1 . There are some disabled people in the world who fight an unseen battle within themselves every day. They never cry and ________, but with a big smile on their face. I call such people ________ because they know the art of living life.

Six-and-a-half years back, I was in a car accident. The driver slept, and the car fell in the ditch, as a result of which, I suffered ________ injuries: the radius and ulna(槎骨和尺骨) on my right arm were ________; three vertebrae of my backbone were crushed. But what ________ my life and personality completely was the spinal cord(脊髓) injury. We did try to find an ambulance but ________, so I was thrown in the back of a pother jeep, and then ________ to the nearby hospital. Unfortunately, I was ________ for there was no first aid. After several attempts, I finally ended up in a comparatively better hospital, where I ________ three major and two minor surgeries.

The days I spent in the hospital were ________. I was in severe pain, especially ________, I was fed up with wearing the hospital gown, looking at the white walls, sitting idle. I was so ________ that I felt life was almost pointless and ________. But then I realized that instead of crying for what I had lost, I had people around who were concerned about me. Thus, there came the best ________ that I took in my entire life — painting, a magic way to color my life.

That’s how this ________ helped me in exploring an artist in me and how this art kept me alive through the whole journey.

1.

A．pray

B．blame

C．forgive

D．insist

2.

A．survivors

B．failures

C．fighters

D．explorers

3.

A．slight

B．personal

C．distinct

D．multiple

4.

A．cut

B．cured

C．cracked

D．separated

5.

A．improved

B．suited

C．changed

D．dominated

6.

A．in vain

B．in sorrow

C．in despair

D．in relief

7.

A．admitted

B．walked

C．showed

D．rushed

8.

A．kicked out

B．picked out

C．helped out

D．worn out

9.

A．performed

B．underwent

C．required

D．planned

10.

A．joyful

B．dreadful

C．helpful

D．regretful

11.

A．sensitively

B．theoretically

C．physically

D．psychologically

12.

A．frustrated

B．bored

C．tense

D．angry

13.

A．endless

B．colorless

C．limitless

D．priceless

14.

A．time

B．belief

C．decision

D．opportunity

15.

A．adversity

B．story

C．surgery

D．emergency

2 . 听下面一段长对话，回答小题。
1. What happened to the woman at the beginning?

A．She lost her phone.

B．She couldn’t find the way.

C．She was trapped in heavy snow.

2. Why did the woman turn off the engine?

A．The car was running out of gas,

B．She stopped to answer a call.

C．The engine couldn’t work properly.

3. How did the woman keep warm?

A．By drinking hot tea.

B．By using the car heater.

C．By having more clothes on.

4. What did the emergency services do?

A．They called an ambulance,

B．They led the woman to her home.

C．They helped the woman go to the main road.

3 . On June 23,2018,twelve young Thai boys and their assistant football coach wandered into a karst cave in northern Thailand, near the border with Myanmar. What happened next would grab the world’s attention and lead to a complex and daring international rescue operation. The 10.3-kilometer-long Tham Luang cave flooded, trapping the boys in total blackness nearly 2.5 kilometers from the cave entrance.

Thousands of people from around the globe participated in the rescue effort, including military personnel, medical experts and the rock stars of the operation — cave divers. The divers, who safely removed all of the Thai children and their coach after 18 days underground, dealt with tight spaces and low visibility in muddy water- conditions that would prove deadly: Saman Gunan, a former Thai Navy Seal, died while transporting air tanks into the cave.

While the sport of cave diving had received attention in the pop culture area prior to the rescue mission in North Thailand, there is little doubt that the brave divers at Tham Luang cave helped push the activity and its varieties of risks into global society’s minds.

The sport-often referred to as among the world’s most dangerous recreational activities-has its roots in pre-WWII England. Since then, the recreational practice of cave diving, described by Australian cave explorer Richard Harris (a participant in the Tham Luang cave rescue) as an “unusual hobby” for “the ordinary,” has spread around the world-China included.

Over 1,000 kilometers northeast of Tham Luang cave, in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, lies karst-peak-covered Du’an county-China’s little-known cave diving Mecca.

Home to thousands of kilometers of underground rivers, Du’an county offers divers spellbinding geological formations, perhaps the world’s largest collection of blind fish species and a rare variety of freshwater jellyfish.

1. What do we know about the Tham Luang cave rescue operation?

A．There was no loss of life in the process.	B．Rock stars took part in the rescue efforts.
C．Rescue team came from more than Thailand.	D．Few people cared about it outside Thailand.

2. What contributes to people knowing more about cave diving globally?

A．Its dangerous recreations.	B．Its long history.
C．An expert’s description.	D．The divers’ heroic deeds.

3. Why is Du’an county referred to as a cave diving Mecca?

A．It is northeast of Tham Luang cave.	B．There are lots of underground rivers.
C．It is hardly known to the outside world.	D．It has the world’s largest geological formations.

4. What will be talked about in the following passage?

A．Spectacular cave diving experiences in Du’an.

B．Diving instructions shared by Richard Harris.

C．Lessons learned from this rescue operation.

D．Foods offered to tourists in Du’an.

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。

I had always enjoyed living in my flat on the top floor of a Victorian building in Wimbledon. Being so high up made me feel safe and secure, and I enjoyed wonderful views across the tree tops. I had never expected that I would experience a fire in the flat.

One night I went to sleep as usual after setting my alarm clock for 7 am and switching off the bedside light. A few hours later, I woke up puzzled. I could smell smoke and I could see that the bedroom was extremely dark. Then I realized the room was so dark because it was filled with smoke. I immediately left my bed and stood by the door. I was in panic. I was also convinced that I had somehow caused the fire without knowing it. I thought, “What will my neighbors think? I must get rid of the smoke before it gets into their flats.”

I managed to make my way to the curtains and tried to draw them open. This simple everyday act proved quite beyond me. When I finally opened the window, I saw all my neighbors standing on the lawn below, tightly wrapped up in their dressing gowns against the December cold. Then I realized it wasn’t me that had caused the fire. It was someone else.

Even though I had taken many fire awareness courses at work, I forgot everything I’d ever been taught at that time. My one instinct was to flee down the stairs.

“There’s a fire! Stay by the window!” someone shouted below the building. And that man’s words of warning stopped me and helped save my life. If I had opened my front door at the top of the stairwell to escape, the flames raging below would have been drawn upwards by the rush of oxygen and would have swept over me in an instant. I knew I should go to the kitchen and wait for help by the window there. I knew the firemen would save me using a ladder.

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。

So I went to the kitchen.

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Finally, the firemen arrived.

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5 . Umar Fox searched his whole life to look for the firefighter who saved him and his sister from a house fire in 1978. The search _________ came to an end with a heartfelt reunion.

Umar was 3 when the _________ happened in their house. He and his sister were home for Christmas break. Joseph Gilmore was one of the first people on the _________. He rushed into the fire, risking his own _________, and took the children out. Photojournalist George Rizer happened to photograph the _________.

Umar had always hoped to _________ the man. But the picture taken by Rizer was all he had, which _________ his wish not being realized. Forty-five years later, that picture ended up being _________ thanks to social media. Once Umar _________ Joseph, he and the firefighter had an emotional reunion. Umar’s sister had planned to __________, but she canceled due to illness. Joseph __________ when strong-built Umar walked in, “Oh, man! I wouldn’t want to pick you up now.”

Umar said that he and his sister “wouldn’t be __________” if it weren’t for Joseph. He went on to __________ that his act “brought more into the world”. Umar is __________ to be a father of five. His sister also “has great kids” who are “all grown up and doing big things”.

As for Joseph, he considered he was __________ doing something he did every day for 38 years.

1.

A．finally

B．normally

C．really

D．easily

2.

A．change

B．action

C．accident

D．adventure

3.

A．scene

B．floor

C．surface

D．ground

4.

A．speed

B．power

C．distance

D．safety

5.

A．injury

B．rescue

C．loss

D．task

6.

A．interview

B．meet

C．assist

D．join

7.

A．related to

B．dealt with

C．resulted in

D．applied for

8.

A．relaxing

B．satisfying

C．similar

D．enough

9.

A．visited

B．found

C．accompanied

D．urged

10.

A．attend

B．organize

C．sponsor

D．chair

11.

A．listened

B．cared

C．joked

D．worried

12.

A．special

B．retired

C．alive

D．delightful

13.

A．explain

B．compare

C．believe

D．agree

14.

A．brave

B．proud

C．suitable

D．willing

15.

A．roughly

B．curiously

C．hopefully

D．simply

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。

Milo is a rescue dog, adopted by 20-year-old Makayla Swift. But Milo the beagle is also a rescuer. One morning in November 2021, Swift opened her front door in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Milo took off running. Milo ran to the house across the street. He seemed unsatisfied with this house, so he ran to the one next door, Swift on his tail. He started scratching on the front door and Swift was thinking, “Why is he literally trying to break into her house?” She was embarrassed. Not everyone wants a strange dog on their property. But as she tried to drag Milo away, she could hear a sound coming through an open upstairs window. It was a voice yelling “Help!”

Hours earlier, around 4 a.m., 85-year-old Sherry Starr had risen from her bed. All of a sudden, standing there between the toilet and the tub, she slipped. She went down-hard-on the tile floor, and got stuck. Starr was scared of dying there. Her best bet, she decided, was to listen for the letter carrier in the afternoon and scream like the devils.

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。
For the next few hours, Starr practiced yelling, “Help! Help! Help!”
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Not long after the call, rescue workers arrived.
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7 . 听第10段材料，完成下面小题。
1. What was the speaker driving to do?

A．Go to his office.

B．Pick up his son.

C．Go to the post office.

2. What did the speaker want to buy at a shop?

A．Drinks.

B．Swimsuits.

C．Fruits and bread.

3. What caused the speaker to stop his car 500 metres from the school?

A．A traffic jam.

B．A flat tire.

C．An engine failure.

4. How did the speaker feel at last?

A．Worried.

B．Depressed.

C．Relieved.

8 . Four children in Colombia survived a plane crash. They were _______ in the jungle (丛林) for 40 days before they were finally _______ . How did the miracle of life come about?

Lesly, 13, was travelling with her family in a light aircraft when the engine was _______ and the aircraft crashed. All except Lesly and her three younger brothers died.

After the accident, Lesly took care of her younger brothers. She _______ through the wreckage (残骸) of the plane for food with her brothers. Once having _______ it, they sought wild fruits that they _______ to be eatable. They even used hair ribbons (丝带) to help build a _______ .

The rescuers’ discovery of a child’s drink bottle and a simple shelter gave searchers _______ that the children were still alive. To help the children, rescue packages were dropped to the jungle floor by the helicopter for them to get _______ , along with 10,000 brochures telling ________ on how to survive. Speakers from a helicopter broadcast a(n) ________ message from the children’s grandmother telling them to stay ________ and wait for help.

________ , a dog led the rescuers to the children, who seemed extremely weak from thirst, hunger and insect bites. Their aunt believed it was the wildness survival skills they learned at an early age that helped them ________ the difficult time. Lesly was highly spoken of for her courage and ________ .

1.

A．followed

B．arranged

C．cheated

D．trapped

2.

A．defeated

B．convinced

C．rescued

D．recognized

3.

A．out of date

B．out of action

C．in operation

D．in sight

4.

A．searched

B．designed

C．expected

D．removed

5.

A．realized

B．spotted

C．consumed

D．gathered

6.

A．pretended

B．confirmed

C．imagined

D．hesitated

7.

A．future

B．system

C．bridge

D．shelter

8.

A．faith

B．doubt

C．luck

D．regret

9.

A．assumptions

B．promotions

C．messages

D．supplies

10.

A．changes

B．reviews

C．tips

D．ads

11.

A．ignored

B．recorded

C．complete

D．secret

12.

A．awake

B．energetic

C．creative

D．still

13.

A．Eventually

B．Identically

C．Gradually

D．Curiously

14.

A．run across

B．take up

C．get through

D．set down

15.

A．freedom

B．wisdom

C．humor

D．desire

9 . What happened to Larry last night?

A．He fell into water.

B．He couldn’t find his hotel.

C．He was caught in the rain.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What happened to the speakers?

A．They lost their computers.

B．They suffered from a big storm.

C．They failed to graduate.

2. Who is Jane?

A．Amy’s neighbour.

B．Amy’s mother.

C．Jack’s neighbor

3. How did Jack ask for help?

A．By posting online.

B．By calling the police.

C．By going to the insurance company.

4. When will Amy graduate?

A．In July.

B．In August.

C．In September.