1 . 请在方框中选择合适的词汇，将对应选项填入短文的空格中，使短文完整连贯。
注意：(1)每个选项至多只能使用一次；
(2)方框中有一个多余词汇。

A. worthy of          B. did their best        C. competed in        D. listening to       E. with certainty F. more than G. dreaming of       H. questioned about     I. would rather        J. was provided for       K. adapted to

In the ever-changing world of women’s artistic gymnastics, there has been a gymnast for     1     three decades: Oksana Chusovitina.

The 48-year-old had said     2     that her final competition would be the Tokyo 2020 Games. With no fans in the stands to honor her legendary career, judges, coaches and other athletes     3     to give her a party     4     all she’d given the sport. After she thanked them through tears in her eyes, she told media that was her swansong (告别比赛).

However, just a few months after the Tokyo Olympics, Chusovitina said that she would return to training,     5     one final medal at a major competition—the Asian Games—for Uzbekistan. When     6     her return to gymnastics following a due retirement at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, she emphasized the importance of     7     one’s inner calling, “I like the excitement of pushing yourself to prove that you can do it despite your age,” Chusovitina said in an interview. And she mentioned on her Instagram story, “I just can’t finish my career without a medal for my motherland.”

Chusovitina first     8     the 1992 Olympics as part of the Unified Team and won a team gold medal there. Though she represented (代表) Uzbekistan in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics, her second Olympic me dal came some 16 years later in the 2008 Olympics. Chusovitina, then representing her third nation, Germany, where better medical treatment     9     her sick son, got the silver medal.

And now, her story continues. The historic eight-time Olympian, whose motto is “I     10     try today than regret tomorrow”, has started her ninth trip to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

2 . Students to Compete in 34th National Science Bowl

Thousands of students from middle and high schools across the country have committed themselves to extra study hours as they prepare to compete in the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s)34th National Science Bowl(NSB). These students are hard at work now to win their regional competitions, hoping to advance to the final competition.

The first regional event will take place on January 13th with high schools from the D. C. /Maryland area. Teams will face off in a fast-paced, question-and-answer format, and their knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics will be tested. Regionals will continue weekly until mid-March.

The winning team from each qualifying regional competition will be qualified to compete in the National Finals to be held in Washington, D. C. , from April 25-29, 2024, with all expenses paid by DOE. The national event consists of several days of science activities and sightseeing, along with the competitions.

In the National Finals, the top two teams will earn $5, 000 for their schools’ math and science departments. Schools ranking in the top 16 will receive $1, 000 for their science departments. But to many, the ultimate prize is simply the honor of winning the National Championship.

Today, the NSB annually draws more than 10, 000 middle and high school competitors. Since the first competition in 1991, approximately 344, 000 students have faced off in the NSB Finals. The 2024 competitors will follow in the footsteps of previous NSB contestants and will blaze a trail for students in science, math, and engineering. For more information, please visit the Office of Science website.

1. Which word can best describe the regional competitions?

A．Fair.

B．Interesting.

C．Special.

D．Challenging

2. What can we learn about the National Finals?

A．The championship victory is highly valued.

B．The event only involves fierce competitions.

C．Most of the expenses will be covered by DOE.

D．The prize money will be awarded to individuals.

3. What is the text?

A．A news release.	B．A survey report.
C．A learning project.	D．A scientific review.

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 . 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。

George had his eye on a scoring record. He took a deep breath as he stood in the doorway,looking in at the basketball court. The gym was old and small, but it held a long history. Maybe today I’ll make history, George thought.

His basketball league was celebrating. Today’s championship game marked its 50th anniversary (周年) since the league’s first championship.

George looked over the brochure for the anniversary. It listed the winners of each championship game and the top scorers. He stopped suddenly when he read the name of the top scorer from a game 30 years before. He quickly went through the rest of the list. “Look!” he said to his teammate David,showing him the brochure.“You see who has the all-time record? My dad! He never told me that.”

“24 points,” David said. “That’s awesome!”

George’s best record was 19 points. He was the Badgers’ top scorer. “It seems that my dad never showed off something like that,”George said.

When his parents arrived, George brought the brochure over to them. His dad laughed. “I didn’t miss a shot in that game. But look at the score. I would have traded every shot for a win,”he said with regret. George hadn’t noticed that his dad’s team had lost the game just by one point.“That was a great group of teammates,”his dad added.“You have great teammates in the Badgers, too.”

As George warmed up, he was still digesting his father’s words. “This will be a struggle every second,”the coach emphasized before they got on court to play.“I want to see tough defense, sharp passing, and, above all, smart play as a team.”

George was confident he could lead the Badgers to victory, just as he did in their previous games against the Lions. And he played really hard. As the game neared its end, George had already scored 23 points. Another basket would break his father’s scoring record.

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, his team was now one point behind the Lions.

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With no defenders around, David turned and shot at the basket.

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5 . In late 2021, I began to have a little bit of a midlife crisis. When my father was 48 years old, he had a heart attack that nearly ended his life. As I _________ my mid-forties, I knew that I needed to make a change in my life. I wanted to do something _________ to prove to myself and everyone else around me that I wasn’t going to have the same fate.

As I was trying to determine what kind of _________ that I wanted to set, I found a _________ called The Rut. The Rut is a series of races that are _________ in Big Sky, Montana every September. There’s multiple distances, but the 28 Kilometer _________ is the most popular, as well as the most _________ of the entire series. This race is regularly listed in the top ten most difficult races in the world. It involves almost 8,000 feet of elevation (海拔)_________ . This was the type of race I was _________ .

I also did a detailed training __________ . Even if I was traveling for business, I would stick to it and never __________ a workout (训练). And then came race day.

That day, Big Sky Montana, was unseasonably __________ , almost 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The race is going almost entirely above tree line, which means that you just are __________ to the elements (恶劣天气) nearly the entire time. Many people __________ out of the race halfway. But I finished it. When I reached the finish line, I was greeted by my wife and children, also friends that had traveled with us to Big Sky that day. This was the biggest challenge I had made for myself, but I __________ it.

1.

A．finished

B．designed

C．approached

D．changed

2.

A．public

B．big

C．equal

D．dangerous

3.

A．record

B．test

C．goal

D．trap

4.

A．race

B．training

C．town

D．place

5.

A．adopted

B．created

C．covered

D．hosted

6.

A．distance

B．display

C．competition

D．game

7.

A．exciting

B．challenging

C．breathtaking

D．surprising

8.

A．ride

B．trouble

C．gain

D．show

9.

A．changing for

B．leaving for

C．paying for

D．looking for

10.

A．plan

B．service

C．exchange

D．center

11.

A．served

B．missed

C．offered

D．followed

12.

A．hot

B．cool

C．mild

D．common

13.

A．expected

B．used

C．exposed

D．proved

14.

A．kept

B．took

C．hid

D．dropped

15.

A．forgot

B．made

C．caught

D．appreciated

6 . 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。

From the day Tony was born, Jeff refused to let his son’s disabilities hold him back. Tony has cerebral palsy (脑瘫), making it difficult for him to walk. Determined to show Tony that he could pursue his dream of being an athlete, when he was 15 years old, Jeff signed him up with Team Triumph, an organization that helps kids with disabilities engage in endurance sports.

“It gave me a new perspective on life, Tony said. He even dreamed of walking marathon one day. From then on, Tony became addicted to racing, and Jeff also wanted to be a part of it. Though Jeff had been a minor league baseball player, endurance (耐力) sports were new to him. He made up his mind to achieve Tony’s dream and started doing things he never dreamed about. He began waking up at 4 a. m. So he could run in the silent street while pushing Tony in a special wheelchair called a racing chair. Every morning, he drove himself to run increasingly longer distances. Soon, he and Tony were entering 5K races, then on to Iron-man triathlons.

Finishing the Iron-man competition in under 16 hours would be another dream for Jeff and Tony. The big day came. The race began with a 2.4-mile swim in the river. Jeff helped Tony into a kayak (皮船). With one end of a rope tied to a belt around his back and the other end to the kayak, Jeff eased himself into the water. Swimming while dragging another person is quite tough. The pair completed the swim in 90 minutes, and then it was on to the next leg; a 112-mile bicycle ride. Their custom-built bike had an additional seat in the back for Tony that faced backward.

After completing the demanding bike part in roughly nine hours, they set their sights on the final leg of the race-a 26.2-mile marathon with Jeff pushing Tony in the racing chair. They’d been competing for 10 hours, with only 6 hours left for the race. The first 7 miles went smoothly.

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。

But at mile 19, Jeff began to worry they were going too slow.

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Jeff handed Tony his rolling walker (助行器).

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7 . National Public Radio (NPR) Music’s Tiny Desk Contest is back. Artists can submit an entry from this morning. This isn’t just another regular year of the Contest — it’s the 10th anniversary.

The panel (小组) of judges has doubled in size compared to previous years. The panel has a group of industry experts who are eager to see what this year’s participants can share. And there’s a great team of NPR’s Music station hosts on the panel: Amelia Mason, Novena Carmel and Stas THEE Boss.

Also new this year: Not only will the 2024 winner play a Tiny Desk concert, be interviewed on All Things Considered and go on tour with NPR Music — they’ll also be paired with a tutor in the industry who will help them navigate their music journey. Our judges are determined to give this year’s winner the support they’ll need to take their music to the next level. The winner will also be featured at two festivals this summer: Celebrate Brooklyn and the Millennium Park Summer Music series in Chicago.

And for the first time this year, the Contest is introducing a fan favorite vote. Later this spring, Contest judges will share their favorite entries as part of the annual Tiny Desk-Contest Top Shelf series on YouTube — and then artists and fans will be able to vote for their favorite among those selections.

Here’s how to enter: Record a video of you playing one original song — behind a desk, upload your video to YouTube, and submit the video on our Tiny Desk Contest website by Feb. 21 at 11: 59 p. m.   

A final reminder: Entry videos don’t need to be fancy. The Tiny Desk is where artists go to simplify their big productions. Contest judges are looking for artists to submit something that’s true to them and brand new to the Tiny Desk.

1. Who are most likely among the judges?

A．News station hosts.	B．Expert musicians.
C．Contest participants.	D．Famous industrialists.

2. What will the winner get as an award?

A．Sightseeing tours.	B．Festival souvenirs.
C．Unlimited support.	D．Professional guidance.

3. What is required of the contest entry?

A．It has to be a masterpiece.	B．It must convey positive feelings.
C．It must be recorded behind a desk.	D．It has to be submitted before Feb. 21.

8 . Kangaroo Kids

Fall Jump Rope Workshop

Invited: All skill levels, kids ages 6 and up

Skills Taught: Single / Long Rope, Speed, and Double Dutch (交互花式跳绳)

Learn new skills with nationally recognized jumpers!

Jumpers must be willing to learn and have fun!

Saturday, November 9, 9:00-16:00

North Laurel Community Center

9411 Whiskey Bottom Rd • Laurel, MD 20723

Participant Fee: $55 by 10/21 ($65 after 10/21)
Judge’s Clinic Fee: $25 by 10/21 ($35 after 10/21)
How to Register (register by 10/30)

Use our online registration system for all event registrations, T-shirt orders; and lunch orders. Please register and pay at http://registration. kanagrookids.org/FallWorkshop. First-time users will create a user account to register for the Fall Workshop as a participant. Please create only one user account per household. All members of a family will be part of one account.

NOTE: PLEASE REGISTER AS EARLYAS POSSILE, ASPACE IS LIMITED.

T-shirt Order

Workshop T-shirts: $18, order by 10/18. Shirt Size (please circle during order): YS/ YM /YL/AS/ AM /AL

Jump ropes, T-shirts, shorts, tennis shoes, and water bottles will be available for sale at the event on November 9. There will be instructors helping adjust the length of your jump ropes.

Lunch Order

Subway lunch (sandwich or salad, fruit drinks and cookies): $8, order by 10/30.

Workshop Hours: 9:00-12:00 and 1:30-4:00

Lunch: 12:00-1:30

1. What is the early bird participant fee?

A．$25.

B．$35.

C．$55.

D．$65.

2. What are family participants asked to do?

A．Bring their own lunch.	B．Create one registration account.
C．Register for the same instructor.	D．Adjust the length of their jump ropes in advance.

3. When is the deadline for ordering a T-shirt?

A．10/18.

B．10/21.

C．10/30.

D．11/9.

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。

With lightning-quick reactions (反应) and no small amount of cleverness, Chen throws off his leg high above his shoulder in a movement. He connects his foot with the oncoming football and volleys (拦截) it powerfully downward. With a loud “bang” it springs off the strangely-curved (奇特弯曲的) ping-pong table and     1    (fly) past the ear of his competitor, who, unable to react quickly enough, is left where it is. The point     2    (obvious) goes to Chen. Without breaking as weat, he stands up effortlessly and prepares     3    (serve) once more.

This unique sport     4    (call) Teqball. The Hungarian-born mixture of football and table tennis has been around for ten years. It’s played on a curved tabletop     5     is 3 metres long and 1.7 metres wide, with the highest point reaching 0.76 metres high,     6     it’s separated by a solid net.

Generally, the game is played in three-set     7     (match), with doubles competitions being     8    (popular) than singles. Players use a bitunder-inflated (充气不足) football and, similar to football, are allowed to hit the ball with any part of     9    (they) body except their hands.

    10     Aug 19, the 2023 Beijing Teqball Challenge, held by the Beijing Olympic City Development Association and the International Teqball Federation, ended up at the scenic Juyongguan Great Wall area in Beijing.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Runner’s World Challenge

It’s hard to imagine a more inspirational place for a marathon or half marathon than Marrakech in Morocco. With one of the fastest     1     (route) in the world, this is a race not to be missed. You can be there     2    (run) and explore the city on this great Runner’s World holiday.

We’ve teamed up with Intrepid Travel,     3     leading expert in small group holidays to the world’s most fascinating destination, to bring you a unique eight-day travel plan from January 24th to 31st, during     4     you will explore the ancient sites of Morocoo and take part in the 31st edition of the thrilling International Marathon of Marrakech.

You will join expert guides and also feed     5     (you) soul and stomach on a foodie tour of the market of Marrakech     6     the open air, visit a vineyard, and spend time in the walled city of Essaouira, all in the company of other Runner’s World readers. After the race, you     7     (enjoy) a hammam (土耳其蒸气浴室) treatment and a relaxing massage (按摩) to help you regain energy. However,     8     (race) the Marrakech Marathon’s flat route, along narrow roads lined with palm trees, through lush orange and olive woods and past the 12th-centuty red-tinged city walls is     9     (real) the most attractive. You will remember this     10    (impress) adventure for a lifetime and form friendships that will last just as long.