Ⅰ. Complete the resolution according to the Chinese.
To Be a Better Me
This term, I'm going to keep in good 1. (健康), so I plan 2. (提前) to form daily habits like eating well, exercising, and sleeping early. By June, I'm going to finish a 3. (最后) project—maybe a fitness challenge to follow my progress. I want to build a 4. (桥梁) between learning new skills and improving my schoolwork. Let's achieve dreams with an 5. (精力充沛) heart!

1. health 2. ahead 3. final 4. bridge 5. energetic

【分析】本题是根据中文提示完成英语单词填空，解题思路为：先理解句子语境，结合括号内的中文含义判断所需单词的词性，再写出符合句子结构和拼写要求的正确英语单词，同时注意固定短语的搭配。
【解析】1. 固定短语keep in good health意为“保持健康”，“健康”对应的名词是health；2. 固定搭配plan ahead意为“提前计划”，“提前”对应的副词是ahead；3. 此处修饰名词project需用形容词，“最后”对应的形容词是final；4. 固定短语build a bridge意为“架起一座桥梁”，“桥梁”对应的名词是bridge；5. 此处修饰名词heart需用形容词，“精力充沛”对应的形容词是energetic。
【答案】1. health 2. ahead 3. final 4. bridge 5. energetic
【知识点】英语单词拼写、词性运用、固定短语搭配
【点评】本题为基础的根据中文提示填空题型，主要考查核心词汇的掌握及固定短语的运用，难度较低，适合巩固基础词汇。
【难度系数】0.8

Ⅱ. Complete the passage with the correct words or the correct forms of the words in brackets. Then answer the questions.
One summer, a hard-working ant worked 1. (busy) in a field, collecting corn 2. (prepare) for the winter. Nearby, a carefree grasshopper spent his days relaxing in the sun, laughing 3. the ant’s hard work. He invited the ant to play instead of working, but she 4. (refuse) and wanted the grasshopper to join her to plan for the winter.
As autumn arrived with cold winds, the ant kept 5. (gather) food and firewood when the grasshopper danced and played music. When winter came, the ant stayed warm in her home with lots of 6. (thing). The grasshopper, having ignored(忽视) all warnings, had no food 7. fire to keep warm. He asked the ant for help. She reminded 8. (he) that he had wasted his time.
At last, the ant enjoyed a safe winter while the grasshopper was alone in the cold.
()9. What does the underlined word “carefree” mean in the passage?
A. Hard-working.
B. Relaxed.
C. Kind.
D. Ugly.
10. If you were in the story, would you be the ant or the grasshopper? Why?

1. busily 2. to prepare 3. at 4. refused 5. gathering 6. things 7. or 8. him 9. B
10. One possible version: I’d be the ant because working hard now brings safety later.

【分析】
本题分为两部分，第一部分是根据括号内单词的正确形式或合适单词填空，第二部分是词义猜测和开放性问答。填空部分需结合词性、时态、固定搭配等语法知识解题：1. 修饰动词需用副词；2. 表目的用不定式；3. 考查固定短语；4. 需用一般过去式；5. 考查固定搭配keep doing；6. lots of后接可数名词复数；7. 否定句中并列成分用or；8. 动词后接代词宾格。词义猜测题需结合上下文对比分析；开放性问答需结合故事寓意合理表达。
【解析】
1. 空格修饰动词worked，需用副词，故填busily；
2. 此处表目的，用不定式，故填to prepare；
3. laugh at是固定短语，意为“嘲笑”，故填at；
4. 全文为一般过去时，故用refuse的过去式refused；
5. keep doing sth是固定搭配，意为“一直做某事”，故填gathering；
6. lots of后接可数名词复数，故填things；
7. 否定句中连接并列成分用or，故填or；
8. remind是动词，后接人称代词宾格，故填him；
9. 根据上下文，carefree与ant的hard-working相对，且grasshopper spent his days relaxing，可知carefree意为“放松的”，故选B；
10. 开放性问题，结合故事寓意，合理表达即可，如选择蚂蚁，理由是努力能带来安全。
【答案】
1. busily 2. to prepare 3. at 4. refused 5. gathering 6. things 7. or 8. him 9. B 10. One possible version: I’d be the ant because working hard now brings safety later.
【知识点】
副词用法、非谓语动词、固定搭配、词义猜测
【点评】
本题以经典寓言故事为载体，综合考查词汇运用、语法知识及阅读理解能力，题型全面，难度适中，贴合学生认知，能有效考查英语基础与语言运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6

Ⅲ. Read and complete the cloze test. Then answer the questions.
My friend Mareya and I always have the same problem. So we decided to
be “resolution friends” with six daily goals:
①Wear a cool new hairstyle. ②Bake delicious biscuits.
③Eat a super-healthy lunch. ④Read some pages in a book.
⑤Exercise for one 1. ⑥Do something big to help the planet.
The next morning, when I ran into the kitchen at 5:45, my dad was so 2, “Who replaced my sleep-loving daughter?” I handed him the list. As he looked over my 3, he said, “Do you think you might be biting off a little more than you can chew?”
When I arrived at school, Mareya said, “I 4 your hairstyle!” Then we exchanged our fresh-baked biscuits and felt happy to finish our 5 resolutions.
During lunch, classmates stared at our meals—an egg, orange and onion sandwich, and a tuna(金枪鱼), broccoli, tomato and banana wrap. “Do those things actually taste good?”
Mareya 6 the list, “Resolution number 3 says our lunch has to be healthy, not necessarily delicious.”
“If we’re going to finish numbers 4 and 5 7 the bell rings, we’d better hurry,” I said to Mareya.
8, we managed to read our pages and exercise for an hour. Unluckily, all that exercise right after swallowing (吞下) down lunch made our stomachs 9! After doing so many things, we didn’t have time to do something big to help the planet.
“Let’s wake up 10!” Mareya suggested.
“I can hardly stay awake now,” I said.
But I couldn’t let my resolution fail, so we 11 to set our alarms half an hour earlier.
By Friday, Mareya said, “I was too tired to be creative.”
I said with a silly smile, “And I was too tired to tell the difference between 12 mum’s hair gel(发胶) and my dad’s shaving cream!”
That afternoon, Mareya and I made up a whole 13 New Year’s resolution list.
①Try healthy eating.
②Reduce waste.
③Be kind.
It was shorter, 14, and more practical. Sometimes, we kept baking and trying new hairstyles for joys, saving “help the planet” for future 15.
Our lesson? Simple resolutions work best!
()1. A. minute B. hour C. month D. year
()2. A. excited B. afraid C. worried D. surprised
()3. A. list B. hairstyle C. book D. lunch
()4. A. hate B. refuse C. love D. choose
()5. A. two B. three C. four D. five
()6. A. put away B. thought about C. took out D. talked about
()7. A. when B. before C. after D. until
()8. A. Slowly B. Strangely C. Carefully D. Luckily
()9. A. move B. hurt C. change D. laugh
()10. A. more quietly B. more safely C. earlier D. later
()11. A. agreed B. imagined C. waited D. helped
()12. A. our B. your C. her D. my
()13. A. WRONG B. BIG C. NEW D. FUNNY
()14. A. stranger B. simpler C. cleaner D. stronger
()15. A. plan B. work C. problem D. trip
()16. What does the underlined sentence “Do you think you might be biting off a little more than you can chew?” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. They need more time for each task.
B. They’ve chosen the wrong activities.
C. They’re trying to do too much at once.
D. They’re not planning their goals clearly.
17. Why did the girls change their resolution list in the end? How did they do?

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. C 11. A 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. A 16. C
17. One possible version: They realized their first plan was too much and left them tired. So they made it simpler. Now their goals are easier to hit.

【分析】首先通读全文，理解文章讲述作者和朋友Mareya作为“决心朋友”，最初制定6个每日目标，因任务过多导致疲惫，最终调整为更简单实用的决心清单的故事。解题时，需结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配等逐一分析每个空格，同时注意细节信息（如后文提到的“exercise for an hour”），最后回答问答题时需定位原文关键信息，整理成通顺语句。
【解析】1. 选B。根据后文第8空后的“exercise for an hour”可知，此处是“锻炼一小时”，故选B。
2. 选D。作者5:45就起床，爸爸看到这样的女儿很惊讶，surprised符合语境，故选D。
3. 选A。作者递给爸爸清单，爸爸看的是作者列的清单，list正确，故选A。
4. 选C。Mareya喜欢作者的发型，love符合语境，故选C。
5. 选A。前文提到完成了“做发型”和“烤饼干”两个目标，故选A。
6. 选C。Mareya拿出清单解释第3条，took out（拿出）符合，故选C。
7. 选B。要在铃响前完成第4和第5项，before表示“在……之前”，故选B。
8. 选D。幸运的是，她们完成了阅读和锻炼，Luckily符合语境，故选D。
9. 选B。饭后马上运动导致胃疼，hurt正确，故选B。
10. 选C。她们想更早起床，earlier符合，故选C。
11. 选A。她们同意把闹钟调早半小时，agreed正确，故选A。
12. 选D。作者分不清自己妈妈的发胶和爸爸的剃须膏，my符合，故选D。
13. 选C。她们做了新的清单，new正确，故选C。
14. 选B。新清单更简单实用，simpler符合，故选B。
15. 选A。把帮助地球的计划留到未来，plan正确，故选A。
16. 选C。划线句“biting off a little more than you can chew”意为“贪多嚼不烂”，即试图一次做太多，故选C。
17. 她们意识到最初的决心计划太繁重，让她们疲惫不堪，所以决定调整为更简单的清单。现在她们的目标更容易实现。
【答案】1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.D 9.B 10.C 11.A 12.D 13.C 14.B 15.A 16.C
17. They realized their first plan was too much and left them tired. So they made it simpler. Now their goals are easier to hit.
【知识点】完形填空解题技巧、词汇词义辨析、阅读理解问答
【点评】本文是一篇贴近学生生活的记叙文，考查学生的阅读理解能力、词汇运用能力及语境分析能力，解题时需注重上下文细节的关联，整体难度适中，能有效考查学生的综合英语能力。
【难度系数】0.6