湖南省株洲市第二中学2024-2025学年高二上学期开学考试英语试题

株洲市二中2024年下学期高二年级入学考试试卷 英语试题 时量：120分钟 总分：150分 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 （共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. What does Tim want to do after his haircut? A. Go shopping. B. Eat some bread. C. Take a shower. 2. What is David going to do? A. Go to the park. B. Do his homework. C. Meet some friends. 3. Where are the speakers probably? A. At a clinic. B. At a garage. C. At a fruit shop. 4. Why doesn’t the woman wear the pink skirt? A. It’s a little small. B. It has a bright color. C. It’s too casual for a formal occasion. 5. How many days does the woman have per year for holidays? A. 30 days. B. 15 days. C. 10 days. 第二节 （共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。 6. What does the woman want to order at first? A. Orange juice. B. A pizza. C. Lemon tea. 7. What will the man do next? A. Bring the woman’s food. B. Take the woman’s order. C. Introduce the meal deal. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。 8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Roommates. B. Mother and son. C. Repairman and customer. 9. What is the woman concerned about? A. The hot weather. B. The safety of the cats. C. The waste of electricity. 10 How does Jack sound at last? A. Apologetic. B. Worried. C. Angry. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。 11. Why did Mary meet Nancy? A. To pick fruit. B. To attend a party. C. To visit a beach. 12. What did Mary do in Australia? A. She took a job. B. She had a vacation. C. She went to university. 13. What did Mary miss about Scotland? A. Its weather. B. Its food. C. Its beach. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。 14 How will the woman go to see the game? A. By train. B. By bus. C. On foot. 15. What will the woman do on Friday night? A. Watch a game. B. Stay at home. C. Visit a relative. 16. Where will the speakers meet? A. At the stadium. B. At McDonald’s. C. At the train station. 17. When will the speakers meet? A. At 2:30 p. m. B. At 3:00 p. m. C. At 3:30 p. m. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。 18. What does James’ current company sell? A. Houses. B. Clothes. C. Household products. 19. What did James study at university? A. Law. B. Design. C. Business. 20. What is the talk mainly about? A. James’ study skills. B. James’ design talent. C. James’ business experience. 第二部分 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 Visitor code of conduct The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum is a national museum and open to all. Respectful use of the space, sources, and animals ensures a safe and enriching environment for all visitors. Prohibited items The possession or use of objects that are dangerous or prohibited by law is not permitted during museum visits or events. Backpacks, sports bags, and purses may be subject to “bag searches” at all entry points. The following items are not permitted into the museum: any object that makes noise, any animal except service animals, any dangerous items, any weapon, pocket knife, blade, pepper spray, and any object considered to be suspicious(可疑的) by security personnel. Hours The museum is open year­round. Current hours of operation are 9:10 am 4:30 pm from Wednesday to Sunday, including statutory holidays, except December 25. The museum offers free admission from 3:30 pm 4:30 pm. Please reserve your tickets in advance. Admission Adult: $12.25 Age 60＋: $10.25 Youth (ages 3­17): $10.25 Member: Free Filming and photos The museum welcomes visitors to take either photos or video images of the museum’s animals, buildings, exhibitions, and grounds during opening hours. All photos are for personal use only, not professional. Please be respectful of the animals while using your camera. Getting too close or being too aggressive in your attempt to get an image could compromise your safety and cause stress to the animals. For safety reasons and for the enjoyment of all visitors, all indoor photography or video recording must be done with hand­held devices only; no tripod(三脚架) or selfie sticks indoors. Contact Phone: 6139913044 Address: P. O. Box 9724, Station T Ottawa, ON K1G 5A3 Canada 1. Which of the following is allowed to be brought into the museum? A. Pet cats. B. Blades. C. Fireworks. D. Guide dogs. 2. How much will a couple (nonmembers) and ten-year-old twins pay for their tickets? A. 45 dollars. B. 34.75 dollars. C. 22.5 dollars. D. 32.75 dollars. 3. Why is a selfie stick forbidden while you are photographing in the museum? A. It makes your objects out of focus. B. It might endanger the visitors around you. C. It might disturb the animals you photograph. D. It leads to your being considered unprofessional. B By day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his spare  time though he goes on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova — not as a musician but as her page turner. “I’m not a trained musician, but I’ve learnt to read music so I can help Maria in her performance.” Mr Titterton is chairman of the Omega Ensemble but has been the group’s official page turner for the past four years. His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the score so the musician doesn’t have to break the flow of sound by doing it themselves. He said he became just as nervous as those playing instruments on stage. “A lot of skills are needed for the job. You have to make sure you don’t turn two pages at once and make sure you find the repeats in the music when you have to go back to the right spot.” Mr Titterton explained. Being a page turner requires plenty of practice. Some pieces of music can go for 40 minutes and require up to 50 page turns, including back turns for repeat passages. Silent onstage communication is key, and each pianist has their own style of “nodding” to indicate a page turn which they need to practise with their page turner. But like all performances, there are moments when things go wrong. “I was turning the page to get ready for the next page, but the draft wind from the turn caused the spare pages to fall off the stand,” Mr Titterton said, “Luckily I was able to catch them and put them back.” Most page turners are piano students or up-and-coming concert pianists, although Ms Raspopova has once asked her husband to help her out on stage. “My husband is the worst page turner,” she laughed. “He’s interested in the music, feeling every note, and I have to say: ‘Turn, turn!’ Robert is the best page turner I’ve had in my entire life.” 4. What should Titterton be able to do to be a page turner? A. Read music. B. Play the piano. C. Sing songs. D. Fix the instruments. 5. Which of the following best describes Titterton’s job on stage? A. Boring. B. Well-paid. C. Demanding. D. Dangerous. 6. What does Titterton need to practise? A. Counting the pages. B. Recognizing the “nodding”. C. Catching falling objects. D. Performing in his own style. 7. Why is Ms Raspopova’s husband “the worst page turner”? A. He has very poor eyesight. B. He ignores the audience. C. He has no interest in music. D. He forgets to do his job. C I came across an image recently of a distance runner with a message that told readers to persevere (坚持) at all costs. It reminded me of a conversation I had. My colleague’s teaching assistant was asking for my advice. He wanted to know when to quit something. He described how he’d been playing an online game with people for some time. It hadn’t been very fun lately, but there was always that small chance of a reward (upgraded equipment, etc). I inquired further about his relationship with the players and his gains from the game. I then discussed the sunk cost dilemma, a concept I studied in advanced school due to its personal impact. In high school, I applied to five universities, planning to choose the cheapest one. SUU offered the best scholarship, and after paying a $100 commitment fee, I heard back from another school with an even better scholarship. Despite the new offer, I stayed committed to SUU, believing that switching schools, even if it meant acknowledging the “wasted” $ 100, would have been the wiser financial choice. A rational (理性的) decision maker is not ruled by past investments, but weighs future outcomes. I didn’t focus on future outcomes when weighing colleges. I focused on the money I sunk into SUU. Rather than evaluating future career options, I focused on the fact that I’d already taken elementary education courses. I’m not the only one that’s fallen prey to this. I wear clothes I dislike simply because I spent money on them (and that money won’t come back). Unhealthy relationships last because of the invested time (leading to more unhappy years). However, time, effort, or money that you’ve invested doesn’t mean you should continue. Society often stresses perseverance — never quit, never give up, don’t waste. However, only you know your right path. Walking away can be the toughest choice. You might realize a path you’re on is no longer the right one or never was. 8. Why does the author introduce a distance runner’s image at first? A. To make a contrast. B. To give a definition. C. To draw a conclusion. D. To illustrate a theory. 9. What is the common characteristic of a rational decision maker? A. Following suit as most people. B. Taking elementary education. C. Valuing the development in future. D. Overlooking past investments. 10. What does the underlined idiom “fallen prey to” mean in the last paragraph? A. Get benefits from. B. Be harmed by. C. Be interested in. D. Get rid of. 11. Which is the best title of the text? A. Perseverance is a virtue B. The chosen path is the toughest C. Cut your losses for your winners D. Walking away means losing all D The days of staring at the computer screen pretending to be interested in an assignment even though you are bored out of your mind may soon be coming to an end. That's because if Dr Harry Witchel, Discipline Leader in Physiology at England's Brighton and Sussex Medical School, has his way, computers of the future will be able to detect boredom and even react to it real-time. But before you get concerned, the machine is not reading your mind. It is just keeping track of the constant involuntary（无意识的）movements that people exhibit when in front of a computer or even a television. These are not the bigger instrumental actions like moving a mouse or using the remote, but barely noticeable movements like scratching, fidgeting, or stretching. Witchel says the level of movement is directly linked to how absorbed the person is in what he or she is reading or watching. The higher the interest level. the less the movement! To test the theory, Witchel and his team invited 27 people and exposed them to a variety of digital content for three minutes at a time. The activities ranged from playing online games to reading documents like the banking regulations that most people would find boring. A video motion tracker monitored their movements as they powered through each assignment. Just as the researchers had expected, the involuntary actions decreased dramatically, by as much as 42%, when the participants were totally absorbed in what they were reading or seeing. Fortunately, the scientists are not planning to use the findings to create machines that report students who are not focusing at school. Instead, they believe that combining the motion detecting technology with future computers will help enhance the digital learning experience. The scientists say that being able to measure the students' interest level will enable educators to adjust the materials real-time and re-engage the students. Witchel also believes that the technology can provide filmmakers with honest audience opinions. 12. According to Dr Harry, what will future computers be able to do? A. Keep a learner from distraction. B. Help a learner with his assignments. C. Read a learner's mind exactly real-time. D. Identify dullness of a learner and respond to it. 13. How does an absorbed learner tend to behave? A. Laugh and shout excitedly. B. Use less energy in an assignment. C. Perform fewer involuntary actions. D. Show noticeable movements constantly. 14. What is the value of this technology for educators? A. Bettering their digital learning experience. B. Introducing more computers into class. C. Finding the absent-minded students in class. D. Detecting what interests the students most. 15 What is the author's purpose in writing the text? A. To introduce an upcoming technology. B. To update educators' teaching concept. C. To show what learning will be like in the future. D. To explain how life will be shaped by technology. 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。 How to Show emotion If anyone has ever told you to “open up more” or “show some emotion” you may wonder what they really meant. It’s easy for us to get caught up in our own little worlds and hide what we’re feeling from other people. ___16___. But if you can open up more to others, you’ll see how rewarding it is to connect on a deeper level. ___17___. Relax and think through your feelings as they come to you. Whenever you feel something, take a second to sit with what you’re feeling. Think about how you feel and let the emotion wash over you naturally. Name your emotions as they come to you. Giving your feeling a name makes it easier to understand. Once you’re comfortable with a feeling. Give the emotion a name. Are you anxious about something? If you don’t feel anything particularly moving, are you bored or content? This process will make you more self-aware. ___18___ . Maintain a journal for your feelings. One way to help you to open up emotionally to others is to keep a daily journal. ___19___ . Every day, write down a paragraph or two about your day and how it makes you feel. This will help you track your feeling over time and put you more in tune with yourself. Engage in fun activities to share experiences with others. Do things you enjoy with people you love to share positive emotions. Dedicate one night a week to go out and grab dinner with your family. ___20___, or go on a 20-minute walk every day. Being emotionally available and sharing how you feel is a lot easier when you have fun with the people you care about. A. Push yourself to share every day B. Take a minute to process emotions C. Take a cooking class with your partner D Open up and get used to sharing how you feel E. It will also help you express what you’re feeling F. Treat it as a special space for you to open up and be honest G. Sometimes, we don’t even realize we’re being guarded or hiding our feelings 第三部分 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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I was born in a large family of twelve siblings (兄弟姐妹). We weren’t poor, but there were times when we couldn’t ___21___ certain things my friends had. Back in those days, hot lunch was a luxury (奢侈品). And usually hot-lunch buyers and the students who brought cold lunch sat ___22___. My siblings and l brought lunch from home every day: thick ___23___ of homemade bread. We would look on ___24___ as the rich kids proudly sat down with their ___25___ food like chicken fricassee (白汁烩鸡). I never said anything, ___26___ my teacher Mrs. Caruso, must have seen the eagerness in my eyes. One day she quietly pressed a ___27___ into my hand and whispered, “Give this to your mother.” I skipped home and handed my mom the note. She read it and smiled “Well, Mrs. Caruso said because of all your hard work, she wants to ___28___ lunch for you tomorrow.” The next day, I proudly carried my tray of chicken fricassee and sat with the students at the hot-lunch table. Honestly, the ___29___ wasn’t as great as I had imagined, but I was ____30____ to be a part of the group. I don`t know why Mrs. Caruso ____31____ me. Maybe she also grew up in a family that ____32____ to make ends meet. Maybe she knew what it was like to feel just a little ____33____ than everyone else. Somehow, with her ____34____, she never made me feel ashamed. She just made me feel loved and ____35____. Thanks to her, I learned that I had just as much right as anyone to sit at the hot lunch table. 21. A. provide B. grasp C. find D. afford 22. A. silently B. comfortably C. separately D. awkwardly 23. A. piles B. spoonful C. slices D. mouthful 24. A. eagerly B. strikingly C. desperately D. vividly 25. A. frozen B. steaming C. raw D. ordinary 26. A. because B. so C. but D. and 27. A. box B. bag C. bread D. note 28. A. buy B. sell C. eat D. check 29. A. table B. food C. dream D. time 30. A. pleased B. surprised C. determined D. stressed 31. A. impressed B. accepted C. informed D. helped 32. A. attempted B. struggled C. arranged D. sought 33. A. more B. less C. heavier D. lighter 34. A. company B. tolerance C. presence D. kindness 35. A. generous B. amazed C. valued D. helpful 第二节 （共10小题，每小题1.5 分，共15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Xu Beihong’s paintings best indicate his personality: patriotic (爱国的), diligent and humanistic. Born in rural Yixing, Jiangsu province, he learned the basics of classic Chinese ink painting from his father, Xu Dazhang, ___36___ private school teacher who was skilled in painting, calligraphy and writing. After his father died, Xu mostly taught ___37___ (he) the oil painting, while he taught at primary schools in hometown. In 1915, he left the teaching job for Shanghai and made a living by drawing illustrations and commercial advertisements. Soon, his artistic talent ___38___ (recognize) by some well- known and ___39___ (gift) social figures, including Kang Youwei and Cai Yuanpei. Xu won a scholarship to study at the famous National High School of Fine Arts in Parts in 1919. He ___40___ (study) and travelled in Europe for almost a decade. There he was ___41___ (enormous) nurtured (熏陶) by the classic traditions of European art and culture, absorbing these elements into his works of traditional Chinese ink painting. The great painter lived most of his life during a chaotic time ___42___ his motherland experienced wars and his fellow Chinese suffered ___43___ (poor), illness and social instability. In his paintings, he displayed the pains of his nation and people while ___44___ (encourage) others to stand against these difficulties and never give up. The ongoing exhibition at the National Art Museum of China shows more than 100 Xu’s ____45____ (represent) works, on loan from the Xu Beihong Memorial Hall in Beijing. 第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分40分） 第一节 应用文写作 （满分 15分） 46. 校英文报新增了My Favourite Singer or Band栏目，请你给该栏目投稿，介绍一个你喜欢的歌手或者乐队，内容包括： 1. 歌手或乐队的基本信息； 2. 喜欢原因。 注意： 1. 写作词数应为80个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答 My favourite ________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节 读后续写（满分25分） 47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 If there was one thing more than another that Brenda wanted for her birthday, it was a pair of skates. How she hoped her parents would give her a pair! In vain (徒劳) her mother explained that Brenda might not learn to use them as easily as other children, and that she might fall many times and perhaps hurt herself before she could skate properly. Brenda wanted skates and that was that. She thought about skates all day and dreamed about skates all night. She pictured herself skating to school and home, skating to the stores for Mother, and skating all over the yard. Her birthday came at last, and with it the precious package which she had been eager for. Before she opened it, she guessed there were skates inside. And there were — beautiful new shiny skates. Just her size, too. Brenda was on cloud nine. She felt she had never been so happy in all her life. And now it was time to practice with them. Hardly was breakfast over when she was out on the smooth concrete(水泥地).“At last,”she thought,“I am going to skate! Hooray!” Excitedly she put on her precious pairs of skates and eagerly she stood up. But only for a moment. Suddenly, to her great surprise, away went both her feet from under her. Down she went. Brenda stood up again. But hardly had she put one foot forward, when the other started running backward, and down she went again. This really hurt, and Brenda felt very much like crying. Slowly she got up once more despite the pain and started to walk with great care. But before she knew what was going on, she was sitting on the concrete again. She felt very sad, tears filling her eyes. All her hopes of skating to school and town like the other girls disappeared. She began to wish she had never asked for skates for her birthday. She cried, taking off the skates from her feet and throwing them inside the back door. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150左右； Mother saw all this and asked Brenda what was wrong. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Slowly Brenda put on the skates, got up and tried again. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 株洲市二中2024年下学期高二年级入学考试试卷 英语试题 时量：120分钟 总分：150分 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 （共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15. 答案是C。 1. What does Tim want to do after his haircut? A. Go shopping. B. Eat some bread. C. Take a shower. 2. What is David going to do? A. Go to the park. B. Do his homework. C. Meet some friends. 3. Where are the speakers probably? A. At a clinic. B. At a garage. C. At a fruit shop. 4. Why doesn’t the woman wear the pink skirt? A. It’s a little small. B. It has a bright color. C. It’s too casual for a formal occasion. 5. How many days does the woman have per year for holidays? A. 30 days. B. 15 days. C. 10 days. 第二节 （共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。 6. What does the woman want to order at first? A. Orange juice. B. A pizza. C. Lemon tea. 7. What will the man do next? A. Bring the woman’s food. B. Take the woman’s order. C. Introduce the meal deal. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。 8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Roommates. B. Mother and son. C. Repairman and customer. 9. What is the woman concerned about? A. The hot weather. B. The safety of the cats. C. The waste of electricity. 10 How does Jack sound at last? A. Apologetic. B. Worried. C. Angry. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。 11. Why did Mary meet Nancy? A. To pick fruit. B. To attend a party. C. To visit a beach. 12. What did Mary do in Australia? A. She took a job. B. She had a vacation. C. She went to university. 13. What did Mary miss about Scotland? A. Its weather. B. Its food. C. Its beach. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。 14 How will the woman go to see the game? A. By train. B. By bus. C. On foot. 15 What will the woman do on Friday night? A. Watch a game. B. Stay at home. C. Visit a relative. 16. Where will the speakers meet? A. At the stadium. B. At McDonald’s. C. At the train station. 17. When will the speakers meet? A. At 2:30 p. m. B. At 3:00 p. m. C. At 3:30 p. m. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。 18. What does James’ current company sell? A. Houses. B. Clothes. C. Household products. 19. What did James study at university? A. Law. B. Design. C. Business. 20. What is the talk mainly about? A. James’ study skills. B. James’ design talent. C. James’ business experience. 第二部分 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 【1~3题答案】 【答案】1. D 2. A 3. C B 【4~7题答案】 【答案】4. A 5. C 6. B 7. D C 【8~11题答案】 【答案】8. A 9. C 10. B 11. C D 【12~15题答案】 【答案】12. D 13. C 14. D 15. A 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。 【16~20题答案】 【答案】16. G 17. B 18. E 19. F 20. C 第三部分 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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 【21~35题答案】 【答案】21. D 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. B 34. D 35. C 第二节 （共10小题，每小题1.5 分，共15分） 【36~45题答案】 【答案】36. a 37. himself 38. was recognized 39. gifted 40. studied 41. enormously 42. when 43. poverty 44 encouraging 45. representative 第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分40分） 第一节 应用文写作 （满分 15分） 【46题答案】 【答案】My favourite Band — Beyond Beyond is a legendary Hong Kong rock band, composed of talented musicians like Wong Ka Kui, Paul Wong, etc. They have created numerous classic songs. I am deeply drawn to Beyond for several reasons. Their music is not only melodious but also filled with positive energy and profound meanings. Their songs often inspire people to pursue their dreams and have a strong sense of social responsibility. Moreover, their live performances are always full of passion, leaving a lasting impression on audiences. Their music has accompanied generations of people and continues to shine brightly. 第二节 读后续写（满分25分） 【47题答案】 【答案】Mother saw all this and asked Brenda what was wrong. “I just can't do it,” Brenda sobbed, “I'm just no good at skating.” Hearing what her daughter said, Mother sat down beside her and said genteelly, “You know, Brenda, everyone falls when they first start to skate. It's part of learning. The important thing is to keep trying. Try another time and I am sure you can do it” She gently wiped away Brenda's tears and encouraged her to try again. Slowly Brenda put on the skates, got up and tried again. With each attempt, she fell less frequently and with less force. Her mother cheered her on, offering tips and praise. Eventually, Brenda managed to glide a few feet without falling. Her face lit up with a smile, “I did it, Mom! ” she exclaimed. Mother hugged her, “Yes, you did! And you'll do even better tomorrow. ” The skates, once a source of frustration, now symbolized a lesson in perseverance and the joy of accomplishment. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$