1 . As China’s first ever full-time Formula One (世界一级方程式锦标赛) driver, Zhou Guanyu makes a living by doing the sort of things many people can only dream about: traveling the world and racing in a fast car.

“I think the only ______ between Formula One and a roller coaster is that you have to be ______ where you’re going, and you have to be at 100% of yourself,” Zhou told CNN.

Zhou has been putting his all into ______ since he was a young boy ______ in Shanghai. Today, Zhou is predicted to become F1’s answer to Yao Ming, who is often praised for making basketball ______ in China.

It was back in Shanghai in 2004 that-at just 5 years old-Zhou ______ Rubens Barrichello win the first ever Chinese Grand Prix on TV. The moment helped to ______ his interest in racing and has ______ with him ever since, he said.

There was a ______ of Chinese racing role models, so he ______ a path of his own. A very important moment in his racing life came at age 12, when he ______ Shanghai for Sheffield in the United Kingdom to ______ his development with the strawberry Racing Krting team. The move put him on the road to achieving his ambitions.

Zhou is often ______ to the former NBA player Yao Ming, who is also a sport star from Shanghai. “Who knows, maybe in 10 years’ time. I could have the same ______. And that is my aim ______,” he said.

1.

A．problem

B．difference

C．difficulty

D．importance

2.

A．guessing

B．controlling

C．proving

D．declaring

3.

A．reading

B．playing

C．driving

D．swimming

4.

A．growing up

B．getting up

C．going up

D．staying up

5.

A．simple

B．interesting

C．available

D．popular

6.

A．watched

B．followed

C．researched

D．examined

7.

A．lose

B．stress

C．develop

D．measure

8.

A．stayed

B．dealt

C．fought

D．taken

9.

A．way

B．lack

C．role

D．loss

10.

A．received

B．imagined

C．composed

D．created

11.

A．reached

B．chose

C．left

D．forgot

12.

A．continue

B．discover

C．consider

D．manage

13.

A．matched

B．compared

C．adapted

D．devoted

14.

A．career

B．hobby

C．influence

D．result

15.

A．normally

B．naturally

C．regularly

D．definitely

2 . 请听下面一段独白,回答以下小题。
1. What did the schoolboys decide to do?

A．Take a good rest.

B．Set a new record.

C．Run a marathon.

2. How many players are there in each team?

A．Five.

B．Six.

C．Nine.

3. How did the schoolboys feel before sleeping on the first night?

A．Excited.

B．Worried.

C．Bored.

4. What can we learn about the game?

A．It started at 6: 00 am.

B．It lasted about four days.

C．It ended in failure.

3 . 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。

CHINA DAILY Oct. 20, 2022 Two giant pandas arrived in Doha,     1     capital of Qatar, on Wednesday, on a plane from China to fulfill a cooperation     2     (agree) on giant panda conservation and research between the two nations. They     3     (expect) to stay in Qatar for 15 years under the agreement.

According to the CCRC for the Giant Panda in Sichuan province, the two pandas—3-year-old female Si Hai and 4-year-old male Jing Jing—left the research center’s Ya’an base in Chengdu, Sichuan,     4     Qatar on Tuesday.

Mohamed, Qatar’s ambassador to China, said via video link during the farewell ceremony in Chengdu for the giant pandas that he appreciated the bilateral relations between Qatar and China, adding that the gift shows     5     deeply the relations have developed.

The ambassador said that the event was a milestone in cultural diplomacy,     6     (bring) the two sides’ relations to a     7     (high) level and a wider field. He also invited guests at the ceremony to visit Qatar and watch the 2022 Qatar World Cup,     8     (hold) on Nov. 20 in Doha.

“     9    is the first time that giant pandas have traveled to the Middle East,” the center said, adding that breeders and vet experts were sent to help the giant pandas adapt to the new environment. So far, the number of captive giant pandas worldwide     10    (increase) to 673, according to the center.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When was this news most likely to be published?

A．April 23.

B．April 26.

C．April 29.

2. Why will the 2020 Olympic Games probably be cancelled?

A．COVID-19 may not be contained by then.

B．It had already been postponed for two years.

C．The money for the Olympic Games is running short.

3. Where should the 1916 Olympics have been held?

A．Berlin.

B．Tokyo.

C．London.

4. What was the main reason for the cancellation of the 1940 Olympic Games?

A．World War Ⅰ.

B．World War Ⅱ.

C．COVID-19.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who will run third?

A．Andy.

B．Pete.

C．Dave.

2. Which team does the man belong to?

A．Ashgrove College.

B．Lancaster College.

C．Highland Park College.

3. When will the high jump start?

A．At 3:00 pm.

B．At 4:00 pm.

C．At 5:00 pm.

4. What is the woman’s race?

A．The 100-metre race.

B．The long jump.

C．The long distance race.

6 . 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。

With a score of 2-0, China’s women’s table tennis team won against their competitors from the Netherlands during the class 6-8 final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Thursday.

Wang Rui, one of the three Chinese gold medalists, came from Chengdu in Southwest China and was     1     survivor of the Wenchuan earthquake. In 2008, Wang     2     (lose) her leg at the age of 15 in the earthquake. With the support from     3     (she) family, she joined the Chengdu table tennis team for the disabled in 2009. At a training center, Wang began to learn how     4     (play) table tennis. She worked hard and practised swinging the paddle for eight     5     (hour) every day. She fell in love with the sport and     6     (gradual) overcame the trauma (创伤) of losing her right leg.

Through her own efforts, Wang     7     (choose) for the Sichuan provincial table tennis team for the disabled, and then to the     8     (nation) team. The sport of table tennis gave her a second life as well     9     a chance to realize her Olympic champion dream. She was thankful to her parents,    10     gave her unconditional love and support.

7 . E-sports describes the world of competitive, organized video gaming. Competitors from different leagues or teams compete in the same video games: Fortnite, League of Legends, Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, to name a few. These gamers are watched and followed by millions of their fans all over the world, who attend live events or watch on TV or online. Streaming services, like Twitch, allow viewers to watch their favorite gamers playing in real time.

According to a report from Newzoo, a market analytics (分析) company, 380 million people worldwide will watch e-sports this year. Most of these e-sports lovers will watch from North America, China and South Korea.

Colleges have even got in on the action. More than 50 colleges in America have e-sports programs, recognized by a governing body called the National Association of Collegiate E-sports. NACE tournaments (锦标赛) give out thousands of dollars in prize money, which is put to scholarships for the winners.

E-sports players, like traditional athletes, can make big money. Tournaments can provide millions of dollars in prize money, which is typically divided among the players on the winning teams. That means a world’s very tip-top player can easily earn up to seven figures of money in a year. Teams and event organizers also earn money from ticket sales for these competitions. The popular League of Legends Tournament from 2017 brought in $5.5 million in ticket sales.

At the end of 2018, 1.6 billion people had some knowledge of e-sports — that’s more than one fifth of the entire world’s population. E-sports will continue to grow as an industry in the foreseeable future. So if you haven’t heard much about e-sports yet, give it time. Its spread, both globally and culturally, is certain to happen.

1. How do e-sports players compete against each other?

A．By watching videos games.	B．By designing e-sports programs.
C．By playing in the same video games	D．By going to the gym.

2. What will the winners of NACE tournaments get according to the passage?

A．Scholarships.

B．Cars.

C．Houses.

D．Tickets.

3. How much do a tip-top e-sports player probably earn in a year?

A．$1.000.

B．$10,000.

C．$100,000.

D．$1,000,000.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．E-sports is popular with a few people.

B．E-sports is likely to develop well.

C．People all over the world have some knowledge of e-sports.

D．People are curious about e-sports.

8 . When Najla Imad Lafta, 14, plays table tennis, her torso turns as smoothly as a dancer’s to meet the ball and she returns it so fast.

She just _________ her fourth silver and her fourth bronze medal from an international sports tournament for _________ people in Egypt in June.

“In fourth grade, I was _________ I was different from the other girls,” said Najla as she sat in a narrow _________.

Najla was 3 when a bomb magnetically _________ beneath her father’s car went off. In a matter of seconds she _________ one of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis seriously _________ in the civil war that followed the American invasion in 2003. Civilians young and old were _________ in the crossfire, crippling (使残疾) them physically and _________.

Najla’s life had been turned upside down and could do nothing but try her best to __________ to her new life with the __________ of a wheelchair.

__________ at his daughter’s struggles, Mr. Lafta __________ a friend of his from the Iraq Paralympic team for help to give her daughter some training lessons.

Najla worked on her __________ for a couple of days at home - her family bought a playing table that took up almost all the space in one of the compound’s rooms - barely __________ enough space for her to play with her sisters.

The Paralympics committee recently bought prostheses for Najla, and these were far better than the ones she had before but they were still not the kind made for __________.

__________, Najla has made the __________ from playing in a wheelchair to standing: a remarkably rare progression in the sport, when most players do the opposite.

“To be honest, nothing compared to __________ legs and arms, but at least I am __________ with what I have done.”

1.

A．won

B．sold

C．missed

D．began

2.

A．injured

B．disabled

C．talented

D．healthy

3.

A．tired of

B．proud of

C．aware of

D．lack of

4.

A．room

B．wheelchair

C．stick

D．gap

5.

A．made

B．attracted

C．hung

D．attached

6.

A．became

B．met

C．discovered

D．affected

7.

A．survived

B．died

C．wounded

D．lost

8.

A．killed

B．caught

C．arrested

D．protected

9.

A．intellectually

B．morally

C．legally

D．mentally

10.

A．adjust

B．refuse

C．waste

D．adopt

11.

A．ambition

B．assistance

C．effort

D．method

12.

A．Excited

B．Embarrassed

C．Frustrated

D．Astonished

13.

A．admired

B．forced

C．disturbed

D．contacted

14.

A．challenge

B．confidence

C．memory

D．technique

15.

A．leaving

B．clearing

C．making

D．sharing

16.

A．doctors

B．teachers

C．students

D．athletes

17.

A．Nevertheless

B．Therefore

C．Gradually

D．Fortunately

18.

A．living

B．switch

C．decision

D．mistake

19.

A．losing

B．hurting

C．having

D．fixing

20.

A．sad

B．anxious

C．happy

D．concerned

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

Table tennis first     1     (appear) during Victorian England. Table tennis didn’t become a competitive sport until 1988. Now table tennis not only is a matter of competition, but also provides an opportunity for people to play together no matter what their ages are. There is a day for people     2     love table tennis to spread their love for the sport. It     3     (call) World Table Tennis Day.

The International Table Tennis Federation has taken table tennis to a     4     (complete) new level. ITTF tries to make table tennis popular around the world.     5     (achieve) this goal, in 2015 ITTTF created World Table Tennis Day to get people interested     6     table tennis. Since then it has been celebrating the day so that more people can learn about     7     sport.

World Table Tennis Day is celebrated by     8     (organize) activities in the streets, clubs, bars, schools, workplaces etc. People can register for all these     9     (event) on the Internet to join in the worldwide celebration. If you’re looking for other ways to celebrate World Table Tennis Day, you can choose to watch     10     (excite) table tennis games on TV on the day and tell your friends what day it is.