2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What inspired Lisa to start beekeeping?

A．A gardening book.

B．An environment fair.

C．A nature documentary.

2. How many beehives (蜂巢) will Lisa plan to have in the next season?

A．Four.

B．Three.

C．Two.

3. What future plan does Lisa have for her beekeeping?

A．To contribute to bee protection.

B．To start a beekeeping school.

C．To sell honey and beeswax products.

3 . 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。

It seemed to take forever, but I finally turned thirteen last Saturday. I decided to hang around my room and junk a bunch of kid stuff. As I sorted out the drawers, a photo fell to the floor. The face staring up at me was my friend, Jane.

Jane Farmer was the smartest girl I’d ever known. She almost always got straight A’s, and she was pretty, too. Part of me wanted to hate her, but I couldn’t. She was too nice, instead. I envied her and longed with all my heart to be just like her.

Jane was a top student and always sat in front of the class. My desk was in the back. I’d watch Mrs Schnell, our teacher, pace back and forth in front of us. She as short with thick red hair and a smile she turned on and off like a water tap.

I always slumped (弯垂) way down in my desk, desperately hoping to hide myself. I was terrified that the next name I heard would be my own. Sometimes my heart pounded so loudly that I was sure her ears would find me even if her sharp eyes didn’t.

Each time she called out a name, the victim would have to rise, stand straight as a broomstick, shoulders squared, and read to the entire class. More than anything, I hated to stand and read aloud to the class. Unlike me, Jane rarely made a mistake. And if she did, she was never made to feel ashamed. Mrs. Schnell would flash a pleasant smile and patiently guide her toward the correct answer. I wasn’t good at reading and could tell that Mrs. Schnell was often not at all pleased with me.

One day after soccer practice, Jane and I were standing together waiting for our mothers. We weren’t friends yet. I wanted to ask her if she liked movies, but I changed my mind when I looked at her face. She seemed to feel my eyes “What are you looking at?” She asked. “You,” I said. “Why?” she asked. “Because you seemed so sad,” I said.

Para 1:

“I got B+ on the history test,” She said, sounding like she couldn’t accept it.

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Para 2:

She looked at me for a moment, maybe deciding if she could trust me.

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5 . 语法填空

The earliest written record of noodles is found in a book dating back to the Eastern Han period (25-220). Noodles     1     (make) from wheat became a famous food for the people. The oldest     2     (evident) of noodles was from 4,000 years ago in China. A team of archaelogists reported finding n earthenware bowl     3     contained 4,000-year-old noodles at the Lajia archaeological site. These noodles     4     (say) to resemble lamian, a type of Chinese noodle.

There are over 1,200 types of noodles     5     (common) consumed in China today. Wheat noodles in Japan were adapted from a Chinese recipe as early as the 9^th century. Innovations continued, such as noodles made with buckwheat were developed in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (1392-1910). Ramen noodles, based     6     southern Chinese noodle dishes from Guangzhou but named after the northern Chinese lamian,     7     (become) common in Japan in the 1900s.

The first concrete information on pasta products in Italy dates back to the Etruscan civilization, the Testaroli. The first noodles appear much later, in the 13^th or 14^th centuries, and there is     8     popular legend about Marco Polo     9     (bring) the first pasta back from China. Modern historians do not give much credibility to the story and rather believe the first noodles were imported earlier from the Arabs. Pasta has taken on a variety of shapes, resulting from     10     (region) specializations.

7 . How to Create the Perfect Spring Planter

Spring containers are an easy solution for jazzing up (给……带来活力) a colorless balcony and boring corners of any garden at this time of year.     1     .

Choosing the right container is important. Always think about the style of your garden.     2    . They are solid pots for spring as they don’t blow over in those early spring winds. Check that pot has a large drainage (排水) hole to ensure that the soil absorbs well, but always cover it with a crock (like a piece from a broken flower planter) so that the soil doesn’t block the hole and create problems with drainage later down the line.

Choosing the right compost (堆肥) is the key to the success of any planting. I think it’s best to use soil-based compost so that the soil does not become too heavy or waterlogged, especially in spring when we could have plenty of showers.     3    . And too much water in the soil will freeze, preventing the plants from taking up the vital water.

Plant combinations are important, so always think about mixes which will last as well as annual and pernnial (常年的) ones.     4    .A bunch of pots force the eyes to look around and take in each pot and plant combination. A nice option is planting summer flowers like Dahlia or Lily to create a summer impact.

    5    . It can be achieved by using tall plants. If you don’t have a tall plant when you can always raise your pot off the ground with old house bricks or decorative pot feet, or use steps in your garden to create interest and drama.

A pleasant smell is always a lovely addition to a space along with wildlife. Select the right plant for your location in your garden – sun or shade-loving.

A．I like good, heavy and steady planters.

B．It can still be frosty right up to May.

C．And besides, they are easy to care for.

D．I also like to group pots together to match up with their surroundings.

E．Make use of those variations to help choose companions.

F．You may find some of these plants in smaller pots or even multi-packs.

G．Height is important to think about when you’re designing your arrangement.

9 . New Yorker writer Kyle Chayka came of age alongside the internet. As a teen, he published his own blog and joined forum (论坛) for pop music. He discovered one of his favorite Jazz songs --- John Coltrane’s full version of “My Favorite Things” – driving around at night, listening to the local radio station.

Chayka misses the time ---and the ways, then, that personal discoveries like these were made. In his new book, Filterworld: How Algorithms (算法) Shaped Culture, Chayka says he never would have fallen in love with Coltrane’s songs if he’d heard it on Spodify. He says he doubts Spodify’s algorithm would even suggest it, because the song is so long. And that, even if it did, he wouldn’t have learned anything about Coltrane as an artist, because the Spodify interface doesn’t provide the same context that a radio DJ does, sharing details between songs. The person behind the song choice, he argues, made his emerging interest in Coltrane possible in a way modern recommendation system cannot.

This is one of many “back in my day” stories Chayka uses to illustrate his argument that algorithms have “shaped culture”. Thanks to recommendation generators like Tiktok’s top picks and Spodify’s autoplay suggestions, “the least troublesome and perhaps least meaningful pieces of culture are promoted,” Chayka argued. He admits that quality is subjective when judging these things, and instead argues that recommendation systems undermine personal taste. Taste, he writes, was once a combination of personal choices and popular influence --- but now algorithms rely more on choices of the masses. Developing taste requires effort and active engagement, but what we see now are algorithms turning taste into consumerism.

A central point of the book, in fact, is that people today are not only well aware of the power of algorithms, they can’t escape them. He interviews a young woman who wonders if “what I like is what I actually like,” worried that her taste is so shaped by algorithms that she can’t trust herself. The book may be most useful in these sections, where Chayka and his interviewees attempt to make sense of how internet algorithms have shaped their own lives and work.

1. What causes Chayka to be interested in John Coltrane’s music?

A．The details provided by algorithm.	B．Listening to the local radio station.
C．Recommendation of Spodify.	D．The charm of John Coltrane.

2. What is the book Filterworld mainly about?

A．How early internet shapes our culture.

B．How technology impacts our personal taste.

C．How social media changes our view of reality.

D．How digital platform redefine mass consumption.

3. What does “undermine” in paragraph probably mean?

A．underestimate.	B．enhance.
C．transform.	D．disturb.

4. What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?

A．Show the highlights of the book.	B．Comment on the structure of the book.
C．Encourage the use of internet.	D．Praise Chayka’s writing styles.