1 . Amanda was born in 2000. She has a big dream for her future. She does’t want to orbit (绕……运行) the earth on the space station or go to the moon. She wants to travel to Mars, the red planet.

Amanda made the decision when she was three years old. After that she read lots of books on Mars and attended her first space camp when she was seven. Since then, she’s learned a lot about travelling to other planets. It’s an expensive trip and requires many years of training. This is a problem for Amanda’s family, but her parents try to support her because she has been trying her best to make her dream come true. Amanda believes the mission (飞行任务) to Mars will help us get to know the planet better.

More than 100, 000 people have already applied for a journey to Mars. If they pass the tests, like Amanda, they will start a training program. Amanda can speak English, Spanish, French Chinese and some Turkish, so this should be enough!

Only a few people can go on the first Mars mission. The flight to Mars won’t be easy. So, if you were an astronaut on Mars, what would life be like? You would live in a very small space called a pod and you would wear a space suit all the time. If you made a phone call home, it would take half an hour for the sound to reach the earth! Also, if you got ill, there wouldn’t be any hospitals. Life wouldn’t be as easy, that’s for sure! But it would be really exciting to see.

1. Amanda’s dream is to ________.

A．go to the Mars

B．orbit the earth

C．land on the moon

D．travel to the moon

2. When did Amanda attend her first space camp?

A．In 2003.

B．In 2007.

C．In 2015.

D．In 2020.

3. Amanda can speak many different languages EXCEPT ________.

A．English

B．French

C．Japanese

D．Spanish

4. It’s hard for Amanda to make her dream come true because ________.

A．she didn’t pass the tests	B．she had a fear of heights
C．her parents didn’t support her	D．she requires many years of training

5. What would the life be on the Mars?

A．It’s quick to call friends.	B．It’s relaxing to stay in a pod.
C．It’s convenient to see doctors.	D．It’s exciting to see different views:

2 . Over the past ten years, great changes have taken place in the countryside of China. Bacha Village in Heilongjiang Province is one of them. The people there have become rich with the development of the tourism (旅游业).

You Mingfen, a 57-year-old local woman, opened a hotel in her own two-floor house. Her family also has a fishing boat. Her husband can use it to get the fresh fish, which will be offered to the guests from all over China. The fish skin and bones can also be made into hand-made gifts. They are very popular with the tourists.

“The busiest tourism season in Bacha lasts from May to October, which can bring us more than 50, 000 yuan a year,” she said, “In winter, we can stay in a warm room and enjoy the leisure time. It was impossible before. At that time, we almost depended on fishing for a living.”

Since 2016, the tourism industry in Bacha Village has developed rapidly. Last year, more than 60, 000 tourists came here, and the income for each person in the village increased to 25, 600 yuan. Now, the roads are wider, the houses are brighter and the living conditions are more comfortable.

Thanks to the good policies of the government, villagers get more ways to make money. Many young people who work far away come back and work in their own hometown. They can not only care for their families but also build their hometown. People in China have a sense of happiness from the bottom of their hearts.

1. According to the passage, people in Bacha have become rich with the development of the ________.

A．fishing

B．farming

C．tourism

D．education

2. In Paragraph 4, the underlined word “income” means ________ in Chinese.

A．税收

B．支出

C．价格

D．收入

3. Which of the following about You Mingfen is TRUE?

A．She has a nice car.	B．She has a three-floor house.
C．She has two fishing boats.	D．Her hand-made gifts are popular.

4. We can read this passage in the ________ part of the newspaper.

A．health

B．society

C．science

D．sports

5. From the last paragraph, we know that ________.

A．many young people go to big cities for work

B．the government decides to protect the environment

C．villagers can get more ways to make money than before

D．many old people have to look after their grandchildren at home

3 . 阅读以下内容，从其后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，有两项是多余的。

When winter comes, Siberian cranes migrate (迁徙) from northeast Siberia in Russia to Poyang Lake in Jiangxi province, China.     1     However, climate (气候) change brings danger to the birds’ living areas.

In some years, the Poyang Lake met floods and droughts. These natural disasters led to little food for cranes there. To work out the problem, the local government built a large area of lotus roots (莲藕) in Nanchang.     2     So there are more and more birds living near the Poyang Lake.

China keeps working hard to protect migratory birds. These years, the government build about 1,140 places for animals to have babies, including wintering grounds and migratory stops.     3     Known as the Earth’s kidneys (肾脏), wetlands play an important part in cleaning water, preventing floods, and offering a perfect home to different wildlife.

    4     It stops any building work on national wetlands and says no to any harmful activities, such as pouring dirty wastewater to wetlands.

Thanks to all the hard work, more birds like to spend winter in the national wetlands. In December 2022, Shanghai Chongming Dongtan Bird National Reserve recorded over 2,900 tundra swans.     5     It’s believed that if we act to protect the wetlands well, we will watch more endangered animals and enjoy nicer nature.

A．In fact, most of these special places lie in wetlands.

B．Lotus roots grow quickly and the lotuses look pretty nice in summer.

C．About 95 percent of the birds spend winter there.

D．Fishermen keep fishing in the Poyang Lake these years.

E．These plants provided food for the cranes through the winter.

F．The number of these swans was only around 1,000 there in the winter of 2021.

G．Moreover, the Chinese government made the Wetlands Protection Law on June 1, 2022.

5 .

Woodcut is a kind of art work on a piece of wood. Many traditional woodcuts are printed either black and white or simple in color, but reduction woodcuts (绝版木刻) often show rich colors like Western oil paintings.

The reduction woodcuts are famous for their rich colors. On the same piece of wood, the artist cuts and prints different layers (层) in order. The artwork was listed as an intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) in Pu’er city, Yunnan province, in 2009.

Leng Guangmian, 40, is a reduction woodcut artist. He started learning the art at college in 2003. He thinks that making reduction woodcut prints is just like an amazing journey. “Every time we cut a model on the woodblock and then print, we never know what it will be like in the end.” As he sees beautiful models layer by layer, he gets more excited.

But finishing such work is not easy. Before cutting, he needs to plan for the whole print and choose colors for different layers. A big print usually takes months to finish.

Leng hopes his artwork can show not only excellent woodcutting skills but also local culture and life. “My works have two series (系列). One is called the Tea Horse Road, since Pu’er is one of the starting points of that road. The other is the Disappearing Villages.” Leng said. “Many old villages in Pu’er need rebuilding for safety, so I want to make people remember their beauty before they are gone.”

1. What’s special about the reduction woodcut?

A．It has one layer.	B．It is colorful.
C．It uses a piece of wood.	D．It is simple in color.

2. What is the correct order of making reduction woodcuts?
① Start to print             ② Cut on the wood
③ Plan for the whole print             ④ Choose colors for different layers

A．③④②①

B．④②①③

C．④③①②

D．③②④①

3. What is Leng’s purpose (目的) of making reduction woodcuts?

A．To tell his personal stories.	B．To rebuild old local villages.
C．To teach woodcut skills in Yunnan.	D．To show local life and culture.

4. What may be the best title for the passage?

A．An artist’s story	B．A Chinese artist
C．Making a colorful artwork on wood	D．Learning special works in Yunnan

6 . Poems play with sound, words and grammar. They use colors, feelings, and experiences to paint a picture in your mind. Spring is a fine season. It lights up people’s feelings and brings hope. Read the following poems.

A Spring Morning (By Meng Haoran, China) This spring morning in bed I’m lying, Not to awake till the birds are crying. After one night of wind and ________. How many are the fallen flowers? ——Translated by Xu Yuanchong

Spring           (By Thomas Nashe, UK) Spring, the sweet spring, is the year’s pleasant king, Then blooms (开花) each thing, and girls dance in a ring. Cold a bit not sting (刺痛), the pretty birds do sing, Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo! (An excerpt)

The first poem might be one of the most famous poems about spring in China. It’s simple and easy to keep in mind. Meng writes about more detailed information of the season, including the weather, birds and even sounds. Thomas Nashe’s poem celebrates the coming of spring. As spring comes, everything seems to grow actively. Just as a Chinese saying goes, “A year’s plan starts with spring.”

1. Which word may be the most suitable for the blank “________”?

A．rains

B．showers

C．storms

D．snows

2. Which of the following do the two poems include in common (共同)?
①flowers       ②sky       ③wind       ④birds

A．①②

B．②③

C．①④

D．②④

3. In Thomas Nashe’s eyes, what is spring like?

A．Boring.

B．Silent.

C．Comfortable.

D．Hopeful.

10 . Corryvale Farm is in England. Stephen and Jenny Blackler keep cows and chickens and sell milk and eggs. But most of their money comes from Jenny’s sheep.

She has fifty sheep and each one has enough wool (羊毛) for six sweaters. Every six months, Stephen cuts this wool off the sheep so they won’t get too warm. Five years ago, Jenny made some sweaters with the wool and wanted to sell them at country markets. But it was summer and the weather was hot so people didn’t want to buy sweaters. She then made some socks. Everybody loved them because they were cheap and easy to wash. That’s how Jenny’s business (生意) started.

At first, Jenny made the socks at home, but soon she had lots of customers (顾客) so she had to send the wool to a factory (工厂). There are six colors, five sizes for all ages, and different socks for walkers, sportsmen and skiers. Jenny gets busy because Corryvale socks are a favorite gift of many people. On the walls of Jenny’s office, there are lots of letters from happy customers all over the world.

1. How many sheep does Jenny have?

A．5.

B．10.

C．50.

D．100.

2. Why didn’t people buy Jenny’s sweaters?

A．It wasn’t the right time of the year.	B．The sweaters were not very beautiful.
C．Their prices were much too high.	D．Jenny’s sweaters only had one size.

3. Where are Jenny’s socks made now?

A．On the farm.

B．At school.

C．In a store.

D．In a factory.

4. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．Who made Corryvale socks.	B．How Corryvale socks get popular.
C．When Jenny’s business started.	D．Why Corryvale Farm sells socks.