1a 速译
1. competition
2. champion
3. quite
4. sleepless
5. engineer
6. tired

1b 完形填空
National Spelling Bee is a spelling competition. It 1 in 1925 and is open to students under 15 years old and up to 8th grade in the US.
Dev, a 14-year-old boy from Largo, Florida took part in the competition in 2019 for the first time. On June 1, 2023, he 2 became the champion in the competition.
Dev is the 22nd champion in the past 24 years. His success 3 his hard work, his talent and his family’s support.
“He was quite a bit troubled and he didn’t 4 to do it,” said Nilam Shah, Dev’s mother. “However, when he decided to try again, he put more time into exercise and paid more 5 to it. And he even lost about 7 kg in the end.”
His father, Deval, an engineer, 6 to the United States from India 29 years ago. He said his son showed an amazing ability in 7 words at his age of 3. So he spent much time developing his 8 . He even encouraged Dev to take part in many competitions.
Dev is 9 now because he can put the dictionary away for a while. Now he just wants to have a good 10 . “I feel so tired,” he says.
“—There have been a lot of sleepless nights in the past competition days.”
()1. A. finished B. happened C. started D. arrived
()2. A. mainly B. finally C. exactly D. certainly
()3. A. comes from B. leaves for C. learns from D. waits for
()4. A. want B. refuse C. need D. stop
()5. A. pressure B. money C. power D. attention
()6. A. drove B. moved C. pointed D. dropped
()7. A. reading B. remembering C. saying D. discovering
()8. A. problem B. plan C. result D. talent
()9. A. happy B. sorry C. angry D. crazy
()10. A. meal B. time C. sleep D. work
1c 开放性题目(根据个人实际情况作答)
What can we learn from Dev’s story?