外研版选修8Module 6 The Tang Poems基础夯实（含解析）
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Module 6 The Tang Poems 基础夯实——2022-2023学年高二英语外研版选修八单元测试
本试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟。
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Alibaba Cloud and the Hangzhou city government announced the launch of ET City Brain 2.0, a cloud-powered and Al-driven urban traffic-management system that aims to increase the city’s efficiency.
After over two years of testing in Alibaba’s home base, ET City Brain has become the new infrastructure(基础设施) for Hangzhou, with a total coverage area of 420 square kilometres, including over 1 ,300 traffic lights. Over 200 traffic officers are connected via mobile phones, enabling them to receive real-time alerts on any traffic-related emergencies.
In version 2.0, the system will optimise the city’s firefighting abilities by providing key information to firefighters, such as water pressure, the number and position of fire hydrants(消防检) in a given area, the location of gas pipes and other details they need to know. The information is instant, making the entire firefighting process faster, safer and more accurate.
City Brain gives meaning to data. By using AI and advanced algorithms(计算程序),City Brain is able to analyse a large amount of data and turn them into useful information in real-time speed.
As a result of City Brain's ability to predict traffic flow, detect accidents and provide instant feedback, Hangzhou has dropped from 5 th to 57 th on the list of China's most congested cities. Hangzhou is probably the only city that can tell you how many cars are on the street at any given time.
In the case of medical emergencies, City Brain is able to change traffic lights, so emergency vehicles like ambulances and fire trucks can head to the scene without interruption,accelerating their arrival time by 49%.
Dr Wang Jian, the head of Alibaba's Technology Steering Committee who invented the term "City Brain" , said the system is designed to empower a city to act quickly and directly. It is more than just about traffic management. It's really about how to make city more liveable at a time of shrinking natural resources around the globe. “It is a matter of sustainability, while using as few natural resources as possible," Wang said, " this is just the beginning."
1.What benefit will ET City Brain bring
A.Lower crime rates. B.Efficient government.
C.Less traffic congestion. D.Improved medical care.
2.Which of the following best explains “optimise” Paragraph 3
A.Better. B.Practise. C.Operate. D.Emphasise.
3.What can we conclude from the last paragraph
A.ET City Brain 2.0 is a mature version.
B.Alibaba targets environmentally friendly development.
C.The government is devoted to improving the system.
D.The system can solve the problem of lack of resources.
B
Today I want you to get Sadness can be a good friend.
“All well and good,Master Yoda,” you say,“but how does that work ”
First, Sadness is about losing something you care about, whether that’s a loved one,a job,or a football game …so, Sadness shows you what you care about. Would you feel sad if your girlfriend/ boyfriend left The answer tells you how attached you are to this person.
Along the same lines, experiencing the Sadness of loss helps us to appreciate what we still have. Funerals are painful occasions,and they are great for bringing people back together, burying old conflicts, healing wounds, but it only works if you show up and feel the Sadness and let it bring you together with the others there. One who can’t bear Sadness will tend to shy away from love,commitment(承诺), and real passion,in order to avoid grief,and that’s an empty life.
Similarly, losing a job can help you appreciate that you still have your health. Losing your health can bring loved ones together. Losing money can help you to focus on what really matters to you, your values, your sense of mission, your spirituality.
Lastly, Sadness has authenticity(真实性) to it. Grieving has a way of slowing you down and bringing you back to the moment. It forces you to let go of your worries about your to-do list and next quarter's numbers and your fast-paced life and really be with yourself t your feelings and the people around you. This is important today because we can get so lost in our smart phones and emails and plans and lose sight of people,relationships, and dreams.
So, Sadness is the kind of friend who can help you to stay grounded and real,to honor what’s important and let go of what's not, and we all need that kind of friend.
1.The best title for the text would be __________.
A.Why Sadness is Your Friend
B.How Sadness Works in Your Life
C.What Do You Think of Sadness
D.When Can You Feel Sad
2.How many reasons why Sadness can be a friend are mentioned in the passage
A.Only one.
B.Two.
C.Three.
D.Five.
3.The fourth paragraph is developed mainly by ________.
A.providing the examples
B.following the order of space
C.making comparisons
D.listing facts
4.The word “It” in the last paragraph but one refers to _________.
A.letting go of your worries
B.bringing you back to the moment
C.grieving
D.fast-paced life
C
Writing has become a fashion among today's teenagers. Look at how popular young writers like Han Han and Guo Jingming are.
Gao Can is a writer. Actually,the 13-year-old is the youngest member of the Association of Writers of Shaanxi.
So far, the eighth grader in the High School Affiliated to Xi'an Jiaotong University has published eight books. She writes fairy tales, short essays, and most of all, poems.
Gao said she began poem writing when she was in primary school. Once her teacher asked the class to write a composition called “If I were”,Gao had an idea—“Why not make it a poem ” Since then, she has written hundreds of poems and published three books of them.
“I don’t have too much life experience,” said Gao.“I write about nature,about things I feel inside and my spiritual world.
However, teenagers these days rarely write poems,or read them. Exams want "any style but poetry". But like Gao, there are those who still read and write poems. Hu Jingzhi is one of them. The 14-year-old boy said that poems inspire him. “But it’s annoying that I can’t find many poem collections in nearby bookstores,” he said.
Gao agreed with Hu. She said that today’s bookstores were filled with books on “how to make money quickly” or “how to give a successful speech”.
“Poems won’t teach you how to make money." said Gao. "But the beautiful words clear your mind and stimulate your imagination.”
"Writing poems is not at all difficult. Just express yourself. And read poems —for their beautiful style ... and for the pure things in life.”
1.The passage is mainly about _________.
A.some popular young writers
B.how to write poems well
C.a young writer—Gao Can
D.the reason why teenagers rarely write poems
2.According to the passage, Gao Can probably likes writing __________ best.
A.novels
B.fairy tales
C.short essays
D.poems
3.Which of the following statements is NOT true
A.Gao Can is a member of the Association of Writers of Shaanxi.
B.Gao Can is a middle school student.
C.At the age of 13 Gao Can began to write poems.
D.Gao Can thinks writing poems is very easy.
4.Why are there few poem collections in bookstores now
A.Because nobody likes writing poems.
B.Because no teenagers want to read poems.
C.Because there is no space for poem collections in bookstores now.
D.Because poems won't teach how to make money.
D
Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 17,1917 in Topeka, Kansas. Her family moved to Chicago when Brooks was four. At the age of seven,Brooks began learning how to write poems, and by the young age of thirteen she had her first poem published.
She wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She had more than twenty books published. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote many poems about black people during the 1940s and 1950s. Her poems described living conditions of the poor, racial inequality(种族不平等) and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women.
But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She Wets an expert at the language of poetry. She mixed traditional European poetry styles with the African-American experience. She once said that she wrote about what she saw and heard in the street. She said she found most of her material looking out of the window of her second-floor apartment house in Chicago, Illinois. In her early poetry, she wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was A Street in Bronzeville that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. They praised her poetic skills and her powerful descriptions about the black experience during the time.
Gwendolyn Brooks won her first major award in 1943 at the Midwestern Writers’ Conference. Brooks was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize and to be given a job in the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
1.Gwendolyn Brooks paid more attention in her poems to ________.
A.culture differences
B.drug use in African countries
C.the life of the black in America
D.the life of her own family
2.From the passage we can learn that ________.
A.at seven,Brooks' parents found that she had a gift for writing poems
B.Brooks' poems made black people gain freedom
C.some of Brooks' early poems were set in the South Side of Chicago
D.the poem A Street in Bronzeville made Brooks become rich
3.Which of the following statements about Brooks is NOT true
A.She is an African-American writer.
B.Her first poem was published in 1930.
C.She was good at the language of poetry.
D.She was the first American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize.
4.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A.Brooks spent her childhood in a poor black community
B.most of Brooks' writing was based on what she saw and heard
C.all of Brooks’ books have been published
D.Brooks didn't receive college education
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Feeling good about yourself is so easy when it should only be up to you. The good news is that you're driving this confidence train. Here are some ways to be confident.
Have approachable body language. If you see a person huddle(蜷缩) in the corner, pretending to play games on their mobile phone, are you really going to say hello ①__________If you want others to approach you, make sure you re approachable! Keep your body open. If you have your arms and legs crossed, you're telling the world that you're not interested in welcoming them in.
Remember that everyone struggles with confidence. Some people are good at hiding it, but nearly every person has struggled with his or her self-confidence at one point. ②__________If you can think of someone who is confident,chances are that there’s also a situation they’re not confident in.
③__________Not everything is a competition,and viewing life that way will wear you out. You don’t have to be the smartest, prettiest, and most popular person in order to be happy. If you have a strong competitive quality that you can't completely ignore, try competing with yourself instead and try to keep getting better.
Dress for confidence. ④__________You don’t have to buy a whole new wardrobe(衣橱) to feel better in your clothes. As long as you’re clean, comfortable,and feel good,you’re set up for confidence!
Make eye contact. Don’t be afraid to meet the gaze(注视) of someone else. ⑤__________ At the same time, your gaze also tells them you respect them, acknowledge their presence, and are interested in the conversation.
A. Probably not.
B. So you’re not alone!
C. Stop comparing yourself with someone else.
D. It shows that you are a person worthy of communicating with.
E. Recognize your talents and good qualities and write them down.
F. You look more confident when you are enjoying what you wear!
G. You really don't know how easy it is to communicate with others.
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Many of us dream of making all the difference—earning a lot of money. A great scientist has achieved that big success and 1 all the money to help others. Professor Nicola Curtin of the University of Newcastle successfully 2 a new drug for cancer, but when the time came for her big pay-off, she chose to give some of the profits away to help the 3 people to make their life better.
The drug Rubraca is the 4 of 30 years of research and helps people who have a gene known to lead to an increasing risk of breast cancer. Rubraca helps target the cancerous cells so as to repair their DNA and finally 5 tumour cells(肿瘤细胞). The University of Newcastle 6 rights of the medication(药物) for $ 40. 8 million to a company, which is a pretty penny. Instead of treating herself, Curtin used her $1.2 million share to 7 The Curtin PARP Fund.
The fund 8 to help the disabled, the homeless, and anyone experiencing a disadvantage. It helps them to develop the skills to 9 difficulties so that they can get education or employment. Those people's 10 makes me think about life. I have already had everything that I need in life 11 there are many people who are leading a hard life. Therefore, through The Curtin PARP Fund, I want to leave a(n) 12 legacy(遗产) by helping them master the basic skills for life. And I feel 13 of what I have done," said Curtin.
What Curtin has done tells that we can help others in many 14 by using our talent to help, and by 15 and offering much assistance, etc.
1.A.made B.passed C.donated D.showed
2.A.exchanged B.took C.accepted D.created
3.A.honest B.needy C.friendly D.important
4.A.instruction B.improvement C.chance D.result
5.A.make B.study C.remove D.catch
6.A.sold B.offered C.ensured D.achieved
7.A.raise B.present C.establish D.obtain
8.A.aims B.affords C.begins D.competes
9.A.avoid B.realise C.overcome D.experience
10.A.action B.admiration C.shame D.situation
11.A.but B.so C.though D.if
12.A.thankful B.careful C.lasting D.interesting
13.A.afraid B.proud C.sick D.sure
14.A.aspects B.ways C.purposes D.attempts
15.A.reaching out B.setting off C.looking back D.giving up
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Tang Dynasty was one of the great dynasties in Chinese history and a time of ①__________(expand) in its territory, ②__________ rulers controlled the trade route known as the Silk Road. Trade with foreign countries created a ③__________ (tolerance) and cosmopolitan culture. Cultural development went hand in hand ④__________ technological progress. New discoveries ⑤__________ (make) in astronomy, geography and medicine. Scientific knowledge, as well as the invention of printing, marked the beginning of the golden age of literature—poetry. Tang poetry was important because of the beauty of ⑥__________ (it) images and the range of topics. It was a must for people working in government to be able to write poetry.
One of the greatest Tang poets was Du Fu,known as “poet of history”,who travelled a lot and enjoyed painting and music, as well as writing poetry. But in fact, he thought of himself as ⑦__________ failure. He is also known for his friendship with Li Bai, who was a romantic and began a life of travel and writing poetry ⑧__________ (become) a government official. It is said that he drowned when he ⑨__________ (fall) into a river while ⑩__________ (try) to take hold of the reflection of the Moon.
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
假定你是李华,正在教你的英国朋友学习汉语。请你写封邮件告知她下次上课的计划。内容包括:
1. 时间和地点;
2. 学习内容一一唐诗;
3. 课前准备——简要了解唐朝的历史。
注意:
1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
第二节 （满分25分）
阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
"Acknowledged, Detective. This is my..."
He hung up and told the driverless UNATS Robotics car to get him down to the railway station as fast as it could, angry with himself and with Ada—whose middle name was Trouble, after all—for making him deal with a robot before he'd had his breakfast. The name had been his ex-wife's idea ,something she'd insisted on.
He hadn't thought his ex-wife in years. Well, months. Weeks, certainly. She'd been a brilliant computer scientist at the UNATS Robotics school at the University of Toronto. Now she was settled in her own research lab in Beijing, providing the kinds of software solutions for robot applications.
He itched to wiretap her, to read her email or listen in on her phone conversations. He could have done that when they were still together, but he never had. If he had, he would have found out what she was planning.
He could have talked her out of it.
"And then what, Artie " said the nagging voice in his head. He couldn't stop her from chasing her own dream—making the smartest robot in the world, especially with their little daughter in her belly.
"Shut up!" he told the nagging voice.
Paragraph 1 :
In a few minutes, he was at the front gate of the railway station.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2 :
There she was, standing by a teenage girl who had the same blue eyes as his.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
答案以及解析
第一部分 阅读理解
第一节
A
答案：1.C; 2.A; 3.B
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的ET City Brain 2.0 , a cloud-powered and Al-driven urban traffic-management system that aims to increase the city’s efficiency可知,ET城市大脑2. 0是一个以云计算为动力、以人工智能为驱动的城市交通管理系统,旨在提高城市的交通效率。所以ET城市大脑将带来更少的交通堵塞。故选C项。
2.词义猜测题。根据第三段最后一句The information is instant, making the entire firefighting process faster, safer and more accurate.可知,系统将会提高城市的消防能力。由此可推测optimise意思为“优化;改善"。故选A项。
3.推理判断题。根据最后一句“It is a matter of sustainability, while using as few natural resources as possible,” Wang said, “this is just the beginning. ”可知,阿里巴巴的目标是环境友好型发展。 sustainability和few natural resources为关键信息。故选B项。
B
答案：1.A; 2.C; 3.A; 4.C
解析：1.主旨大意题。根据文章的首段和尾段可知,本文主要谈论的是悲伤能成为朋友的原因。故A项是正确的。
2. 总结归纳题。第三段提到了Sadness shows you what you care about,第四段提及the Sadness of loss helps us to appreciate what we still have,第六段给出了Sadness has authenticity(真实性) to it,共给出了三个原因。故选C项。
3.推理判断题。分析该段可知,首句为主题句,而接下来提到Funerals...就是举例来说明为什么说失去亲人的悲伤能帮助我们领会到我们所拥有的东西。故A项正确。该段中也含有比较One who can’t bear Sadness...,但属于举例中的,并非主要的段落展开方式。
4.代词指代题。根据上文的Grieving has a way of slowing you down and bringing you back to the moment.可知,此处的it指的就是grieving。
C
答案：1.C; 2.D; 3.C; 4.D
解析：1.主旨大意题。本文简要介绍了校园诗人高璨。
2.细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句话可知,她喜欢写童话故事、散文,最喜欢写诗歌。
3.细节理解题。根据第四段第一句话可知,她开始写诗是在上小学的时候,而不是13岁时。
4.细节理解题。根据倒数第二、三段可知,现在书店里充满了如何快速赚钱方面的书,说明人们最关心的是如何快速赚钱,而诗歌方面的书很少的原因就在于此。
D
答案：1.C; 2.C; 3.D; 4.B
解析：1.推理判断题。根据第二段第二句话可判断出,布鲁克斯的很多诗歌描述的是美国的黑人生活。
2.细节理解题。根据第三段第六句话可知,布鲁克斯早期的诗歌主要描写芝加哥南部的生活。
3.细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句话可知,布鲁克斯是第一位获得普利策文学奖的美国非洲裔作家。D项说法与原文不一致。
4.推理判断题。根据第三段第四、五句话可判断出,她的大部分作品以自己的所见所闻为基础而写成。
第二节
答案：A; B; C; F; D
解析：
【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了几种如何让自己自信的方法。
1. A本句是对上一句提问的回答。
2. B本句是讲述自己和其他人都会有的情况,几乎每个人都会有不自信的时候,所以说“你并不是孤单一人”。
3. C 根据后文关键表达,如competition、competitive quality和competing with yourself可知,本句概括了段落大意,即不要与他人做比较。
4. F本句对标题句进行了解释。本段的关键词是dress,根据F项的what you wear可知此项正确。
5. D本句中的it指代前文中的gaze,解释他人注视自己的原因。同时后文继续讲述自己注视他人的意义。
第二部分 语言知识运用
第一节
答案：1-5.CDBDC; 6-10.ACACD; 11-15.ACBBA
解析：1.根据下文"give some of the profits away to help the ______ people to make their life better"可知,是捐赠( donate)全部金钱以帮助别人。make制造; pass经过,穿过; show显示,表现。
2.纽卡斯尔大学的Nicola Curtin教授成功地研制出(create)一种治疗癌症的新药。exchange交换;take拿,取;accept接受,接纳。
3.当她得到丰厚回报的时候,她选择把一部分利润给贫困的(needy)人,使他们的生活更好。honest诚实的,实在的;friendly友好的,亲切的;important重要的。
4.治癌药品Rubraca是Nicola研究了30年的成果(result),它可以帮助那些有导致乳腺癌风险增加的基因的人。instruction指令,命令;improvement改进,改善;chance机会,际遇。
5.Rubraca帮助靶向癌细胞,修复DNA,最终清除肿瘤细胞。make制造,使得;study学习,研究; remove移除,除去;catch捕捉,赶上。此处指治癌新药Rubraca最终清除肿瘤细胞,故选C。
6.纽卡斯尔大学以4080万美元的价格把这种药物的使用权出售(sell)给了一家公司。offer提供; ensure确保; achieve取得,获得。
7.Curtin没有款待自己,而是用她的120万美元股份建立了(establish) The Curtin PARP基金。raise提高,筹集; present提出,出现; obtain获得。
8.该基金旨在(aim to)帮助残疾人、无家可归者和任何处于不利地位的人。afford 买得起;begin开始; compete竞争。
9.该基金帮助他们发展克服(overcome)困难的技能,这样他们就可以接受教育或就业。avoid避免;realise实现 ;experience经历。
10.残疾人、无家可归者和处于不利地位的人的生活境况很糟,触动了Curtin。这些人的处境(situation)让其思考人生。action行动;admiration钦佩,赞赏;shame羞耻,羞愧。
11.Curtin觉得自己已经拥有了生活中所需要的一切,但是(but)还有很多人过着艰苦的生活。so所以; though虽然,尽管;if如果。
12.因此,通过The Curtin PARP基金会, Curtin想通过帮助他们掌握基本的生活技能,来给他们留下一份持久的(lasting )遗产。thankful感谢的;careful仔细的;interesting有趣的。
13.Curtin用自己的钱创建了The Curtin PARP 基金,帮助了需要帮助的人,使他们能维持生活,所以Curtin为自己所做的事感到自豪(proud), afraid害怕的;sick厌恶的,病态的;sure确信的。
14.Curtin所做的一切告诉我们,我们可以通过自己的才能,通过伸出(reach out)援手和提供帮助等许多方式(way)来帮助别人。aspect方面,方向; purpose目的,意志; attempt企图,试图。句中列举的"by using our talent to help, and by _______ and offering much assistance"都是帮助别人的方式,故选B。
15.此处指伸出援手。reach out伸出(手) ; set off出发,动身; look back回首,回眸;give up放弃。故选A。
第二节
答案：1. expansion2.whose3.tolerant4.with5.were made6.its7. a8.to become9.fell10. trying
解析：
1. expansion设空处作介词of的宾语,且有后置定语in its territory修饰,故应用名词。expansion in意为“......的扩张/增长”。
2. whose设空处引导非限制性定语从句,rulers和先行词The Tang Dynasty之间是所属关系,故填whose。
3. tolerant修饰名词culture应用形容词。
4. with go hand in hand with 意为“与......携手并进”。
5. were made make a discovery 意为“有所发现”,此处discoveries作主语且为复数,与make之间为被动关系,应用被动语态,故填were made。
6. its其后是名词,故此处填形容词性物主代词。
7. a抽象名词具体化,此处failure为可数名词,表示“失败的人”。
8. to become表示目的应用动词不定式,意为“为了成为”。
9. fell根据drowned可知此处时态应为一般过去时,故填fell。
10. trying此处为状语从句的省略,当从句主语和主句主语一致且从句谓语中含有be动词时,可以省去从句中的主语和be动词,此处完整形式为while he was trying ..., 故填trying。
第三部分 写作
第一节
答案：
Dear Leslie,
I'm writing to inform you of the plan for the next lesson. We will begin in Classroom 405 at 9:00 am this Friday.
I'm going to teach you something about poetry of the Tang Dynasty. I wonder whether this lesson can help you improve your language skills, but it is certain that your knowledge about Chinese culture will be increased. Poetry of the Tang Dynasty, regarded as a national treasure, was an important part of social life during the Tang Dynasty. In my view, in order to learn it well, you'd better have an understanding of the history of the Tang Dynasty.
I hope you will enjoy the lesson.
Yours,
Li Hua
解析：
【提分词句】
1.提分词汇:inform sb of sth, regard ... as , in order to, have an understanding of…等。
2.提分句型:(1)It is certain that... ;(2) You’d better do sth.。
【写作提示】
1. 审题:(1)人称以第一人称和第二人称为主;(2)时态以一般现在时和一般将来时为主;(3)体裁为书信类应用文。
2. 写作要点:(1)告知下次上课的计划;(2)上课时间和地点;(3)上课内容;(4)给出提前了解唐朝历史的建议。
第二节
答案： In a few minutes, he was at the front gate of the railway station. Ada opened the door for him. He stepped out of the UNATS Robotics car hurriedly to catch the bullet train for Beijing, where his ex-wife, a top computer scientist lived. During the journey, he constantly considered how to persuade his ex-wife to quit her research, which could get her into trouble. Clearly, it was not an easy task. She had chased her dream for ages. The train pulled in at the railway station. He began to look for his ex-wife, who had promised to pick him up.
There she was, standing by a teenage girl who had the same blue eyes as his. Artie walked up to them slowly. With so many words to say, he felt a knot in his throat. At last, he looked into their daughter's eyes and said, "Hi, my lovely girl!" His voice was trembling slightly. "Daddy! Mommy has told me everything. You don't need to worry about us anymore. Yesterday, she worked out the smartest robot software successfully." Artie turned to his ex-wife in disbelief. She nodded, "I could never achieve my dream without your support." Artie hugged them both, thinking to himself, "Never stop a person who is chasing dreams!"
本试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟。
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Alibaba Cloud and the Hangzhou city government announced the launch of ET City Brain 2.0, a cloud-powered and Al-driven urban traffic-management system that aims to increase the city’s efficiency.
After over two years of testing in Alibaba’s home base, ET City Brain has become the new infrastructure(基础设施) for Hangzhou, with a total coverage area of 420 square kilometres, including over 1 ,300 traffic lights. Over 200 traffic officers are connected via mobile phones, enabling them to receive real-time alerts on any traffic-related emergencies.
In version 2.0, the system will optimise the city’s firefighting abilities by providing key information to firefighters, such as water pressure, the number and position of fire hydrants(消防检) in a given area, the location of gas pipes and other details they need to know. The information is instant, making the entire firefighting process faster, safer and more accurate.
City Brain gives meaning to data. By using AI and advanced algorithms(计算程序),City Brain is able to analyse a large amount of data and turn them into useful information in real-time speed.
As a result of City Brain's ability to predict traffic flow, detect accidents and provide instant feedback, Hangzhou has dropped from 5 th to 57 th on the list of China's most congested cities. Hangzhou is probably the only city that can tell you how many cars are on the street at any given time.
In the case of medical emergencies, City Brain is able to change traffic lights, so emergency vehicles like ambulances and fire trucks can head to the scene without interruption,accelerating their arrival time by 49%.
Dr Wang Jian, the head of Alibaba's Technology Steering Committee who invented the term "City Brain" , said the system is designed to empower a city to act quickly and directly. It is more than just about traffic management. It's really about how to make city more liveable at a time of shrinking natural resources around the globe. “It is a matter of sustainability, while using as few natural resources as possible," Wang said, " this is just the beginning."
1.What benefit will ET City Brain bring
A.Lower crime rates. B.Efficient government.
C.Less traffic congestion. D.Improved medical care.
2.Which of the following best explains “optimise” Paragraph 3
A.Better. B.Practise. C.Operate. D.Emphasise.
3.What can we conclude from the last paragraph
A.ET City Brain 2.0 is a mature version.
B.Alibaba targets environmentally friendly development.
C.The government is devoted to improving the system.
D.The system can solve the problem of lack of resources.
B
Today I want you to get Sadness can be a good friend.
“All well and good,Master Yoda,” you say,“but how does that work ”
First, Sadness is about losing something you care about, whether that’s a loved one,a job,or a football game …so, Sadness shows you what you care about. Would you feel sad if your girlfriend/ boyfriend left The answer tells you how attached you are to this person.
Along the same lines, experiencing the Sadness of loss helps us to appreciate what we still have. Funerals are painful occasions,and they are great for bringing people back together, burying old conflicts, healing wounds, but it only works if you show up and feel the Sadness and let it bring you together with the others there. One who can’t bear Sadness will tend to shy away from love,commitment(承诺), and real passion,in order to avoid grief,and that’s an empty life.
Similarly, losing a job can help you appreciate that you still have your health. Losing your health can bring loved ones together. Losing money can help you to focus on what really matters to you, your values, your sense of mission, your spirituality.
Lastly, Sadness has authenticity(真实性) to it. Grieving has a way of slowing you down and bringing you back to the moment. It forces you to let go of your worries about your to-do list and next quarter's numbers and your fast-paced life and really be with yourself t your feelings and the people around you. This is important today because we can get so lost in our smart phones and emails and plans and lose sight of people,relationships, and dreams.
So, Sadness is the kind of friend who can help you to stay grounded and real,to honor what’s important and let go of what's not, and we all need that kind of friend.
1.The best title for the text would be __________.
A.Why Sadness is Your Friend
B.How Sadness Works in Your Life
C.What Do You Think of Sadness
D.When Can You Feel Sad
2.How many reasons why Sadness can be a friend are mentioned in the passage
A.Only one.
B.Two.
C.Three.
D.Five.
3.The fourth paragraph is developed mainly by ________.
A.providing the examples
B.following the order of space
C.making comparisons
D.listing facts
4.The word “It” in the last paragraph but one refers to _________.
A.letting go of your worries
B.bringing you back to the moment
C.grieving
D.fast-paced life
C
Writing has become a fashion among today's teenagers. Look at how popular young writers like Han Han and Guo Jingming are.
Gao Can is a writer. Actually,the 13-year-old is the youngest member of the Association of Writers of Shaanxi.
So far, the eighth grader in the High School Affiliated to Xi'an Jiaotong University has published eight books. She writes fairy tales, short essays, and most of all, poems.
Gao said she began poem writing when she was in primary school. Once her teacher asked the class to write a composition called “If I were”,Gao had an idea—“Why not make it a poem ” Since then, she has written hundreds of poems and published three books of them.
“I don’t have too much life experience,” said Gao.“I write about nature,about things I feel inside and my spiritual world.
However, teenagers these days rarely write poems,or read them. Exams want "any style but poetry". But like Gao, there are those who still read and write poems. Hu Jingzhi is one of them. The 14-year-old boy said that poems inspire him. “But it’s annoying that I can’t find many poem collections in nearby bookstores,” he said.
Gao agreed with Hu. She said that today’s bookstores were filled with books on “how to make money quickly” or “how to give a successful speech”.
“Poems won’t teach you how to make money." said Gao. "But the beautiful words clear your mind and stimulate your imagination.”
"Writing poems is not at all difficult. Just express yourself. And read poems —for their beautiful style ... and for the pure things in life.”
1.The passage is mainly about _________.
A.some popular young writers
B.how to write poems well
C.a young writer—Gao Can
D.the reason why teenagers rarely write poems
2.According to the passage, Gao Can probably likes writing __________ best.
A.novels
B.fairy tales
C.short essays
D.poems
3.Which of the following statements is NOT true
A.Gao Can is a member of the Association of Writers of Shaanxi.
B.Gao Can is a middle school student.
C.At the age of 13 Gao Can began to write poems.
D.Gao Can thinks writing poems is very easy.
4.Why are there few poem collections in bookstores now
A.Because nobody likes writing poems.
B.Because no teenagers want to read poems.
C.Because there is no space for poem collections in bookstores now.
D.Because poems won't teach how to make money.
D
Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 17,1917 in Topeka, Kansas. Her family moved to Chicago when Brooks was four. At the age of seven,Brooks began learning how to write poems, and by the young age of thirteen she had her first poem published.
She wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She had more than twenty books published. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote many poems about black people during the 1940s and 1950s. Her poems described living conditions of the poor, racial inequality(种族不平等) and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women.
But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She Wets an expert at the language of poetry. She mixed traditional European poetry styles with the African-American experience. She once said that she wrote about what she saw and heard in the street. She said she found most of her material looking out of the window of her second-floor apartment house in Chicago, Illinois. In her early poetry, she wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was A Street in Bronzeville that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. They praised her poetic skills and her powerful descriptions about the black experience during the time.
Gwendolyn Brooks won her first major award in 1943 at the Midwestern Writers’ Conference. Brooks was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize and to be given a job in the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
1.Gwendolyn Brooks paid more attention in her poems to ________.
A.culture differences
B.drug use in African countries
C.the life of the black in America
D.the life of her own family
2.From the passage we can learn that ________.
A.at seven,Brooks' parents found that she had a gift for writing poems
B.Brooks' poems made black people gain freedom
C.some of Brooks' early poems were set in the South Side of Chicago
D.the poem A Street in Bronzeville made Brooks become rich
3.Which of the following statements about Brooks is NOT true
A.She is an African-American writer.
B.Her first poem was published in 1930.
C.She was good at the language of poetry.
D.She was the first American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize.
4.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A.Brooks spent her childhood in a poor black community
B.most of Brooks' writing was based on what she saw and heard
C.all of Brooks’ books have been published
D.Brooks didn't receive college education
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Feeling good about yourself is so easy when it should only be up to you. The good news is that you're driving this confidence train. Here are some ways to be confident.
Have approachable body language. If you see a person huddle(蜷缩) in the corner, pretending to play games on their mobile phone, are you really going to say hello ①__________If you want others to approach you, make sure you re approachable! Keep your body open. If you have your arms and legs crossed, you're telling the world that you're not interested in welcoming them in.
Remember that everyone struggles with confidence. Some people are good at hiding it, but nearly every person has struggled with his or her self-confidence at one point. ②__________If you can think of someone who is confident,chances are that there’s also a situation they’re not confident in.
③__________Not everything is a competition,and viewing life that way will wear you out. You don’t have to be the smartest, prettiest, and most popular person in order to be happy. If you have a strong competitive quality that you can't completely ignore, try competing with yourself instead and try to keep getting better.
Dress for confidence. ④__________You don’t have to buy a whole new wardrobe(衣橱) to feel better in your clothes. As long as you’re clean, comfortable,and feel good,you’re set up for confidence!
Make eye contact. Don’t be afraid to meet the gaze(注视) of someone else. ⑤__________ At the same time, your gaze also tells them you respect them, acknowledge their presence, and are interested in the conversation.
A. Probably not.
B. So you’re not alone!
C. Stop comparing yourself with someone else.
D. It shows that you are a person worthy of communicating with.
E. Recognize your talents and good qualities and write them down.
F. You look more confident when you are enjoying what you wear!
G. You really don't know how easy it is to communicate with others.
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Many of us dream of making all the difference—earning a lot of money. A great scientist has achieved that big success and 1 all the money to help others. Professor Nicola Curtin of the University of Newcastle successfully 2 a new drug for cancer, but when the time came for her big pay-off, she chose to give some of the profits away to help the 3 people to make their life better.
The drug Rubraca is the 4 of 30 years of research and helps people who have a gene known to lead to an increasing risk of breast cancer. Rubraca helps target the cancerous cells so as to repair their DNA and finally 5 tumour cells(肿瘤细胞). The University of Newcastle 6 rights of the medication(药物) for $ 40. 8 million to a company, which is a pretty penny. Instead of treating herself, Curtin used her $1.2 million share to 7 The Curtin PARP Fund.
The fund 8 to help the disabled, the homeless, and anyone experiencing a disadvantage. It helps them to develop the skills to 9 difficulties so that they can get education or employment. Those people's 10 makes me think about life. I have already had everything that I need in life 11 there are many people who are leading a hard life. Therefore, through The Curtin PARP Fund, I want to leave a(n) 12 legacy(遗产) by helping them master the basic skills for life. And I feel 13 of what I have done," said Curtin.
What Curtin has done tells that we can help others in many 14 by using our talent to help, and by 15 and offering much assistance, etc.
1.A.made B.passed C.donated D.showed
2.A.exchanged B.took C.accepted D.created
3.A.honest B.needy C.friendly D.important
4.A.instruction B.improvement C.chance D.result
5.A.make B.study C.remove D.catch
6.A.sold B.offered C.ensured D.achieved
7.A.raise B.present C.establish D.obtain
8.A.aims B.affords C.begins D.competes
9.A.avoid B.realise C.overcome D.experience
10.A.action B.admiration C.shame D.situation
11.A.but B.so C.though D.if
12.A.thankful B.careful C.lasting D.interesting
13.A.afraid B.proud C.sick D.sure
14.A.aspects B.ways C.purposes D.attempts
15.A.reaching out B.setting off C.looking back D.giving up
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Tang Dynasty was one of the great dynasties in Chinese history and a time of ①__________(expand) in its territory, ②__________ rulers controlled the trade route known as the Silk Road. Trade with foreign countries created a ③__________ (tolerance) and cosmopolitan culture. Cultural development went hand in hand ④__________ technological progress. New discoveries ⑤__________ (make) in astronomy, geography and medicine. Scientific knowledge, as well as the invention of printing, marked the beginning of the golden age of literature—poetry. Tang poetry was important because of the beauty of ⑥__________ (it) images and the range of topics. It was a must for people working in government to be able to write poetry.
One of the greatest Tang poets was Du Fu,known as “poet of history”,who travelled a lot and enjoyed painting and music, as well as writing poetry. But in fact, he thought of himself as ⑦__________ failure. He is also known for his friendship with Li Bai, who was a romantic and began a life of travel and writing poetry ⑧__________ (become) a government official. It is said that he drowned when he ⑨__________ (fall) into a river while ⑩__________ (try) to take hold of the reflection of the Moon.
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （满分15分）
假定你是李华,正在教你的英国朋友学习汉语。请你写封邮件告知她下次上课的计划。内容包括:
1. 时间和地点;
2. 学习内容一一唐诗;
3. 课前准备——简要了解唐朝的历史。
注意:
1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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第二节 （满分25分）
阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
"Acknowledged, Detective. This is my..."
He hung up and told the driverless UNATS Robotics car to get him down to the railway station as fast as it could, angry with himself and with Ada—whose middle name was Trouble, after all—for making him deal with a robot before he'd had his breakfast. The name had been his ex-wife's idea ,something she'd insisted on.
He hadn't thought his ex-wife in years. Well, months. Weeks, certainly. She'd been a brilliant computer scientist at the UNATS Robotics school at the University of Toronto. Now she was settled in her own research lab in Beijing, providing the kinds of software solutions for robot applications.
He itched to wiretap her, to read her email or listen in on her phone conversations. He could have done that when they were still together, but he never had. If he had, he would have found out what she was planning.
He could have talked her out of it.
"And then what, Artie " said the nagging voice in his head. He couldn't stop her from chasing her own dream—making the smartest robot in the world, especially with their little daughter in her belly.
"Shut up!" he told the nagging voice.
Paragraph 1 :
In a few minutes, he was at the front gate of the railway station.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2 :
There she was, standing by a teenage girl who had the same blue eyes as his.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
答案以及解析
第一部分 阅读理解
第一节
A
答案：1.C; 2.A; 3.B
解析：1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的ET City Brain 2.0 , a cloud-powered and Al-driven urban traffic-management system that aims to increase the city’s efficiency可知,ET城市大脑2. 0是一个以云计算为动力、以人工智能为驱动的城市交通管理系统,旨在提高城市的交通效率。所以ET城市大脑将带来更少的交通堵塞。故选C项。
2.词义猜测题。根据第三段最后一句The information is instant, making the entire firefighting process faster, safer and more accurate.可知,系统将会提高城市的消防能力。由此可推测optimise意思为“优化;改善"。故选A项。
3.推理判断题。根据最后一句“It is a matter of sustainability, while using as few natural resources as possible,” Wang said, “this is just the beginning. ”可知,阿里巴巴的目标是环境友好型发展。 sustainability和few natural resources为关键信息。故选B项。
B
答案：1.A; 2.C; 3.A; 4.C
解析：1.主旨大意题。根据文章的首段和尾段可知,本文主要谈论的是悲伤能成为朋友的原因。故A项是正确的。
2. 总结归纳题。第三段提到了Sadness shows you what you care about,第四段提及the Sadness of loss helps us to appreciate what we still have,第六段给出了Sadness has authenticity(真实性) to it,共给出了三个原因。故选C项。
3.推理判断题。分析该段可知,首句为主题句,而接下来提到Funerals...就是举例来说明为什么说失去亲人的悲伤能帮助我们领会到我们所拥有的东西。故A项正确。该段中也含有比较One who can’t bear Sadness...,但属于举例中的,并非主要的段落展开方式。
4.代词指代题。根据上文的Grieving has a way of slowing you down and bringing you back to the moment.可知,此处的it指的就是grieving。
C
答案：1.C; 2.D; 3.C; 4.D
解析：1.主旨大意题。本文简要介绍了校园诗人高璨。
2.细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句话可知,她喜欢写童话故事、散文,最喜欢写诗歌。
3.细节理解题。根据第四段第一句话可知,她开始写诗是在上小学的时候,而不是13岁时。
4.细节理解题。根据倒数第二、三段可知,现在书店里充满了如何快速赚钱方面的书,说明人们最关心的是如何快速赚钱,而诗歌方面的书很少的原因就在于此。
D
答案：1.C; 2.C; 3.D; 4.B
解析：1.推理判断题。根据第二段第二句话可判断出,布鲁克斯的很多诗歌描述的是美国的黑人生活。
2.细节理解题。根据第三段第六句话可知,布鲁克斯早期的诗歌主要描写芝加哥南部的生活。
3.细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句话可知,布鲁克斯是第一位获得普利策文学奖的美国非洲裔作家。D项说法与原文不一致。
4.推理判断题。根据第三段第四、五句话可判断出,她的大部分作品以自己的所见所闻为基础而写成。
第二节
答案：A; B; C; F; D
解析：
【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了几种如何让自己自信的方法。
1. A本句是对上一句提问的回答。
2. B本句是讲述自己和其他人都会有的情况,几乎每个人都会有不自信的时候,所以说“你并不是孤单一人”。
3. C 根据后文关键表达,如competition、competitive quality和competing with yourself可知,本句概括了段落大意,即不要与他人做比较。
4. F本句对标题句进行了解释。本段的关键词是dress,根据F项的what you wear可知此项正确。
5. D本句中的it指代前文中的gaze,解释他人注视自己的原因。同时后文继续讲述自己注视他人的意义。
第二部分 语言知识运用
第一节
答案：1-5.CDBDC; 6-10.ACACD; 11-15.ACBBA
解析：1.根据下文"give some of the profits away to help the ______ people to make their life better"可知,是捐赠( donate)全部金钱以帮助别人。make制造; pass经过,穿过; show显示,表现。
2.纽卡斯尔大学的Nicola Curtin教授成功地研制出(create)一种治疗癌症的新药。exchange交换;take拿,取;accept接受,接纳。
3.当她得到丰厚回报的时候,她选择把一部分利润给贫困的(needy)人,使他们的生活更好。honest诚实的,实在的;friendly友好的,亲切的;important重要的。
4.治癌药品Rubraca是Nicola研究了30年的成果(result),它可以帮助那些有导致乳腺癌风险增加的基因的人。instruction指令,命令;improvement改进,改善;chance机会,际遇。
5.Rubraca帮助靶向癌细胞,修复DNA,最终清除肿瘤细胞。make制造,使得;study学习,研究; remove移除,除去;catch捕捉,赶上。此处指治癌新药Rubraca最终清除肿瘤细胞,故选C。
6.纽卡斯尔大学以4080万美元的价格把这种药物的使用权出售(sell)给了一家公司。offer提供; ensure确保; achieve取得,获得。
7.Curtin没有款待自己,而是用她的120万美元股份建立了(establish) The Curtin PARP基金。raise提高,筹集; present提出,出现; obtain获得。
8.该基金旨在(aim to)帮助残疾人、无家可归者和任何处于不利地位的人。afford 买得起;begin开始; compete竞争。
9.该基金帮助他们发展克服(overcome)困难的技能,这样他们就可以接受教育或就业。avoid避免;realise实现 ;experience经历。
10.残疾人、无家可归者和处于不利地位的人的生活境况很糟,触动了Curtin。这些人的处境(situation)让其思考人生。action行动;admiration钦佩,赞赏;shame羞耻,羞愧。
11.Curtin觉得自己已经拥有了生活中所需要的一切,但是(but)还有很多人过着艰苦的生活。so所以; though虽然,尽管;if如果。
12.因此,通过The Curtin PARP基金会, Curtin想通过帮助他们掌握基本的生活技能,来给他们留下一份持久的(lasting )遗产。thankful感谢的;careful仔细的;interesting有趣的。
13.Curtin用自己的钱创建了The Curtin PARP 基金,帮助了需要帮助的人,使他们能维持生活,所以Curtin为自己所做的事感到自豪(proud), afraid害怕的;sick厌恶的,病态的;sure确信的。
14.Curtin所做的一切告诉我们,我们可以通过自己的才能,通过伸出(reach out)援手和提供帮助等许多方式(way)来帮助别人。aspect方面,方向; purpose目的,意志; attempt企图,试图。句中列举的"by using our talent to help, and by _______ and offering much assistance"都是帮助别人的方式,故选B。
15.此处指伸出援手。reach out伸出(手) ; set off出发,动身; look back回首,回眸;give up放弃。故选A。
第二节
答案：1. expansion2.whose3.tolerant4.with5.were made6.its7. a8.to become9.fell10. trying
解析：
1. expansion设空处作介词of的宾语,且有后置定语in its territory修饰,故应用名词。expansion in意为“......的扩张/增长”。
2. whose设空处引导非限制性定语从句,rulers和先行词The Tang Dynasty之间是所属关系,故填whose。
3. tolerant修饰名词culture应用形容词。
4. with go hand in hand with 意为“与......携手并进”。
5. were made make a discovery 意为“有所发现”,此处discoveries作主语且为复数,与make之间为被动关系,应用被动语态,故填were made。
6. its其后是名词,故此处填形容词性物主代词。
7. a抽象名词具体化,此处failure为可数名词,表示“失败的人”。
8. to become表示目的应用动词不定式,意为“为了成为”。
9. fell根据drowned可知此处时态应为一般过去时,故填fell。
10. trying此处为状语从句的省略,当从句主语和主句主语一致且从句谓语中含有be动词时,可以省去从句中的主语和be动词,此处完整形式为while he was trying ..., 故填trying。
第三部分 写作
第一节
答案：
Dear Leslie,
I'm writing to inform you of the plan for the next lesson. We will begin in Classroom 405 at 9:00 am this Friday.
I'm going to teach you something about poetry of the Tang Dynasty. I wonder whether this lesson can help you improve your language skills, but it is certain that your knowledge about Chinese culture will be increased. Poetry of the Tang Dynasty, regarded as a national treasure, was an important part of social life during the Tang Dynasty. In my view, in order to learn it well, you'd better have an understanding of the history of the Tang Dynasty.
I hope you will enjoy the lesson.
Yours,
Li Hua
解析：
【提分词句】
1.提分词汇:inform sb of sth, regard ... as , in order to, have an understanding of…等。
2.提分句型:(1)It is certain that... ;(2) You’d better do sth.。
【写作提示】
1. 审题:(1)人称以第一人称和第二人称为主;(2)时态以一般现在时和一般将来时为主;(3)体裁为书信类应用文。
2. 写作要点:(1)告知下次上课的计划;(2)上课时间和地点;(3)上课内容;(4)给出提前了解唐朝历史的建议。
第二节
答案： In a few minutes, he was at the front gate of the railway station. Ada opened the door for him. He stepped out of the UNATS Robotics car hurriedly to catch the bullet train for Beijing, where his ex-wife, a top computer scientist lived. During the journey, he constantly considered how to persuade his ex-wife to quit her research, which could get her into trouble. Clearly, it was not an easy task. She had chased her dream for ages. The train pulled in at the railway station. He began to look for his ex-wife, who had promised to pick him up.
There she was, standing by a teenage girl who had the same blue eyes as his. Artie walked up to them slowly. With so many words to say, he felt a knot in his throat. At last, he looked into their daughter's eyes and said, "Hi, my lovely girl!" His voice was trembling slightly. "Daddy! Mommy has told me everything. You don't need to worry about us anymore. Yesterday, she worked out the smartest robot software successfully." Artie turned to his ex-wife in disbelief. She nodded, "I could never achieve my dream without your support." Artie hugged them both, thinking to himself, "Never stop a person who is chasing dreams!"