二、完形填空（10分）
Pang Zhongwang was born in 1999 in a small village in Hebei. His father had a serious
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and could not work. His mother had to use a wheelchair as she was disabled. Despite（尽管） all these difficulties, Pang's mother always wore a smile and told him to stay
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.
When Pang was six years old, he was
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to have a heart disease. The family had no money for the operation. Many people advised his mother to give up, but she refused. She went out in her wheelchair to
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money from every family in the village.
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, with the help of kind villagers, Pang had the operation and became healthy.
When he was in middle school, Pang started
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and selling scrap metal（废金属） to help his family. Life was hard, but he never complained（抱怨）. He threw himself into his studies and the walls of his home were covered with his
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.
His great effort
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. In 2017, he got an excellent score of 684 points in the college entrance exam and was admitted to Tsinghua University.
At Tsinghua, Pang devoted himself to academic research every day. He is now a PhD student there. In 2024, his
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story made him one of the “People Who Moved China”.
Pang's story teaches us that no matter how
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life is, we should never lose hope. With perseverance（坚持） and a positive attitude, we can overcome any difficulty.
（
A
）1. A. illness B. event C. regret D. experience
（
B
）2. A. social B. hopeful C. normal D. silent
（
C
）3. A. imagined B. considered C. found D. thought
（
B
）4. A. make B. borrow C. receive D. save
（
B
）5. A. Unluckily B. Finally C. Suddenly D. Recently
（
B
）6. A. buying B. collecting C. wasting D. producing
（
A
）7. A. awards B. pictures C. photos D. books
（
A
）8. A. paid off B. went on C. ran out D. took up
（
D
）9. A. pioneering B. exciting C. interesting D. inspiring
（
C
）10. A. easy B. different C. tough D. busy
