1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who gave the woman her first mountain bike?

A．Her father.

B．Her uncle.

C．Her brother.

2. Why did the woman slow down at one point in the race?

A．The road was full of rocks.

B．She was too tired to go ahead.

C．A reporter appeared suddenly.

3. What does the woman think is the most important before the race?

A．Having enough sleep.

B．Checking the road in advance.

C．Keeping the bike in good condition.

4. What does the woman say about the clothes?

A．They have to be tight.

B．They should be pretty.

C．They need to be comfortable.

2 . 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.

3 . Short Story Competitions.

The V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize

The V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize held by the Royal Society of Literature (RSL) annually is currently open for entries. Entries from those over 18 years old who are residents in the UK are welcome.

Closes: 20 August

Word limit: 2,000 -- 4,000 words

Entry fee: Free

Prize: £1,000 and publication in prospect online

The Tasmanian Writers' Prize

Since 2009, Forty Source Publishing has awarded writers the Tasmanian Writers’ Prize for the most outstanding short story submitted into this competition. Entries from Australian and New Zealand residents are welcome.

Closes: 15 February

Word limit: 3,000 -- 4,000 words

Entry fee: $20

Prize: $500 and publication in Forty South

The Nature Writing Prize

Created by the Nature Conservancy Australia, the Nature Writing Prize is open for submissions. Writers, 18 years and older are invited to write an essay to explore their relationship and interaction with the Australian landscape.

Closes: 19 February

Word limit: 3,000 -- 5,000 words

Entry fee: $25

Prize: $7,500 dollars and publication in Griffith Review online

The Stringybark Open Short Story Award

Stringybark Publishing is asking writers to enter a short story into the Stringybark Open Short Story Award. The judges are looking for a story written for an audience of 16 years and older. Closes: 31 January

Word limit: 1,500 -- 1,800 words

Entry fee: $14 for 1 story, $26 for two stories, $36 for six stories (max)

Prize: Over $1,000 in cash and books

1. What do we know about the competition held by the RSL?

A．It is free for participants.	B．Its deadline is 19 February.
C．It is open for writers across the world.	D．Its entries are for readers of 18 years or older.

2. What is the word limit for stories exploring the human-nature relationship?

A．1,500 --1,800 words.	B．2,000 -- 4,000 words.
C．3,000 -- 4,000 words.	D．3,000 -- 5,000words

3. Which competition awards its winners cash and books?

A．The Nature Writing Prize.	B．The Tasmanian Writers’ Prize.
C．The V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize.	D．The Stringybark Open Short Story Award.

4 . 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。

HANGZHOU — The 19th Asian Games closed on Sunday under the theme of “Enduring Memories of Hangzhou” for the closing ceremony,     1     (highlight) the power and unity of sports and the Asian Games.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) acting president Raja Randhir Singh attended the closing ceremony at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Singh declared the Games closed, praising the organizers     2     “the perfect host that the OCA will never forget.” “The power of sport, the power of the Asian Games is to unite us all in life. I would like to thank the Chinese government, the Chinese Olympic Committee, the people of Hangzhou and the Hangzhou organizing committee (HAGOC) for    3     you have done and ensured that the Hangzhou Asian Games were an unprecedented (前所未有的) success,” said the OCA acting president.

“The Qiantang River     4     (continue) flows into the sea, and the light of Asia will continue to shine brightly in the future. The Asian Games flame is about to be extinguished, but its spirit will live     5    ,” said Gao Zhidan, organizing committee president. “Together, we will write a new chapter of an Asian community with a     6     (share) future,” added Gao, also president of the Chinese Olympic Committee.

Echoing with the opening ceremony     7     a digital torchbearer lit the cauldron together with swimming Olympic champion Wang Shun, the digital torchbearer returned for the closing ceremony. China’s swimmers Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang     8     (award) Most Valuable Player (MVP) jointly of the Asian Games on Saturday. Olympic champion Zhang, 25, clinched six     9     (title) in her signature events, while 24-year-old world champion Qin pocketed five golds and a silver on his second Asiad appearance.

The Hangzhou Asiad also produced world-leading performances with     10     total of 13 world records having been broken.

5 . It’s time to sign up for Kids Bowl Free 2023!

Dates range from center to center and state to state. The center my family signed up for starts from May 3rd but I saw a couple of centers in Pennsylvania and South Carolina that had start dates in APRIL!

Be sure the kids are signed up for Kids Bowl Free 2023.

The Kids Bowl Free 2023 program is not specific to a certain chain of bowling alleys (保龄球场). You can find a participating center near you. Kids (under 15 years old) can get TWO free games EVERY DAY at a participating center. Most places will require a bowling shoe rental-not included in the program.

But wait! That’s not all!

You can also sign up teens and adults for a summer pass for $39.95. Up to 4 people get two games every day during the summer with the family pass so that the whole family can bowl every day!

USE CODE: HOT25 on the Family Pass page * to save 25%! Making it just $29.95!

If the code HOT25 doesn’t work, when it asks if you want to sign up for the Family Pass, find the tiny “No Thanks” button and click it. When you do that, you’ll be offered a discount code!

Shoe rental not included.

Save even more on your kids bowl free when you don’t have to rent shoes! Search Ebay for bowling shoes and get a great deal! I got us each a pair for this year and if we bowl 6 times our shoe cost will be less than if we rented shoes 6 times. And with our own shoes, we can go more often!

1. What benefit does the program offer?

A．Free summer passes.	B．Free games for young kids.
C．Discounted shoe rentals.	D．Discounted goods at Ebay.

2. How much will you pay at least for a family pass of 3 people?

A．$10.

B．$29.95.

C．$39.95.

D．$89.85.

3. Who has written the text probably?

A．An Ebay seller.	B．A shoe producer.
C．A participating parent.	D．A bowling center operator.

6 . Olympic Games organizers in France presented the 2024 Olympic torch (火炬) that will light the Summer Games in the country a year from now. In the Olympic torch tradition, many people carry the torch in turn from Greece to the current location of the Games. After it has traveled thousands of kilometers. the torch will light the Olympic cauldron (火炬台) at the Opening Ceremony of the next Olympic Games.

French designer Mathieu Lehanneur created the torch. which is 70 centimeters long and made of lightweight steel. Lehanneur said its shape is inspired by the famous Seine River, which flows through Paris. He said the torch is equal from top to bottom and all around the middle, which stands for equality between athletes. The twisting shape of the torch represents peace.

The torch was made with lightweight steel. Its lower half copies the movement of the Seine, along which the opening ceremony will take place for over 500,000 viewers.

Lehanneur said he wants the torch to represent the kind of event that Paris 2024 hopes to be. “I wanted to move away from the torch appearing as an object of conquest (征服),” Lehanneur said. He also told reporters that designing the torch was much more techn1cal than he thought it would be. “The magic is not the torch itself. but the flame” Lehanneur said.

The torch will be lit up in Olympia, Grecce on April 16, 2024, followed by a nine day torch relay before sailing across the Mediterranean Sea from Athens to Marseille on May 8. It will then pass through several important places , which include Strasbourg , the Pantheon in Paris, the Mont Saint-Michel and multiple French territories.

Tony Estanguet, the Paris 2024 chief, said the torch is “very ,very beautiful”. He also said it is “...very pure, It’s perfectly balanced in the hand.”

1. Why is the torch equal from top to bottom?

A．It is easy for torch-bearers to carry.	B．It is the symbol of the Seine River.
C．It represents peace among nations.	D．It shows equality between players.

2. What can be inferred from Lehanneur’s words?

A．He wishes Paris 2024 to be the best ever.	B．The torch is more important than the flame.
C．Designing the torch is harder than he thinks.	D．He thinks highly of the torch’s appearance.

3. How long will it take the torch to travel from Greece to France?

A．Twenty two days.

B．Fifteen days.

C．Nine days.

D．Eight days.

4. Where is the text most probably taken from?

A．A travel brochure.

B．A sports magazine.

C．A science report.

D．A research paper.

7 . I am a champion. I have won medals in three different sports and was proud to represent Canada at the international level in basketball. I _______ five days a week, working with top quality coaches and mental performance consultants to be at my _______ in my sport. By the way, all that is _______ the Special Olympics.

I was born with a(n) _______ disability. The older I got, the _______ it became for me to keep up with everyone else. _______ I joined in the Special Olympics, I was shy, not confident and didn’t have many friends so I felt _______. When I got there, _______, everyone was very encouraging, supportive, and let me be myself without being _______. Now, I have ________ it all the way to the World Games. Being a Special Olympics athlete ________ my pride and dignity.

I’m here giving this talk not because I’m a ________ case. I am here because there is still a big ________ with the way many people treat people like me. The world does not ________ us as champions. Not long ago, we were ________ and hidden away. And in too many cases, people with intellectual disabilities like me are ________ to the wider population.

I am here today to challenge you to look at us as ________. I am no longer hidden and bullied. Now, I have dreams and achievements in my sport and I am ________ a career as a personal trainer. I would like to leave you with one final thought. “Sports have the ________ to change the world.” The Special Olympics are giving us a place to be confident, meet friends and get to feel like and ________ champions.

1.

A．train

B．row

C．play

D．struggle

2.

A．request

B．service

C．best

D．expense

3.

A．beyond

B．under

C．across

D．through

4.

A．emotional

B．intellectual

C．psychological

D．physical

5.

A．earlier

B．harder

C．longer

D．closer

6.

A．After

B．While

C．Before

D．Because

7.

A．left out

B．taken in

C．set aside

D．picked on

8.

A．thus

B．otherwise

C．besides

D．though

9.

A．proved

B．examined

C．judged

D．chosen

10.

A．did

B．made

C．got

D．put

11.

A．reserves

B．restores

C．recognizes

D．adapts

12.

A．charity

B．failure

C．theory

D．test

13.

A．problem

B．advance

C．conflict

D．change

14.

A．remember

B．trust

C．call

D．see

15.

A．respected

B．assessed

C．avoided

D．controlled

16.

A．invisible

B．inaccessible

C．irresistible

D．unimaginable

17.

A．friends

B．peers

C．athletes

D．equals

18.

A．declaring

B．displaying

C．operating

D．pursuing

19.

A．goal

B．power

C．honor

D．duty

20.

A．beat

B．bear

C．be

D．desire

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

On March 27, the final match between Team Qiandongnan and Team Zunyi at “Village Basketball Association” or “Village BA” basketball tournament     1     (hold) in Taipan Village, Taijiang county, Southwest China’s Guizhou province.     2     (organize) by local residents, this event has gained     3    (popular) over the years and draws a large crowd of spectators and participants alike.

For this year’s     4    (prize), the winners received national intangible cultural heritage Miao silver hat and local agricultural products. The first runner-up won a Tajiang sturgeon (鲟鱼) and a wooden dragon boat. The     5     (two) runner-up won local agricultural products such as “Sansui sesame duck” and embroidery pieces.

During traditional festivals such as Chixin Festival     6     falls on the sixth of June in the Chinese lunar calendar, local villagers will organize basketball competitions to celebrate a good harvest. The bonus gifts are agricultural products     7     (include) rice, fish and duck.

There were no superstar players, no advertising, and no tickets. But     8     single match among ordinary villagers could attract over 10, 000 people to sit in the stands. The cumulative number of views on live-streaming platforms reached hundreds of millions. Apart     9     free entrance to the game, the village has also set up more parking lots and snack streets in surrounding areas. Taipan Village     10     (go) through a major renovation (恢复活力) for boosting tourism in the past few years.

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。

Sweat poured down Marquez’s face. He was preparing for a basketball game and he would win. That was a pretty sure thing. After all, he wasn’t just good; he was excellent.

Basketball was a way of life in Marquez’s family. His older brother Reggie was now playing at a top college. Marquez was ready to follow in his brother’s footsteps and make his family proud. But he had a secret. As good as he was at basketball, Marquez’s heart wasn’t in it anymore. He had another sport on his mind.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead (额头), Marquez jumped on a bus heading home. Through the bus window, he could see cheerleaders dancing and performing amazingly on the field. Marquez was attracted. He pulled out a sheet from his bookbag. Across the top in big block letters was the phrase: Cheerleading Competition (啦啦队比赛). That’s what Marquez really wanted to do. He longed for a new challenge.

Although it is accepted that cheerleading was girly, Marquez knew the meaning of cheerleading for a game. He also knew that cheerleading wouldn’t just be a physical challenge; it would be an emotional one, too.

Now, he knew it was time for him to tell his family.

As soon as he arrived home, his parents and Reggie were at the door. Marquez’s face grew bright as he hugged Reggie. “You’re home?” “Of course, little man. I planned to come to your game. You’re going to be a better player than me!”

Everyone in the family was smiling…except Marquez. His family had such high expectations for him when it came to basketball. But Marquez was tired of trying to keep up with his brother. He was ready to carve his own path. He wanted to tell his parents, but Reggie being there put much more pressure on him.

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。
However, Marquez knew what had to be done.
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Over the next few weeks, his family began to understand and support him for the big event.
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10 . 阅读下面材料，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 just over 600 day    1    (go) until the opening of the next Olympic and Paralympic Games,     2     official mascots of Paris 2024 have been revealed.

Now it’s time to meet the Phryges, the mascots for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, who have been tasked with an important mission: to show the world that sport can change everything and     3     it deserves to play a major role in society. Kain Phryges (pronounced fri-jeeuhs) are small Phrygian caps,     4     represent a strong symbol of liberty, and the ability of people       5     (undertake) great and meaningful responsibilities.

The Olympic Phryge is triangular in shape, and comes with friendly smile, blue eyes and big colored sneakers, the golden Paris 2024 logo     6     their chests, which is bound to gain high     7     (popular). The Paralympic version     8     (feature) a prosthetic leg (假肢) that goes to the knee. Ever since Shuss, a red, white and blue mascot on skis, appeared at the Olympic Grenoble 1968, mascots have been fun and     9     (festival) ambassadors of the Olympic Movement. “The mascots have always occupied a special place in the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” said Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet. “They form the emotional bond between the Games and the people,     10     (contribute) to the atmosphere and high spirit in the stadiums.”Organizers said they want to deliver the idea that sport can change everything and that it deserves to have a leading place in the society through the mascots.