Passage 8(2026·南京市玄武外国语学校月考)
The move away from paper train tickets has led to a surge in nostalgia(怀旧) and heated discussion online. Since Oct. 1, China Railway Group has stopped providing paper tickets and now uses e-tickets instead.
As a ticket collector, I felt a little u 1 when I heard the news. I understand the goal is to save materials, cut costs and make things more convenient for passengers. Still, for many people, paper tickets c 2 touching memories in a way that digital records s 3 can't.
I've been collecting train, plane and ship tickets for more than ten years. It all began when I was a child, on a family trip to visit my parents' friends in Guangdong. Over the years, my ticket album has become a tapestry of memories. As I turn the pages, I remember the people I met, the cultures I discovered and how I grew d 4 the journey. To see paper tickets disappear feels like saying goodbye to a special part of life.
I'm not a 5. Since the new rule started, social media has been filled with "memory posts". Many people are sharing their collections and the stories b 6 each ticket. This wave of nostalgia shows the emotional v 7 that paper tickets hold. In today's era of rapid technological p 8, how to properly address people's emotional needs also deserves attention.
Perhaps train companies could let passengers who prefer paper tickets request them. This wouldn't s 9 down operations and would still help save materials. They could also offer special souvenir tickets with unique designs or even let passengers design and print their own. Such measures would keep the convenience of digital tools while meeting personal needs.
Paper train tickets may be on their way out, but train companies still have the chance to give us both a g 10, more convenient future and the real, physical memories many travellers hold dear.
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1. upset/unhappy 2. carry 3. simply 4. during
5. alone 6. behind 7. value 8. progress
9. slow 10. greener

【分析】
本题是一篇关于纸质火车票被电子票取代引发怀旧情绪的英语完形填空，解题思路为：先通读全文把握主旨（电子票取代纸质票引发大众情感共鸣），再结合上下文语境、固定搭配、词性及逻辑关系逐一确定每个空格的词汇，确保填入的词符合语法和语义要求。
【解析】
1. 结合语境，作者作为票收集者，听到纸质火车票取消的消息会感到难过，故填upset/unhappy；
2. 固定搭配“carry memories”表示“承载回忆”，符合纸质票与回忆的关联，故填carry；
3. 此处需副词修饰“can't”，表示数字记录“仅仅”无法做到，故填simply；
4. “during the journey”为固定搭配，意为“在旅途中”，符合语境，故填during；
5. 结合后文“social media has been filled with 'memory posts'”可知，作者不是“独自一人”有这种感受，故填alone；
6. “the stories behind each ticket”表示“每张票背后的故事”，符合语境，故填behind；
7. “emotional value”意为“情感价值”，对应大众对纸质票的情感寄托，故填value；
8. “technological progress”表示“技术进步”，符合时代背景，故填progress；
9. “slow down operations”意为“减慢操作”，符合“不影响运营效率”的逻辑，故填slow；
10. 结合前文“save materials”可知，此处指“更绿色的未来”，故填greener。
【答案】
1. upset/unhappy 2. carry 3. simply 4. during 5. alone 6. behind 7. value 8. progress 9. slow 10. greener
【知识点】
英语完形填空、词汇运用、固定搭配
【点评】
本题结合社会热点话题，贴近学生生活，既考查词汇的语境运用，又引导学生关注情感需求与科技发展的平衡，兼具知识性与人文性。
【难度系数】
0.6

Passage 9
Have you ever seen or drawn the “smiley face”? It’s become a popular way to show that a person is pleased or happy.
Where did it come from? Back in 1963, a company in the US was suffering from low employee morale(员工的士气). Everyone was worried they might lose their job, b 1 the company faced difficulty. It meant there were suddenly more employees than n 2.
To encourage employees to smile at work, the company hired an artist named Harvey Ball and expected him to come up with a good d 3. Ball chose to make a happy face. It took him less than 10 minutes to draw a smiley face on a bright yellow background, which was then made into buttons that employees could wear on their jackets a 4 a reminder to smile at each other. The face soon became p 5 of the company’s culture and was introduced to the world. “It has r 6 everybody. Its
message is as good as you can get,” Ball once said. By 1971, millions of smiley face buttons had been sold! He was p 7 of making something that made so many people feel good. He often said, “I made the world smile.”
However, as much effort as Ball made, that “message” soon grew to become unusual. Just think about it: How many of us s 8 use the simple smiley face emoji just to say, “I’m smiling”? Chances are when we use it, we often mean, “I’m just going to ignore(忽视) you” or “That’s just perfect”—in a sarcastic(讽刺的) way. And our favourite emojis perhaps also i 9 the upside-down face or the face with tears of joy—both developed gradually from Ball’s original smiley face—and yet, both are often used sarcastically.
Indeed, in today’s world, we are l 10 to act to many things with sarcasm instead of with a smile, perhaps because we’re finding it harder and harder to be happy. But we keep forgetting about the fact that happiness and smiling go both ways.
That was probably what was in Ball’s mind when he first came up with the smiley face: a smile brings joy, and joy brings people closer together.
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1. because 2. needed 3. design 4. as
5. part 6. reached 7. proud 8. still
9. include 10. likely

【分析】
本题为完形填空，需结合上下文语境、逻辑关系及固定搭配确定每个空格的单词。解题思路：先分析空格前后的逻辑关系（如因果、并列等），再结合句意和语法结构（如省略结构、固定短语）判断词汇的词性与形式，最终匹配符合语境的单词。
【解析】
1. 第1空：前文“Everyone was worried they might lose their job”（员工担心失业）与后文“the company faced difficulty”（公司面临困境）为因果关系，需填连词because表原因。
2. 第2空：句意为“员工数量超过了所需的数量”，than后接省略结构needed（完整为than they were needed），表“被需要的”，故填needed。
3. 第3空：公司雇艺术家是为了设计合适的图案，design作名词意为“设计”，符合语境。
4. 第4空：纽扣被员工佩戴“作为”微笑的提醒，as表“作为”，符合搭配。
5. 第5空：“成为公司文化的一部分”用固定搭配part of，故填part。
6. 第6空：句意为“它已经影响到每个人”，reach sb表“影响某人”，结合现在完成时结构，填过去分词reached。
7. 第7空：固定短语be proud of意为“为……自豪”，符合Ball的创作感受，故填proud。
8. 第8空：句意为“我们中还有多少人仍用简单的笑脸表情”，still表“仍然”，符合语境。
9. 第9空：句意为“我们喜欢的表情可能也包括……”，include表“包括”，主语为复数，用原形。
10. 第10空：固定搭配be likely to do意为“可能做某事”，符合语境，故填likely。
【答案】
because, needed, design, as, part, reached, proud, still, include, likely
【知识点】
完形填空、固定搭配、语境理解
【点评】
本文围绕笑脸表情的起源与演变展开，考查学生对语境逻辑、词汇运用及固定搭配的掌握，整体难度适中，需结合上下文细节分析。
【难度系数】
0.6