【正文】 r friendship was equal to their investment with the vast majority thinking it was worth more.” 24. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Ambitious. B. Generous. C. Troublesome. D. Energetic. 25. To keep the relationship, where do BFFs spend most money? A. Buying birthday presents. B. Cheering up a friend in low spirits. C. Paying for holiday gifts and other treats. D. Going a particular distance to visit friends. 26. What is Natasha’s understanding of BFF friendship? A. It’s costly and unaffordable. B. It’s expensive but worthwhile. C. It’s rewarding but hard to keep. D. It’s changeable but worth possessing. 27. How is the passage developed? A. By listing figures. B. By reasoning. C. By analyzing causes. D. By making parisons. C Elon Musk is a man of big ambition. He says his goal is to save humanity. And as strange as that sounds, the South Africanborn, CanadianAmerican investor might actually be doing it. On December 22nd, SpaceX, the pany Musk founded, successfully launched its reusable Falcon 9 rocket. The moment furthered Musk’s goal of making space travel more affordable and eventually colonizing Mars for humanity’s longterm survival. As if this wasn’t enough, Musk, 44, is also the founder of Tesla, an electric car pany. He has also helped to create three Inter startups including the online payment pany PayPal. All of them could be said to have turned their industries upside down. The panies Musk started cover three areas: the Inter, sustainable energy and exploring space. Since college, Musk has believed that those areas will most affect the future of humanity and that he should spend his life working on them. “There is no shortage of people with a vision for the future,” Microsoft founder Bill Gates said to Vogue magazine, “What makes Elon special is his ability to make his vision e true.” Nothing showed this ability better than the crisis Musk faced in 2021. In 2021, both SpaceX and Tesla were in real danger. SpaceX’s three launches had all failed and the pany could afford only one more launch. But everything soon turned around. In September 2021, SpaceX launched its fourth rocket and it succeeded. It won a $ billion contract with NASA. SpaceX was saved. Musk then shocked the investors and the tech world by pouring his entire personal savings into saving Tesla. Despite his success, Musk’s ambition has not gone away. He has also been working on other ambitious projects in recent years. 28. What do Musk’s panies have in mon? A. They all gained an instant success. B. Their goal is to offer affordable space travel. C. Their development wasn’t optimistic at first. D. They had a revolutionary effect in their own fields. 29. What do Bill Gates’ words indicate? A. There’re many creative people. B. Not everyone’s dream can e true. C. Successful people have vision for the future. D. Ability of practice results in Musk’s success. 30. Which words can best describe Musk? A. Devoted and accessible. B. Warmhearted and determined. C. Adventurous and aggressive. D. Ambitious and sympathetic. 31. Where may the passage be taken from? A. Popular fiction. B. A biography. C. A speech. D. A survey. D As we all know, behavior and words sometimes are interpreted differently in some countries or areas, which is generally called cultural differences. For example: Shaking the head in a horizontal direction in most countries means “no”, while in India it means “yes”. Showing the thumb held upwards means in Latin America, especially Brazil, and in many other countries, including China, everything is OK, while it is understood in some Islamic countries as well as Sardinia and Greece as a rude sign. Laughing is connected in most countries with happiness – in Japan it is often a sign of confusion, insecureness and embarrassment. In the UK and Ireland, the word “promise” has a positive meaning (an agreement where both parties win something)。 注意： ； 10 處，多者（從第 11 處起）不計(jì)分。 第二節(jié) （共 10 小題；每小題 分，滿分 15分） 閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（不多于 3 個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。 1. What does the ma