1 . Making it to 100 years old is a big achievement on its own, but being active at that age is absolutely worthy of praise and admiration. Jayne Burns, who just turned 101 years old, still has a part-time job at a craft store in Ohio, drives herself to work, and simply doesn’t see herself retiring anytime soon. Not only does she seem to love keeping busy, but she credits it as one of her secrets to living a long life.

Burns first caught the internet’s attention on TikTok. There, her coworker Maggie HusVar told her followers about her then 98-year-old friend. Maggie then asked Burns to share a piece of advice with her new fans, to whom Burns said, “Keep moving.”

The senior woman recently celebrated her 101st birthday, and she certainly hasn’t changed her mind about slowing down. Burns took the job in 1997 after her husband died, and has expressed that she enjoys what she does, so she wants to keep doing it. “I’ll work for as long as I can or as long as they’ll have me,” she said.

In celebration of her milestone birthday, Burns recently shared some more tips for a long life. “I was always active all my life doing things. So I think that has helped more than anything.” As a cancer survivor, she said she used to watch her sugar intake, but she doesn’t anymore, as she loves sweets. Despite her age, she still follows a beauty routine. “I use a moisturizer(保湿霜) and makeup. I figured I did it all my life, so I’m ‘not’ going to stop now,” she says.

Overall, her top secret for a long life is to make friends and find happiness in the company of others. “It’s important to find people who are friendly and kind.” she says. “I enjoy talking to everybody I work with, and meeting the customers who are very nice, even if some of them are surprised to see me at the cutting table.”

1. Why does Jayne Bums still work part-time?

A．To keep herself busy.	B．To make more money.
C．To meet more people.	D．To win praise and admiration.

2. What can we know about layne Burns?

A．She goes to work by bus.	B．She puts on makeup daily.
C．She likes nothing but sweets.	D．She gets along well with her boss.

3. What does Jayne Burns think is the key to enjoying a healthy and long life?

A．Eating what you love.	B．Doing exercise regularly.
C．Having a part-time job.	D．Making friends and being happy.

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Living a Busy Life	B．A Successful Woman
C．Keeping Active Forever	D．Secrets to a Woman’s Long Life

2 . 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。

John Snow was a pioneer in the use of maps and statistics when     1     (study) cholera. He began the investigation by marking on a map the exact places where all those who died had lived. However, you couldn’t imagine     2     difficulty he had encountering during that time. There were multiple     3     (dead) near the water pump in Broad Street     4     no one died in some households. The survivors     5     (give) free beer and had not drunk the pump water. Another woman away from the water pump had the water     6     (deliver) to her house so that she as well as her daughter died of cholera. As a consequence     7     the evidence, Snow announced the water pump was     8     (blame). With his intervention of removing the pump handle, Snow stopped the disease in its tracks.

Besides, he showed a link     9     cholera and water companies,     10     (make) them sell clean water. Therefore, the threat of cholera around the world saw a substantial decrease.

3 . Alexa von Tobel, a successful entrepreneur(企业家), learned an important lesson during her time at Harvard University: Money alone doesn’t bring happiness. Despite achieving financial(财务的) success by selling her startup for millions of dollars, Alexa believes that true happiness comes from things that money can’t buy.

During her undergraduate studies in psychology, Alexa had the opportunity to study at Harvard’s Leadership and Happiness Laboratory, also known as the “Happiness Lab”. This experience gave her a new understanding on what truly brings happiness. She discovered that it’s the simple routines and daily actions that create a sense of community and connection, rather than material wealth.

Alexa’s mindset(思维模式) still influences her work. She believes that finding happiness is more important than just making money. Alexa thinks it’s important to take pride in the process of building a company, rather than only focus ing on the financial outcomes.

She applies this attitude to her personal life as well. Alexa and her husband value celebrating the journey rather than just the end results, even when it comes to raising their kids.

While at Harvard, Alexa was greatly inspired by Tal Ben-Shahar and Shawn Achor, who taught a popular course on “Positive Psychology”. This field emphasizes finding joy and satisfaction by connecting with others, being grateful, and having a positive mindset.

For Alexa, the lessons from her time at Harvard still remind her to focus on whatever brings her joy in her life, rather than obsessing over money or materials. “The daily effort drives happiness, not the outcome,” she says.

1. When did Alexa have a new understanding of happiness?

A．After she graduated from college.

B．After she married her husband.

C．When she studied at Harvard.

D．When she was 30 years old.

2. What is the mindset in Alexa’s family?

A．The result isn’t important at all.

B．The richer you are, the happier you are.

C．The more successful you are, the happier you are.

D．The process is more important than the outcome.

3. Who inspired Alexa greatly at Harvard?

A．Her psychology teacher.	B．Her literature teacher.
C．Her physics teacher.	D．Her PE teacher.

4. What does the under lined phrase“obsessing over”probably mean in the last paragraph?

A．Referring to.	B．Caring about.
C．Getting along with.	D．Taking over.

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。

Pierre de Coubertin(1863-1937)     1     (consider) the father of the modern Olympic games. He was     2     educator and historian. From his work in education he came to see how     3     (organize) sports helped balance body and mind to promote health, as well as giving young people something constructive to do with their time.     4     a historian, he loved ancient Greece, and believed that the ancient Olympics was a great example and high point in the history of mankind. Although some Olympic-style     5     (competition) had already been held in different countries, Pierre de Coubertin was the first     6     (bring) the idea of different countries competing together in a modern international contest. He founded the IOC (International Olympic Committee) in 1894 and the first modern games were held two years     7     (late). Today the IOC continues to support and encourage the     8     (develop) in sports around the world. Pierre de Coubertin wrote a poem     9     (call)“Ode to Sports”, as well as the Olympic motto “Faster, higher, stronger”,     10     is still used today.

5 . Bartek Ostalowski lost both his arms in a terrible aceident in 2006, but that wasn’t enough to kill his dream of one day becoming a professional race-car driver. Finding himself armless at just 20 years old and faced with the difficult task of learning to drive a car on a race circuit (赛车道) must have been quite the shock for Bartek, but he gathered the courage and the drive to push on. In three years, he became a master of driving a race-car with his feet. Today, Bartek Ostalowski is the world’s only professional sport driver who drives using his feet.

In order to deal with his physical limitations, Bartek transformed (改装) his race car according to his needs, adding a new engine, and stronger transmission (变速器). The ambitious Polish driver uses his right foot to control the pedals, while moving on with his left one. The race car is controlled with the shoulder.

“After my accident, I was looking for a solution. I asked myself if I wanted to race again what would I need to do?” Bartek told the reporter of Business Insider. “I heard about someone in Poland who, like me, had no arms, but he drove a car on a daily basis with no problem. After meeting him, my dream and passion for motor sports were alive and strong, and I made the decision to return to racing one day.”

In 2019, Ostalowski finished in ninth place out of 50 drivers in the Polish Drift Championship, one of the most competitive championship series in all of Europe, and the year before that, he won the international Czech Drift Series, beating dozens of other professional sports drivers.

“Of course, I encourage other people with disabilities to get involved in motor sports. It’s a beautiful passion and I think a great form of recovery too. So make your dreams come true,” the Polish driver said.

1. What is special about Bartek Ostalowski?

A．He lost his arms.	B．He is a race-car driver.
C．He drives the race car with feet.	D．He becomes a master of driving a race car.

2. Who encouraged Bartek Ostalowski most according to the text?

A．A driving master.	B．A disabled driver.
C．A great champion.	D．A newspaper reporter.

3. What does the author think of Bartek Ostalowski according to paragraph 4?

A．Admiring.

B．Frightening.

C．Interesting.

D．Embarrassing.

4. Which should be the title of the text?

A．A Moving Story about a Dream Coming True

B．A Great Man Rising from a Terrible Accident

C．The Only Man with Courage and Drive on a Race Circuit

D．The Only Armless Professional Sports Driver in the World

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。

Born in 1852, Antoni Gaudí devoted his life to architecture. He was one of the leaders and the most famous representatives of Catalan Modernism.

Gaudí was famous for his unique way of     1     (design) buildings. He would never use plans or technical drawings for his projects. Instead, he would make scale models. That approach is     2     (understand) when we know he was mainly influenced by nature for his buildings. If the pillar (柱子)     3     (look) like a tree, it’s easier to model it than     4     (make) an architectural drawing of it. Gaudí focused on every detail in his work and designed everything from furniture to decoration. He invented     5     unique technique, in which he used waste ceramic (陶瓷) pieces and made decorations with them. During his career, Antoni Gaudí,     6     inspiration was from nature, mainly worked in the Catalan Modernism style.

Gaudí died on June 10th 1926. Since 2013, that date has been celebrated     7     World Art Nouveau Day. After his death, Gaudí’s work was first criticized.     8    , around the mid-20th century, his legacy (遗产) got praised by artists such as Salvador Dali. In 1957, Gaudí’s first international     9     (exhibit) was organized at MOMA in New York. So far today, seven of his works     10     (declare) World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.

7 . 假定你是李华，请根据下列表格中的内容提示，为校报的“英语园地”写一篇英语短文，介绍你最崇拜的一位中国科学家。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：培育杂交水稻breed hybrid rice；产量output

姓名	袁隆平
出生年份	1930年
职业	科学家
工作经历	大学毕业后，从事农业教学和研究工作； 1975年，成功培育出了杂交水稻。
成就	提高了水稻产量，有助于消除世界饥饿； 被誉为“杂交水稻之父”。

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8 . The Chinese written language originated very early. However, people began to like the art of writing, and pay attention to the creator’s thinking and spirit since the period between the Late Han Dynasty and Wei Jin Dynasty. The Chinese calligraphy fonts(字体) gradually evolved from oracle, Chinese bronze inscriptions and silk manuscripts to the following five main schools:

School	Representative Master	Feature
Seal Script	Li Si	There are Big Zhuan and Small Zhuan. The Big Zhuan includes all the ancient Chinese calligraphy fonts before Qin Dynasty. The Small Zhuan are the characters commonly used by officials after Qin united China. These characters feature balanced left and right parts and a bit complicated structures.
Official Script	Cai Yong	A simplified form of script since seal characters were too complicated for officials to use when copying documents.
Regular Script	Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan	Also named Zhenshu or Zhengshu, Kaishu is regular with a tight structure and fluent strokes.
Cursive Hand	Zhang Xu, Huai Su	Caoshu is characterized by sketchy, simplified forms of characters, often distorted or exaggerated to achieve an internal rhythmic appearance within the compositions of characters.
Running Hand	Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing; Su Shi	Xingshu is something between the regular script and the cursive scripts in the initial period and now is between the official script and cursive(草写体的)hand. Chinese masters have always compared the three styles of writing, Kaishu, Xingshu, Caoshu to people standing, walking and running respectively.

1. The difference between Seal Script and Official Script lies in ______.

A．the difficulty to write	B．their function in use
C．who often wrote them	D．how cursive they are

2. Which school is compared to people walking according to the text?

A．Official Script.	B．Running Hand.
C．Cursive Hand.	D．Regular Script.

3. If you want to practice both Regular Script and Running Hand, who is a better choice to choose based on this article?

A．Ouyang Xun.	B．Yan Zhenqing.
C．Zhang Xu.	D．Wang Xizhi.

9 . 假定你是中学生李华，你校正在举办“我最喜爱的农业科学家”为主题的征文活动，请你根据下面要点提示，描述你所喜欢的农业科学家，内容包括：
1. 谁是你最喜欢的农业科学家；
2. 这位科学家对人类所做的贡献 ；
3. 你的感想或希望。
注意：词数80左右 (题目和开头已给出)。

My Favourite Agricultural Scientist

Of so many famous scientists all over the world, I admire

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10 . 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。

Tang Zhenya has worked as a postman of the China Post Laozishan Township Branch，Jiangsu Province for over 20 years. With nearly half of its population living on fishing, local residents either inhabit (居住于) their own     1    (boat) or live along the shoreline.

Tang is a diligent postal employee     2     begins sorting his parcels at 7 a. m. every day. He will deliver parcels to those living on land first and then set out     3     (visit) the fishermen on Hongze Lake in the afternoon, which is sometimes     4     (danger).

In July 2003, he was delivering a notice of university     5     (admit) to a student. Tang rowed the boat all across the lake. It was flood sea-son and when Tang came to the center of the lake,     6     huge wave overturned the boat. Tan managed to hold the parcel     7     (contain) the notice up in the air with one hand, holding on     8     the boat for life with the other. Fortunately, he     9     (save) by some fishermen and finally made his way over to the soon-to-be university student’s home.

When the student’s father saw Tang standing outside his door, soaking wet, he was both     10     (move) and grateful.