. That’s pretty cool.”

1. Why did Davani learn to solve the Rubik’s Cube?

A．To enrich his life.	B．To get a higher grade in math.
C．To develop a new interest.	D．To prepare for a competition.

2. In what way is the Rubik’s Cube like math?

A．They both require patience.	B．They both test people’s memory.
C．They both need people to finish quickly.	D．They both teach people to learn from mistakes.

3. What is Davani’s secret to solving the cube so quickly?

A．He learns from others’ experience.	B．He has strong muscles.
C．He has good memory.	D．He practices hard.

4. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “vanquish” in the last paragraph?

A．Believe.

B．Follow.

C．Beat.

D．Award.

8 . If you’re gathering your teenage kids in the living room to watch “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” on Disney+, just know there’s a good chance they’d rather be playing “Fortnite”, a popular game.

That could totally be the case according to a new study from a consulting firm in Deloitte, which analyzed the generational divide in at-home entertainment.

The study, based on an online survey of more than 2,000 consumers, showed preferences are changing rapidly between millennials and the younger generation when it comes to how they want to spend their leisure time.

For Gen Z, defined as those born from 1997 to 2007,video - whether movies or television shows - is not a priority, the study found. 26% of Gen Zers in the survey said playing video games as their favorite entertainment activity, compared to 14% for listening to music, 12% for browsing the Internet and 11% for engaging on social media. Only 10% said they would rather watch a movie or TV show at home.

That compares to millennials (born 1983 to 1996),18% of whom chose watching movies and TV shows as their preferred mode of entertainment. Video games were the the entertainment option of choice for 16% of millennials.       

“Gen Z would much rather spend time gaming, listening to music or using social media,” Jana Arbanas, entertainment leader at Deloitte, said. “That was a really alarming contrast that we saw relative to the shift that's happening and how Gen Z will impact this industry.”

“Millennials took the behaviors they developed as teenagers, and they've taken them forward into their early 30s, and so if Gen Z is anything like that, their behaviors may change slightly, but I don't see a complete aging out of their behaviors,” said Kevin Westcott, technology, media and telecom leader.

1. What does paragraph 1 tell us about teenagers today?

A．They are addicted to Fortnite.	B．They prefer games to movies.
C．They don't like being told what to do.	D．They tend to spend leisure time alone.

2. How will the entertainment industry develop according to Jana Arbanas?

A．It will offer fewer games and more music.	B．It will see a decline in the use of social media.
C．It will be impacted by the need of millennials.	D．It will be influenced by the preference of Gen Zers.

3. What can we infer about Gen Zers from Kevin Westcott’s words?

A．They may outgrow their behaviors over time.

B．They’ll stop watching movies and TV shows.

C．They may not change much in their behaviors.

D．They’ll develop the same behaviors as millennials.

4. Where is the text mostly taken from?

A．A medical report.	B．A shopping website.
C．A popular newspaper.	D．An entertainment fiction.

9 . 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。

The world of Chinese literature is one that is familiar     1     us all. But have you ever stopped to wonder     2     works are read outside of China and how they are received？Today，four Sinologists and translators share their experience of Chinese literature     3     us.

Petko: The Shaolin Temple I watched gave me so many reasons     4     fall in love with China. I particularly like classical Chinese literature, especially works from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Annelous: I became interested in languages at a young age.     5     (start) high school, I began reading     6     (book) about Chinese history and culture.

Joachim: At the age of 15, my mother bought me a copy of the classic Shi Ji. After     7    (read) it, I realised the true genius of China's “Grand Historian”, Sima Qian. His     8     (write) had a profound effect on me.

Mai: I     9     (gradual) fell in love with Chinese literature when I started working as a translator. I don't care if a writer is popular or not. What interests me most is the work     10     (it).

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。续写的词数应为150左右。

Standing in front of the mirror one day, I came to the disturbing realization that I fell short of the requirements of my dream. The reflection that stared back was of a skinny brown-haired girl who stood a mere five feet tall. My entire life had been about dedication and trying to be the best dancer in my studio. I’d always had brilliant dreams and high ambitions. I never noticed how hard it might be to achieve something that you really wanted. Most people spend their whole lives searching for their calling, but I’ve known that I was born to be a dancer since I met my brilliant inspiring mentor, Lorie Bernier, 5 feet 1 inch. I’ve devoted sixteen years to helping my dream come true to be a lifelong dance teacher at my studio.

Last summer I attended an audition class in Boston taught by a highly respected Broadway dancer. At this seminar he explained the procedures for getting into a dance company. While listening and taking notes, I was thinking that I certainly had the experience, but there was one area where I didn’t quite measure up. He informed us that at most audition all dancers under 5 feet 6 inches are automatically eliminated or simply overlooked. He said that most casting directors were looking for the stereotyped dancer with long legs, a long neck and a size one waist. Standing half a foot under this height, I felt my heart drop to the floor.

It is really hard to listen to someone basically telling you, “Sorry, but you’ve been working really hard for sixteen years for nothing, so find a new dream.” Unfortunately, it just doesn’t work that way. Dancing isn’t just a hobby for me; it’s more like an addiction. I exhibit every step heart and soul. Through dance I find a sense of pride and satisfaction that I don’t think anyone could understand or appreciate. To have all that I’ve ever wanted instantly shot down created a sick feeling in my stomach.

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Furthermore, I knew that at that moment I could do one of two things.
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However, it really doesn’t matter how high the disadvantages are against me, for I will rise above them.
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