第二节 (2025·苏州市昆山市、太仓市、常熟市、张家港市模拟)请认真阅读下面短文,从方框中选择适当的单词或短语,填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。
as well with offer little have
Is there a connection between volunteering and health? Could volunteering 39. a way to improve kids' mental health?
According to a new study, kids who volunteer aren't just helping their community. They might be helping themselves 40. . Studies show that volunteering in schools or communities 41. something to do with better health among children and teens.
The study compared kids who took part in community service 42. those who didn't. Kids who volunteered were 66% more likely to do well in general. And kids aged 12 and older who volunteered were 25% 43. likely to have worries than those who didn't.
The findings come from the survey provided by the parents of some 50,000 kids aged 6 to 17 in the United States.

39. offer
40. as well
41. has
42. with
43. less

五、短文填空。(共 10 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)
请认真阅读下面短文,填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Many people may have heard one of the world's most famous piano pieces "Für Elise". It was 44. (write) by the German composer Beethoven. He is considered by some to be the greatest composer of all time. 45. (sad), Beethoven didn't live long enough to enjoy the popularity of this little piece. It was published many years after his 46. (die). Though Beethoven composed "Für Elise" in 1810, it wasn't discovered 47. 1867 and it was published 48. (late), and the music became popular right away. But because Beethoven didn't discuss the work when he was alive, some details remain a mystery, especially the title.

Ludwig Nohl, the man who discovered the piece, believed the title read "Für Elise". Yet because Beethoven had terrible handwriting, others weren't sure who it was dedicated to(献给). Some 49. (think) it might have read "Für Therese". The title "Für Elise" means "For Elise" in German. But to this day, no one knows 50. Elise was.
Why is "Für Elise" still so popular today? It is 51. many piano students are introduced to it by their teachers. It's also part of our pop culture. For example, the 52. (easy) recognizable(可识别的) music can be heard in advertisements and in movies. Google has reported millions of 53. (search) for this famous piano piece. There's little doubt that "Für Elise" will continue to be a favourite of many.

44. written
45. Sadly
46. death
47. until
48. later
49. thought
50. who
51. because
52. easiest
53. searches

44. 考查被动语态。根据句意，它是由德国作曲家贝多芬写的，因此用被动语态，write的过去分词是written。
45. 考查副词。此处需要用副词形式“Sadly”来修饰整个句子，表示“令人伤心的是”。
46. 考查名词。形容词性物主代词his后接名词，所以die需要变成名词形式death。
47. 考查介词。在年份前用介词in，但当表示某一年时，常用“in”或者“until...not...until”结构，根据句意，直到1867年才被发现，所以填until。
48. 考查比较级。根据句意，后来被出版，用“later”表示“后来”。
49. 考查动词时态。根据上下文，时态为一般过去时，所以think需要用过去式thought。
50. 考查宾语从句。根据句意，没有人知道Elise是谁，用who引导宾语从句。
51. 考查连词。根据句意，这是因为许多学钢琴的学生由老师介绍来学这首曲子，用because引导表语从句。
52. 考查最高级。根据句意，最容易识别的音乐，用最高级“most easily”的形容词形式“most easily (这里要用 easy 的最高级)”，修饰music，填“most easily 的形容词形式”，即“easiest (最易识别的)”的“easily的形容词修饰的对应最高级形式”，直接填“easiest”。
53. 考查名词复数。millions of后接名词复数形式，所以search需要变成searches。

六、(2025·苏州模拟)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。
On a small hill in Huaping, Yunnan, there is a small school. However, by 2020, it had rewritten the fate of 1,804 poor girls by sending them to universities.
Zhang Guimei, now 68, is the headmaster of this school. She began teaching in Huaping—one of China's poorest areas over twenty years ago. The teacher wondered why many girls in her class would just one day stop coming to school. After some investigations(调查), Zhang learned that they were from very poor families. These girls were forced to work or get married at a young age. "We often say that we want every child to have a fair start," she said. "But these poor girls don't even have a chance to stand on the starting line."
Zhang wanted to change this. She spent years trying to raise money. Finally in 2008, she set up the Huaping High School for Girls. It's China's first and only free public high school for girls.
Zhang gets up at 5 a.m. every day to turn on the lights on each floor of the teaching building. Many girls are timid(胆怯的), the headmaster explains. She wants them to feel safer on their way to classes. After years of tiring work, Zhang is now in poor health, but the school and the children matter more than anything else in her mind.
Zhang's story has warmed hearts all around China and inspired many to follow in her footsteps. Zhou Yunli was one of her students. After she finished university, she heard that the school that she once studied in was short of Maths teachers. She immediately returned to the school to teach. "Without Ms Zhang, I would be nobody," Zhou said with a smile. "When you become strong, you must remember to help others. This is what Ms Zhang taught us."
54. What happened to the 1,804 girls from a small school in Huaping?

55. Why did Zhou Yunli return to the school to teach Maths?

56. What can you do after learning the story about Ms Zhang?

54. They were sent to universities and their fate was rewritten.
55. Because the school was short of Maths teachers and Ms Zhang taught her to help others when becoming strong.
56. I can study hard and help others when I become strong. (答案不唯一，合理即可)