第二节 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的六个选项中选出五个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Making Resolutions
［2026 南通市如东县期末］Resolutions are often thought to be one of the most important guides everyone needs. Do you know what a resolution is? 41. People make resolutions to improve their life. The most common kind is a New Year’s resolution. After all, the start of the year is often a perfect time for making resolutions.
42. Some are about physical health. For example, some people may promise to exercise more or eat more healthily. Some resolutions have to do with learning new things. People might decide they are going to take up a hobby, like painting or photography. And some resolutions have to do with self-improvement, like becoming more confident or organized. 43.
Although there are differences, most resolutions have one thing in common: People hardly ever keep them! But there are good reasons for this. 44. And sometimes people just forget about them.
To make your resolutions work, you need to plan them wisely. Make sure your resolution is possible to achieve. Don’t set a goal that is too difficult or too much for you. Try to set mini-goals to help you achieve your resolution. And if you don’t want to forget your resolutions, write them down. Also, talk about them with your family and friends. 45. So what resolutions are you going to make? How are you going to keep them?
A. Resolutions can be about almost anything.
B. Encourage them to remind you of your goals.
C. A resolution is a promise that you make to yourself.
D. This is why sticking to them can be a real challenge.
E. Sometimes the resolutions may be too difficult to keep.
F. For example, a student may decide to start a new study plan.

四、词汇运用(本题共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文,根据语篇内容,在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式,使短文通顺、连贯。
[2026 南通市启东市期末]On the east coast of China, there are some wetlands by the Yellow Sea. Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve lies there. If you take a tour of the reserve, you 46. (notice) groups of
strange-looking deer walking around. These are milu, also named sibuxiang in Chinese, because of their special appearance—a horse-like face, cow-like hooves, deer-like antlers, and a donkey-like tail.
Centuries ago, milu 47. (simple) lived in China. Both The Works of Mencius (《孟子》) and The Book of Rites (《礼记》) mentioned milu. And the Chinese character “mi” first appeared in oracle bone scripts (甲骨文). In 1865, a 48. (France) missionary(传教士) Pere David discovered such deer in Beijing and then introduced some to Europe. People there were very 49. (amaze) to see this rare species and called it “Pere David’s Deer”.
Archaeologists(考古学家) have found that milu once disappeared in China for about 100 years. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the number of milu dropped rapidly because of 50. (nature) disasters and too much hunting. By 1900, it became extinct(灭绝的) in China. Fortunately, the 11th Duke of Bedford from Britain gave shelter to 18 milu in his country, and they were looked after well in the park. Later, their number increased year by year. Today this park has the 51. (large) number of milu in Europe.
In the 52. (eighty) of the last century, in order to take some milu back to Beijing Nanhaizi Milu Park from Britain, the Chinese government put forward a 53. (suggest) to Britain. This was a 54. (success) start in China’s milu protection and was supported by the descendants(后代) of the 11th Duke of Bedford. In 1986, another 39 milu were taken back and sent 55. (live) in Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve.
Today, there’re about 15, 000 milu living in China, with over 6,000 living in the wild. The return of milu is a witness of animal protection between two countries—China and Britain.