2024届河南省郑州市第一中学高三下学期考前全真模拟考试英语试题(含答案)

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时间：120分钟 总分：150分
第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分)
第一节 (共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例:Hw much is the shirt?
A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15.
答案是C。
1. What will the speakers d next?
A. Check the map. B. Leave the restaurant.C. Park the car.
2. Where are the speakers?
A. At a bus stp. B. At hme. C. At the airprt.
3. What did the speakers d last week?
A. They had a celebratin dinner.
B. They went t see a newbrn baby.
C. They sent a mail t their neighbrs.
4. Why des the man make the phne call?
A. T cancel a weekend trip.
B. T make an appintment.
C. T get sme infrmatin.
5. What des the man prbably want t d?
A. D sme exercise.
B. Get an extra key.
C. Order rm service.
第二节 (共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题5秒钟; 听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Why des the wman cme t the man?
A. T ask fr permissin.
B. T extend an invitatin.
C. T express thanks.
7. When are the students ging t the museum?
A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What are the speakers talking abut?
A. Buying grceries.B. Chsing gifts.C. Seeing friends.
9. Wh is Clara?
A. The man’s wife.B. The man’s sister.C. The man’s daughter.
10. Hw much did the man spend n the city passes?
A. $36. B. $50. C. $150.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Why did Tracy bring dgs t the children?
A. T teach them t lve animals.
B. T help them gain cnfidence.
C. T prtect them frm dangers.
12. What is Kevin’s cncern abut the dg?
A. They may misbehave.
B. They may get hurt.
C. They may carry diseases.
13. What will Helen d tmrrw mrning?
A. Give a talk.
B. Meet the children.
C. Take sme phts.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What is the man ding?
A. Attending a lecture.
B. Hsting a wrkshp.
C. Cnducting an interview.
15. Why is Emily ding unpaid wrk in the new seasn f the shw?
A. T fllw the latest trend.
B. T help raise the crew’s pay.
C. T supprt the pst-prductin.
16. What enables Emily t try different things in her field?
A. Her cllege educatin.
B. Her teaching experience.
C. Her family traditin.
17. What des Emily think f her wrk at the Film Centre?
A. Bring.B. Rewarding.C. Demanding.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Wh is the speaker talking t?
A. Sprts club members.
B. Internatinal turists.
C. University students.
19. Where did Emma wrk fr a rugby team?
A. In Manchester.
B. In Dublin.
C. In Vancuver.
20. What can be a challenge t Emma’s wrk?
A. Cmpetitin in the health care industry.
B. Discriminatin against female scientists.
C. Influence f misinfrmatin n the public.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 阅读理解（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和D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
A
Things t D in Yrkshire This Summer
Harrgate Music Festival
Since its birth, Harrgate Music Festival has gne frm strength t strength. This year, we are celebrating ur 50th anniversary. We begin n 1st June with Manchester Camerata and Nicla Benedetti, presenting an amazing prgramme f Mzart pieces.
Dates:1 June-31 July
Tickets: £12-£96
Jdie's Fitness Summer Classes
As the summer mnths rll in, ur Gergian cuntry estate makes the perfect setting fr an utdr fitness sessin. Cme and wrk ut with ur qualified persnal trainer, Jdie McGregr, n the grunds f the Middletn Ldge estate.
We will be hlding a free taster sessin n 23rd May, at 10 am, t demnstrate the variety f effective and active exercises. There are eight spaces available fr the taster sessin. Advance bkings are required (inf@)
Dates:23 May-11 July
Tickets: £7.50 per sessin
Felt Picture Making
Wrking frm an inspiratinal picture, this wrkshp at Helmsley Arts Centre will teach yu the techniques yu will need t recreate yur picture in wl.
We will als discuss the rigins f felt, what enables wl fibres t becme felt and hw the prcesses we use wrk.
Dates: 12 June-12 July
Tickets: £40 including materials
Figure It Out!- Playing with Math
A new exhibitin in Halifax uses everyday activities t explain the hidden math principles we all use n a regular basis. Pack a bag, cut a cake, guess which juice cntainer hlds the mst liquid, and much mre.
Discver hw architects, prduct designers and scientists use similar skills in their wrk.
Dates:7 May-10 June
Tickets: Free
21. What shuld yu d if yu want t attend the taster sessin f Jdie's fitness classes?
A. Jin a fitness club.B. Pay a registratin fee.
C. Make a bking.D. Hire a persnal trainer.
22. Hw much is the ticket fr Felt Picture Making?
A. £7.50.B. £12.C. £40.D. £96.
23. Which f the fllwing starts earliest?
A. Harrgate Music Festival.B. Jdie's Fitness Summer Classes.
C. Felt Picture Making.D. Figure It Out!-Playing with Math.
B
Sitting in the garden fr my friend’s birthday, I felt a buzz (振动) in my pcket. My heart raced when I saw the email sender’s name. The email started ff: “Dear Mr. Green, thank yu fr yur interest” and “the review prcess tk lnger than expected.” It ended with “We are srry t infrm yu…” and my visin blurred (模糊). The psitin—measuring sil quality in the Sahara Desert as part f an undergraduate research prgramme — had felt like the answer I had spent years lking fr.
I had put s much time and emtinal energy int applying, and I thught the rejectin meant the end f the rad fr my science career.
S I was shcked when, nt lng after the email, Prfessr Mary Devn, wh was running the prgramme, invited me t bserve the wrk being dne in her lab. I jumped at the chance, and a few weeks later I was equally shcked—and verjyed—when she invited me t talk with her abut ptential prjects I culd pursue in her lab. What she prpsed didn’t seem as exciting as the riginal prject I had applied t, but I was ging t give it my all.
I fund myself wrking with a rbtics prfessr n techniques fr cllecting data frm the desert remtely. That prject, which I culd cmplete frm my sfa instead f in the burning heat f the desert, nt nly survived the lckdwn but wrked where traditinal methds didn’t. In the end, I had a new scientific interest t pursue.
When I applied t graduate schl, I fund three prgrammes prmising t allw me t fllw my desired research directin. And I applied with the same anxius excitement as befre. When I was rejected frm ne that had seemed like a perfect fit, it was undubtedly difficult. But this time I had the perspective (视角) t keep it frm sending me int panic. It helped that in the end I was accepted int ne f the ther prgrammes I was als excited abut.
Rather than setting plans in stne, I’ve learned that smetimes I need t take the pprtunities that are ffered, even if they dn’t sund perfect at the time, and make the mst f them.
24. Hw did the authr feel upn seeing the email sender’s name?
A. Anxius.B. Angry.C. Surprised.D. Settled.
25. After talking with Prfessr Devn, the authr decided t ________.
A. criticise the review prcessB. stay lnger in the Sahara Desert
C. apply t the riginal prject againD. put his heart and sul int the lab wrk
26. Accrding t the authr, the prject with the rbtics prfessr was ________.
A. demandingB. inspiringC. misleadingD. amusing
27. What can we learn frm this passage?
A. An invitatin is a reputatin.B. An innvatin is a reslutin.
C. A rejectin can be a redirectin.D. A reflectin can be a restrictin.
C
Many peple believe that wrking t the maximum is the secret t success, but research has fund that mderatin（适度）als gets results n the jb.
In a study led by Ellen Langer f Harvard University, researchers asked peple t translate sentences int a new made-up language. Subjects wh practiced the language mderately befrehand made fewer errrs than thse wh practiced extensively r nt at all. High levels f knwledge can make peple t attached t traditinal ways f viewing prblems acrss fields the arts, sciences, and plitics. High cnscientiusness is related t lwer jb perfrmance, especially in simple jbs where it desn't pay t be a perfectinist.
Hw lng we stay n the clck and hw we spend that time are under careful examinatin in many wrkplaces. The yung banker wh eats lunch at his desk is prbably seen as a g-getter, while his clleagues wh chat ver a relaxed cnference-rm meal get dirty lks frm the crner ffice. “Peple frm cultures that value relatinships mre than urs des are shcked by the thught f eating alne in frnt f a cmputer", says Art Markman, a prfessr f psychlgy at the University f Texas, Austin. Scial interactin has been shwn t lift md（情绪）and get peple thinking in new directins and in ways that culd help imprve any pst-lunch effrt.
Markman als prmtes ff-task time. "Part f being a gd thinker is experiencing things that are seemingly unrelated t what yu are wrking n at the mment but give yu fresh ideas abut yur wrk," he says. “Als, there is a lt f research shwing that a psitive md leads t higher levels f prductivity and creativity. S, when peple d things t increase their life satisfactin, they als make themselves mre effective at wrk.”
28. What des Ellen Langer’s study shw?
A. It is wrthwhile t be a perfectinist. B. Translatin makes peple knwledgeable.
C. Simpler jbs require greater cautin. D. Mderate effrt prduces the best result.
29. The underlined wrd "g-getter" in paragraph 3 refers t smene wh _______.
A. is gd at handling pressure B. wrks hard t becme successful
C. has a natural talent fr his jb D. gets n well with his c-wrkers
30. What can be inferred frm the last paragraph?
A. A gd thinker is able t inspire ther peple.
B. Experience unrelated t yur jb is useless.
C. A cheerful md helps make a creative mind.
D. Fcusing n what yu d raises prductivity.
31. What des the text seem t advcate?
A. Middle-f-the-rad wrk habits. B. Balance between wrk and family.
C. Lng-standing cultural traditins. D. Harmny in the wrk envirnment.
D
Antarctica has nt always been a land f ice and snw. Earth’s suthernmst cntinent nce was hme t rivers and frests full f life. Researchers are using satellites t lk deep under the ice in Antarctica, finding a large ancient landscape buried under the cntinent’s ice sheet. The landscape is lcated in East Antarctica’s Wilkes Land area brdering the Indian Ocean, cvering an area abut the size f Belgium. The researchers said the landscape is estimated t have been buried beneath the ice shelf fr between 14 millin t 34 millin years, when Antarctica entered its deep freeze.
“The landscape is like a snapsht f the past,” said Stewart Jamiesn, a prfessr f glacilgy at Durham University in England and c-leader f the study published in the jurnal Nature Cmmunicatins, “It is difficult t knw what this lst wrld might have lked like befre the ice came alng, but it was certainly warmer back then. Ancient palm tree pllen has been discvered frm Antarctica, nt far frm ur study site.”
Sme earlier studies have uncvered ancient landscapes beneath Antarctica’s ice including muntains. But the landscape discvered in the new study was the first f its kind. It is estimated that such an envirnment wuld likely have been ppulated by wildlife. But the area’s fssil recrd is t incmplete t knw which animals may have lived there. The ice abve the ancient landscape measures abut 2.2 kilmeters t 3 kilmeters thick.
The researchers said ne way t learn mre wuld be t drill thrugh the ice and take a piece f the earth belw. This culd uncver evidence shwing ancient life, as was dne with samples taken in Greenland dating back tw millin years ag.
Right befre 34 millin years ag, Antarctica’s landscape and wildlife was likely similar t tday’s cld temperate rainfrests. That includes places like Tasmania, New Zealand and Suth America’s Patagnia area. When the climate cled even mre, an ice sheet grew which cvered the whle cntinent.
32. Hw lng ag was the landscape nt buried at the latest?
A. 14 millin years ag.B. 34 millin years ag.
C. 20 millin years ag.D. 48 millin years ag.
33. Why des Jamiesn mentin the wrd “snapsht” in paragraph 2?
A. T shw it is hard t explre this lst wrld.
B. T indicate there exist sme vivid remains.
C. T present the influence f terrible weather.
D. T explain the landscape was t warm t live in.
34. Where des the newly-discvered landscape differ frm thers?
A. The landscape cntains many hills and muntains.
B. Animal skeletns have been uncvered in the landscape.
C. A mass f wild animals seems t have existed there.
D. The ice abve the landscape is t thick t measure.
35. What is the suitable title fr the passage?
A. Antarctica Once Witnessed Kinds f Wildlife.
B. Areas f Rainfrests Fund in Antarctica.
C. Many Landscapes under Antarctica Discvered.
D. Ancient Landscape Fund Buried in Antarctic Ice.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
It’s a jyful and stressful time f year in the United States fr students and their families as they make decisins abut where t attend cllege. Families ften turn t rankings systems t help make a decisin. ____36____
When I talk t families as a schlar f higher educatin, they’re ften surprised that teaching excellence is nt cunted in rankings. ____37____
Emerging research suggests that curses in lwer-ranked universities, n average, scred higher n teaching than curses in higher-ranked universities. ____38____ The absence f teaching excellence frm the rankings is surprising given the link between high-quality teaching and student success. Quality teaching is ne f the mst imprtant predictrs f a wide range f cllege utcmes.
Rankings, hwever, are nly ne reasn why a lw value is placed n teaching in higher educatin. Administratrs ften dn’t view teaching excellence as a way t increase enrlment (注册) r funding. ____39____ Research shws that the mre time instructrs spend n teaching, the lwer their salary. What is the result? Many instructrs cntinue t teach using traditinal lectures, which lead t lwer success rates.
____40____ Nevertheless, nt much will change until schls with high-quality teaching are rewarded with mre resurces, higher rankings and increased enrlments. In the lng term, universities, rganisatins that rank schls, and thers shuld wrk t make teaching a valued, cre part f the missin.
What shuld students and their families d? They shuld give strng cnsideratin t universities where high-quality teaching is valued, even thugh the schls may be ranked lwer.
A. Higher educatin has achieved its true ptential.
B. Therefre, it’s nt highly valued in hiring r prmtin.
C. Quality teaching has been an imprtant reputatin-building factr.
D. Hwever, the rankings ignre a critical factr: the quality f teaching.
E. Effrts t imprve teaching at the university level have recently emerged.
F. They’re even mre surprised at hw teaching is undervalued by universities.
G. In fact, universities ften shift emphasis frm teaching t ther ranking factrs.
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was late Nvember. Mst f the leaves had fallen ff the trees, leaving nly 41 branches waving in the surrunding muntains. The sky was gray with cluds 42 dwn a cld, bne-chilling rain. My md 43 the day.
The lder I gt, the less it seemed I liked the winter mnths. When I was a by, they meant playing in the snw, making snwmen, having snwball fights, and then curling up with my dg by the 44 and reading my favrite bks. But nw they just meant watching the days get 45 , driving n dark rads, and feeling the cld wind 46 my face like a slap.
I sighed and lay dwn n my bed. A feeling f 47 settled ver my spirit and I wished I culd get under the cvers and sleep until spring. Just then my little dg 48 nt my bed and lked at me with her big, wet eyes. She lked s sad and 49 that I laughed and petted her. I 50 she ften mirrred my mds. I smiled and cntinued t pet her head 51 she t brke int a happy smile. I snuggled up(依偎) with her, lking up t the gray sky.
The little dg 52 me that in life the whle wrld arund us is ur mirrr. We can either be a 53 f light r a shadw f darkness. We can either give the wrld ur kindness r ur 54 . My little pup shwed me nce again that life is 55 what we make it and that we can reflect ur warmth, lve, and light even in winter’s darkest days.
41. A. rughB. bareC. deadD. thick
42. A. thrwingB. gingC. fallingD. breaking
43. A. influencedB. attackedC. matchedD. lifted
44. A. wallB. riverC. snwD. stve
45. A. darkerB. lngerC. shrterD. clder
46. A. verB. againstC. beneathD. twards
47. A. happinessB. panicC. curisityD. depressin
48. A. jumped upB. held upC. tk upD. lifted up
49. A. naughtyB. miserableC. disappintedD. dubtful
50. A. disapprvedB. challengedC. cmplainedD. acknwledged
51. A. whileB. unlessC. untilD. after
52. A. remindedB. persuadedC. warnedD. stimulated
53. A. temperatureB. reflectinC. recveryD. shape
54. A. hpeB. passinC. angerD. jy
55. A. rarelyB. pssiblyC. partiallyD. truly
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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Chinese gvernment recently finalized a plan t set up a Giant Panda Natinal Park (GPNP). ___56___ (cver) an area abut three times ___57___ size f Yellwstne Natinal Park, the GPNP will be ne f the first natinal parks in the cuntry. The plan will extend prtectin t a significant number f areas that ___58___ (be) previusly unprtected, bringing many f the existing prtected areas fr giant pandas under ne authrity ___59___ (increase) effectiveness and reduce incnsistencies in management.
After a three-year pilt perid, the GPNP will be fficially set up next year. The GPNP ___60___ (design) t reflect the guiding principle f “prtecting the authenticity and integrity(完整性)f natural ecsystems, preserving bilgical diversity, prtecting eclgical buffer znes, ___61___ leaving behind precius natural assets(资产)fr future generatins”. The GPNP’s main gal is t imprve cnnectivity between separate ___62___ (ppulatin) and hmes f giant pandas, and ___63___ (eventual) achieve a desired level f ppulatin in the wild.
Giant pandas als serve ___64___ an umbrella species(物种), bringing prtectin t a hst f plants and animals in the suthwestern and nrthwestern parts f China. The GPNP is intended t prvide strnger prtectin fr all the species ___65___ live within the Giant Panda Range and significantly imprve the health f the ecsystem in the area.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
假定你是李华，你校图书馆新设了小组学习室。请你给留学生同学Michael写邮件邀请他同去体验。内容包括：1. 位置和开放时间；2. 室内设施和功能。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
Dear Michael,
_______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，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。
I sat at the breakfast table with my fur-year-ld sn, Matthew, trying t ignre the ache in my stmach. “Mama, want t play?” “Nt tday, baby.” I shk my head. These days I culd barely get ut f bed. I was still recvering frm a surgery. I hped fr strength and happiness. But the future seemed s hpeless.
Suddenly, Matthew jumped up frm his spt n the kitchen flr. “Bird!” he shuted, rushing t ur curtyard. Sure enugh, there was a white dve seated in a rubber tree. It sat there fr a few mments, and then flew away. Strange, I'd never seen ne in ur neighbrhd befre.
When I dragged myself t the kitchen the next mrning, the dve was back. This time with a mate carrying twigs. “Lk, Matthew,” I said, pinting t the tree. “They 're ging t make a nest.” The dves flew in and ut f the curtyard all week, building n tp f the rubber tree.
Matthew culd hardly cntain his excitement. Every mrning, he'd run int the kitchen and take his spt by the sliding glass dr, talking t the birds while they wrked. His enthusiasm was influential. As much as I was grieving, I culdn't help but lk frward t the dves' visits t.
Then it all went wrng. The curtyard was a safe enugh spt fr a nest, but the rubber tree's brad, thin
leaves were far frm stable. One night, a strng wind blew, thrwing the dves' nest t the grund. I heard the
twigs break apart.
I surveyed the damage. Nthing gd ever lasted. I wuldn't blame the dves if they never came back. But they returned. And they paid n attentin t the pile f sticks that had nce been their nest. They started again frm scratch. Again, thugh, the wind destryed all their hard wrk. The next day, and the next, they renewed their effrts, as if nthing had happened.
注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I knew I had t d smething. _________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
“It wrks! The birds are back!” Matthew annunced. _____________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
24届高三英语全真模拟考试答案 6.1
听力（22年全国卷1）
1—5 CBBCA6—10 ABBCC11—15 BAACC16—20 ABABC
阅读
(21年全国卷2)21-23 CCD (23年北京卷) 24-27 ADBC (22年浙江卷) 28-31 DBCA
32-35 ABCD (23年北京卷) 36-40 DFGBE
完型
41-45 BACDC 46-50 BDABD 51-55 CABCD
填空（22年全国卷1）
56. Cvering 57. the 58.were 59.t increase 60.is designed
61.and 62.ppulatins 63.eventually 64.as 65.that
小作文（22年6月浙江卷）
One Pssible Versin:
Dear Michael,
Gd news! Recently, a newly-furnished sectin, cnsisting f eight Grup Learning Rms, has been pen t us students in ur schl library.
Lcated n the third flr beside the nline reading rms, it can be accessible frm 8 a. m. till 9 p. m. thrughut the weekdays. Thse rms are equipped with mdern electrnic facilities, all f which are linked t the Internet. It’s really cnvenient fr us t d sme grup prjects. Why nt ask ur grup members t g and experience it?
Early reply and we can reserve ne rm fr ur prject.
Yurs,
Li Hua
续写：
Pssible Versin 1
I knew I had t d smething. The white dve and its mate had given me smething t lk frward t, even in my darkest days. Nw I was ging t help them in return. I wke up the fllwing mrning with a plan. There was nly an hur befre the dves usually made their visits. I hammered a shelf int the wall next t the rubber tree and cvered it with leaves t make it lk like a tree. Then Matthew and I std by the sliding glass dr, waiting and hping.
“It wrks! The birds are back!” Matthew annunced. There they were sitting n tp f the shelf, adding sme twigs t the new nest despite damage frm the strng wind. Three weeks later, we watched three chicks break free frm their shells. “Chirp, chirp!” Matthew sang. I held him clse and kissed him, feeling mre psitive and hpeful than I had in mnths. I realized all arund me, life went n. And it was filled with wnders and surprises that I culdn't even imagine.
Pssible Versin 2:
I knew I had t d smething. Seeing the dves’ persistence in starting ver despite repeated setbacks tuched a chrd deep within me，I decided t gather sme fallen twigs and branches frm the curtyard. With painstaking effrt, I crafted a small platfrm that wuld prvide a stable fundatin fr the dves’ nest. Carefully placing the makeshift platfrm in the rubber tree, I stepped back t admire my handiwrk. It was far frm perfect, but it was a gesture f supprt and encuragement. I whispered a silent prayer, hping that the dves wuld ntice the new additin and find slace in it.
“It wrks! The birds are back!” Matthew annunced. His eyes lighted up with jy. We std tgether by the sliding glass dr, watching as the dves nce again fluttered arund the curtyard. T my jy, the dves tk ntice f the platfrm. They seemed t understand that it was meant t ffer them stability and supprt. Watching the dves tirelessly carry twigs and arrange them meticulusly, I culdn’t help but see a reflectin f my wn jurney. Just as they persevered in the face f bstacles, I t fund the strength t rebuild my wn life.
Pssible Versin 3:
I knew l had t d smething. Seeing the dves' persistence in starting ver despite repeated setbacks tuched a chrd deep within me. I whispered my great plan t Mathew, his face radiating excitement. With painstaking effrts, we crafted a small platfrm that wuld prvide a stable fundatin fr the dves' nest. Strangely, the dves didn't cme back the fllwing day. Mathew, lw-spirited, carefully placed a twig beside the platfrm. Likewise, verwhelmed with helplessness, I whispered a silent prayer, hping that the dves wuld ntice the new additin.
“It wrks! The birds are back!” Matthew annunced. Hearing my sn’s thrilled yell, jerking my head in his directin, I was in stunned surprise. There they were swping and circling near the nest, tirelessly adding twigs t their new hme. T my immense jy, they lved the platfrm, fluttering cheerfully. “C, c” Matthew sang inncently. Planting a gentle kiss n his frehead, l enjyed the happiness f the mment, reflecting my wn jurney. Lking at their flitting shadws and thinking f their persistence, I felt the dim grayness within my heart miraculusly faded away, replaced by the strength f life.