( )1.(2023·江苏南京玄武区一模)—How warm the song It's Mum and Daughter
______!
—Yeah. It's a treat to ears and it makes us understand our parents better.
A. listens
B. hears
C. sounds
D. listens to

C

( )2. Great Heat begins this year on 22 July and ends on 6 August. During Great Heat, most parts of China ______ the hottest season of the year.
A. enter
B. mark
C. reach
D. drop

A

( )3. If you want to understand the value of one second, who can you ask according to the poem?

A. A student who missed the school bus.
B. A young man who is waiting for his wife.
C. A man who was almost killed by a moving car.
D. A sportsman who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.

C

二、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Everyone dreams of success. But ______1____ can we achieve it? The story of kung fu star Zhang Hanyong might help to answer this question.
Zhang was born in 1970 in a poor family in Western China. His childhood dream was to go to college and find a job ______2____ (support) his family. He became an ______3____ (act) in 1998. Although he is now in his ______4____ (fifty), he keeps training hard. "I must get ready ______5____ the chance comes to me," he often ______6____ (say). Finally, ______7____ the night of 2 January 2024, he won a film award. Zhang had waited 26 years for this moment! For Zhang, he can spend his whole life getting prepared ______8____ (silent), but he'll never allow ______9____ (he) to be unprepared when the task comes by.
So, when you feel like giving up, think about Zhang's story. Your efforts might not pay off immediately. Be patient, and keep going. One day, chance ______10____ (knock) at your door.
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
6. ______
7. ______
8. ______
9. ______
10. ______

how
; to support
; actor
; fifties
; for
; says
; on
; silently
; himself
; will knock