一、词汇运用。
1. 亮点原创 Since the government stopped fishermen from ______（捕鱼）in the Yangtze River, people have always seen finless porpoises（江豚）swimming in the water.
2. Our ______（旅程）of self-discovery often starts with small steps out of our comfort zones.
3. We ______ /fiːd/ the fish in the pond twice a day.
4. Although Jane Austen wrote many novels about love and marriage, she remained s______ and never married in her lifetime.
5. As a language ______（learn）, I find it useful to listen to English songs every day.

fishing
; journey
; feed
; ingle
; learner

1.（2025·南京市秦淮区期中）No one speaks English ______ her, so she is chosen to be the host of our school English festival next month.
A. as beautiful as
B. as badly as
C. worse than
D. better than

D

2. 亮点原创 With advanced technology and precise（精确的） calculations, the team ______ in ensuring the smooth flight of Shenzhou-20, and it was a really ______ space mission.
A. success; succeed
B. succeeded; successful
C. successful; succeed
D. succeeded; success

B
;

3. ______ the first bus to work, she gets up early every day and hardly has time for breakfast.
A. Catch
B. Caught
C. Catching
D. To catch

D

4. (2024·扬州市仪征期末)—Reading is a good way to spend the time on the train.
—______. I never go travelling without a book.
A. I don't think so
B. Good luck
C. You must be joking
D. I can't agree more

D

三、完成句子。
1. 如果你不前进，你就会落后。
If you ________________________, you ______________.
2. 孩子不应该总是依赖他们的父母。
Children should not always ________________________.
3. 他愿意放弃他的空闲时间以帮助有需要的人。
He ____________________________________ people in need.
4. 能很好地管理时间的学生通常成绩更好。
Students who can ____________________________________ better grades.
5. 这些年轻的运动员通常有强烈的获胜的动力。
These young athletes usually ________________________.

don't move forward
; will fall
; behind
; depend on
; their parents
; is willing to give up his free/spare time to help
; manage their time
; well usually get
; have
; strong drive to win