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1.
An active person, Erin Brown becomes especially expressive when she talks about competing in the triathlon at the Paralympics Games (残奥会) in Tokyo in 2021. Her hands flying, her eyes 1 , she explains that COVID-19, which has 2 gyms and beaches in the Bahamas, has only somewhat slowed her training. She found a private pool to swim in, and she is cycling indoors.
Sports competition is extremely empowering for people with disabilities, giving them more 3 in controlling their life. She says, “People don’t 4 what you look like. They only focus on the efforts and 5 you’ve made.”
In fact, the forty-year-old mother of two children has made empowering disabled people the driving force of her own life. She runs a small firm to 6 in many areas, including health care and employment. She is the one-person department of disability affairs at the University of The Bahamas, which has become more 7 since COVID-19 complicated the 8 faced by students with disabilities. And she plans on becoming a disabilities rights attorney (代理人).
She’s empowering disabled people to engage, to be aware of their 9 , whether that’s in employment, in making health services more 10 , or in getting them at the forefront of planning.
1.A.red .open .watery .bright
2.A.closed .limited .changed .destroyed
3.A.attention .confidence .options .reasons
4.A.ask .know .care .ignore
5.A.mistakes .decisions .responses .achievements
6.A.compare .plan .help .improve
7.A.challenging .deserving .inspiring .amusing
8.A.tests .difficulties .dangers .questions
9.A.rights .advantages .impact .value
10.A.child-friendly .customer-friendly .eco-friendly .disability-friendly
【答案】
1.D
2.A
3.B
4.C
5.D
6.C
7.A
8.B
9.A
10.D
2.
The pea incident happened when I was eight. My grandmother, my mother and I were having lunch at a restaurant. I 1 a Salisbury steak. But when served, it was 2 accompanied by a plate of peas.
I have always hated peas. It is a complete 3 to me why anyone would voluntarily eat peas.
“Eat your peas,” my grandmother said.
“Mother,” said my mother in her 4 voice. “He doesn’t like peas. Leave him alone.”
My grandmother looked at me and said the words that changed my life: “I’ll pay you five dollars 5 you eat those peas”. Five dollars! And only one plate of peas stood between 6 and the possession of that unimaginable amount of money. I began to 7 the awful things down my throat and finally swallowed the 8 one of them. My grandmother handed me the 9 . “I can do what I want, Ellen, and you can’t stop me,” she 10 to my mother. My mother glared at her and also glared at me 11 .
Several days later, at dinner, my mother offered me some steaming peas and I, of course, 12 . My mother fixed me with a cold eye as she 13 more peas onto my plate. “You ate them for money,” she said, “You can eat them for love.”
Oh, despair! Now, too late, I realized that I had been 14 in a terrible place from which there was no 15 . “You ate them for money. You can eat them for love.” Did I eat the peas? You bet I did. I ate them that day and every other time they were served thereafter.
1.A.enjoyed .ordered .afforded .prepared
2.A.unexpectedly .undoubtedly .reasonably .naturally
3.A.joke .mystery .tale .disaster
4.A.trembling .ringing .urging .warning
5.A.unless .when .before .if
6.A.my grandmother .my mother .me .us
7.A.throw .place .force .bite
8.A.best .single .possible .last
9.A.money .steak .plates .peas
10.A.explained .announced .whispered .screamed
11.A.in excitement .in relief .in silence .in love
12.A.nodded .declined .defended .waved
13.A.held .chose .piled .dropped
14.A.caught .left .beaten .hidden
15.A.stop .risk .cost .escape
【答案】
1.B
2.A
3.B
4.D
5.D
6.C
7.C
8.D
9.A
10.B
11.C
12.B
13.C
14.A
15.D
3.
It was an extraordinarily busy time of year. I felt some 1 to head straight home after a long meeting. So I headed to the park nearby for some therapeutic (治疗性的) hiking. As I reached the top and admired the view, my unclear mind 2 . Re-energized, I knew that I could deal with the work that waited for me upon my 3 . When I arrived back in the office the next day, I was full of energy, and finished my work 4 .
It was almost 20 years ago that I learned how 5 it is for me to carve out time to escape to the wild. I had finished my Ph. D., studying soil and water conservation in Honduras, but I wasn’t sure what 6 I wanted to have. So, I decided to act on a dream I had been nursing for a few years, 7 my mom showed me a magazine article about a man who had 8 around America. I figured that I could 9 cycling with research for a book on American agriculture while I worked out my next career step.
So I did it. During the cycling 10 , I found the clearness I needed to 11 my next career move. Talking with farmers I met along the way, I learned that their biggest challenge was selling their produce. I decided to broaden my 12 from land management to improving farmers’ access to markets. My 13 interest led to working for a nongovernmental organization and I did eventually borrow a book on American agriculture.
The 14 is to find your source of inspiration and make good use of it. For me, I always get nourishment (营养) from being 15 in the outdoors.
1.A.pressure .danger .shame .embarrassment
2.A.calmed .wandered .developed .appeared
3.A.reply .return .relaxation .recovery
4.A.successfully .casually .anxiously .constantly
5.A.strange .important .difficult .interesting
6.A.tour .book .career .major
7.A.unless .if .though .since
8.A.run .cycled .driven .flown
9.A.combine .compare .replace .practice
10.A.competition .history .performance .trip
11.A.insist on .put down .figure out .learn from
12.A.experience .focus .discussion .search
13.A.deep .particular .personal .new
14.A.reason .problem .result .key
15.A.active .alone .confident .brave
【答案】
1.A
2.A
3.B
4.A
5.B
6.C
7.D
8.B
9.A
10.D
11.C
12.B
13.D
14.D
15.A
4.
I have always been hardworking in school. And I enjoyed gaining new understanding about study. One way was making 1 .
2 has always been my favorite subject. During each math class, while 3 , I waited for my golden opportunities to show myself, which were 4 .When they came, I would 5 my hand. Answering them 6 made me feel I was recognized by my classmates and teacher. The only problem was that I wanted to be 7 -to be right every time.
As it turned out, living up to this standard was 8 .In one class, I stood up confidently but gave a 9 answer. Even though I knew this was certainly not my first mistake in life, something 10 had come at that moment. I thought that my classmates might think I was 11 . The beautiful castle that I had built up 12 after my mistake.
In the following classes, I was in low spirits and became 13 .Even if I may have known the answer, I was 14 to take the risk of damaging my selfconfidence any more.Noticing my 15 , my math teacher talked with me and learned my problem. She told me that mistakes are an important part of learning 16 they can point out our weaknesses and help us 17 .I should set up the principle of 18 mistakes.
From that experience, I realized that even though I thought I was right about most things, I was wrong in my 19 .School is not a place to 20 but a place to learn. What I now know is that by holding fast to humility (谦虚) and learning to grow from my mistakes, I can truly learn in a way I could never in the past.
1.A.mistakes .rules .friends .promises
2.A.English .Math .Chinese .Physics
3.A.teaching .writing .reviewing .listening
4.A.reports .questions .tasks .challenges
5.A.touch .shake .raise .wave
6.A.briefly .finally .carefully .correctly
7.A.perfect .creative .smart .popular
8.A.natural .impossible .unnecessary .informal
9.A.wrong .short .quick .right
10.A.important .terrible .different .interesting
11.A.stupid .funny .clever .strange
12.A.broke in .turned up .set off .fell down
13.A.sad .silent .sensitive .optimistic
14.A.easy .happy .unwilling .determined
15.A.awkwardness .embarrassment .loneliness .abnormality
16.A.if .so .as .before
17.A.recover .think .progress .compete
18.A.accepting .making .realizing .repeating
19.A.schedule .concern .hobby .attitude
20.A.get along .show off .play .choose
【答案】
1.A
2.B
3.D
4.B
5.C
6.D
7.A
8.B
9.A
10.C
11.A
12.D
13.B
14.C
15.D
16.C
17.C
18.A
19.D
20.B
5.
I can remember once when I was just a little boy, I sat on a chair and watched as my mum painstakingly 1 a large, homemade quilt (被子). I looked over at one edge of the quilt being sewed and saw a piece of thread 2 . Without thinking I reached over to 3 it.
“No!” yelled my mum. I jumped back. That was the first time I can ever remember her yelling at me. Seeing the 4 look on my face, she smiled and 5 showed me why she had yelled. That piece of thread 6 in and out, making its way from one end of the quilt to the other. If I had pulled it out, I might have torn the entire quilt and 7 hours of work.
As I look back on that 8 today, I can see that each of our lives is like that 9 . We are all just a 10 string in the tapestry (挂毯) of life. We can’t always 11 where we are going or what we are connected to. If we pull ourselves out of it, we will leave a 12 in it.
Don’t feel lost in the tapestry of life then. Embrace your 13 in it. You may 14 be a single piece of thread but your love and your life help to 15 the whole thing together.
1.A.sewed .ironed .folded .measured
2.A.winding up .laid aside .sticking out .wrapped up
3.A.curl .pull .tie .break
4.A.depressed .disappointed .terrified .annoyed
5.A.gently .reluctantly .roughly .eagerly
6.A.wove .followed .ran .circled
7.A.stopped .ruined .repaid .disturbed
8.A.behavior .emotion .response .moment
9.A.quilt .thread .scene .work
10.A.special .strong .straight .single
11.A.recall .believe .see .discuss
12.A.blank .hole .line .mark
13.A.change .weakness .power .place
14.A.only .surely .still .even
15.A.do .press .push .hold
【答案】
1.A
2.C
3.B
4.C
5.A
6.A
7.B
8.D
9.B
10.D
11.C
12.B
13.D
14.A
15.D
6.
As human beings, we are alike in many ways. Yet 1 our similarities, no two people are exactly the same. Even identical twins 2 different life experiences. Just because of these 3 , the "one size fits all" solution will not be the most 4 answer to our problems.
One of my life 5 is to find what works for me best, and forget the rest. Just that something works well for someone else, doesn't 6 mean that it will work well for me too. I have found that I am successful when I 7 any new method or strategy I learned to deal with my 8 situation.
A perfect example of why it's best to find what works for you is when it 9 to trying to pick a diet and an exercise plan. There are 10 diet plans and exercise programs out there to 11 from, and it can be quite overwhelming(令人不知所措的). When choosing a 12 plan you have to consider food allergies, how portable the food is if you are away from home most of the time, and many other 13 . When choosing an exercise program you have to consider your starting level of fitness, and health issues that might adapt your ability to do the program, and 14 you actually enjoy the exercise enough to 15 with it. Many people like jogging, but it is probably my least 16 form of exercise. By finding more suitable and enjoyable alternatives(供替代的选择)that give me the same 17 or better, it is easier to stick with my exercise program.
You 18 yourself better than anyone, so don't be 19 to experiment with different solutions to whatever you are trying to achieve. Don't 20 use something because it is "the best", or because it works well for someone else. Find what works best for you, and forget the rest.
1.A.beyond .above .despite .through
2.A.come up with .put up with .go on with .end up with
3.A.differences .similarities .experiences .characters
4.A.technical .practical .physical .medical
5.A.solutions .experiences .emotions .principles
6.A.unfortunately .eventually .necessarily .immediately
7.A.refuse .use .examine .discover
8.A.personal .natural .musical .political
9.A.adds .comes .leads .contributes
10.A.various .unique .boring .colorful
11.A.take .obtain .choose .learn
12.A.study .diet .exercise .travel
13.A.factors .journals .branches .programs
14.A.what .which .whether .that
15.A.chat .communicate .agree .stick
16.A.difficult .harmful .favorite .expensive
17.A.grades .results .marks .signs
18.A.observe .express .teach .know
19.A.grateful .pleased .energetic .afraid
20.A.just .still .yet .already
【答案】
1.C
2.D
3.A
4.B
5.D
6.C
7.B
8.A
9.B
10.A
11.C
12.B
13.A
14.C
15.D
16.C
17.B
18.D
19.D
20.A
7.
My father enjoys bike riding.Ever since I was little, I’ve always loved going hiking with my dad. 1 , as I became a teenager, other things began to draw my 2 .Suddenly, it was important to do things with 3 .I saw my dad every evening at home.Why did I have to 4 my Sundays, to all day bike trips with him, too? If my indifference (冷漠) hurt him, my father kept 5 , but he would always let me know when he was planning a bike trip 6 I wanted to come.
It was a Sunday morning, and I was in low 7 .Two of my friends had gone to the movies without inviting me.Just then my father 8 my room."It's a beautiful day.Want to go for a 9 , today, Beck?” “Leave me alone!” I impatiently 10 . Those were the last words I said to him before he left the house that 11 .
Several hours later, the police called us, 12 us that Dad had a traffic accident. My father’s injuries were serious. It took several days before he could 13 speak. Beside his bed I held his hand gently, 14 of hurting him.
“Daddy … I’m sorry…”
“It’s okay, sweetheart. I’ll be okay.”
“No,” I said, “I 15 what I said to you that day. You know, that morning?”
“Sweetheart, I don’t 16 anything about that day. I remember kissing you goodnight the night before, though.” He 17 a weak smile.
I felt regretful for my thoughtless remark, for I 18 wanted him to leave me alone. My teacher once told me that 19 have immeasurable power. They can hurt or they can heal. And we all have the 20 to choose our words. I intend to do that very carefully from now on.
1.A.Therefore .Instead .Besides .However
2.A.attention .sight .effort .energy
3.A.Dad .friends .teachers .brothers
4.A.start .save .devote .waste
5.A.silent .busy .asleep .awake
6.A.unless .in case .so that .as if
7.A.spirits .conditions .states .hopes
8.A.left .checked .entered .knocked
9.A.ride .walk .picnic .game
10.A.whispered .warned .announced .shouted
11.A.moment .morning .afternoon .evening
12.A.convincing .reminding .informing .phoning
13.A.eventually .generally .strictly .broadly
14.A.tired .afraid .aware .sorry
15.A.discuss .think .care .mean
16.A.hate .forget .remember .like
17.A.got .expressed .exchanged .managed
18.A.often .never .even .once
19.A.apologies .promises .smiles .words
20.A.experience .honor .power .desire
【答案】
1.D
2.A
3.B
4.D
5.A
6.B
7.A
8.C
9.A
10.D
11.B
12.C
13.A
14.B
15.D
16.C
17.D
18.B
19.D
20.C
