The United Nations has 6 official (官方的) languages. Each of them has their own days with the aim to show the rich history and culture (文化) of each language. UNESCO first created (创造) Chinese Language Day in 2010 to celebrate Chinese as one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

The first Chinese Language Day was on November 12th. But since 2011, it has been on the April 20th. The date was chosen from Guyu to remember Cangjie. Cangjie is very important in Chinese culture. People believed he created Chinese words 5,000 years ago. In old stories, it’s said that Cangjie had 4 eyes and he was good at observing (观察). He often watched the sun and the moon with his upper 2 eyes, and mountains and rivers with the lower 2 eyes. His long-time observation made him create the earliest written words according to the shape of things.

On Chinese Language Day, there are different activities to celebrate the Chinese language and the theme (主题) is different each year. In 2022, “China Chic” was chosen as the theme. Chen Xu, an officer said, “Choosing this theme, we hope to spread what most of Chinese people like today so that foreigners can know more about Chinese culture and have a better understanding of China.” A video festival called “Foreigners look at China Chic” was held. In the videos, foreigners showed their love of Chinese fashion.

Chinese Language Day is an important carrier for Chinese learners, lovers, and users from all over the world to get close to Chinese. Nowadays, more than one sixth of world’s population speak Chinese as their first language—that’s more than any other population in the world! Learning Chinese is more like a key to knowing China and feeling the beauty of Chinese culture.

19. The Chinese Language Day was first created _______.

A．in 2011

B．13 years ago

C．to celebrate Guyu

D．to remember Cangjie

20. According to the old stories, how did Cangjie obseve to create the words?

A．

B．

C．

D．

21. What does the underlined word “spread” in Paragraph 3 possibly mean?

A．Make something cheap.	B．Make something beautiful.
C．Make something popular.	D．Make something traditional.

22. Why does the writer write the passage?

A．To tell some facts about a language day.

B．To make foreign people love to visit China.

C．To tell stories about a famous man Cangjie.

D．To show the history of the language of Chinese.

All aboard! Let’s take a ride on the world’s highest railway—the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Sit back and enjoy the journey. Get ready for the trip of a lifetime.

We’re leaving Qinghai Station. The scenery along the way is some of the wildest in all of China. You’re your eyes open as we go through this beautiful land. You may see some Tibetan antelopes (藏羚羊) from your window.

Before we begin our journey, let’s learn about this fantastic railway. It’s truly one of the great engineering buildings of the 21st century. When it was completed on July 1st, 2006, the Tibet Railway set nine world records (纪录), like the world’s highest railway at 5, 072 metres above sea level, the world’s highest tunnel at 4, 905 metres, and the longest tunnel ever built on permafrost (冻土).

As we travel higher, the air gets thinner and thinner. Soon there will only be 50% to 60% of the oxygen (氧气), but don’t be afraid, Each railcar has two oxygen systems (系统). One system gives oxygen in the train all the time. And each passenger can also get a personal oxygen mask just like those used in planes.

Here are a few more things to think about as our train leaves the station. The workers solved three main problems when building this great railway. First, the high altitude (海拔) made the building difficult because there was no enough oxygen. Then, much of the railway runs across permafrost. It’s a kind of ground and keeps changing when the weather warms and cools. Finally, the railway goes through some of the most sensitive ecology (敏感的生态环境) in China. Great care was a must to make sure of the smallest influence on nature.

All three problems were met, making our trip come true. All aboard! The train to Tibet is leaving in fifteen minutes.

23. How does the writers how the railway is fantastic in Paragraph 3?

A．He tells a story.	B．He uses a worker’s words.
C．He shows the world records.	D．He compare snow with the past.

24. How many oxygen systems are there in each railcar?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

25. Which of the following made it difficult to build the railway?

A．The dirty air.	B．The hot weather.
C．The dangerous animals.	D．The changing ground.

26. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A Magic Railway to Tibet	B．A Beautiful Land in Tibet
C．A Comfortable Trip to Tibet	D．The Hardest Building in the World

Once when I was six years old, I saw a fantastic picture in a book about the forest. It was a picture of a snake swallowing (吞下) an animal. In the book it said, “Snakes swallow the animal. After that, they can’t move, and they sleep through the six months because they need to digest (消化).”

I thought about what happened in the forest. With coloured pencils, I was successful to make my first drawing. My Drawing Number One looked like this:

I showed it to the grown-ups (大人), and asked them if (是否) they were afraid of the drawing. But they answered, “Afraid? Why should anyone be afraid of a hat?”

My drawing was not a picture of a hat, but the grown-ups couldn’t understand it, so I made another drawing. I drew the inside of the snake so that the grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained (解释). My Drawing Number Two looked like this:

The grown-ups’ answer, this time, was to advise me not to draw snakes, but study geography, grammar or something more useful. That is why I didn’t want to be a great painter. I was sad they didn’t understand my Drawing Number One or my Drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves.

So then I decided to do another job, and learnt to fly planes. I fly a little overall parts of the world; and it is true that geography is very useful to me. If one gets lost in the night, knowing geography is important.

In my life I meet a great many people, and ▲     . Whenever I met one of them, I tried showing him my Drawing Number One. I would try to find out if this was a man of true understanding. But, whoever it was, he, or she, would always say, “That is a hat.” Then I would never talk to that one about snakes, or forests, or stars. I would talk to him about bridge, baseball and history. And the grown-ups would be greatly pleased to have met such a “clever” man.

27. What can we know from the passage?

A．“I” met a snake and an elephant in the forest.

B．“I” wanted to draw a hat in Drawing Number One.

C．Both of the two drawings made people very afraid.

D．Drawing Number Two showed the inside of the snake.

28. Which of the following is the correct order according to the passage?
a. I drew a picture showing the inside of the snake.
b. The grown-ups asked me not to draw pictures.
c. I made a drawing of a snake swallowing an elephant.
d. I didn’t want to go on drawing but decided to fly planes.
e. The grown-ups thought I drew a picture of a hat.

A．c→e→b→d→a

B．c→e→a→b→d

C．a→b→e→c→d

D．d→c→e→a→b

29. Which of the following can be put into ▲ in Paragraph 6?

A．that doesn’t change my idea towards them a lot

B．I always tell them something I have got to know

C．some of them can understand my drawing exactly

D．I’m surprised that they know a lot about the world

30. According to the passage, what do “T” think of the grown-ups?

A．They can understand children very well.

B．They aren’t interesting but have new ideas.

C．They are boring and have everything explained.

D．They have true understanding but don’t know what is useful.

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

Learning English needs action. You may know all the learning ways, but if you don’t start doing things, you will get nothing. The fact is, if you want to learn to speak English well, you must change your everyday life.     31    

·Read a book in English for half an hour every day, and try to know the grammar in sentences. Look up new words in an English dictionary.

·Listen to tapes in English, and stop for a time if you want, trying to understand the sentences.

·Spend one of your weekend afternoons training the pronunciation of English like the “r” sound.

·    32     You can use a dictionary or search the Web to make sure every word is correct. It even takes about ten minutes to write one sentence.

·Walk down the streets and build easy sentences in your head.     33    

·What kind of man would do all these things? Only one kind.     34     If you want to learn to speak English well you have to be that man. Have you heard of a man who became successful through doing something he didn’t like?

A．Write an email in English carefully.

B．Then try to learn the speaker’s pronunciation.

C．Write a letter to your pen friend as soon as you can.

D．You may have to find yourself doing the following things.

E．Try to talk to yourself in English about the things around you.

F．The kind of man who enjoys doing them will have a big success.

根据短文内容和所给中文提示，用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。

The Asian Games is an important sports event in Asia that takes place every four years. In 2023, the Asian Games took place in Hangzhou, a big city in the     40     (北) of Zhejiang Province.

The Asian Games begins in different months. In order     41     (保护) players from the hot weather, Hangzhou Asian Games took place from September to October. Forty-five     42     (优秀的) teams from all over Asia joined in it. There were forty games during the 16 days and the teams played     43     (对抗) each other to win more medals.

To make the Games     44     (尤其) successful, Chinese people worked hard to prepare. Hangzhou built a great number of     45     (公路) and stadiums, like the Big Lotus Stadium and Asian Games Village. The Games helped the world see China and showed that China     46     (改进) a lot in many ways.

       Many great sports persons joined in the Hangzhou Asian Games. Chusovitina is the fit one to come to our mind. She is 48 years old, but she has a strong will and     47     (练习) very hard. She once said, “I have got a lot of things from my sports career and they help me grow     48     (快地). As long as we never give up, it’s     49     (可能的) for everyone to be successful”

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的适当形式。

Dear Rose,

I’m pleased to be your friend. Today I want to tell you something     50     my city.

I live in New Delhi, the     51     (two) biggest city in India. Compared with other cities, you will notice     52     clean and pretty my home town is. We can travel by bus and train and we can also ride bikes. If you come here, you can have fun by     53     (visit) many famous places, like the Red Fort, Indis Gate, and Aksbardham Temple. The Taj Mahal is not far from New Delhi and it is one of     54     (large) tombs in the world.

My school is near Connaught Place. Connaught Place is     55     very famous square in our country and around the world. Many visitors from different     56     (country) come here every day. I really enjoy     57     (I) when I talk with these foreign visitors.

New Delhi is a very nice place     58     the weather is not very good. We have very hot weather for eight months and we only get four months to enjoy winter. I don’t like hot weather but summer is coming soon, and it     59     (make) me sleepy.

How about your city? Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Claire