1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Mike loves     1    (cycle) very much. He is a passionate     2    (cycle). He tried out for the school’s cycling team and is always occupied with large     3    (amount) of exercise, in particular leg muscles training, to make sure that he is     4    (strength) and       5    (flexibility) enough, and also to keep himself in good shape. Once, he participated in a cycling     6    (compete). To his     7    (disappoint), he crashed into an obstacle next to the     8    (tracking) because he couldn’t respond to that     9    (time). He     10    (defeat).     11     (inspire) by his     12    (competitor), he sought     13    (tip) from the champion and strengthened the speed of his     14    (respond) to prevent the same problem from happening. Soon, he participated in the competition again. Before the competition, he took a deep     15    (breathe) to     16    (relief) tension and checked the     17    (equip) of the competition. At the beginning of the game, due to his     18    (tense), he fell behind by half a lap. However, he reminded himself     19     the champion’s words and cheered himself up. He sped up to catch up with others. He took advantage of his rich experience to defeat other competitors. In the end, he finally got ahead. His extra effort also paid off. He did not let himself down and defended his honor. He     20    (beneficial) a lot from this competition.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When is the deadline for the poetry contest?

A．January 30.

B．February 18.

C．February 28.

2. How old is Jennifer?

A．10 years old.

B．13 years old.

C．15 years old.

3. What prize will the winner get this year?

A．A golden cup.

B．Their poem published on the website.

C．A signed book of poetry by a famous poet.

3 . “The Worthington Christian defeated the Westerville North by 2—1 in an Ohio boys’ soccer game on Saturday.” That’s according to a story that appeared last month in The Columbus Dispatch. That lead was written not by a sportswriter, but by an artificial intelligence (AI) tool.

Many news organizations are now examining how AI might be used in their work. But if they begin their “experimenting” with high school sports because they are less momentous than war, peace, climate change and politics, they may miss something crucial. Nothing may be more important to the students who play high school sports, and to their families, neighborhoods, and sometimes, the whole town. That next game is what the students train for, work toward, and dream about. Someday, almost all student athletes will go on to have jobs in front of screens, in office parks, at schools, in hospitals or on construction sites. They may suffer blows and setbacks. But the high school games they played and watched, as well as their hopes and cheers, will stay vivid in their memories.

I have a small idea. If newspapers will no longer send staff reporters to cover high school games, why not hire high school student journalists? News organizations can pay students an hourly wage to cover high school games. The young reporters might learn how to be fair to all sides, write vividly, and attract readers. That’s what some celebrities in sports did, and do.

And think of the great writers who were inspired by sports: Hemingway on fishing, Bernard Malamud and Marianne Moore on baseball, Chen Zhongshi on football, and CLR James on cricket, who said, “There can be raw pain and bleeding where so many thousands see the inevitable (不可避免的) ups and downs of only a game.” A good high school writer, unlike a robot, could tell readers not just the score, but the stories of the game.

1. Why is the lead mentioned in the first paragraph?

A．To introduce an original idea.	B．To show AI’s wide application.
C．To bring in the opinion about AI.	D．To stress AI’s importance to news.

2. What does the author think of high school games?

A．Hopeful.

B．Eye-catching.

C．Competitive.

D．Far-reaching.

3. What is good sports news like according to the author?

A．Rich in contents.	B．Fair in comments.
C．Centered on results.	D．Targeted on readers.

4. Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A．News Organizations Are Abusing AI	B．High Schoolers Can Do What AI Can’t
C．Great Writers Are Crazy About Sports	D．AI Ruins High School Students’ Memory

4 . 听下面一段独白，根据所听内容填空并回答问题。

No sporting event is more closely followed than the football World Cup. In 2018, it’s said that over three billion people watched or followed this     1     — that’s almost half of the people on Earth. People all over the world are taken by this event that truly     2     the human race. While waiting for the upcoming 2022 World Cup in Qatar, everyone is wondering what changes will be made on the basis of COVID-19 or due to its unique destination. Qatar is the smallest country ever to host the games. Qatar is only 160 kilometers long. Now in Qatar, fields, practice areas and hotels will be basically     3     next to each other. Due to Qatar’s limited football history, the country must currently build almost everything needed for the     4    . For now, we’re all wishing     5     for Qatar to host a World Cup that will connect the world after challenging years of facing the COVID-19 pandemic.

5 . 听下面一段对话，根据所听内容填空。

M: It’s said that running is probably the oldest sport. But there are equally     1     of people having wrestling (摔跤) competitions in Mongolia.

W: Wow, it’s interesting to think that we     2     the same sports that ancient people played.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What did the woman think of her performance in the race?

A．Satisfying.

B．Disappointing.

C．Surprising.

2. Where does the woman usually go runing?

A．On the roads.

B．Around a lake.

C．Through the woods.

3. How many days does the woman train a week?

A．Five.

B．Six.

C．Seven.

4. What is the woman’s hobby?

A．Reading.

B．Skating.

C．Traveling.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When did Amber begin attending college?

A．At age 18.

B．At age 19.

C．At age 20.

2. What did Amber think of working for Highlights?

A．It was boring.

B．It was demanding.

C．It was interesting.

3. How did Amber know about Youth Beauty Competition?

A．From the TV.

B．From a poster.

C．From her boss.

4. What did Amber do with most of her prize money?

A．She put it in the bank.

B．She spent it on a vehicle.

C．She donated it to a school.

8 . 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。

I grew up in southeastern Michigan. I was a fan of Detroit Tigers, a famous baseball team, as a young boy.

My childhood dream was to be like my hero, Al Kaline, and someday play for the Tigers. My Dad would take me to Tiger Stadium several times a year and my hero Al Kaline would never let me down. We never attended a game that he didn’t get at least one hit.

I was crazy about baseball. If there was a game in my high school, I was never absent. I kept practising so that I could achieve my dream of playing for the Tigers, and I was doing well at each level of play. Later, I got a chance to sign up for a strong American Legion baseball program. There I met our coach, Bob Ohm, who knew a lot of baseball and taught each of us the basics as well as more advanced baseball skills. With Bob Ohm’s help and my hard work, I had set new records in many baseball championships.

My dream to be like my hero seemed to draw near. One summer, I went up to play the final season in Marinette. There were scouts who came to find the best players. This was it! My big chance!

Well, as the game progressed I hit the ball very well getting five hits in the game. Unfortunately, I also made four mistakes. The final mistake actually drew laughter from the crowd.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

After the game, I knew my dream of playing professional baseball was lost.

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Today, I teach baseball in a high school.

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9 . 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。

I was never a fast runner and thus I always didn’t like running. Throughout my childhood, whenever we competed in the 50-meter run, the 400-meter, or any other type of race, I would finish in the bottom half. In my late teens, as a member of a baseball team, I was the slowest runner on the team. In the preseason training, I was always the one running by myself at the end.

Therefore, twenty years later, when I entered my first official running race — a 3,000-meter challenge in my city — at age 38, I certainly didn’t expect to win or come close to winning.

I was there because my college friend Jim Hosek was the director of the race, and he asked me to run. The race was aimed at raising money for the unfortunate patients in a hospital and encouraging the patients and their fanilies to be brave, determined, and confident with sportsmanship.

It was a heartwarming program.I wanted to support it, so I showed up, paid the entrance fee, had a number pinned (把……别住) on my back, and moved over to the starting line. There, I waited with about 300 other runners for the race to begin. I was nervous. Would I be the last one to finish a race again? Could I even finish the race? I wondered.

Before long, someone spoke into a microphole, “Anyone weighing over 200 pounds comes down to the scale (秤), please.” Knowing I was over 200 pounds, I walked down to the scale. A man told me to stand on it. “Two hundred and three pounds,” he said. Then he wrote down the race number that was on my back. Out of curiosity, I asked him why he did so,and then I was told there would be an award ceremony (仪式) after the race. One award was for the first finisher in the over 200-pound group, and this special award would be announced at the end of the ceremony.

Not expecting the award, I ran towards the starting line, never realizing there were only two runners weighing over 200 pounds.

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             Soon after, the race started.
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             Then came the last award, and to my surprise, my name was announced.
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10 . China’s 17-year-old Liu Qingyi did so excellently that she won the champion in the Huangzhou 19^th Asian Games, 2023 and made it to the next summer Olympics. Now the young Liu Qingyi is one step closer to her ________ at Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games as the street dancer won a ________ medal in the Breaking for Gold World Series in 2023, the first Olympic points event in break dancing (霹雳舞) this year.

Liu won the gold medal by ________ Japan’s home favorite and world champion Ami Yuasa in a tense final.

“During the past winter season, I have ________ some Chinese elements in my performance,” Liu told reporters after the win, noting she had spent nearly three months for the ________.

Speaking of her ________ of defeating the defending world champion, Liu ________ being proud. “It’s either win or lose when you enter a ________ . Nobody could win ________ ”, Liu said. “I am happy to win and I am also here to ________ and communicate.”

With break dancing becoming an ________ sport at the 2024 Paris Olympics, it is becoming more widely known and giving more dancers the chance to turn their hobby into a career.

It is through dancing that she overcame her ________ nature. “Before breaking, if I didn’t know someone, I couldn’t even talk to them.”

Now she believes that dancing will be her ________ career. “Dancing represents the ________ of art. I will never stop ________,” Liu said.

1.

A．campus

B．dream

C．panic

D．band

2.

A．badminton

B．drama

C．challenge

D．gold

3.

A．defeating

B．winning

C．helping

D．understanding

4.

A．seen

B．abandoned

C．added

D．known

5.

A．election

B．exam

C．medal

D．event

6.

A．achievement

B．impression

C．collection

D．description

7.

A．rejects

B．organizes

C．accepts

D．respects

8.

A．moment

B．room

C．competition

D．meeting

9.

A．forward

B．actually

C．rather

D．forever

10.

A．focus

B．assume

C．learn

D．admire

11.

A．ordinary

B．official

C．especial

D．exceptional

12.

A．mild

B．shy

C．curious

D．calm

13.

A．life-making

B．breath-taking

C．term-long

D．life-long

14.

A．pursuit

B．appreciation

C．form

D．relief

15.

A．suiting

B．aiming

C．exploring

D．observing