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第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 (共5小题； 每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What will the man d next?
A. Cllect sme infrmatin.
B. Discuss with sme students.
C. Get the wman’s pinin.
2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
Why is the wman in a hurry?
A. T answer a call.B. T search fr a stre.C. T lk fr a washrm.
3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What happened t Larry last night?
A. He fell int water.
B. He culdn’t find his htel.
C. He was caught in the rain.
4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
Where will the wman g tmrrw night?
A. T the man’s huse.B. T a cinema.C. T a restaurant.
5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What des the wman think f the man?
A. Bad-tempered.B. Warm-hearted.C. Absent-minded.
第二节 (共15小题; 每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟: 听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
6. What is the man wrried abut?
A. His friend’s visit.B. Lss f his friend.C. His pr cking.
7. What des the wman suggest the man d?
A. Dwnlad an app.B. Ck unique cuisines.C. G ut with his friend.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
8. What des the wman shw the man?
A. Her visa.B. Her passprt.C. Her ID card.
9. What will the wman d with her luggage?
A. Check it in.B. Make it lighter.C. Take it with her.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
10. Why des the wman find the study hard?
A. The pems fcused n sme difficult tpics.
B. She has t cmpare pems acrss languages.
C. She lacks knwledge abut different cultures.
11. What day is it tday?
A. Sunday.B. Saturday.C. Mnday.
12. What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Father and daughter.B. Teacher and student.C. Husband and wife.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
13. Where will the speakers park their mtrhme?
A. At their hme.B. In the wds.C. On a beach.
14. What did the wman d in the mrning?
A. She stred water in the vehicle.
B. She tk a picture f the vehicle.
C. She filled the vehicle up with gas.
15. What seasn is it nw in Sctland?
A. Spring.B. Summer.C. Winter.
16. What des the wman ask the man t d?
A. Take a shwer.B. Turn the heat n.C. Check the amunt f gas.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
17. When will the event be held?
A. Frm January 12th t February. 10th.
B. Frm January 10th t February 12th.
C. Frm January 12th t February 12th.
18. Hw much shuld a cuple with a child f 8 pay fr their entrance?
A. $20.B. $10.C. $30.
19. Which event is new this year?
A. A flwer shw.B. A fancy dress cmpetitin.C. A winter sprt.
20 Where will the fd shps be?
A. In the center f the site.
B. Next t the entrance.
C. Beside the amusement rides.
第二部分 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题: 每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
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PwerAdd Prtable(便携式的)Charger Pwer Bank, £15.99
Prtable chargers have gained ppularity recently, but this ne is genuinely pcket-sized withut any lss f the charging pwer. The pwer bank itself can be fully charged within a speedy tw hurs, and delivers rughly tw charges fr an iPhne 15. At10.5cm length, and 99g weight, yu can easily slip this int yur bag withut feeling weighed dwn.
Lixada Sling Chest Bang, £29.99
Give yurself sme extra pence f mind with this anti-theft crssbdy bag which helps yu keep yur valuables secure and within easy reach. The chest bag has an extreme slim design at less than half an inc h thick, which makes it lightweight and easy t fit under yur clthes.
21. What is an advantage f ECCO Offrad Athletic Sandals?
A. Reasnable price.B. Light weight.
C. Great cmfrt.D. Maximum security.
22. Which prduct best suits peple with lw battery anxiety?
A. ECCO Offrad Attletic Sandals.B. Kindle(2022 release).
C. PwerAdd Prtable Charger Pwer Bank.D. Lixada Sling Chest Bag.
23. Wh will be mre interested in the text?
A. Hliday makers.B. Bag lvers.C. Nature explrers.D. Electrnics enthusiasts.
B
The latest bad but unsurprising news n educatin is that reading and writing scres n the SAT have nce again declined. The language cmpetence f ur high schlers fell steeply in the 1970s and has never recvered. This is very wrrisme, because the best single measure f the verall quality f ur primary and secndary schls is the average verbal(语言的) scre f 17-year-lds. This scre crrelates with the ability t learn new things readily, t cmmunicate with thers and t secure a jb. It als predicts future incme.
The mst credible analyses have shwn that the chief causes are vast curricular changes, especially in the critical early grades. In the decades befre the Great Verbal Decline, a cntent-rich elementary schl experience evlved int a cntent-light, skills-based, test-centered apprach. Cgnitive psychlgists agree that early childhd language learning (ages 2 t 10) is critical t later verbal cmpetence, nt just because f the remarkable linguistic plasticity f yung minds, but als because f the s-called Matthew Effect.
The name cmes frm a passage in the Bible: “Fr unt every ne that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but frm him that hath nt shall be taken away even that which he hath.” Thse wh are language-pr in early childhd get relatively prer, and fall further behind, while the verbally rich get richer.
The rigin f this cruel truth lies in the nature f wrd learning. The mre wrds yu already knw, the faster yu acquire new wrds. This sunds like an invitatin t vcabulary study fr babies, but that’s been tried and it’s nt effective. Mst f the wrd meanings we knw are acquired indirectly, by intuitively(凭直觉的) guessing new meanings as we understand the main idea f what we are hearing r reading. The Matthew Effect in language can be restated this way: “T thse wh understand the main idea shall be given new wrd meanings, but t thse wh d nt there shall fllw bredm and frustratin.”
Clearly the key is t make sure that frm kindergarten n, every student, frm the start, understands the main idea f what is heard r read. If preschlers and kindergartners are ffered substantial and cherent lessns cncerning the human and natural wrlds, then the results shw up five years r s later in significantly imprved verbal scres. By staying n a subject lng enugh t make all yung children familiar with it (say, tw weeks r s), the main idea becmes understd by all and wrd learning speeds up. This is especially imprtant fr lw-incme children, wh cme t schl with smaller vcabularies and rely n schl t pass n the knwledge base children frm rich families take fr granted.
Current refrm strategies fcus n testing, imprving teacher quality, and ther changes. Attentin t these structural issues has led t imprvements in the best public schls. But it is nt enugh.
24. The drp in verbal scres n the SAT is wrrisme because ________.
A it will lead t a shrt supply f talents in the labr market
B. it reveals yung peple’s negative attitude twards verbal study
C. it shws the schls’ inability t meet the natinal requirements
D. students’ reading and writing ability affects their future develpment
25. Which f the fllwing is the reasn fr the falling verbal cmpetence?
A. Children’s lack f language learning ability.
B. Fewer curses n reading and writing in schl.
C. The shift f curricular fcus frm cntent t skills.
D. Heavy pressure that numerus tests have resulted in.
26. The implicatin f Mathew Effect in language is that ________.
A. children shuld be trained t understand the cntent
B. teachers shuld fcus n ne tpic in language teaching
C. children’s family backgrund determines their verbal ability
D. teachers shuld make everything understandable fr students
27. Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A. Mathew Effect in Language Learning
B. Hw t Stp the Drp in Verbal Scres
C. Try t Understand the Main Idea
D. Dn’t Overestimate Yur Verbal Scres
C
In the autumn f 2020, while stargazing n his balcny in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Teju Cle was inspired t start taking phts f his kitchen cunter. He cmpared the daily migratins f his pts, pans, spns, and graters t the revlutins f celestial bdies (天体), and began t track them in a “cunter histry”. A year later, he published the results as Glden Apple f the Sun (2021), a bk-length pht essay that expands his islated dmestic experiment until it seems t include the whle wrld. Cle writes abut the hunger he suffered as a barding-schl student in Nigeria, Dutch Glden Age still-lifes, slavery and the sugary recipes in an ancient ckbk. “The later a phtgraph is in a given sequence, the heavier it is,” Cle explained. Smehw, frm this kitchen sink f memir (回忆录), art histry, and bservant bredm emerges a prtrait f the pandemic’s cllective slitude, “this year f feeling buried in the dark earth like bulbs.”
Cle’s wrk makes an art—and a necessary virtue—f clse lking. Open City (2011), his first nvel, wn praise fr its prtrayal f pst-9/11 New Yrk, whse buried histries f vilence and displacement resurface in the curse f a medical student’s wanderings. In Cle’s essays, tranquil Vermeers reveal traces f empire in clnial times, and strmy Caravaggis picture befrehand the uncertain jurneys f twenty-first-century migrants.
His great theme is the limits f visin, and the way that these limits can serve as the basis fr a kind f secnd sight. “Amng the human rights is the right t remain unseen and dark,” Cle writes in Black Paper (2021); a recent essay cllectin. In his wn pictures, peple seldm appear directly, but their presence is everywhere implied. Blind Spt (2017), an experimental pht bk recrding his travels, gathers images f htel rms, brder fences, ships, and tmbs. “Darkness is nt empty,” Cle writes. “It is infrmatin at rest. Beauty, briefly, slips frm the shadws.”
28. What made Cle start t take phts f his kitchen cunter?
A. His islated dmestic lifestyle.B. His great interest in pht-taking.
C. The inspiratin he gt while stargazing.D. The suffering as a barding-schl student.
29. What d we knw abut Cle’s first nvel?
A It was praised fr making a new art.B. It was written thrugh a student’s view.
C. It resurfaces traces f a clnial empire.D. It fresees the uncertain jurney f migrants.
30. Why des Cle prefer the limits f visin in his wrks?
A. Peple can feel what is unseen by themselves.
B. Human rights can be well prtected in the thery.
C. It is ne f the basic skills fr the artists like him.
D. He starts a new style t write abut cmmn peple.
31. What can we infer abut Cle?
A. He has a limited visin.B. He published a ckbk.
C. He enjys taking phts f peple.D. He fcuses n stries behind pictures.
D
One by ne, prejudices are disappearing in the West. Peple may harbr private suspicins that ther peple’s race r sex makes them inferir—but t say s penly is ttally tab. One ld prejudice remains respectable, thugh. Just ask a childless persn.
They are nt charged t special taxes, as they were in Sviet Russia; nr are they driven frm their hmes, as they still are in sme pr cuntries. The childless nnetheless cme in fr a lt f criticism. Sme pint ut that nn-parents are failing t prduce the future wrkers wh will pay fr their pensins. Childless pliticians are charged with nt having a prper stake in sciety. “He talks t us abut the future, but he desn’t have children!” cmplained Jean-Marie Le Pen, c-funder f the Natinal Frnt party, f Emmanuel Macrn, wh went n t win the French presidency. Similar attacks n Theresa May and Angela Merkel als failed but researchers find that many vters quietly agree.
The charges against the childless shuld be thrwn ut, alng with ther scial prejudice. In many rich cuntries, between 15% and 20% f wmen, and a slightly higher prprtin f men, will nt have children. The share is rising. Sme have medical prblems; thers d nt meet the right persn in time; still thers decide they d nt want them. Whatever the cause, the attacks n the childless are baseless.
If nn-breeders are selfish, they have a strange way f shwing it. They are mre likely t set up charitable fundatins than peple with children, and much mre likely t dnate mney t gd causes. Accrding t ne American estimate, the mere fact f nt having children raises the amunt a persn leaves t charity by a little ver $10,000. The childless are thus a small but useful cunterweight t the wrld’s parents, wh stp scial immbility by passing n their scial and ecnmic advantages t their children.
The fact that s many senir pliticians lack ffspring ught t put t rest the idea that they d nt care fr sciety. Five f the G7 cuntries are led by childless men and wmen. Mr. Macrn, Mrs. May, Mrs. Merkel, Shinz Abe and Pal Gentilni have their faults, but they are nt ntably less able than Justin Trudeau (wh has three children) let alne Dnald Trump (wh has five). Their pprtunities fr neptism are limited. And they spare their cuntries dynastic plitics.
The charge that childless peple fail t pull their weight in ppulatin is crrect, but is less serius than it appears. Thse wh d nt have children d put pressure n public pensin systems. Gvernments have t d unppular things like making pensins less generus, as Japan has dne, r accepting mre immigrants, as sme Western cuntries have dne. But t sustain public pensins in the lng term, cuntries d nt actually need mre parents. What they need instead is mre babies. It is pssible t cmbine a high rate f childlessness with a high birth rate, prvided peple wh becme parents have mre than ne r tw children. That was the pattern in many Western cuntries a century ag. Ireland, yet anther cuntry with a childless leader, still manages it tday.
The childless als d everyne else a favur by creating wnderful wrks f art. British nvelists have been especially likely t have n ffspring: think f Hilary Mantel, P.G Wdehuse and the Brnte sisters. In September last year Britain put Jane Austen n its ten-pund nte. That decisin was cntrversial, thugh it was hard t see why. Few peple have written as shrewdly abut mney r abut families even thugh Austen did nt marry, and had n children.
32. What is the main idea f Paragraph 2?
A. The childless ften get punished in sciety.B. The childless ften cme under sharp criticism.
C. Mst successful pliticians have n childrenD. Childlessness affects the result f an electin.
33. The childless are prejudiced because peple think the childless ______.
A. have a strange way t shw selfishnessB. set a bad example fr yung peple
C. are nt as able as thse with childrenD. are the gvernment’s financial burden
34. What des the underlined wrd “it” in Paragraph 6 refer t?
A. Accepting mre immigrants.B. Reducing the pensins fr the aged.
C. Encuraging parents t have mre children.D. Supprting the plitical leaders with n children.
35. What is the authr’s attitude twards the childless?
A. UnderstandingB. SkepticalC. DisappintedD. Reserved
36. What is the best title fr the passage?
A. In defence f the childless.B. In hpe f having a child r nt.
C. Reasns fr nt having children.D. Measures t address aging prblems.
第二节 (共5小题: 每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Signs Yu Might Be Dehydrated(脱水的)
Dehydratin is a big prblem in the summer mnths. Unfrtunately, knwing when yu begin t dehydrate isn’t always easy. S, as summer heats up, here are a few secret signs that yu need t drink as sn as pssible.
Yur breath smells r yur muth is dry. There is a ptential relatinship that links dehydratin and less than-pleasant breath, When yu're dehydrated, yu dn't prduce as much saliva(唾液).____37____S if yu ntice yur breath is a little smelly, it culd be a red flag that yu need t drink a glass r tw f H2O.
____38____Dehydratin can actually temprarily shrink brain tissue and that shrinkage may cau se pain. Such pain is a really cmmn sign f slight t middle dehydratin, and it can be either tlerable r serius.
Yur pee（尿液）is dark. One way health prfessinals diagnse dehydratin is by testing a patient’s pee t see if it's t cncentrated. But it can als help t d an easy check at hme. Simply lk at the clr f yur pee. If it’s pale yellw, yu’re hydrated. If it's a darker yellw, it’s time fr a glass f water.____39____
Yu’re hungry. Thirst and hunger signs always cme tgether.____40____S if yu find that yu’re feeling hungry sn after eating, it’s wrth cnsidering whether the real reasn is thirst.
____41____Staying hydrated is a really key part f maintaining energy thrughut the day. Nt getting enugh water t supprt the bdy t d their functins can make yu feel like yu’re dragging. Plus, hydratin can have a direct effect n sleep quality.
A. Yu’re tired.
B. Yu have a headache.
C. Yu feel like yu have a summer “flu”.
D. While this isn’t a guarantee, it culd be a sign.
E. They are bth prduced in the same regin f yur brain.
F. The liquid helps break dwn fd and brings it frm yur muth.
G. In general, the mre yu drink, the clearer yur liquid waste shuld be.
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分30分)
第一节 (共15小题; 每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My father decided t start learning French when he was 57. On the surface, his retirement hbby seems a little randm — ur family has n cnnectin t French-speaking cuntries — but his ___42___ ran deeper than a passin fr cakes. My grandmther develped signs f Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔兹海默症) in her early 70s, and studies suggest that being bilingual, that is, being able t speak tw languages equally well, can ___43___ the start f the cnditin by up t five years. Drawn by that ___44___ benefit, many peple have attempted t pick up a new language in adulthd.
Lts f activities are linked t better brain health in ld age, like getting mre educatin when yu’re yunger and physical activity. Experts say regularly speaking multiple languages may be especially ___45___ thugh. “We use language in all aspects f daily life, s a bilingual brain is ___46___ wrking,” said Mark Antniu, a prfessr at Western Sydney University wh specializes in bilingualism.
The age at which yu learn anther language appears t be less imprtant than hw ___47___ yu speak it. The cgnitive (认知的) benefit is frm having t ___48___ yur mther tngue, which yur brain is frced t d if yu’re trying t recall the right wrds in anther language. S if the secnd language is used a lt, yu’re getting that cgnitive ___49___. That prcess is called cgnitive inhibitin. In thery, by imprving these types f prcesses, the brain becmes strnger t the ___50___ caused by diseases like dementia. The strnger yur mental pwer, the thinking ges, the lnger yu can functin nrmally, even if yur brain health starts t ___51___.
Hwever, evidence fr the benefits f learning a secnd language as a hbby in yur 60s is ___52___. Research by Dr. Antniu and clleagues fund that while Chinese adults 60 and up imprved n cgnitin tests after a six-mnth language learning prgram, peple wh played games like Sudku did as well. Tw mre recent studies n the tpic fund virtually n ___53___ in cgnitive perfrmance after peple tk part in language-learning prgrams.
The scientists wh cnducted thse studies ffered a few ptential ___54___. One is that the participants were highly mtivated vlunteers, wh may have already been at peak perfrmance fr their age, making it hard t see any ___55___. Anther is that the language interventins were perhaps t shrt. The handful f studies lking int the issue have used language lessns that were very different in their ___56___ and frequency. Sme studies taught participants fr eight mnths, thers fr just ne very intense week.
42. A. affectinB. cntributinC. mtivatinD. struggle
43. A. delayB. preventC. signalD. stimulate
44. A. additinalB. educatinalC. lastingD. ptential
45. A. beneficialB. cmmnC. impracticalD. rare
46. A. carelesslyB. cnstantlyC. creativelyD. delicately
47. A. lngB. ftenC. snD. well
48. A. cmmandB. practiceC. restrictD. spread
49. A. functinB. psychlgyC. systemD. training
50. A. damagesB. peratinsC. painsD. signs
51. A. declineB. imprveC. matterD. restre
52. A. availableB. muntingC. strngerD. weaker
53. A. differenceB. invlvementC. pintD. reductin
54. A. applicatinsB. explanatinsC. findingsD. suggestins
55. A. diversitiesB. imprvementsC. utcmesD. pssibilities
56. A. cntentB. intentinC. lengthD. requirement
第二节 (共10小题:每小题1.5分，满分15分)
请用所学语法知识和选择性必修四U1-U2Reading词汇完成以下单句填空。
57. Befre making any decisins, she sught advice frm ___________ (knwledge) mentrs wh had swn the seeds f wisdm in her mind. (所给词的适当形式填空)
58. ___________ (resign) t her fate, she accepted the challenges that lay ahead, knwing that her decisins wuld shape her future. (所给词的适当形式填空)
59. N matter hw clearly ___________ (clarify), the issues can’t still get thrugh t all f us. (所给词的适当形式填空)
60. Weak___________I am in English fr the mment, I am cnfident that I can catch up. (用适当的词填空)
61. N ne will be allwed t enter the private club unless ___________ (privilege). (所给词的适当形式填空)
62. Wrry ___________ all thers wrry; rejice after all thers have rejiced. (用适当的词填空)
63. With the gift brightly ___________ (wrap), she handed it t her best friend at the birthday party. (所给词的适当形式填空)
64. ___________ (suspect) f being invlved in the recent string f burglaries, he was summned by the plice fr questining. (所给词的适当形式填空)
65. The teacher emphasized the imprtance f cultivating ___________ (美德) such as determinatin, kindness, and curage in rder t lead a fulfilling and meaningful life. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
66. T live a life f hnesty and ______ (诚实，正直) is a respnsibility f every decent persn. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
第四部分 书面表达 (满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
67. 你校英文报正在组织英语征文活动，请以“Have a Strng Sense f Respnsibility”为题，写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1.一个关于责任感的故事；2.你对责任感的理解；3.呼吁同学们做一个有责任感的人。
注意： 1.词数100左右： 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯.
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第二节 (满分25分)
68. 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 was a vet in Yrkshire. One day I received a call frm Mrs Tmpkin asking me t cut the beak (喙) f her budgie (虎皮鹦鹉). I armed myself with a pair f clippers and stepped nt the narrw strip f pavement which separated the dr frm the rad. A pleasant-lking red-haired wman answered my knck.
“I’m Mrs Ddds frm next dr,” she said. “I keep an eye n the ld lady. She’s ver eighty and lives alne.”
She led me int the cramped little rm. “Here’s Mr Herrit cming t see Peter fr yu,” she said t the ld wman wh sat in a crner. Mrs Tmpkin ndded and smiled, “Oh that’s gd. Pr little fella can hardly eat with its lng beak and I’m wrried abut him. He’s my nly cmpanin, yu knw.”
“Yes, I understand, Mrs Tmpkin.” I lked at the cage by the windw with the green budgie perched (栖息) inside. “These little birds can be wnderful cmpany when they start chattering.”
She laughed, “Yes, but it’s a funny thing. Peter never has said that much. I think he’s lazy! But I just like having him with me.”
“Of curse yu d,” I said, “but he certainly needs attentin nw.”
The beak was greatly vergrwn, curving away dwn till it tuched the feathers f the breast. I wuld be able t revlutinize his life with ne quick snip frm my clippers. The way I was feeling this jb was right up my street.
I pened the cage dr and slwly inserted my hand.
“Cme n, Peter,” I wheedled (哄骗). As I lifted him ut, I felt in my pcket with the ther hand fr the clippers. Then I stpped.
The tiny head was n lnger pking cheekily frm my fingers but had fallen lsely t ne side. The eyes were clsed. He was dead.
Mrs Ddds and I lked at each ther in hrrr. When I turned my head twards Mrs Tmpkin, I was surprised t see that she was still ndding and smiling.
I drew her neighbr t ne side. “Mrs Ddds, hw much des she see?”
“Oh, she’s very shrt-sighted but she’s right vain despite her age. Never wuld she wear glasses. She’s hard f hearing, t.”
“Well, lk,” I said. My heart was still punding. “I just dn’t knw what t d. If I tell her abut this, the shck will be terrible. Anything culd happen.”
Mrs Ddds ndded, stricken-faced. “Yes, yu’re right. She’s that attached t the little thing.”
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。
I decided t d smething fr her instead f telling her the truth.
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It was a lng time befre I went t see hw Mrs Tmpkin gt alng with the bird I bught fr her.
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第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 (共5小题； 每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What will the man d next?
A. Cllect sme infrmatin.
B. Discuss with sme students.
C. Get the wman’s pinin.
2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
Why is the wman in a hurry?
A. T answer a call.B. T search fr a stre.C. T lk fr a washrm.
3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What happened t Larry last night?
A. He fell int water.
B. He culdn’t find his htel.
C. He was caught in the rain.
4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
Where will the wman g tmrrw night?
A. T the man’s huse.B. T a cinema.C. T a restaurant.
5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What des the wman think f the man?
A. Bad-tempered.B. Warm-hearted.C. Absent-minded.
第二节 (共15小题; 每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟: 听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
6. What is the man wrried abut?
A. His friend’s visit.B. Lss f his friend.C. His pr cking.
7. What des the wman suggest the man d?
A. Dwnlad an app.B. Ck unique cuisines.C. G ut with his friend.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
8. What des the wman shw the man?
A. Her visa.B. Her passprt.C. Her ID card.
9. What will the wman d with her luggage?
A. Check it in.B. Make it lighter.C. Take it with her.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
10. Why des the wman find the study hard?
A. The pems fcused n sme difficult tpics.
B. She has t cmpare pems acrss languages.
C. She lacks knwledge abut different cultures.
11. What day is it tday?
A. Sunday.B. Saturday.C. Mnday.
12. What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Father and daughter.B. Teacher and student.C. Husband and wife.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
13. Where will the speakers park their mtrhme?
A. At their hme.B. In the wds.C. On a beach.
14. What did the wman d in the mrning?
A. She stred water in the vehicle.
B. She tk a picture f the vehicle.
C. She filled the vehicle up with gas.
15. What seasn is it nw in Sctland?
A. Spring.B. Summer.C. Winter.
16. What des the wman ask the man t d?
A. Take a shwer.B. Turn the heat n.C. Check the amunt f gas.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
17. When will the event be held?
A. Frm January 12th t February. 10th.
B. Frm January 10th t February 12th.
C. Frm January 12th t February 12th.
18. Hw much shuld a cuple with a child f 8 pay fr their entrance?
A. $20.B. $10.C. $30.
19. Which event is new this year?
A. A flwer shw.B. A fancy dress cmpetitin.C. A winter sprt.
20 Where will the fd shps be?
A. In the center f the site.
B. Next t the entrance.
C. Beside the amusement rides.
第二部分 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题: 每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
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PwerAdd Prtable(便携式的)Charger Pwer Bank, £15.99
Prtable chargers have gained ppularity recently, but this ne is genuinely pcket-sized withut any lss f the charging pwer. The pwer bank itself can be fully charged within a speedy tw hurs, and delivers rughly tw charges fr an iPhne 15. At10.5cm length, and 99g weight, yu can easily slip this int yur bag withut feeling weighed dwn.
Lixada Sling Chest Bang, £29.99
Give yurself sme extra pence f mind with this anti-theft crssbdy bag which helps yu keep yur valuables secure and within easy reach. The chest bag has an extreme slim design at less than half an inc h thick, which makes it lightweight and easy t fit under yur clthes.
21. What is an advantage f ECCO Offrad Athletic Sandals?
A. Reasnable price.B. Light weight.
C. Great cmfrt.D. Maximum security.
22. Which prduct best suits peple with lw battery anxiety?
A. ECCO Offrad Attletic Sandals.B. Kindle(2022 release).
C. PwerAdd Prtable Charger Pwer Bank.D. Lixada Sling Chest Bag.
23. Wh will be mre interested in the text?
A. Hliday makers.B. Bag lvers.C. Nature explrers.D. Electrnics enthusiasts.
B
The latest bad but unsurprising news n educatin is that reading and writing scres n the SAT have nce again declined. The language cmpetence f ur high schlers fell steeply in the 1970s and has never recvered. This is very wrrisme, because the best single measure f the verall quality f ur primary and secndary schls is the average verbal(语言的) scre f 17-year-lds. This scre crrelates with the ability t learn new things readily, t cmmunicate with thers and t secure a jb. It als predicts future incme.
The mst credible analyses have shwn that the chief causes are vast curricular changes, especially in the critical early grades. In the decades befre the Great Verbal Decline, a cntent-rich elementary schl experience evlved int a cntent-light, skills-based, test-centered apprach. Cgnitive psychlgists agree that early childhd language learning (ages 2 t 10) is critical t later verbal cmpetence, nt just because f the remarkable linguistic plasticity f yung minds, but als because f the s-called Matthew Effect.
The name cmes frm a passage in the Bible: “Fr unt every ne that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but frm him that hath nt shall be taken away even that which he hath.” Thse wh are language-pr in early childhd get relatively prer, and fall further behind, while the verbally rich get richer.
The rigin f this cruel truth lies in the nature f wrd learning. The mre wrds yu already knw, the faster yu acquire new wrds. This sunds like an invitatin t vcabulary study fr babies, but that’s been tried and it’s nt effective. Mst f the wrd meanings we knw are acquired indirectly, by intuitively(凭直觉的) guessing new meanings as we understand the main idea f what we are hearing r reading. The Matthew Effect in language can be restated this way: “T thse wh understand the main idea shall be given new wrd meanings, but t thse wh d nt there shall fllw bredm and frustratin.”
Clearly the key is t make sure that frm kindergarten n, every student, frm the start, understands the main idea f what is heard r read. If preschlers and kindergartners are ffered substantial and cherent lessns cncerning the human and natural wrlds, then the results shw up five years r s later in significantly imprved verbal scres. By staying n a subject lng enugh t make all yung children familiar with it (say, tw weeks r s), the main idea becmes understd by all and wrd learning speeds up. This is especially imprtant fr lw-incme children, wh cme t schl with smaller vcabularies and rely n schl t pass n the knwledge base children frm rich families take fr granted.
Current refrm strategies fcus n testing, imprving teacher quality, and ther changes. Attentin t these structural issues has led t imprvements in the best public schls. But it is nt enugh.
24. The drp in verbal scres n the SAT is wrrisme because ________.
A it will lead t a shrt supply f talents in the labr market
B. it reveals yung peple’s negative attitude twards verbal study
C. it shws the schls’ inability t meet the natinal requirements
D. students’ reading and writing ability affects their future develpment
25. Which f the fllwing is the reasn fr the falling verbal cmpetence?
A. Children’s lack f language learning ability.
B. Fewer curses n reading and writing in schl.
C. The shift f curricular fcus frm cntent t skills.
D. Heavy pressure that numerus tests have resulted in.
26. The implicatin f Mathew Effect in language is that ________.
A. children shuld be trained t understand the cntent
B. teachers shuld fcus n ne tpic in language teaching
C. children’s family backgrund determines their verbal ability
D. teachers shuld make everything understandable fr students
27. Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A. Mathew Effect in Language Learning
B. Hw t Stp the Drp in Verbal Scres
C. Try t Understand the Main Idea
D. Dn’t Overestimate Yur Verbal Scres
C
In the autumn f 2020, while stargazing n his balcny in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Teju Cle was inspired t start taking phts f his kitchen cunter. He cmpared the daily migratins f his pts, pans, spns, and graters t the revlutins f celestial bdies (天体), and began t track them in a “cunter histry”. A year later, he published the results as Glden Apple f the Sun (2021), a bk-length pht essay that expands his islated dmestic experiment until it seems t include the whle wrld. Cle writes abut the hunger he suffered as a barding-schl student in Nigeria, Dutch Glden Age still-lifes, slavery and the sugary recipes in an ancient ckbk. “The later a phtgraph is in a given sequence, the heavier it is,” Cle explained. Smehw, frm this kitchen sink f memir (回忆录), art histry, and bservant bredm emerges a prtrait f the pandemic’s cllective slitude, “this year f feeling buried in the dark earth like bulbs.”
Cle’s wrk makes an art—and a necessary virtue—f clse lking. Open City (2011), his first nvel, wn praise fr its prtrayal f pst-9/11 New Yrk, whse buried histries f vilence and displacement resurface in the curse f a medical student’s wanderings. In Cle’s essays, tranquil Vermeers reveal traces f empire in clnial times, and strmy Caravaggis picture befrehand the uncertain jurneys f twenty-first-century migrants.
His great theme is the limits f visin, and the way that these limits can serve as the basis fr a kind f secnd sight. “Amng the human rights is the right t remain unseen and dark,” Cle writes in Black Paper (2021); a recent essay cllectin. In his wn pictures, peple seldm appear directly, but their presence is everywhere implied. Blind Spt (2017), an experimental pht bk recrding his travels, gathers images f htel rms, brder fences, ships, and tmbs. “Darkness is nt empty,” Cle writes. “It is infrmatin at rest. Beauty, briefly, slips frm the shadws.”
28. What made Cle start t take phts f his kitchen cunter?
A. His islated dmestic lifestyle.B. His great interest in pht-taking.
C. The inspiratin he gt while stargazing.D. The suffering as a barding-schl student.
29. What d we knw abut Cle’s first nvel?
A It was praised fr making a new art.B. It was written thrugh a student’s view.
C. It resurfaces traces f a clnial empire.D. It fresees the uncertain jurney f migrants.
30. Why des Cle prefer the limits f visin in his wrks?
A. Peple can feel what is unseen by themselves.
B. Human rights can be well prtected in the thery.
C. It is ne f the basic skills fr the artists like him.
D. He starts a new style t write abut cmmn peple.
31. What can we infer abut Cle?
A. He has a limited visin.B. He published a ckbk.
C. He enjys taking phts f peple.D. He fcuses n stries behind pictures.
D
One by ne, prejudices are disappearing in the West. Peple may harbr private suspicins that ther peple’s race r sex makes them inferir—but t say s penly is ttally tab. One ld prejudice remains respectable, thugh. Just ask a childless persn.
They are nt charged t special taxes, as they were in Sviet Russia; nr are they driven frm their hmes, as they still are in sme pr cuntries. The childless nnetheless cme in fr a lt f criticism. Sme pint ut that nn-parents are failing t prduce the future wrkers wh will pay fr their pensins. Childless pliticians are charged with nt having a prper stake in sciety. “He talks t us abut the future, but he desn’t have children!” cmplained Jean-Marie Le Pen, c-funder f the Natinal Frnt party, f Emmanuel Macrn, wh went n t win the French presidency. Similar attacks n Theresa May and Angela Merkel als failed but researchers find that many vters quietly agree.
The charges against the childless shuld be thrwn ut, alng with ther scial prejudice. In many rich cuntries, between 15% and 20% f wmen, and a slightly higher prprtin f men, will nt have children. The share is rising. Sme have medical prblems; thers d nt meet the right persn in time; still thers decide they d nt want them. Whatever the cause, the attacks n the childless are baseless.
If nn-breeders are selfish, they have a strange way f shwing it. They are mre likely t set up charitable fundatins than peple with children, and much mre likely t dnate mney t gd causes. Accrding t ne American estimate, the mere fact f nt having children raises the amunt a persn leaves t charity by a little ver $10,000. The childless are thus a small but useful cunterweight t the wrld’s parents, wh stp scial immbility by passing n their scial and ecnmic advantages t their children.
The fact that s many senir pliticians lack ffspring ught t put t rest the idea that they d nt care fr sciety. Five f the G7 cuntries are led by childless men and wmen. Mr. Macrn, Mrs. May, Mrs. Merkel, Shinz Abe and Pal Gentilni have their faults, but they are nt ntably less able than Justin Trudeau (wh has three children) let alne Dnald Trump (wh has five). Their pprtunities fr neptism are limited. And they spare their cuntries dynastic plitics.
The charge that childless peple fail t pull their weight in ppulatin is crrect, but is less serius than it appears. Thse wh d nt have children d put pressure n public pensin systems. Gvernments have t d unppular things like making pensins less generus, as Japan has dne, r accepting mre immigrants, as sme Western cuntries have dne. But t sustain public pensins in the lng term, cuntries d nt actually need mre parents. What they need instead is mre babies. It is pssible t cmbine a high rate f childlessness with a high birth rate, prvided peple wh becme parents have mre than ne r tw children. That was the pattern in many Western cuntries a century ag. Ireland, yet anther cuntry with a childless leader, still manages it tday.
The childless als d everyne else a favur by creating wnderful wrks f art. British nvelists have been especially likely t have n ffspring: think f Hilary Mantel, P.G Wdehuse and the Brnte sisters. In September last year Britain put Jane Austen n its ten-pund nte. That decisin was cntrversial, thugh it was hard t see why. Few peple have written as shrewdly abut mney r abut families even thugh Austen did nt marry, and had n children.
32. What is the main idea f Paragraph 2?
A. The childless ften get punished in sciety.B. The childless ften cme under sharp criticism.
C. Mst successful pliticians have n childrenD. Childlessness affects the result f an electin.
33. The childless are prejudiced because peple think the childless ______.
A. have a strange way t shw selfishnessB. set a bad example fr yung peple
C. are nt as able as thse with childrenD. are the gvernment’s financial burden
34. What des the underlined wrd “it” in Paragraph 6 refer t?
A. Accepting mre immigrants.B. Reducing the pensins fr the aged.
C. Encuraging parents t have mre children.D. Supprting the plitical leaders with n children.
35. What is the authr’s attitude twards the childless?
A. UnderstandingB. SkepticalC. DisappintedD. Reserved
36. What is the best title fr the passage?
A. In defence f the childless.B. In hpe f having a child r nt.
C. Reasns fr nt having children.D. Measures t address aging prblems.
第二节 (共5小题: 每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Signs Yu Might Be Dehydrated(脱水的)
Dehydratin is a big prblem in the summer mnths. Unfrtunately, knwing when yu begin t dehydrate isn’t always easy. S, as summer heats up, here are a few secret signs that yu need t drink as sn as pssible.
Yur breath smells r yur muth is dry. There is a ptential relatinship that links dehydratin and less than-pleasant breath, When yu're dehydrated, yu dn't prduce as much saliva(唾液).____37____S if yu ntice yur breath is a little smelly, it culd be a red flag that yu need t drink a glass r tw f H2O.
____38____Dehydratin can actually temprarily shrink brain tissue and that shrinkage may cau se pain. Such pain is a really cmmn sign f slight t middle dehydratin, and it can be either tlerable r serius.
Yur pee（尿液）is dark. One way health prfessinals diagnse dehydratin is by testing a patient’s pee t see if it's t cncentrated. But it can als help t d an easy check at hme. Simply lk at the clr f yur pee. If it’s pale yellw, yu’re hydrated. If it's a darker yellw, it’s time fr a glass f water.____39____
Yu’re hungry. Thirst and hunger signs always cme tgether.____40____S if yu find that yu’re feeling hungry sn after eating, it’s wrth cnsidering whether the real reasn is thirst.
____41____Staying hydrated is a really key part f maintaining energy thrughut the day. Nt getting enugh water t supprt the bdy t d their functins can make yu feel like yu’re dragging. Plus, hydratin can have a direct effect n sleep quality.
A. Yu’re tired.
B. Yu have a headache.
C. Yu feel like yu have a summer “flu”.
D. While this isn’t a guarantee, it culd be a sign.
E. They are bth prduced in the same regin f yur brain.
F. The liquid helps break dwn fd and brings it frm yur muth.
G. In general, the mre yu drink, the clearer yur liquid waste shuld be.
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分30分)
第一节 (共15小题; 每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My father decided t start learning French when he was 57. On the surface, his retirement hbby seems a little randm — ur family has n cnnectin t French-speaking cuntries — but his ___42___ ran deeper than a passin fr cakes. My grandmther develped signs f Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔兹海默症) in her early 70s, and studies suggest that being bilingual, that is, being able t speak tw languages equally well, can ___43___ the start f the cnditin by up t five years. Drawn by that ___44___ benefit, many peple have attempted t pick up a new language in adulthd.
Lts f activities are linked t better brain health in ld age, like getting mre educatin when yu’re yunger and physical activity. Experts say regularly speaking multiple languages may be especially ___45___ thugh. “We use language in all aspects f daily life, s a bilingual brain is ___46___ wrking,” said Mark Antniu, a prfessr at Western Sydney University wh specializes in bilingualism.
The age at which yu learn anther language appears t be less imprtant than hw ___47___ yu speak it. The cgnitive (认知的) benefit is frm having t ___48___ yur mther tngue, which yur brain is frced t d if yu’re trying t recall the right wrds in anther language. S if the secnd language is used a lt, yu’re getting that cgnitive ___49___. That prcess is called cgnitive inhibitin. In thery, by imprving these types f prcesses, the brain becmes strnger t the ___50___ caused by diseases like dementia. The strnger yur mental pwer, the thinking ges, the lnger yu can functin nrmally, even if yur brain health starts t ___51___.
Hwever, evidence fr the benefits f learning a secnd language as a hbby in yur 60s is ___52___. Research by Dr. Antniu and clleagues fund that while Chinese adults 60 and up imprved n cgnitin tests after a six-mnth language learning prgram, peple wh played games like Sudku did as well. Tw mre recent studies n the tpic fund virtually n ___53___ in cgnitive perfrmance after peple tk part in language-learning prgrams.
The scientists wh cnducted thse studies ffered a few ptential ___54___. One is that the participants were highly mtivated vlunteers, wh may have already been at peak perfrmance fr their age, making it hard t see any ___55___. Anther is that the language interventins were perhaps t shrt. The handful f studies lking int the issue have used language lessns that were very different in their ___56___ and frequency. Sme studies taught participants fr eight mnths, thers fr just ne very intense week.
42. A. affectinB. cntributinC. mtivatinD. struggle
43. A. delayB. preventC. signalD. stimulate
44. A. additinalB. educatinalC. lastingD. ptential
45. A. beneficialB. cmmnC. impracticalD. rare
46. A. carelesslyB. cnstantlyC. creativelyD. delicately
47. A. lngB. ftenC. snD. well
48. A. cmmandB. practiceC. restrictD. spread
49. A. functinB. psychlgyC. systemD. training
50. A. damagesB. peratinsC. painsD. signs
51. A. declineB. imprveC. matterD. restre
52. A. availableB. muntingC. strngerD. weaker
53. A. differenceB. invlvementC. pintD. reductin
54. A. applicatinsB. explanatinsC. findingsD. suggestins
55. A. diversitiesB. imprvementsC. utcmesD. pssibilities
56. A. cntentB. intentinC. lengthD. requirement
第二节 (共10小题:每小题1.5分，满分15分)
请用所学语法知识和选择性必修四U1-U2Reading词汇完成以下单句填空。
57. Befre making any decisins, she sught advice frm ___________ (knwledge) mentrs wh had swn the seeds f wisdm in her mind. (所给词的适当形式填空)
58. ___________ (resign) t her fate, she accepted the challenges that lay ahead, knwing that her decisins wuld shape her future. (所给词的适当形式填空)
59. N matter hw clearly ___________ (clarify), the issues can’t still get thrugh t all f us. (所给词的适当形式填空)
60. Weak___________I am in English fr the mment, I am cnfident that I can catch up. (用适当的词填空)
61. N ne will be allwed t enter the private club unless ___________ (privilege). (所给词的适当形式填空)
62. Wrry ___________ all thers wrry; rejice after all thers have rejiced. (用适当的词填空)
63. With the gift brightly ___________ (wrap), she handed it t her best friend at the birthday party. (所给词的适当形式填空)
64. ___________ (suspect) f being invlved in the recent string f burglaries, he was summned by the plice fr questining. (所给词的适当形式填空)
65. The teacher emphasized the imprtance f cultivating ___________ (美德) such as determinatin, kindness, and curage in rder t lead a fulfilling and meaningful life. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
66. T live a life f hnesty and ______ (诚实，正直) is a respnsibility f every decent persn. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)
第四部分 书面表达 (满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
67. 你校英文报正在组织英语征文活动，请以“Have a Strng Sense f Respnsibility”为题，写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1.一个关于责任感的故事；2.你对责任感的理解；3.呼吁同学们做一个有责任感的人。
注意： 1.词数100左右： 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯.
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第二节 (满分25分)
68. 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 was a vet in Yrkshire. One day I received a call frm Mrs Tmpkin asking me t cut the beak (喙) f her budgie (虎皮鹦鹉). I armed myself with a pair f clippers and stepped nt the narrw strip f pavement which separated the dr frm the rad. A pleasant-lking red-haired wman answered my knck.
“I’m Mrs Ddds frm next dr,” she said. “I keep an eye n the ld lady. She’s ver eighty and lives alne.”
She led me int the cramped little rm. “Here’s Mr Herrit cming t see Peter fr yu,” she said t the ld wman wh sat in a crner. Mrs Tmpkin ndded and smiled, “Oh that’s gd. Pr little fella can hardly eat with its lng beak and I’m wrried abut him. He’s my nly cmpanin, yu knw.”
“Yes, I understand, Mrs Tmpkin.” I lked at the cage by the windw with the green budgie perched (栖息) inside. “These little birds can be wnderful cmpany when they start chattering.”
She laughed, “Yes, but it’s a funny thing. Peter never has said that much. I think he’s lazy! But I just like having him with me.”
“Of curse yu d,” I said, “but he certainly needs attentin nw.”
The beak was greatly vergrwn, curving away dwn till it tuched the feathers f the breast. I wuld be able t revlutinize his life with ne quick snip frm my clippers. The way I was feeling this jb was right up my street.
I pened the cage dr and slwly inserted my hand.
“Cme n, Peter,” I wheedled (哄骗). As I lifted him ut, I felt in my pcket with the ther hand fr the clippers. Then I stpped.
The tiny head was n lnger pking cheekily frm my fingers but had fallen lsely t ne side. The eyes were clsed. He was dead.
Mrs Ddds and I lked at each ther in hrrr. When I turned my head twards Mrs Tmpkin, I was surprised t see that she was still ndding and smiling.
I drew her neighbr t ne side. “Mrs Ddds, hw much des she see?”
“Oh, she’s very shrt-sighted but she’s right vain despite her age. Never wuld she wear glasses. She’s hard f hearing, t.”
“Well, lk,” I said. My heart was still punding. “I just dn’t knw what t d. If I tell her abut this, the shck will be terrible. Anything culd happen.”
Mrs Ddds ndded, stricken-faced. “Yes, yu’re right. She’s that attached t the little thing.”
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。
I decided t d smething fr her instead f telling her the truth.
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It was a lng time befre I went t see hw Mrs Tmpkin gt alng with the bird I bught fr her.
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