1. In early October, _______ 2022 Nobel Prize in literature went to _______ 82-year-old French writer Annie Ernaux.

A．the; an

B．/; the

C．/; an

D．the; the

2. —When will the Nursing Room（母婴室）in the shopping mall be in use?
—It’s said that it will be three months _______ it is served.

A．before

B．after

C．since

D．while

3. Eating breakfast provides the energy for you to get _______ a morning of classes.

A．in

B．out

C．to

D．through

4. —What’s wrong, Kate? You have a（an）_______ look on your face.
—I feel very nervous. The final examination is coming.

A．excited

B．exciting

C．worried

D．worrying

5. The zoo asks its visitors to _______ a name for the new baby panda. I’ll have a try.

A．offer

B．suggest

C．mention

D．devote

6. —What do you think of my plan, Hannah?
—Well, _______, I agree with you. But you’d better ask Tom. He may have different ideas.

A．in general

B．in fact

C．in need

D．in all

7. I could _______ control my feelings at that moment. The song brought back so many childhood memories.

A．nearly

B．really

C．clearly

D．hardly

8. Sun Yingsha, who won the women’s table tennis competition in WTT 2022, says, “As a player, you _______ be too hard-working.”

A．mustn’t

B．needn’t

C．can’t

D．shouldn’t

9. Being ourselves means sometimes we have to find the _______ to stand alone.

A．balance

B．trust

C．courage

D．attention

10. It is said that the latest song by Faye Wong is well worth _______.

A．listening

B．listening to

C．being listened

D．being listened to

11. _______ I meet difficulties, my mother’s bright eyes will always cheer me up.

A．Whenever

B．Whoever

C．Whatever

D．Wherever

12. All my friends have watched the film Lighting up the stars. That made me wonder _______.

A．that it tells a moving story	B．what happened in the story
C．where can I watch the film	D．how much is the film ticket

13. Skimming means reading the text quickly to get the main idea. When skimming, read the information in the text EXCEPT _______.

A．the names, numbers and actions	B．the main headings
C．the title	D．the first and last paragraphs

14. Even a small mistake should be _______ in time, or it will get worse later.

A．taken notice of

B．taken on

C．dealt with

D．thought twice

15. —Betty, how do you find being an ice cream taster?
—_______. It’s a job that you can taste ice cream to make money.

A．Can’t be better

B．It’s up to you

C．That’s not the case

D．It’s easy to find

阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

The Key to Independence (独立)

I have spent much time and effort improving myself. In high school and college, many times I stayed up all night working on my study. The ______ learning allowed me to travel to different places and to get great jobs. Like some other people, I focused only on ______ for a long period.

When I first started working after college, an older friend told me, “When you meet friends from college later in life, ______ cares what kind of career(事业) you have had. They will mainly talk about ______ looks fitter and healthier.”

I found it was true. And over time, I came to realize that my friend’s words had a (an) ______ meaning. The things with the most ______ in our lives often don’t have much to do with our academic(学业的) or career success. What has made me feel happy with my life is always physical activity, such as ______, lifting weights and hiking. They seem simple enough, ______ you do have to learn how to do them safely, ______ when you want to take them seriously. Cooking with friends, , making handicrafts(手工艺品) and growing plants can also improve how you feel about your life.

These kinds of skills ______ much on your way to be independent. If you live all alone someday, you ______ know how to cook for yourself, darn(织补) your clothes and tidy up your house. And you must not forget to get enough ______ to keep fit. Now your parents may ______ you and help you with these things, but you can’t ______ them forever for a healthy and happy life.

So here’s my advice: ______ the hard but necessary work for you to achieve academic success. But always make time to add to your toolbox of life by taking part in sports, cooking, craft and many other non-academic activities.

16.

A．interesting

B．useless

C．important

D．different

17.

A．holidays

B．money

C．hobbies

D．success

18.

A．everybody

B．somebody

C．anybody

D．nobody

19.

A．what

B．which

C．who

D．when

20.

A．easier

B．stranger

C．clearer

D．deeper

21.

A．value

B．risks

C．cost

D．challenges

22.

A．chatting

B．reading

C．running

D．sleeping

23.

A．because

B．so

C．and

D．but

24.

A．mainly

B．especially

C．usually

D．exactly

25.

A．matter

B．care

C．use

D．do

26.

A．can

B．may

C．will

D．must

27.

A．work

B．study

C．exercise

D．travel

28.

A．remind

B．punish

C．warn

D．prevent

29.

A．take on

B．depend on

C．get on

D．live on

30.

A．Forget

B．Remember

C．Stop

D．Continue

A primary school in rural China with more than 1, 000 teachers and students has achieved food self-sufficiency（自足）by offering farming to the students. It’s Jingwai Mingde Primary School in Xuanwei, Yunnan province. The students there can take part in manual labor（劳动）on the farmland with the help of farming equipments. It has fed itself for 15 years.

In this rural primary school, there is a 150-acre labor education base（基地）with many kinds of livestock（牲畜）, fruit as well as vegetables. Each week. the students have two labor classes. During the time, they join in raising the livestock and doing the field work under the guidance of the teachers. After entering the third grade, each class is provided with a piece of land to grow vegetables in season or raise livestock, which will become ingredients for their daily meals.

There is also a zoo in the school keeping deer, ostriches and other small animals to help students enrich their knowledge and get along with animals. Besides, the school set up a greenhouse with fruit trees and medicinal herbs （中草药）, where the students can learn more about traditional Chinese medicine and plants in the nature. Therefore, the teachers of art, Chinese, maths and other subjects often take the students to these places instead of listening to them in the classroom when necessary. “Compared with studying in the classroom, learning in the nature is more poetic.” said school principal（校长）Lei Yingfei.

“Through attending labor lessons, the students can not only manage their life better but also develop their ability of communication and the sense of teamwork, especially it’s of great help to improve their study. Children who have not kissed the land will not have a complete childhood,” added Lei Yingfei, “The farm labor will build excellent characters that last a lifetime.”

34. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to _________.

A．the farmland

B．the school

C．the manual labor

D．the food

35. In Jingwai Mingde Primary School, _________.

A．students take in manual labor by themselves freely

B．students grow and sell fruit and medicinal herbs

C．students can have lessons in a zoo or a greenhouse

D．each class can get land to grow vegetables or raise livestock

36. What does the underlined word “ingredients” mean in Chinese?

A．产品

B．原料

C．收入

D．资金

37. What can be the best title of the passage?

A．The food self-sufficiency	B．The kiss to the land
C．The modern primary school	D．The hard-working students