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4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并交回第一部分完形填空共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的、、、四个选项中，选出最佳选项A BC DMelindais avery shygirl.She is always afraidto talkwith herclassmates.She1puts upher handin classor answersherteachers questions,so shejust sitsquietly in the cornerof the2and hasfew friends.One day,Melinda writesin her own diary,nI feelI ama loserin mylife.I couldntplay anymusic instrumentor doanysports.I ampoor atEnglish andI do3in math.I don*t lookbeautiful and4doesnt likeme...When herteacher Mrs.Evans knowsthis,she comesup toMelinda andsays softly,My littlegirL youshould know,优点，everyone hashis orherownadvantage.WelL yousee,you are5but you are sokind toothers.You arenot goodatstudy,6you stillwork sohard.You donthave abeautiful facebut youalways help your parents7housework.Cheerup,dear,smile tolife,then lifewill smileback toyou.You canbe whatyou8to be.”1A.Always B.Never C.Often D.Sometimes2A.Classroom B.Playground C.Library D.HallFrom thatday on,Melinda doesntfeel sadany more.She9many schoolclubs andstudies harderthan before.Whenshe feelsdown,she willalwaysC10Mrs.Evans wordsnSmile tolife,and lifewill smileback toyou.”56What doesthe writerwant to tell us3A.Well B.Hard C.Easily D.Badly第七部分书面表达共1题；满分25分莎士比亚曾说过”本来无望的事，大胆尝试往往能成功”你在生活中，学习上是不是也有许多新尝试？

57.请以“为题，根据以下提示和要求，谈谈你的第一次尝试A newtry”提示1What didyou try to do2How didyou doit3What doyou thinkof theexperience要求短文须包含提示内容，可适当发挥；1短文中不得出现真实的地名、校名和人名；2词数左右开头已给出，不计入总词数380A newtryEvery timewe trysomething new,we willlearn somethingand improveourselves.4A.No oneB.Everyone C.Someone D.Anyone5A.Quiet B.Helpful C.Nice D.Noisy6A.And B.But C.So D.Because7A.On B.Over C.With D.About8A.Like B.Think C.Agree D.Live9A.Checks B.Takes C.Joins D.Shows10A.Forget B.Follow C.Keep D.Remember第二部分阅读理解共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的、、、四个选项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该A BC D项涂黑AWhen youtravel inEngland you can*t missthe visit to WindsorCastle,the familyhome toBritishkings andqueens forover1,000years.Opening Timesat WindsorCastle♦1Mar2023--31Oct2023Monday-Sunday0930-1715♦1Nov2023-28Feb2024Monday-Sunday0945--1615PricesAdult ticket£

21.20Family ticket2adults3children between5and17years old£

54.70Senior/College studentticket£

19.30Under17years old/Disabled ticket£

12.30Castle ClosingDates♦1718Jun2023♦12Oct2023Top tips♦Buy yourticket onthe Internetbefore youarrive tosave sometime.♦If youwant to see theChanging of the Guardceremony,get to the Castlegrounds at

1100.During thesummer ithappens every day,if theweather isgood.llWhen doesthe castleclose onOctober1,2023A.0930B.1715C.0945D.161512They shouldpay atleast ifMr andMrs Greenbring theirthree childrenall between5and17years oldto visitthecastle.A.£

79.30B.£67C.£

57.40D.£

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70.13The Changingof theGuard Ceremonymight nottake placein summerif.A.The weatheris badB.The castleis beingrepairedC.There areno visitorsD.The queendoesnt livethereBHello,welcome toShirleys Time!Have youever heardof Alyssa火星Alyssa isan astronaut.She waschosen to be the first personto landon Marsby NASAin2021at theage of

17.She maygo to Mars in2033and nevercome backto the earth.So herfather isa little worried.He thinksthat Marsmay beavery dangerousplace.Alyssa is probably goingto leavethe earthand neverreturn to theearthin thefuture.Alyssa expressedwhy shedreamed of being an astronaut in a recentinterview.She said,Well,I firstwanted tobecomean astronautfrom watchinga cartooncalled theBackyardigans whenI wasthree.In thecartoon,the charactersflewtoMars.HAfter that,the girljust keptasking forvideos,books and anything shecould findabout space.And herparentshave alwaysgiven herlove andsupport.Alyssa hasalways beenworking hardfor herdream.She wentto anexpensive spaceschool toget training.Studying漂浮there isntalways easy.It needsto passa lotof testslike floatingin theair.At firstshe feltsick inher stomach,butlater shegot usedto it.Finally shemade ittobeanastronaut.From whatshe said,we alsoknew thatAlyssa enjoyedspeakingin publicand talkingto thegirls whowanted tobe astronauts.Thanks forlistening.14Alyssa maygo toMars in.A.2023B.2033C.2043D205315Alyssa*s fatherfeels alittleworriedbecause hethinksA.Its dangerousto goto MarsB.Her daughteris tooyoungC.Her daughtercant passthe testsD.The spaceschool isexpensive段落16From Paragraph4,we canknow that.A.Studying in the spaceschool isalways easyB.Becoming anastronaut takesno preparationC.Alyssa didntget usedto thetraining inschoolD.Alyssa hopesmore girlswill becomeastronauts17The textisprobablya/an.A.PoemB.DiaryC.ReportD.InterviewPeople arealways tryingto livea healthylife.You mighthave readso muchon thistopic.The followingideas maysoundstrange,but theycan reallyhelp you.Exercise whenyouaretired.After a long andtiring dayof study,exercising mightnot soundlike agood idea,but itshould.In fact,physicalactivities canprovide youwith themissing energy.Research showsthat exercisingfor just30minutes can make you feelgood!Write by hand to help thebrain beactive.Although writingsomething using a computeris faster,it ismuch betterto rememberthe wholething bywriting itdown byhand.When youread ahandwritten text,naturally itseasier for your brainsto rememberthe information.Spare moretime for yourself.By sparingthe timeforyourselfand justbeing alonefor awhile,youcanhave achance tothink andget toknow中动土也.yourself better.And youwont behaveimpulsively QDrinkhot drinkson a hot day.What coolsmore on ahotsummer morning,cold wateror hot water Thestudy showsthat thehot waterdoes makepeoplefeel cooler.When youare drinkingsomething hot,the bodywill feelthe changein temperatureand increasethe流汗，perspiration whichhelps youcool down!18Its thebest way to ifwe wantto remembera longpassage.A.Read itagain and againB.Read italoudC.Write itusingacomputerD.Write itdownbyhand19The thirdidea ismainly about.A.The goodpoints ofbeing alone.B.The importanceof thinkingC.The goodpoints ofbehaving wellD.The importanceof keepinghealthy20Why dowe drinkhotwateronahot dayA.Because itbrings heatto our bodies.B.Because it is badfor ourbodies.C.Because it makes ourbodies strong.D.Because ittakes heataway fromourbodies.E.1The writerof thepassage wantstotellus that.A.Handwriting makesus smartB.Sometimes unusualideas abouthealth arehelpfulC.Being alonehelps usknow ourfriends betterD.Hot drinkscan makeus uncomfortableThisisatrue storyabout aboy who,the worldmight say,was aterrible underachiever.While inthe eighthgrade,hefailed subjectsrepeatedly.High schoolwasnt muchbetter,he Latin,algebra,English,and receiveda gradeof zeroinphysics.The boymanaged tomake theschool golfteam,but helost themost importantgolf matchof theseason.Its notthat his peers dislikedthis boy；it*s justthat theynever reallyseemed to notice himmuch.Even Hellosinthe hallwere ararity.Out ofall thefailures in his life,there wassomething thatdid holdgreat importanceto this boy,hislove ofdrawing.Although in high school,the cartoonshe submittedtotheyearbook wererejected,once outof school,theboy wasso sureof hisartistic talentthat heapproached WaltDisney Studioswith drawingworks.I wishI couldsay thestudiosloved hiswork andimmediately hiredhim,but suchwas notthe case；another hugerejection.Despite hislack ofsuccesses,thisboydid notgive up.He thendecided towrite his own autobiographyin cartoons,about alittle boywho wasregarded asa loseranda nobody.The nameof thisboy wasCharles Schulz,the creatorof thefamous Charlie Brown andcomic dogSnoopy.In life,itissometimes easyto feellike anobody.We passhundreds ofpeople onthe streeton our waytowork,orwalk througha facelesscrowd in a mall,and noone seemstonoticeor care.Deep inside,we mayknow we are specialandunique andhave lotsto offer,but unlesssomeone takesthe timeto lookourwayand giveus achance,we mayfeelworthless,just likeCharlieBrownwho couldnteven manageto flya kiteor kicka footballproperly.Just asCharles Schulzhad faithinhisartistic talent,so too,we mustrealize thatnobody isanobody.We allhavespecial giftsand talents,and everyhuman beingis deservingand capableofbeingloved andappreciated.22The underlinedword flunkedin Paragraph1is closestin meaningto.A.failedB.learnedC.achievedD.misunderstood23What canwe inferabout theboy inParagraph2A.He washated by hispeers.B.He achievedgreat successin drawinginhighschool.C.His workwas refusedby WaltDisney Studios.D.He earnedthe praisefrom WaltDisney Studios.24In thelast twoparagraphs,weareadvised.A.to openup oureyesB・to believewe canmake adifferenceC.to learnmore skillsfor developmentD.to askfor moreappreciation andlove25Which ofthe followingis thebest titleofthepassageA.Nobody Isa Nobody.B.A Hard-Working BoyIs Successful.C.We ShouldTurn Failureinto Success.D.One CannotSucceed withoutTalents.第三部分信息还原共5小题每小题1分，满分5分请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项In themodern world,all ofus wontlive wellwithout music.According tothe scientificresearch,music canchangehow youfeel.Different kindsof musiccan influenceyou indifferent ways.

26.Music makesyou relax.Most storesplaynbackgroundnmusic.The longercustomers stayinastore,the morepossible itwill befor themto buysomething.

27.Finally,most customersgo homewith manythings happily.Music isa healer治疗师.When youresick,try listeningto softand relaxingmusic.If yourefeeling sad,play themusic youlike.Then tell抑郁症someone howitmakesyoufeel.A groupof teenswho haddepressionshared theirfavorite songswith eachother.

28.After talkingabout it,the teenssaid theyfelt better.29Many recentstudies havetried toexplain howmusic andlearning gotogether.Some expertssuggest playingslowmusic helpsyou payattention whenyou study.

30.So musicis thekey toour lifeand study.A.Music helpsyou learnB.Lets readthe reportC.It mayeven helpimprove yourmemoryD.Music helpsyou geta healthybodyE.She likesmusic that canmakeher relaxedF.So storestrytoplay musicthat theircustomers enjoyGEach teenexplained whyhe orshe likedthe song第四部分词汇运用共13小题；每小题1分，满分13分第一节根据下列句子所给汉语注释或首字母，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式,每空限填一词月.

31.Iceland hasa shortsummer whichlasts fromJune to哭

32.She couldnthelp whenshe heardthe sadnews.健康的

33.Its goodto havea eatinghabit.广泛地

34.Chinese isused insouthern Asiancountries.己录

35..Sima Qianwas thefirst historianto ithe historicalevents inthe formof individualbiographies.

36.Terry hadto changehis planof goingout fordinner becauseof anu guestvisiting hishouse.

37.The19th AsianGames willbe heldin Hangzhoufrom September23rd to08th,

2023.

38.The relaxingreading beforebed cans yoursleep timefrom activitiesthatcancause excitementor womes.第二节请认真阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，在横线上填入其正确形式每个单词或短语仅用一次lucky learna thingknow magiclook upPatricknever didhomework.nToo boring,“he said.He playedbaseball andbasketball instead.His teacherstold him,Patrick!Do yourhomework,oryoucant39And itstrue.Sometimes hedid feellike afool.But whatcould hedo Hehatedhomework.One day,Patricks catwas playingwith alittle“doll”.He foundit wasnta dollat all,but aman ofthe smallestsize.The mancalled,“Save me!Dont giveme backto thatcat.I have

40.I willhelpyouif yousave me!”Patrick couldntbelieve how41he was!Here wasthe answerto allof hisproblems.So hesaid,Only ifyou do allmy homeworktill theend ofthe term.If youdoagood enoughjob,I caneven getAs.”The littleelf精灵kicked hislegs andrubbed搓his hands.HA11right.Til doit.”And trueto hiswords,that littleelf beganto doPatricks homework.Sometimes he42what todo andhe neededhelp.nHelp me!Help me!n hedsay.And Patrickwould havetohelp-in whateverway.“What doesthis wordmean”the elfcried whilehe wasreading Patrickshomework.nGet mea dictionary.No,whats evenbetter,43the wordand explainittome.”第五部分短文填空共10小题；每小题I分，满分10分请认真阅读下面短文，填入个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式1In thepast MothersDay,we44usual sentour momsbest wishesand45hug themclosely.In differentlanguagesintheworld,the wordfor mother46seem ofteneither tobe mamaor asimilar tonnanan.But doyouknow whymothers allover theworld havethe samepronunciation语言学家，Last month,Roman Jakobson,47excellent linguistexplained iton his48nine paperWhyMamaorPapan.He49point outthefirstsyllable音节of mamaor papais ah”or nmahn.These arethe firstsoundsbabies canspeak out50any difficultybecause theydont needspecial mouthpositions.Besides,ah”or Hmahnisalso relatedtothesound ababy makeswhen itsbeing fedby itsmom.In aword,people indifferent languagesnot onlycall theirmothers withsimilar pronunciation,but alsogive thewordso manybeautiful51meaning,such asstrength,wisdom,tenderness andlove52mother,mom andmommy,allbelong tothe53good soundintheworld.第六部分阅读表达共3小题；54题2分，55题2分，56题3分，满分7分请认真阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题抛弃力油站,A dogwas abandonedbyhisowner ata gasoline station FlHowever,he founda jobthere.Howamazing!What happenedLucystarted torun the gasolinestationinatown withher partnerstwo yearsago.One night,she wasriding herbikehome.It wasat thistime thatshe discoveredthe adultdog nearher workplace.After hehad been abandoned thereby hisowner,he wastoo scaredto leave.Poor thing.It seemedthat hehadnt eatenanything foralongtime.I broughthim homeand gave him somefood.Ialso namedhim Nick,Lucy says.*We boughthim foodandadog house,and tookhim fora walkeveryday.We gavehimall thecare thatan animalneeds.1一But Lucydidnt justgive Nicka homeand somefood.She alsogavehima purposehisownjob.She evengave himaworkers IDcard.Lucy wasntsure whathe woulddo tothe customersat first.She tookNick tothegasolinestation everyday.To her爪surprise,Nick enjoyedbeing closeto people.When peoplecame,he greetedthem withhis paw.He providedservicefor customers.Nick waitsfor peopleto arrive,and thenlifts oneof hispaws towelcome customers.n Lucy says.Customers lovehim.Many peoplecome heretoseehim.Some peopleeven bringhim toys.1Lucysaysshe hopesthis examplewill encouragemore peopleto careabout animalsthat havebeenabandoned.54Where didLucy work55How wasNick whenLucy firstfound him。