UNIT 4 Breaking Boundaries单元达标检测（Word练习）-【精讲精练】2025-2026学年高中英语选择性必修第二册（外研版）

(时间：100分钟　满分：120分) 第一部分　阅读(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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A (2025·全国一卷) The greening of planes，trains and automobiles Moving goods and people around the world is responsible for a large part of global CO2 emissions (排放).As the world races to decarbonize everything，it faces particular problems with transportation—which accounts for about a quarter of our energy-related greenhouse gas emissions.Here's the breakdown of the emissions in 2018 for different modes of transport. The fuels for transport need to be not just green，cheap and powerful，but also lightweight and safe enough to be carried around.Each mode of transport has its specific fuel needs.Much is still to be settled，but here are some of the solutions to get us going green. This energy transition (变革) is global，and the amount of renewable energy the world will need is “a little bit mind-blowing”，says mechanical engineer Keith Wipke at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.It's estimated that the global demand for electricity could more than double by 2050.Fortunately，analyses suggest that renewables are up to the task.“We need to speed up the development of green energy，and it will all get used，” says Wipke. [语篇解读]　这是一篇应用文。文章主要围绕全球交通领域的碳排放及绿色转型展开，说明不同交通方式有特定燃料需求，全球能源转型中可再生能源需求巨大。 1．What percentage of global transport emissions did road vehicles account for in 2018? A．11.6%. B．45.1%. C．74.5%. D．86.1%. 解析　数据分析题。根据文中第一张图中的相关数据“ROAD (PASSENGER) 45.1%”和“ROAD (GOODS) 29.4%”可知，公路车辆在全球交通排放中的总占比为45.1%＋29.4%＝ 74.5%。故选C。 答案　C 2．Which mode of transport can go green comparatively easily? A．Planes. B．Trucks. C．Trains. D．Ships. 解析　细节理解题。根据文中第二张图中“TRAINS—Electricity”部分的描述可知，火车使用电能作为能源，一些火车已经实现了电气化，其他火车可以通过非常简单的方式实现电气化。相对图中描述的飞机、卡车和轮船的燃料转型，火车绿色转型更简单。故选C。 答案　C 3．What does Wipke suggest regarding energy transition? A．Limiting fuel consumption. B．Putting more effort into renewables. C．Improving energy efficiency. D．Making electricity more affordable. 解析　细节理解题。根据文中最后一段Wipke的话“We need to speed up...used”可知，Wipke认为需要加快绿色能源的发展，绿色能源将全部投入使用。B项“加大对可再生能源的投入”与文意相符。故选B。 答案　B B Many people around me make a difference to the world on a daily basis—being kind in unexpected ways and sharing the generosity of their lives with others.I，like many of them，volunteer some of my time in order to give back just a little of what I am so blessed to have.I volunteered to go to Guatemala with an eyeglass team from International Relief Teams—an organization I have supported in other ways for many years. Our team went to a small town in Guatemala.We set up our tables and packages of pre-made glasses in the dirty courtyard of a clinic，put up the Snellen chart (an eye chart) on a wall，and began our work. Young and old people came from many of the surrounding towns.Most had never received an eye exam before.They waited for hours patiently in the sun，never complaining.If we could help them out，their thankfulness for a simple pair of glasses was overwhelming.Some only left with eye drops or sunglasses，and even these people expressed their gratitude sincerely.All of them were very generous with blessings and smiles.We heard over and over from people who knew their eyes needed help but they had not gone to a doctor because it was too expensive，or had not got the glasses they needed for the same reason. It's so easy to overlook how much difference the volunteers' small actions can make to the lives of people in Guatemala.The glasses in my country are so easily available，but to people in Guatemala，they are not. As those who could give them a hand，we watched their lives change.What a gift sight is—and what a difference being able to see clearly makes! Here，we'd like you to join us and take action to help people in need.And every day，those actions change lives.No action is too small；no action is ever wasted. [语篇解读]　本文是一篇记叙文。作者加入了国际救援小组的眼镜队，去危地马拉参加志愿活动，贡献出自己的一份力量，并号召人们在日常生活中也要做好事。 4．What do we know about the volunteers in the eyeglass team? A．Their working environment is simple. B．They are medical experts nationwide. C．Their initial preparation is inadequate. D．They have served people in Guatemala for years. 解析　细节理解题。由第二段中的“We set up our tables and packages of pre-made glasses in the dirty courtyard...and began our work.”可知，眼镜队志愿者的工作环境很简陋。故选A。其他三项文中没有提及。 答案　A 5．Which of the following words can be used to describe most people in Guatemala? A．Kind and helpful. B．Poor but grateful. C．Considerate and patient. D．Knowledgeable but unhealthy. 解析　推理判断题。由第三段中的“Some only left with eye drops or sunglasses，and even these people expressed their gratitude sincerely.”可推知，Guatemala的人是感恩的；由第三段中的“they had not gone to a doctor because it was too expensive，or had not got the glasses they needed for the same reason”可推知，Guatemala的人很贫穷。故选B。 答案　B 6．What can we infer from paragraph 4? A．Rome was not built in a day. B．Actions speak louder than words. C．Don't look down upon those less fortunate. D．Don't take what you have today for granted. 解析　推理判断题。由第四段内容可知，在作者的国家眼镜很容易买到，但对危地马拉人来说，情况并非如此。由此可推知，作者想告诉我们“不要把你今天所拥有的视为理所当然”。故选D。A项“罗马可不是一日建成的”，即成就伟大的事业需要时间。B项“行动胜于雄辦”。C项“不要瞧不起那些不幸的人”。 答案　D 7．What is the author's purpose in writing the passage? A．To urge people to protect their eyes. B．To ask people to volunteer in Guatemala. C．To call on people to do good deeds in daily life. D．To show the difficult life of people in Guatemala. 解析　细节理解题。由最后一段中的“Here，we'd like you to join us and take action to help people in need.”可知，作者写这篇文章的目的是号召人们在日常生活中做好事。故选C。 答案　C C A team from the University of Tokyo just published a new study that says that writing on paper is actually the best for your mind.“Paper is more advanced and useful compared to electronic records because paper contains more one-of-a-kind information for stronger memory recall，” said Professor Kuniyoshi L．Sakai，a neuroscientist at the University of Tokyo and author of the study. Most people like smartphones or tablets because they seem to make everyday tasks easier，but after gathering 48 volunteers between the ages of 18 and 29 for the study，the researchers found that those who wrote on paper to finish note-taking tasks completed these about 25 percent faster than people who used smartphones or tablets.What is the reason? The team said that using paper gives the volunteers more of a chance to write in their own form，while digital paper is uniform(一致的)，has no fixed position when people are scrolling，and disappears when the app is closed. The researchers divided the volunteers，including college students and office staff，into three groups depending on their memory，preferences for using paper or digital tools，sex and age.In the study，a total of 48 volunteers read a fictional conversation between characters discussing their plans for two months in the near future，including 14 different class times，the deadlines for homework and personal appointments.Volunteers then recorded the fictional schedule using paper，smartphones or tablets.There was no time limit and volunteers were asked to record the fictional events in the same way as they would for their real-life schedules，without spending extra time memorizing the schedule.After one hour，including a break and an interference task to distract them from thinking about the calendar，volunteers answered a range of simple (When is the deadline for homework？) and complex (Which is the earlier deadline for homework？) multiple choice questions to test their memory of the schedule. Those who used paper for note taking spent only about 11 minutes jotting down their thoughts during the study，while people who used tablets spent 14 minutes and smartphone users spent about 16 minutes writing down their thoughts.As for the accuracy of the answers，those writing on paper seemed to stand out.This suggested that writing on paper benefits their memory. [语篇解读]　本文是一篇说明文。文章阐述了东京大学一个研究小组的一项新研究：比起使用各种数字设备进行记录，在纸上写东西对大脑最有益。 8．Why did the volunteers writing on paper finish note-taking tasks faster? A．Their tasks were less difficult. B．They took notes without any stops. C．Their writing styles were consistent. D．They could write in their unique ways. 解析　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The team said that using paper gives the volunteers more of a chance to write in their own form，while digital paper is uniform(一致的)，has no fixed position when people are scrolling，and disappears when the app is closed.”可知，志愿者们在纸上写得更快是因为他们可以用自己的(独特的)方式写。故选D。 答案　D 9．What were the volunteers required to in the study? A．To make up some conversations. B．To raise questions for each other. C．To take notes about a schedule. D．To discuss notes with group members. 解析　细节理解题。根据第三段中的“In the study，a total of 48 volunteers read a fictional conversation between characters discussing their plans for two months in the near future，...Volunteers then recorded the fictional schedule using paper，smartphones or tablets.”可知，志愿者们被要求记录一段对话中提及的日程安排，故选 C。 答案　C 10．Why were the volunteers asked to answer questions after an hour? A．To test their memory. B．To ensure the accuracy. C．To keep them energetic. D．To influence their thoughts. 解析　细节理解题。根据第三段中的“After one hour...volunteers answered a range of...multiple choice questions to test their memory of the schedule.”可知，参与研究的志愿者被要求做完笔记一小时后回答问题，其目的是检测他们的记忆力，故选A。 答案　A 11．What does the underlined phrase “jotting down” in the last paragraph probably mean? A．Leaving out. B．Taking down. C．Breaking down. D．Concentrating on. 解析　词义猜测题。根据最后一段中的“smartphone users spent about 16 minutes writing down their thoughts”可知，画线短语所在句与本句相照应，jot down与write down意义相近，意为“草草写下”。故选B。 答案　B D (2024·枣庄高二检测)Honeybees can't swim，and when their wings are wet，they can't fly，either.But Chris Roh and other researchers at the California Institute of Technology found that when bees drop into bodies of water，they can use their wings to produce little waves and slide toward land—like surfers who create and then ride their own waves. As with many scientific advances—Isaac Newton's apple or Benjamin Franklin's lightning bolt—Dr.Roh's experiment began with a walk.Passing Caltech's Millikan Pond in 2016，he observed a bee on the water's surface producing waves.He wondered how an insect known for flight could push itself through water. Dr.Roh and his co-worker，Morteza Gharib，used butterfly nets to collect local Pasadena honeybees and observed their surf-like movements.The researchers used a wire to restrict each bee's bodily movement，allowing close examination of their wings.They found that the bee bends its wings at a 30-degree angle，pulling up water and producing a forward force.Bees get trapped on the surface because water is roughly three times heavier than air.But that weight helps to push the bee forward when its wings move quickly up and down.It's a tough exercise for the bees，which the researchers guess could handle about 10 minutes of the activity. The researchers said the surf-like movement hasn't been documented in other insects and most semiaquatic insects use their legs for pushing power，which is known as water-walking.It may have developed in bees，they predicted. Dr.Roh and Dr.Gharib have imagined many practical applications for bees' surfing.One plan is to use their observations to design robots able to travel across sky and sea.“This could be useful for search and rescues，or for getting samples of the surface of the ocean，if you can't send a boat or helicopter，” Dr.Gharib said. [语篇解读]　这是一篇说明文。研究人员发现，当蜜蜂掉进水里时，它们可以用翅膀产生小波浪，然后像会创造并驾驭自己的波浪的冲浪者一样滑向陆地。文章主要介绍了这项研究的开展过程以及蜜蜂冲浪行为可以带来的一些实际应用。 12．What does the author intend to show by mentioning Newton and Franklin? A．Roh's admiration for them. B．Their similar achievements in discovery. C．Their outstanding talent for science. D．Roh's chance discovery about bees. 解析　推理判断题。根据第二段(与许多科学进步一样——艾萨克·牛顿的苹果或本杰明·富兰克林的闪电——Roh博士的实验是从散步开始的。2016年路过加州理工学院的米利肯池塘时，他观察到一只蜜蜂在水面上产生了波浪。他想知道一种以飞行著称的昆虫是如何自己在水中推进的)可推知，作者提及牛顿和富兰克林是想表明Roh关于蜜蜂的偶然发现。 答案　D 13．What plays the most vital role in a bee's moving forward on water? A．The air weight. B．Its continuous wing beat. C．The water movement. D．Its leg extension. 解析　细节理解题。根据第三段中的“But that weight helps to push the bee forward when its wings move quickly up and down.(但当蜜蜂的翅膀快速上下移动时，那种重量有助于推动蜜蜂前进。)”可知，蜜蜂在水中前进的过程中，持续拍打翅膀起着最重要的作用。 答案　B 14．What's the author's attitude towards using this observation? A．Supportive. B．Uncaring. C．Doubtful. D．Worried. 解析　推理判断题。根据最后一段可推知，作者对利用这个观察持支持态度。 答案　A 15．What does the text mainly tell us? A．Bees help scientists make inventions. B．Honeybees can surf to safety. C．Insects can adapt to the environment. D．Nature is a helpful guide for discovery. 解析　主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了蜜蜂冲浪这项研究的开展过程以及蜜蜂冲浪行为可以带来的一些实际应用。由此可知，文章主要告诉我们蜜蜂可以冲浪到安全的地方。故选B。 答案　B 第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 阅读下面的短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 People like to be considered humorous，but few of us actually have the sense of humour we hope to have. 16 These people，I am afraid，do not know the power of humour. Humour has been a necessary part of human behavior for thousands of years.There is comedy in ancient Greece. 17 While these jokes might not be as funny to us as they were then，their writers understood that humour could not only entertain but throw new light on something sensitive. A sense of humour can help you become a successful speaker，and humorous remarks (言论) can make the audience laugh，making your lecture more enjoyable. 18 If you are humorous you will always attract a lot of people around you.It can also help to ease the tension between people.When people are about to quarrel，a humorous remark leading to laughter can help settle the problem.But more than just about laughter，humour is a way of life and a tool that can be used to brighten the world. 19 Being together with someone who is humorous is one way.Reading some books which contain humorous stories is another，but the most important way is that we should try to be optimistic about our life at present and，moreover，our life in the future. As Mark Twain puts it，“Humour is mankind's greatest blessing.” So it's important for us to learn to use humour wisely. 20 A．It can help you win a lot of friends. B．It brings people laughter and happiness. C．There are many ways to learn how to be humorous. D．Writings of the middle ages are also filled with jokes. E．In this way，we'll overcome every difficulty in daily life. F．Yet some consider a sense of humour greatly important in our life. G．On the other hand，some may wonder why we'd bother to be humorous. [语篇解读]　本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了幽默的重要性以及变得幽默的方法。 16．解析　空后的“These people，I am afraid，do not know the power of humour.”说明有一部分人不知道幽默的力量，由此可推知，空处应讲述一些人不知道为何要变得幽默。结合选项可知，G项与下文联系紧密。故选G。 答案　G 17．解析　上文中的“There is comedy in ancient Greece.”说明古希腊就有喜剧了。下文中的“While these jokes might...throw new light on something sensitive.”说明这些笑话对于现在的人来说没有那么好笑了，故空处应该与某个时代的笑话有关。D项“中世纪的作品也充满了笑话”符合语境。 答案　D 18．解析　下文中的“If you are humorous you will always attract a lot of people around you.”说明幽默可以吸引别人，空处应承接下文，说明幽默的益处，结合选项可知，A 项“它可以为你赢得很多朋友”符合语境。 答案　A 19．解析　下文主要列举了几种如何变得幽默的方法，其中one way，another，the most important way都是提示。 C项总结下文，故选C。 答案　C 20．解析　上文讲正如马克·吐温所说“幽默是人类最大的福气”，所以对我们来说，学会明智地使用幽默是很重要的，这说明幽默对于人类的生活有积极影响。 E项“这样，我们就能克服日常生活中的每一个困难”承接上文，符合语境。故选E。 答案　E 第二部分　语言运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面的短文，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。 After all of these years，I still remember my first moment of kindness.It was the first day of kindergarten.I walked in with my mom and was 21 at all the toys against the walls.I 22 ran over to play.Most of the other kids were doing the same. In the 23 though，I saw one girl，sitting by herself.She was small and looked 24 ．She was the only one in the class shorter than me.Her 25 eyes looked like she had been crying.None of the other children seemed to 26 her there.After a moment，I 27 two of the toy cars and 28 her.“Do you want to play？” I asked.She smiled and 29 her head. What made me remember that first unselfish act was a 30 that little girl wrote me after we were both grown.She told me how her illness made the other kids 31 her and how that moment of kindness had 32 her life.She had valued the 33 I had offered her and carried it in her heart even after she 34 ．I wrote her back and we continued our friendship through the mail for several years before the 35 finally took her life. May your life be full of giving，caring and helping that bring joy to you while you bring joy to others. [语篇解读]　本文是一篇记叙文。文章描述了作者第一天去幼儿园时主动和一个被人忽视的小女孩玩耍，长大后女孩写信告诉作者，作者当时一个小小的举动改变了她的生活。作者感悟到片刻的善意也可以对另一个人产生重大影响，简单的行为也可以让世界变得更美好。 21．A.disappointed B．amazed C．bored D．mad 解析　句意：我和妈妈一起走进去，看到靠着墙的所有玩具，我感到很惊讶。结合上文“It was the first day of kindergarten.”可知作者第一天去幼儿园，看到靠着墙的所有玩具，感到吃惊(amazed)。 答案　B 22．A.slowly B．worriedly C．carefully D．immediately 解析　句意：我立刻跑过去玩。结合后文“ran over to play”可知，作者看到玩具立刻(immediately)跑过去玩。 答案　D 23．A.corner B．street C．cave D．field 解析　句意：然而在角落(corner)里，我看到一个女孩独自坐着。结合空格后“I saw one girl，sitting by herself.”可知别的孩子都在玩，这个女孩一个人在角落里坐着。 答案　A 24．A.weak B．strict C．tired D．angry 解析　句意：她个子矮小，看上去很虚弱。结合上文“She was small”可知女孩个子矮小，看上去很虚弱(weak)。 答案　A 25．A.grey B．black C．bright D．red 解析　句意：她的红眼睛看上去像是刚哭过。结合后文“looked like she had been crying”可知女孩好像是刚哭过，因此眼睛是红的(red)。 答案　D 26．A.ignore B．praise C．notice D．forget 解析　句意：其他孩子似乎都没注意到她在那儿。结合上文“None of the other children seemed to”可知，其他的孩子都在玩，似乎都没注意到(notice)她在那儿。 答案　C 27．A.picked up B．lent C．handed out D．bought 解析　结合下文“two of the toy cars”可知作者捡起(pick up)了两辆玩具车。 答案　A 28．A.visited B．introduced C．pushed D．approached 解析　句意：过了一会儿，我捡起两辆玩具车向她走去。结合下文“‘Do you want to play？’ I asked.”可知，作者拿着玩具车向女孩走去(approach)。 答案　D 29．A.shook B．held C．turned D．nodded 解析　句意：她笑了笑，点了点头。结合上文smiled可知，女孩笑着点头(nod)，同意和作者一起玩。 答案　D 30．A.poem B．letter C．note D．message 解析　句意：让我回想起第一次无私行为的是我们两个都长大后那个小女孩写给我的一封信。结合下文“that little girl wrote me”可知，长大后那个小女孩给作者写了一封信(letter)。 答案　B 31．A.avoid B．beat C．admire D．cheat 解析　结合上文作者看到女孩独自一人，其他人好像都没有注意到她可知，她的病让其他孩子都避开(avoid)她。 答案　A 32．A.created B．changed C．enriched D．continued 解析　句意：她告诉我，她的病如何让其他孩子避开她，以及那一刻的善意如何改变了她的生活。结合上文女孩长大了，仍然记得作者的那一次善行可知，作者的善意对女孩的影响很大，也改变(change)了她的生活。其他选项与语境不符。 答案　B 33．A.difference B．appointment C．friendship D．agreement 解析　结合下文“we continued our friendship”可知，女孩珍惜作者给予她的友谊(friendship)。 答案　C 34．A.moved away B．held back C．checked out D．calmed down 解析　句意：她很珍惜我给予她的友谊，即使在她搬走(move away)之后，她也一直将它铭记在心。hold back 阻止；check out 结账离开；calm down 使平静，镇静。 答案　A 35．A.accident B．disease C．event D．person 解析　句意：我给她回了信，在疾病(disease)最终夺走她的生命之前，我们通过信件保持了几年的友谊。由上文“She told me how her illness made”可知选 B。 答案　B 第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery is one of 36. most discussed aspects of his life.37. (start) in 1831，a growing group of abolitionists(废除主义者) called for total，immediate abolition of slavery.Lincoln never called for this，and focused instead 38. the less politically challenging goal of preventing the 39. (create) of new slave states.Lincoln's activism on that issue started in reaction to the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act，40. (design) by his great rival(对手)Stephen A．Douglas.The act allowed the settlers 41. (decide) on slavery in their territory. Lincoln，with partial compensation to owners，did end slavery in the District of Columbia in 1862.During 1861－1862 Lincoln tried unsuccessfully to get Kentucky and Maryland to do likewise.He 42. (repeated)stated that his goal was the preservation(保护) of the Union，not ending slavery in the states 43. it existed. In 1862，Lincoln used his role as commander-in-chief to issue The Emancipation Proclamation.It made all 44. (slave) in Confederate areas forever free under the U．S.law as soon as the U.S. army reached and controlled them—and it controlled all of them by 1865.Final abolition in the border states 45. (achieve)later that year. [语篇解读]　本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了林肯和废奴运动。 36．解析　考查冠词和形容词最高级。此处为“one of the＋最高级”的用法。 答案　the 37．解析　考查现在分词。该句中已有谓语，故此处应用非谓语动词形式。start与其逻辑主语之间为主谓关系，故用现在分词形式。 答案　Starting 38．解析　考查介词和搭配。focus on/upon集中(注意力、精力等)于。 答案　on/upon 39．解析　考查名词。设空处作preventing的宾语，且空前有定冠词the修饰，应用名词形式。 答案　creation 40．解析　考查过去分词。设空处作后置定语修饰the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act，且design与the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act之间是逻辑上动宾关系，故填designed。 答案　designed 41．解析　考查动词不定式。allow sb to do sth允许某人做某事。 答案　to decide 42．解析　考查副词。设空处修饰动词stated，需用副词作状语。 答案　repeatedly 43．解析　考查定语从句。设空处引导定语从句，先行词为the states，且关系词在从句中作地点状语，故填where。 答案　where 44．解析　考查名词复数。slave是可数名词，根据前面的all可知应用复数形式。 答案　slaves 45．解析　考查时态和语态及主谓一致。由later that year可知本句应用一般过去时，且设空处在句中作谓语，单数主语Final abolition与achieve之间是动宾关系，故填was achieved。 答案　was achieved 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。为了弘扬大国工匠精神(the spirit of craftsmanship)，你校将举办一场主题为“工匠精神永流传”的英语演讲比赛。请根据以下要点写一篇演讲稿： 1．你是如何理解工匠精神的； 2．选择代表工匠精神的人物(如科学家邓稼先)进行介绍(经历、性格、品质等)； 3．呼吁大家学习“工匠精神”，并付诸于实践。 注意：1.写作词数应为80左右； 2．请按如下格式作答。 Dear fellow students， Good morning！ One possible version： Dear fellow students， Good morning! It's an honour for me to stand here and present my opinions on the spirit of craftsmanship，which comprises perseverance，devotion，diligence and remarkable skills. The outstanding people with the spirit of craftsmanship have a key role in all kinds of fields.Take Deng Jiaxian for example.After coming back from the US，Deng devoted himself wholeheartedly to the development of the “two bombs”．Spending years apart from his family and enduring the extreme conditions of the Gobi desert，Deng Jiaxian kept on conducting scientific research and became a leading scientist at the cutting edge of nuclear technology，who led to the breakthrough of the hydrogen bomb. Regardless of harsh conditions and his personal safety，Deng Jiaxian dedicated his entire life to the work，whose spirit inspires us to follow in such artisans' footsteps and make great contributions to our country. 第二节(满分25分) 阅读下面的材料，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。 My dad got a new job.We had to pack up and move away from everything we were familiar with.There were so many changes.We came from the north，and now we were almost as far south as possible.We landed in South Florida，and we were total strangers.We moved during the summer vacation，so I didn't have to deal with school right away.Summer passed while we unpacked，arranged furniture，found stores we liked，and adapted to the Sunshine State. School was coming，and I was afraid of it.I was not an adventurous person.Being shy and quiet，I read a lot and did not make friends easily.My head was filled with fears and worries.Would I make friends? Would I fit in? Would I survive in this strange new world? Anyway，there I was，attending a new school full of people I didn't know. I had a difficult time adapting to the new school.However，I still loved learning and reading.I even loved homework，and I was good at doing my homework.Loving books and reading helped me to get good grades.Teachers loved that about me.Other kids，though，did not.Although I always answered questions in class，I seldom talked with my classmates.I was unpopular.I felt like a total failure and nobody would like me. Then one day，a tall boy walked over to me after an English class.He introduced himself and told me he was in the school basketball team.I knew him—he was the star player! “Hey，” he said.“You do really well in English class.And you know，my teammates and I spend much time competing and practicing.The subjects，especially English，really bother us.Do you think you could help us？” “Yes.Oh，definitely yes.I could，and I would，” I replied with surprise.We made a deal with an exchange of smiles. 注意：1.续写词数应为150左右； 2．请按如下格式作答。 Something gradually changed after that. Meanwhile，the basketball players taught me how to play basketball. One possible version： Something gradually changed after that.We got along quite well.In our spare time，we were occupied in studying in the library as a group.I made every effort to help them whenever possible and shared my learning experience with them.I was really excited when I found learning methods which were suitable for them.With our joint efforts，their English improved significantly.The basketball players expressed their heartfelt gratitude to me after making great progress. Meanwhile，the basketball players taught me how to play basketball.I learned a variety of basketball skills from them and became better and better at the sport，which made me have the confidence to take part in basketball games with them.Through basketball，I also made more friends.Gradually，I became more outgoing and had the courage to communicate with others actively.Not only did I help the basketball players，but they also changed me for better.I realized that a bold attempt is half success. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $