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　　A

　　Middle school students today may behave surprisingly.Are you often__1__of them?

　　My daughter (12 years old，7th grade) is on the cross-country team at her middle school.As with any__2__，the cross-country team has its “stars” as well as its less__3__athletes.Ethan，Michael (8th grade) and Kenji (7th grade) are the__4__runners for the boys.Yesterday was the first track meet of the season，and when she got home，my daughter told me a story that made me__5__．__6__” and has never played any__7__races before.The 6th graders ran last，three laps (圈) around the school.__8__in the race__9__the race when he was just at the end of his second lap.Albert thought he was__10__near the end.But quickly the poor kid realized that he had another whole lap left to run.He broke down and started__11__．__12__mood in the middle of the field，they didn’t even__13__．All three of them immediately went out on the field to run Albert’s last lap__14__him.Everyone knew that was__15__the rules in cross country，yet they all remained__16__．Both other teams hung around and waited for Albert to finish.When he managed to__17__the finish line__18__the team after this.” She replied，“No！He’ll get better__19__．” why I__20__middle school children.

　　【解題導(dǎo)語】　這是篇情感故事閱讀。作者的女兒參加了學(xué)校的體育隊(duì)在一次比賽中該隊(duì)隊(duì)員就是違紀(jì)也要幫助Albert戰(zhàn)勝自己這是人類愛的體現(xiàn)。 B．proud解析：選B。根據(jù)前文的surprisingly判斷是驕傲的 proud of以……為驕傲。故選B。解析：選C。根據(jù)下文的athletes判斷是sport故選C。解析：選A。根據(jù)前文的stars判斷選A。A.energetic

　　B．clumsy解析：選C。根據(jù)前文的stars和cross-country和下文的8th grade以及7th grade說明這個(gè)隊(duì)伍集合了部分頂尖運(yùn)動(dòng)員。故選C解析：選A。根據(jù)下文判斷是讓我感動(dòng)的故事。故選A。解析：選D。根據(jù)前文的short應(yīng)該是“肥胖的”。故選D。解析：選B。以前從沒有參加過有組織的比賽。故選B。xactly

　　D．Surprisingly解析：選A。在比賽的前半段也是早些時(shí)候故選A。

　　10．A.even

　　B．a(chǎn)lso

　　C．merely

　　D．hardly

　　解析：選B。根據(jù)下文的near the end判斷選B。解析：選D。根據(jù)上文had another whole lap left to run說明這個(gè)孩子感到很失望于是哭起來。故選D。ful

　　解析：選A。根據(jù)前文的crying判斷應(yīng)該是沮喪的心情。故選A。解析：B。根據(jù)前文的didn’t even判斷沒有暫停、休息。故選B。解析：選C。根據(jù)下文應(yīng)該是他們和Albert一起跑完剩下的比賽。故選C。

　　16．A.guilty

　　B．blank

　　C．silent

　　D．worried

　　解析：選C。面對他們自己的“違紀(jì)”大家都是沉默的故選C。解析：選D。cross the finish line穿過終點(diǎn)線。故選D。解析：選C。根據(jù)下文女兒的回答“No”判斷是不會(huì)放棄這個(gè)隊(duì)伍。故選C。rength

　　C．confidence

　　D．challenge

　　解析：選A。根據(jù)前文的get better判斷他只是需要幫助。故選A。解析：選B。根據(jù)前文作者女兒敘述的感人故事作者發(fā)出自己的感慨那就是我為什么愛中學(xué)孩子的原因”。故選B。B

　　At just 18 years old，Canberra student Lochie Ferrier has already conducted research in a frontier field—aerospace engineering.Aerospace engineering is the primary__1__of engineering concerned with the science and technology of aircraft and spacecraft.

　　In 2024，he was one of 80 high school students worldwide who__2__a six-week science and engineering program at MIT.During the program，he was__3__by the institute’s scientists，and developed a method to identify inactive satellites.This method，called OASIS，is designed__4__a way to help manage space debris(碎片)__5__operating satellites.

　　“One solution to this problem is a__6__robot that can gather pieces of space debris and store them in orbit，” he says.“These pieces could be__7__to new satellites later，thus__8__the costs and launch weights of new satellites.” However，__9__satellite identification technology would be needed for this solution，and that’s what Lochie is working on.“I hope this method would be put into practice in the near future，__10__in the next 10 years，” he says.

　　Lochie has made the__11__of the Young Innovators category of the Australian Innovation Challenge Awards with his OASIS.This category is open to students aged 21 years or __12__and carries a $ 5，000 prize.If he won，he would use the money to help fund__13__research into OASIS.“My plan for using the money would be to try to use materials which could stand up to the__14__environment of space，” he says.

　　He is also considering how to__15__the technology to organizations such as NASA and satellite manufacturers.

　　Lochie’s__16__in aerospace engineering was aroused by the big dish antenna(碟形天線)at NASA’s tracking station near Canberra__17__him，too.“He taught me valuable project management and skills which I applied to OASIS.”

　　Lochie has been attending Canberra Grammar School and will soon__18__exams for admission to universities.He__19__his time between schoolwork，his personal__20__projects such as OASIS and the development of apps，rock climbing，and playing classical violin.The teenager is well on his way to realizing his sky-high ambition.

　　【解題導(dǎo)語】　本文是教育類小故事閱讀。作者敘述了一個(gè)喜歡研究太空的小男孩的故事這孩子在一步一步地實(shí)現(xiàn)他的太空夢。criterion

　　解析：選C。根據(jù)空后的engineering判斷aerospace engineering是其分支。故選C。

　　3．A.guided

　　B．criticized解析：選A。根據(jù)前文他還是學(xué)生空后是by the institute’s scientists根A。解析：選D。be designed as...被設(shè)計(jì)為……。故選D。s

　　B．threatens解析：選B。根據(jù)前文這些空中碎片會(huì)給衛(wèi)星帶來“威脅”。故選B。解析：選A。根據(jù)前文制造一個(gè)進(jìn)行回收碎片的機(jī)器人。故選A。attached

　　D．returned解析：選C。根據(jù)上下文含義故選C。解析：選B。根據(jù)前文機(jī)器人收集碎片應(yīng)用在新衛(wèi)星上就會(huì)減少花費(fèi)。故選B。解析：選C。這種可信賴的衛(wèi)星辨別技術(shù)將會(huì)被需要。故選C。解選B。這是在說未來的事情應(yīng)是估計(jì)。故選B。解析：選B。make the finals of做出……最后的決定。故選B。解析：選A。or under或在21歲以下的。故選A。解析：選B。句意：如果他贏了他可將這筆錢用于更進(jìn)一步的研究。故選B。A.extreme

　　B．pure

　　15．A.adapt

　　B．forward

　　C．market

　　D．a(chǎn)pply

　　解析：選C。根據(jù)空后的manufacturers判斷是出售。故選C。rmation

　　D．interest解析：選D。Lochie關(guān)于太空的興趣被碟形天線所激起。故選D。解析：選A。學(xué)校的老師對他的激勵(lì)。故選A。解析：選B。join加入；sit坐；hold容納；prepare準(zhǔn)備。sit exams參加考試。故選B。解析：選D。根據(jù)空后between的賓語判斷得出答案。故選D。

　　C

　　True leadership is not just the ability to identify the talent and skill of the polished individuals around you.It involves being able to dig beneath the surface and discover__1__．__2__in group activities.Most teachers would__3__think of him as a problem student.

　　However，Anna was different.She believed the student was above__4__in other areas so she created a strategy to find out.

　　Anna didn’t__5__the parents.Instead she organized a handful of activities in the class to get more information.In place of calling out for volunteers in class she created a__6__for each Friday：Girls vs.Boys.__7__．Everyone wanted to win.Even the boy had his hand up the whole time trying to get a turn.__8____9__teacher paired the boy with the most__10__girl student in class.

　　Now the two teams had a__11__score，all the students sat back eager to see the result.As the teacher placed the question on the board，most of the students began to__12__their heads：this was a question they had never__13__in class.__14__！” the teacher yelled.Both students started doing it__15__ thinking of how to solve the complex question.Their classmates__16__，exclaimed，“Hurry，hurry，hurry！” The boy finished it just seconds before the girl and spun around with his__17__raised！” Almost nobody could believe the student they admired failed until Anna__18__the result.ied to get.It turned out that the student wasn’t bad，he was__19__．So we can see that__20__hidden abilities is not always easy but the end results can be magical.Try your hand at this quality of leadership now and report your results.【解題導(dǎo)語】　本文講述了一個(gè)小男孩上數(shù)學(xué)課總是講話別的老師可能認(rèn)為他是一個(gè)有問題的學(xué)生但是Anna不這樣認(rèn)為她組織了競賽證明了自己的想法挖掘了小男孩在數(shù)學(xué)上的潛能。

　　2．A.active

　　B．cautious解析：選D。根據(jù)前面“who constantly sat and talked in his math class”可知這個(gè)小男孩在數(shù)學(xué)課上不斷的說話可知好像這個(gè)小男孩與集體活動(dòng)沒有聯(lián)系。故選D。解析：選A。根據(jù)前面“there was a boy who constantly sat and talked in his math class______in group activities”可知好多老師直接就認(rèn)為他是一個(gè)有問題的學(xué)生。故選immediately。解析：選B。根據(jù)下文“she created a strategy to find out”故推知Anna認(rèn)為這個(gè)學(xué)生在其他地方應(yīng)該不錯(cuò)的在平均水平之上的。above average在平均水平之上。符合題意。解析：選A。根據(jù)后面“Instead she organized a handful of activities in the class to get more information.”故前面講的是Anna沒有聯(lián)系家長而是組織了一系列的活動(dòng)。故選contact 意思為“聯(lián)系”符合題意。解析：選D。根據(jù)后面“Girls vs.Boys”可知Anna每個(gè)星期五都組織了競賽。故選competition 意思為“競賽”。iastic

　　D．curious解析：選C。根據(jù)后面“Everyone wanted to win.Even the boy had his hand up the whole time trying to get a turn.”可知?jiǎng)傞_始的時(shí)候每個(gè)人都非常有激情。故選enthusiastic 意思為“有激情的”。解析：選A。根據(jù)“Anna waited可知前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。然而Anna一直等。故選A項(xiàng)。解析：選B。根據(jù)下文“This was what Anna tried to get.It turned out that the student wasn’t bad可知這個(gè)老師是個(gè)伯樂是個(gè)非常有智慧的老師故選B項(xiàng)。解析：選C。根據(jù)后面的“Almost nobody could believe the student they admired failed”可知這個(gè)女生是學(xué)習(xí)非常勤奮的受其他學(xué)生欽佩的。故選hardworking意思為“學(xué)習(xí)勤奮的”。e

　　B．close解析：選B。根據(jù)后面的語境和all the students sat back eager to see the result可知兩個(gè)隊(duì)的比分是非常接近的。故選B項(xiàng)。解析：選C。根據(jù)后面“this was a question they had never______in class”寫在黑板上的題目是非常難的故很多學(xué)生都搖頭故選C項(xiàng)。

　　14．A.Go

　　B．Hurry

　　C．Look

　　D．Try

　　解析：選A。根據(jù)常識(shí)老師說的是比賽開始。故選A項(xiàng)。解析：選B。根據(jù)“thinking of how to solve the complex question”和“Hurry可知都在慢慢地做題目。故選B項(xiàng)。解析：選D。根據(jù)后面exclaimed！”可知所有的學(xué)生都非常的激動(dòng)。故選D項(xiàng)。解析：選A。根據(jù)后面的“spun around with his______raised可知這個(gè)小男孩舉起他的胳膊。故選A項(xiàng)。lyzed

　　C．confirmed

　　D．a(chǎn)djusted

　　解析：選C。根據(jù)前面“Almost nobody could believe the student they admired failed”可知直到Anna證實(shí)這個(gè)結(jié)果時(shí)所有的學(xué)生才相信。故選C項(xiàng)。

　　20．A foreseeing

　　B．a(chǎn)ssessing

　　C．a(chǎn)ppreciating

　　D．recognizing

　　解析：選D。根據(jù)后面“hidden abilities is not always ”我們要識(shí)別孩子們的潛能這些潛能可能不那么容易找到但是結(jié)果可能是神奇的。故選D項(xiàng)。夾敘夾議文

　　A

　　In a airing of Unsolved Mysteries，there was a young boy who was the victim of the holocaust(大屠殺)．He’d been__1____2__of his imprisonment.

　　The story was of a boy—now in his sixties—and his quest to find an American soldier who had__3__a kindness to him by__4__some food.It might seem__5__，but to this child，who had seen nothing but__6__and inhumanity for__7__he could remember，it was a__8__that marked a turning point in his life，for he had lost hope.When he was liberated by the American forces，he was dying.He，__9__needed food.As he was staggering along the road ，a young soldier__10__down from his tank and gave him some of his supplies.__11__this one act of generosity，a kind American had aroused the__12__again that there really was some good in the world.And the boy never__13__it.The boy later went to America，raised a family，became successful and worked hard to repay the__14__he had received with his own.

　　Actually there were so many similar acts of generosity that it would be almost impossible to know__15__who the soldier was.

　　We all have a choice：to create more light in the world.As Confucius__16__over 2,500 years ago__17__the darkness.”

　　As the story above so nicely__18__，small gestures can often generate huge__19__．If we’re constantly__20__and doing kind actsll no doubt bring more joy into the world around us as well as into our own world!

　　【解題導(dǎo)語】　本文講的是集中營里的一個(gè)小男孩因?yàn)槭艿矫绹勘膸椭靡孕掖娌⑶乙虼藖淼矫绹ㄟ^自己的努力最終獲得成功并且尋求報(bào)恩的故事。 B．placed解析：選B。 在播出的一次《神秘未解之謎》中有一位大屠殺的年輕受害者他被安置在囚犯勞動(dòng)營里待了幾年。place有“安置”的意思。

　　3．A.held on

　　B．a(chǎn)greed on

　　C．focused on

　　D．passed on

　　解析：選D。pass on傳遞。那位美國士兵曾經(jīng)非常善良地給他食物。pass on a kindness 傳遞善良。解析：選B。offer 主動(dòng)提供這里指的是美國士兵主動(dòng)給他食物。significant

　　D．convenient解析：選C。insignificant無關(guān)緊要的。這對于別人可能是解析：選D。與inhumanity(不人道)并列只能選D(殘忍)小男孩在監(jiān)獄里天天見到的只有不人道和殘忍沒有任何人間溫情。

　　8．A.wave

　　B．fate

　　C．gesture

　　D．duty

　　解析：選C。gesture 姿勢手勢這里是“標(biāo)志”這標(biāo)志著他生命的一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)。解析：選D。badly非常。當(dāng)最后美國士兵把他解救的時(shí)候他就快死了這時(shí)他非常需要食物。解析：選B。一位美國士兵從坦克車上跳下來把自己的食物分給了他一點(diǎn)。 B．Besides解析：選C。with由于。就是由于這一慷慨幫助的行為解析：選D。參照上題解析。解析：選A。男孩永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)忘記這件事。解析：選C。男孩來到美國后努力工作去回報(bào)自己所受到的善良幫助。解析：選D。這樣的幫助行為太多了以至于不能確切知道是哪位士兵幫助了他。for sure 確切地。

　　17．A.curse

　　B．pray

　　C．swear

　　D．a(chǎn)ppreciate

　　解析：選A。It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.與其詛咒黑暗不如點(diǎn)起一根蠟燭。curse 詛咒。s

　　C．illustrates

　　D．expands

　　解析：選C。illustrate闡明。上面這個(gè)故事很好的闡明了小行為可以激發(fā)大感恩。也就是所謂的“受人點(diǎn)水之恩當(dāng)以涌泉相報(bào)”。解析：選B。blessing 祝福感恩。ing for

　　B．a(chǎn)dapting to解析：選A。look for 尋找發(fā)現(xiàn)善良的行為。B

　　I love roller coasters.If I could ride roller coasters every day for the rest of my life I would die a really__1__man.I will stand in line for 40 minutes just to get on a ride that lasts 30 seconds.Each step that I take brings me closer and closer to my__2__of going on a ride of a lifetime.The__3__has me skipping around like a 4 year old.

　　But during my first ride there，that kind of thrill turned to absolute__4__when I made it to the front.__5__waiting in line，I was now having a second thought.Quietly，I negotiated within myself about my courage to go through with this__6__．__7__but when I was about to get in the driver’s seat I__8__I forgot my license.After some self motivation I finally made the move to__9__my seat.

　　On my way up I could clearly see the ups and downs__10__me.To me they were not only the route but also__11__challenges.Soon the track was full of such__12__tunnels that I could see only what was behind me but not in front.

　　__13__there were people around me with both of their hands in the__14__while I，knowing that things were going to get__15__grasped the handle on my seat.I wouldn’t dare celebrate something that__16__me.

　　Just like roller coasters，__17__is full of ups and downs，darkness and light，and is unpredictable when we go through various__18__situations.The best thing to do when we meet anything__19__is to lift our hands and__20__whatever we do.

　　【解題導(dǎo)語】　本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。作者通過敘述自己坐過山車的經(jīng)歷說明人生也具有同樣的道理。艱難、困惑、挑戰(zhàn)等都在人生路上學(xué)會(huì)享受這些挑戰(zhàn)與刺激。解析：選B。根據(jù)前文的love和這里的虛擬語氣假定實(shí)現(xiàn)愿望那么將會(huì)幸福地死去。故選B。解析：選D。我經(jīng)歷的每一次進(jìn)步都會(huì)讓我越來越接近終身騎行的機(jī)遇。故選D。解析：選A。根據(jù)前文的each step接近自己的夢想此處應(yīng)是興奮。故選A。

　　5. A．Unless

　　B．Though

　　C．After

　　D．Upon

　　解析：選C。waiting動(dòng)作發(fā)生在having動(dòng)作之前故選C。解析：選B。此時(shí)作者自己在給自己一份承諾一份保證。故選B。

　　8．A.regretted

　　B．realized

　　C．pretended

　　D．a(chǎn)dmitted

　　解析：選C。根據(jù)下forgot my license判斷應(yīng)是假裝。故選C。take