2023-2024 Part One II Cloze (1’*10=10’) The English teacher came into the classroom with test papers in his hands． He said with a smile, "I know there are too many tests for you these days, but the test today is very _ 16 ．It is different from your other tests．" The teacher started to hand out the test papers to each student. There was only a small black " X " in the middle of the paper． The students were very _ 17 _ to see that．The teacher noticed the students' surprise．Then he said, "I want you to _ 18 _ what you see there． You must finish it by yoursclves．" All the students _ 19 _ about it hard and then wrote down their answers quietly． The next day, the teacher said, "You only paid attention to the black ' X ', but nobody wrote about the white paper．" The whole class listened 20 , because they worried that they might fail the exam . Then the tcacher said, "Don't worry． I just want you to think about your _ 21 _．The white paper is like your whole life and the black ' X ' is just like the problems in your daily life．" _ 21 _ , the students understood what the test was about . Life is a wonderful _ 23 , full of love and care． If you only care about the problems, you'll never _24_that they are much smaller than everything else life gives you． So it's better to look on the bright side, _25_each moment, and find happiness in life. 16．A．usual B．perfect C．hard D．special 17．A．bored B．surprised C．excited D．relaxed 18．A．choose from B．write about C．deal with D．carry out 19．A．thought B．cared C．talked D．asked 20．A．hardly B．quickly C．carefully D．slowly 21．A．life B．grade C．value D．family 22．A．Still B．Even C．Regularly D．Finally 23．A．part B．way C．gift D．door 24．A．hear B．find C．show D．miss 25．A enjoy B．fight C．watch D．study III Reading Comprehension (22.5’) Passage A (1’*5=5’) Lake Baikal (贝加尔湖) is the largest, deepest freshwater lake in the world．Every winter when the lake freezes over (冻结 ) for half the year, 80-year-old Lyubov skates across the ice wherever she needs to go . Lyubov has been using the ice to travel around her home for her whole life．As a child, she skated about 2.5 miles each way to school and back．She once fell through the ice and was luckily saved by her classmates . Lyubov lives alone now in a small house on the bank of Lake Baikal．Her children and five grandchildren don't often visit her because they live five hours away by car．She has to look on a group of dogs, cows and chickens as her friends．Luckily, she has the ice to help her feel free！"For me, ice means being able to go everywhere," the grandmother said . Every day, she skates half an hour to other villages to do her shopping．With temperatures often reaching -40℃ , it' s hard for an old woman to live a normal life．But Lyubov says that her everyday skating enables her to live a long and energetic life．"People keep telling me 1 should slow down, but I just can't," she said with a smile．"I don't ha ... ...
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