1 . To live more sustainably (可持续地) and protect our planet for now and the future, we need to inspire everyone to reuse, reduce, and recycle. Luckily, human brains are incredibly creative, which is why, alongside the LEGO Group, we’re asking you to design a brilliant invention that gives old objects a new purpose. You could do it at home or ask your teacher if your class could get involved.

The LEGO Build the Change programme encourages young people to come up with creative solutions to real-world challenges and inspire politicians, scientists and engineers to make real changes. The builders of tomorrow are encouraged to come up with fun and clever ways to protect our environment.

THE CHALLENGE

Design an invention that repurposes old objects. Draw your invention on a sheet of A4 paper and give it a name. Try to make it as clear as possible what your invention is for and how it works. The judges are looking for creative and bright ideas with a great name and a clear explanation of what it does. How to Enter Ask an adult to take a photo of your drawing and upload it to co.uk/legocomp. Please only send in one entry per person. We look forward to seeing your design.

WIN GREAT PRIZES

All of the entries will be looked at by our panel of judges (裁判组), who will choose three winners — one overall winner and two runners-up. The winners will receive... ◆The first place winner: A complete LEGO Build the Change Classroom Kit for your school plus the LEGO Classic Build Together set. ◆ 2 runners-up: A LEGO Classic Lots of Bricks set each.

So, grab a pen, a pencil, your LEGO bricks or other creative craft materials and design your cutting-edge invention. Whether it is playful or serious, we’d like to see a picture or a model, with an explanation of how it works and how it could change the world.

1. What is the purpose of the LEGO Build the Change programme?

A．To encourage recycling and reusing.	B．To provide LEGO sets for schools.
C．To teach youths about the real world.	D．To invent new popular LEGO sets.

2. What will the overall winner of the Build the Change contest receive?

A．A picture of their invention.	B．Certificate of participation.
C．LEGO Classic Lots of Bricks set.	D．Classroom Kit & Build Together set.

3. What is the primary requirement for participating in the contest?

A．Sending multiple entries at a time.	B．Using only LEGO bricks to design.
C．Asking a teacher to submit an entry.	D．Designing inventions on certain paper.

2 . 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。

Chasing a Dream

I will never forget that November day. It was hotter than normal — too hot. My throat felt like a field of cotton, cracked with the summer heat, as I waited for the gun to fire. This was the day we had waited so long for. I looked out at the crowd; dozens of familiar faces flashed across my view. They had come for me. They were counting on me. I saw my dad set his watch, with worry and excitement on his face. Adrenaline (肾上腺素) pumped through my body, and the race began.

For the first two and a half miles, I felt great. I had never before been so ready for something. The weeks leading up to the race were filled with strictly controlled practices and a strict diet. My friends hadn’t seen me in weeks, but they understood the sacrifice required to make my dream a reality.

My dad and I had been working towards this race for three years. It was everything to me, and it was everything to my dad. He was a runner and was excited by my success in running. He made it to every race, even flying home early from business trips to see me run. I always listened for his voice — telling me to relax my arms, calling out my time. He pushed me. He cheered for me. He believed in me. We spent countless hours on the sandy canals. Breathing in the dust of the desert, the blossoms (花簇) of the orange trees, we made our way across the city. We pounded miles and miles into our running shoes, marking with every step the path to greatness.

But without warning, when I was 200 yards away from the finish line, my legs stopped working. My lungs fought to take in enough air, and my feet transformed into cement (水泥) bricks. I still don’t know what happened in those last few moments. Nothing I could do would make them hold my weight. They were as weak as jelly.

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。

Even though I knew my dreams of victory were destroyed, I had to finish the race.

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“I’m so sorry I disappointed you,” I whispered to Dad.

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3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Team China bagged a total of 383 medals, including 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze,     1    (rank) first in the medal tally (奖牌榜) during the 19th Asian Games,     2     concluded competitions on Sunday.

The first gold of the Games was awarded       3     China’s Zou Jiaqi and Qiu Xiuping, who paddled to victory in the women’s lightweight double sculls (双桨赛艇) rowing event with a time of 7 minutes, 6.78 seconds. China’s last gold       4    (take) by 10 artistic swimmers who delivered a great     5     (perform) to win the team free routine final on October 8. In total, China bagged two gold medals in artistic swimming. Japan and Kazakhstan took the silver and bronze medals,     6     (respective), in the two events of the sport.

The 19th Asian Games, which featured 40 sports, 61 disciplines, and 481 events,     7     (run) from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, along with five co-host     8     (city), namely Ningbo, Wenzhou, Huzhou, Shaoxing, and Jinhua, in east China’s Zhejiang Province.

Chinese swimmers Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang were jointly awarded the Most    9     (value) Player of the Hangzhou Asian Games, marking the first time that two athletes received     10    award.

4 . 假定你是某校国际班的班长，你班将于下周三举行乒乓球比赛，请用英语写一则口头通知，内容包括：
1. 比赛时间与地点；
2. 报名截止时间；
3. 参赛者需自带装备。
注意：写作词数应为80左右。
参考词汇：乒乓球拍pingpong racket

Good morning, everybody! May I have your attention, please?

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That’s all, thank you.

5 . 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。

Lionel Messi thrilled the more than 50,000 spectators at Worker’s Stadium on Thursday night by scoring the first goal only 81 seconds after the match     1    (kick) off. German Pezzella scored Argentina’s second goal, at 68 minutes, to secure the team’s 2-0 victory in the friendly match     2     Australia.

Thursday’s game was the first time the Argentine squad have played a match in a foreign country since     3     (win)the FIFA World Cup in Qatar last year.

Since Saturday, when Messi and his teammates arrived in Beijing, Chinese fans had showed great enthusiasm. Fans took every possible opportunity     4     (see)the team with large crowds angling for photographs and chanting Messi’s name outside the team’s hotel and on the sidewalk,     5     fans could see the team’s bus.

“It’s a dream come true for many fans     6     Argentina’s national team could come to China,” Sabino Vaca Narvaja, Argentina’s ambassador to China, told China Central Television.

“Our team has been accompanied by many people outside hotels, on the streets and nearly everywhere. I’m     7     (astonish) by the passion.”

“Sports is the     8     (good)ambassador of our country, especially soccer,” he added. “The     9     (arrive)of our national soccer team is just     10     start. We are going to have more cooperation in the future.”

6 . On Oct. 11, hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race in Minnesota. Melanie Bailey should have _________ the course earlier than she did. Her _________ came because she was carrying a _________ across the finish line.

As reported by a local newspaper, Bailey was more than two-thirds of the way through her _________ when a runner in front of her began crying in pain. She _________ to help her fellow runner, Danielle Lenoue. Bailey took her arm to see if she could walk forward with _________. She couldn’t. Bailey then _________ to let Lenoue climb onto her back and carried her all the way to the finish line, then another 300 feet to where Lenoue could get _________ attention.

Once there, Lenoue was _________ and later taken to a hospital, where she learned that she had serious injuries in one of her knees. She would have struggled with extreme __________ to make it to that aid checkpoint without Bailey’s help.

As for Bailey, she is more __________ about why her act is considered a big __________. “She was just crying. I couldn’t __________ her,” Bailey told the reporter. “I feel like I was just doing the right thing.”

Although the two young women were strangers before the __________, they’ve since become friends. Neither won the race, but the __________ of human kindness won the day.

1.

A．designed

B．followed

C．changed

D．finished

2.

A．delay

B．chance

C．trouble

D．excuse

3.

A．judge

B．volunteer

C．classmate

D．competitor

4.

A．race

B．school

C．town

D．training

5.

A．agreed

B．returned

C．stopped

D．promised

6.

A．courage

B．aid

C．patience

D．advice

7.

A．went away

B．stood up

C．stepped aside

D．bent down

8.

A．medical

B．public

C．constant

D．equal

9.

A．interrupted

B．assessed

C．identified

D．appreciated

10.

A．hunger

B．pain

C．cold

D．tiredness

11.

A．worried

B．ashamed

C．confused

D．discouraged

12.

A．game

B．problem

C．lesson

D．deal

13.

A．leave

B．cure

C．bother

D．understand

14.

A．ride

B．test

C．meet

D．show

15.

A．secret

B．display

C．benefit

D．exchange

7 . The FIFA World Cup 2022, the world’s greatest football tournament, is set to begin in Qatar on November 21, 2022.

The FIFA World Cup is being held in the Middle East for the first time and is being hosted by an Asian country for the second time. The nation, which draws visitors from all around the world, promises to host the most expensive World Cup ever.

By land size, Qatar is the smallest nation to have ever hosted a FIFA World Cup. Switzerland, which hosted the 1954 FIFA World Cup, is the next-smallest nation. Qatar became the second nation to host the major competition without ever making it to an earlier round of competition. Qatar has a population of 2.8 million, which is comparable to that of Yorkshire. However, because of its size, it has the highest per capita income in the world.

A FIFA World Cup is an expensive event, and since 1994, there has been a general upward trend in the costs connected with hosting the most famous tournament.

The nation has already spent around $200 billion. The nation spends $500 million per week on infrastructure(基础设施) projects, new stadiums, hotels, hospitals, and airports. According to Qatar’s finance minister, Ali Shareef AI-Emadi, preparations for the World Cup are almost complete.

A huge amount of soccer fans are expected to arrive in the country (about 1.2— 1.5 million). Due to concerns about a shortage of housing, the nation has already spent $40 million on hotels.

The estimated cost of Qatar’s 2022 FIFA World Cup is $220 billion. The historic tournament’s most costly edition is expected to be this one. Fans are surprised with the World Cup’s luxury and fascination, but there is also plenty of controversy(争议).

1. What do we know about the FIFA World Cup?

A．Yorkshire hosted the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

B．The FIFA World Cup is the world’s greatest tournament.

C．It’s the second time the FIFA World Cup has been held in an Asian country.

D．The overall cost of hosting FIFA World Cup has been on the rise since 1954.

2. What does the fifth paragraph mainly talk about?

A．People’s warmth for Qatar.	B．Qatar’s preparations for World Cup.
C．Qatar’s goals for the World Cup.	D．Qatar’s main financial situation in 2022.

3. How much money is left over for Qatar to prepare for the World Cup?

A．$40 million.

B．$200 million.

C．$500 million.

D．$20 billion.

4. What might the writer continue to write in the next paragraph?

A．How soccer fans plan to go to watch the World Cup of Qatar.

B．What the stadiums of the 2022 World Cup look like.

C．How people view differently on the Qatar’s luxurious behavior.

D．What other surprises does Qatar offer soccer fans.

8 . Young Writers Awards

About the Contest

Bennington College has a unique literary tradition. We’ve had twelve Pulitzer Prize winners, three US poet laureates, four MacArthur Geniuses, and two of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. In celebration of this, Bennington launched the Young Writers Awards to promote excellence in writing at the high school level. Students are invited to enter with the following work:

•Poetry: A group of three poems

•Fiction: A short story (1,500 words or fewer) or one-act play

•Nonfiction: A personal or academic essay (1,500 words or fewer)

A first-, second-, and third-place winner is selected in each category. We welcome participation of both US and international students.

Awards & Rules

First-place winners in each category are awarded a prize of $1,000; second-place winners receive $500; third-place winners receive $250.

•No charge for entrance. Fees for accidents caused by participants are required.

•All entries must be original work reviewed, approved and guided by a teacher. We will use your teacher as a contact for the competition should we have any questions. For homeschooled students, please contact one to assist in your writing even if you have experience in such competitions.

Young Writers Awards finalists and winners are also qualified for undergraduate scholarships at Bennington. Young Writers Awards finalists who apply and gain admission to Bennington will receive a $10,000 scholarship every year for four years, for a total of $40,000. Young Writers Awards winners reaching the standard will receive $15,000 every year, for a total of $60,000.

1. What can be learned about the Young Writers Awards?

A．It rewards three winners at last.

B．It’s a tradition of Bennington College.

C．It accepts participants worldwide.

D．It offers scholarships to undergraduates.

2. What are the participants asked to do?

A．Hand in a personal essay.	B．Have related writing experience.
C．Pay an entry fee on time.	D．Find a teacher to help with the entry.

3. How much will the second-place winner to be admitted into Bennington gain in total?

A．$10,500.	B．$15,500.
C．$40,500.	D．$60,500.

9 . If you had to choose one word to describe Kevin, it might be “slow.” He didn’t learn his ABCs as fast as other kids. He never came first in the schoolyard races. However, his smile was bright and he showed great interest in everything. So when discovering that Randy was putting together a boys’ basketball team, Kevin immediately joined.

At practice, Kevin worked so hard that you’d have thought he was preparing for the NBA. And the whole team truly loved basketball. But just loving the game doesn’t help you win. They lost every game that season by very large margin(差距), except one …that night it snowed and the other team couldn’t make it to the game.

At the end of the season, the boys unfortunately played against the first-place team. The game went pretty much as expected, and near the middle of the fourth quarter Kevin’s team stood nearly 30 points behind. At that point, one of Kevin’s teammates called time-out. “Coach, this is our last game but Kevin has never made a basket. We should let him try,” said the boy. With the game completely out of reach, the idea seemed reasonable. So every time Kevin’s team had the ball, they would give it to Kevin. His first shot missed and he missed another shot again. This continued a few more times until the player from the other team grew wise. Instead of running off down the court, he threw the ball to Kevin who shot... and missed again.

Soon, all players were circling Kevin, throwing the ball to him. The whole gymnasium thundered with the clapping, chanting, “Kevin! Kevin!” Finally, after amounts of tries, the ball went in. Kevin’s arms shot high into the air and he shouted, “I won! I won!” The first-place team remained unbeaten, but on that evening, everyone left the game truly feeling like a winner.

1. What helped Kevin’s team “win” one game that season?

A．Their improved skills.	B．Kevin’s hard work.
C．The other team’s absence.	D．The pleasant weather.

2. Why did one of Kevin’s teammates call time-out?

A．To get their coach’s directions.	B．To give Kevin a chance to shoot.
C．To have a break and gather strength.	D．To discuss strategies to win the game.

3. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

A．Kevin’s team failed due to his bad skills.	B．Kevin’s teammates were all experienced.
C．The first-place team lost the game in the end.	D．All players and audience gave Kevin encouragement.

4. Which of the following best describes Kevin?

A．Positive.

B．Generous.

C．Independent.

D．Creative.

10 . Nowadays, in many places of the world, kids play soccer less than before.     1     Besides, many parents don’t know soccer’s real help to kids. Here are some reasons why kids should play the beautiful game.

Soccer is a team sport.

Teamwork is a life skill that kids need to learn. Being part of a team isn’t just about learning how to work together and share talents. It’s also about teaching kids how to face failure. It doesn’t end there, either. Being part of a team lets kids know how to take responsibility for their behavior.    2    

Soccer shapes motor skills (运动技能).

Nowadays, many kids prefer to stay in their rooms to have fun through TV, video games and smartphones.    3    It can cause them to lose out on valuable motor skills. By playing youth soccer, kids get a chance to develop their physical strength and motor skills.

    4    

Soccer can improve students’ concentration (专注) in the classroom. Besides, soccer is a fast-paced game, so kids can learn how to solve problems quickly. Plus, soccer is a sport which involves getting the ball from point A to point B. So kids’ visual-spatial (视觉空间) ability can be improved when they play the game, which can help them learn subjects like Physics.

Soccer improves the personal character.

The World Health Organization recommends kid get at least 60 minutes of exercises daily. This isn’t only for the physical benefits but also for the benefits to the personal character.     5     And these kids often have more self-confidence.

A．Youth soccer helps improve family relationships.

B．So they have less time outdoors for sports.

C．Soccer plays a part in school performance.

D．Being part of a team can help you make many friends.

E．One cause is that many kids are busy with their studies.

F．Usually kids who like sports such as soccer are more outgoing.

G．After all, if one player performs badly, the rest of the team will suffer for it.