1 . In early April, 2022, a United Nations (UN) climate (气候) group gave a 3,000-page report on climate change. The report introduces action that must be taken. As one of the report’s authors put it, “It’s now or never.”
One of the most striking (引人注目的) parts of the new UN report is that in order to limit (限制) global warming to 1.5℃, global emissions (排放物) can’t go any higher after 2025, and must drop greatly by 2030. That gives governments just a few years to take strong action.
The report says we are happy that we know what we have to do to avoid a climate disaster (灾难). Most of the green technologies needed for renewable power, such as wind, solar, and water power, are already there and getting cheaper and cheaper.
The report adds that simply cutting pollution won’t be enough. The polluting gas carbon dioxide (CO2) must also be removed from the air and stored. Since trees have already done this, protecting natural areas and planting more trees will be an important part of the solution.
For the first time in this report, the IPCC points out that people should do as these: not wasting food and eating less meat, walking or biking instead of driving, cutting out plane travel, and using less energy.
One of the report’s main authors said, “We know what to do, we know how to do it, and now it’s up to us to take action.”
1. What’s the purpose of the 3, 000-page report on climate change?| A．To search for some ways to limit global warming. |
| B．To warn people not to waste anything useful any more. |
| C．To tell us we must take action to limit global warming right away. |
| D．To tell us global emissions are harming the environment around us. |
| A．In 2030. | B．In 2025. | C．In 2024. | D．In 2023. |
| A．可再生的 | B．再循环的 | C．可回收的 | D．再利用的 |
①Say no to wasting food. ②Eat less meat. ③Walk or bike.
④Use less energy. ⑤Take a taxi.
| A．①③④⑤ | B．②③④⑤ | C．①②④⑤ | D．①②③④ |
| A．Trees are important to us. |
| B．Trees can remove and store carbon dioxide. |
| C．We should protect natural areas and plant more trees. |
| D．We should take more steps to reduce pollution. |
2 . Taiwan is the largest island in our country. It’s surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the east, and the East China Sea to the north.
The island, which is about 36,000 square kilometers, has a population of over two hundred million. Its capital city is Taipei. The other important and big cities are Gaoxiong and Jilong. There are lots of resources in Taiwan. Its products like banana, rice and tea, are well-known all over the world. It has a good environment and pleasant climate. Thousands of people like to come here for traveling.
Taiwan is an important part of China all the time. The people of Taiwan speak the same language and have the similar culture with people of mainland, that’s because most of people settling(移民) there come from Fujian and Guangdong.
Taiwan has belonged to China since ancient time. We Chinese all hope that Taiwan can return to the mainland soon.
Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to what you read.
1. What’s the meaning of the underline “resources”?
| A．矿产资源 | B．自然资源 | C．人力资源 |
| A．Yes, it is. | B．No, it didn’t. | C．No, it isn’t. |
| A．The population of Taiwan is about 36,000. |
| B．The population of Taiwan is more than 200,000,000. |
| C．The population of Taiwan is less than 200,000,000. |
| A．Because they speak the same language and have a similar culture with us. |
| B．Because thousands of people like to come Taiwan for traveling. |
| C．Because Taiwan has a good environment and pleasant climate. |
| A．Chinese hope to travel Taiwan one day. |
| B．Chinese hope more and more people can move to Taiwan. |
| C．Chinese hope Taiwan will come back soon. |
The Wonder Boy-Mozart | |
| Family name: Mozart | Given name: Wolfgang Amadeus |
| Birthday: Jan 27th, 1756 | Date of death: Dec 5th, 1791 |
| From: Salzburg, Austria | Job: composer |
| 1. At the age of three, he was able to play the piano by himself. | |
| 2. At the age of four, he started taking music lessons and his father taught him to play the piano. | |
| 3. At the age of five, he began to write music by himself. | |
| 4. At the age of seven, he began to play music for other people with his sister. | |
| 5. At the age of eight, he wrote some wonderful music. | |
| 6. At the age of eleven, he wrote his first opera. | |
Mozart was an amazing child, a born musician. | |
2. Mozart was 34 when he died on Dec. 5th, on 1791.
3. Father Mozart taught him to play the piano when he was four.
4. When Mozart was nine, he began to play music for other people.
5. Mozart wrote his first opera at the age of eleven.
1. Is there only one room in Kate’s house?
| A．Yes, there is. | B．There is a bed. |
| C．There is a computer. | D．I don’t know. |
| A．Only a bed. |
| B．Only a table. |
| C．Only some chairs. |
| D．A bed, a table, a computer and some chairs. |
| A．Yes, there is. | B．No, there isn’t. |
| C．Some books. | D．A glass. |
| A．Kate’s father. | B．Kate’s mother. |
| C．Kate s brother. | D．Kate. |
| A．teachers | B．students |
| C．friends | D．at home |
5 . Ink wash painting (水墨画) is an old and beautiful Chinese art. This special drawing technique is created with a brush, dipped into ink, then in water before being painted onto rice paper or silk. As you can see, the paintings are created just in black and white. It is said that the technique was invented by an artist named Wang Wei.
Ink wash paintings often feature trees, flowers, landscapes, animals, birds and people. Also, they often go with Chinese poems. The painting style does not put high importance on a precise description of a real scene or object. They are often improvised (即兴的) works from beautiful scenery (风景). Therefore, this type of painting is hard to copy. Today there are many new Chinese artists that use the traditional Chinese ink wash technique to draw new sceneries and pictures.
The first ink wash animation (动画) in China came out in 1960. It’s called Little Tadpole Looking for Mummy. All the animals, plants and rocks in the film are drawn with ink and brush. The film is about 15 minutes long. But it took lots of work. Without computers, the artists had to draw everything by hand. One second of animation needs 24 pictures! Little Tadpole Looking for Mummy won prizes at home and abroad. From then on, ink wash painting and animation becomes more popular in China. People in the world get to know more about ink wash paintings since then!
1. What color are the ink wash paintings?| A．Black. | B．White. | C．Black and green. | D．Black and white. |
| A．Birds. | B．Poems. | C．Flowers. | D．People. |
| A．Because they are often improvised works. |
| B．Because they are too beautiful to copy. |
| C．Because they takes a lot of time. |
| D．Because no one likes ink wash paintings. |
| A．About 24 years ago. | B．About 50 years ago. | C．About 40 years ago. | D．About 62 years ago. |
| A．China’s first ink wash animation. | B．A beautiful Chinese art, ink wash paintings. |
| C．How to draw ink wash paintings. | D．Why are ink wash paintings hard to copy. |
6 . Soon a computer and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes!
The program can work because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a long code when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.
The eye-recognition (眼睛识别) program is being tested in some shops and banks. Soon this technology will change all the other ways of recognition.
We have already had machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your fingers. Scientists are working on other systems (系统). Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hands or even your smell!
But eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes, so the program can be up to 94% correct, depending on how good the technology is. In Britain it was found that 91% of the people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.
In the future your computer will be looking at you in the eyes. So smile!
1. Where is the eye-recognition program being used in a few countries?| A．In shops and banks. | B．In shops and schools. |
| C．In banks and schools. | D．In schools and hospitals. |
| A．You look at the machine and type a number. |
| B．You look at the machine. |
| C．The machine looks at your face. |
| D．You need to speak and then look. |
| A．密码 | B．字母 | C．卡片 | D．数字 |
| A．Your eyes don’t change as you get older. |
| B．Eyes don’t get dirty like hands or fingers. |
| C．We can’t see anything without eyes. |
| D．Everyone’s eyes are different, even twins have different eyes. |
| A．Some eyes are the same. | B．Eyes can change. |
| C．Eyes can get dirty like hands. | D．It is not always correct. |
Most people have map apps on their phones that can show their locations (位置) and guide them to where they want to go. But how do these app systems know your locations at any time or place? They find you by using satellite navigation (satnav) systems (卫星导航系统).
A satnav system uses groups of satellites to find the users’ locations. This location information is then sent to a receiver, such as a smartphone.
The first satnav system is the Global Positioning System (GPS) (全球定位系统), which belongs to the United States. The system is the world’s leading satnav system. But China’s satellites are important for improving the satnav system. BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), has overtaken (超过) GPS in size, Japan’s Nikkei Asian Review reported. China sent BeiDou’s first navigation satellite into space in 2000. China also built a satnav system after the United States and Russia, People’s Daily reported. Until now, over 30 countries in Africa and the Middle East are using BeiDou system.
With its world-leading technology, BeiDou is leading Chinese people to a better life by playing important roles in different areas.
1. Map apps can guide people to where they want to go.2. The users’ locations are found by groups of satellites.
3. The world’s first satnav system is the BDS.
4. The BDS is used by less than thirty countries in Africa and the Middle East so far.
5. This passage is mainly about how to make the BDS.
8 . When visiting Yunnan, you’ll find the 18 oddities in Yunnan (云南十八怪). For example, “girls wear flowers in all seasons” and “three mosquitoes (蚊子) make up a dish”. Maybe you’ve never heard of these expressions before. Now more and more people fall in love with the delicious flower dishes in Yunnan.
The people in Yunnan have been eating flowers for a long time. After the Spring Festival, March is always the best time to eat the flowers. One popular kind of flower is Tangli Flowers (棠梨花), which can be picked in the mountains. The flower sellers say it is very hard to pick two kilos of these flowers each time. They have to climb up to the tall trees and pick up the flowers carefully. Have you ever tried Tangli flowers? They taste a little sweet!
The other kind is Jinque Flowers (金雀花). This kind of flower is also used as helpful medicine when people don’t want to eat anything! My grandma can cook Jinque Flowers very well. She says it’s a traditional way to cook Jinque Flowers with eggs. How delicious and healthy!
1. How many kinds of popular flowers are mentioned in this passage?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．In March. | B．In January. |
| C．Before the Spring Festival. | D．During the Spring Festival. |
| A．Because the flowers taste a little sweet. |
| B．Because the flowers are very expensive. |
| C．Because people can hardly sell the flowers. |
| D．Because people have to climb up to the tall trees. |
| A．Tangli Flowers. | B．Eggs. | C．Jinque Flowers. | D．Roses. |
| A．The 18 oddities in Yunnan. |
| B．Girls wear flowers in all seasons. |
| C．Three mosquitoes make up a dish. |
| D．The delicious flower dishes in Yunnan. |
9 . What color of wearing do you like? Do you know “dopamine dressing (多巴胺穿搭)”? It’s one of the most talked about fashion trends (趋势) for 2023. However, is there any science behind this?
“Dopamine dressing” came out from the book Dress Your Best Life. American fashion psychologist (心理学家), Dawnn Karen wrote this book in 2020. In the book, dopamine dressing is about wearing colorful clothing to get more dopamine.
Dopamine is a chemical in our brain. This kind of chemical makes people feel good. Our brain gives it out when we eat delicious food, play with our pets, listen to our favorite songs, after we exercise or when we win a game.
According to Science Focus Magazine, there are studies that show a relationship between the colors of the clothes we wear and how we act and feel. One study found that wearing red can bring better physical performance. It also showed bright colors can make people feel active. One more study showed that wearing green can help people relax because it is the color of nature. Yellow, the color of summer and warmth, can bring people happiness. But there are some problems with these studies, as people from different cultures have different ideas about dressing and colors.
In a word, “dopamine dressing” shows that we can wear colorful clothes to get more dopamine and feel good. Dressing is more than just a trend. It’s also a way of showing ourselves. So, next time you’re getting dressed, think about which colors will bring out yourself best.
1. What is dopamine dressing according to the text?| A．A way of dressing. | B．A kind of chemical. |
| C．A book about dressing, | D．A fashion trend for 2020. |
| A．eat terrible food | B．hear the bad news |
| C．lose a football game | D．read our favorite books |
| A．Dressing is just a trend. | B．Dopamine can’t make people feel good. |
| C．Wearing green can help people relax. | D．Bright colors can make people feel upset. |
| A．In a storybook. | B．In a newspaper. |
| C．In a guidebook. | D．In an advisement. |
| A．Delicious food and feelings. | B．The importance of dopamine. |
| C．Dopamine dressing and feelings. | D．The way of choosing colourful clothes. |
10 . Do you know the two lovely mascots (吉祥物)? You may know the five “Fuwa” dolls from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. This year you must know “Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon” from the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games. The two lovely mascots first showed on TV on September 17, 2019.
 | Look at the panda! It looks like an astronaut. It wears an ice shell (冰壳) and looks fat, so we call it “Bing Dwen Dwen”. White is the color of ice and snow, and it means purity and strength. “Bing Dwen Dwen” likes ice sports very much and is good at them. That’s why it is the mascot of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. The red heart shape in its left hand means welcoming the friends from other countries. The bright colors of the circles around its face stand for ice and snow sport tracks, meaning connectivity (连通性) and advanced technologies. |
 | Do you think the red mascot looks like a lantern? The lantern’s name is “Shuey Rhon Rhon”. When the Chinese New Year comes, people always make or buy red lanterns. Red is the color of hope and good luck, so people think their dreams will come true in the new year. “Shuey Rhon Rhon” expresses the well wishes that there could be more dialogue and understanding between cultures of the world. It can give players hope and help them do well in the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games (残奥会). |
Now many people in different countries like the two mascots very much, and they show their love for them on the Internet.
1. __________ is the mascot of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.| A．“Fuwa” dolls | B．Bing Dwen Dwen | C．An astronaut | D．Shuey Rhon Rhon |
| A．a panda | B．an astronaut | C．an ice shell | D．a lantern |
| A．It’s red because red is the color of the Olympic Games. |
| B．It is the mascot of Chinese New Year. |
| C．It can bring players hope and good luck. |
| D．It’s always the mascot of Winter Paralympic Games. |
| A．The two lovely mascots first showed on TV on September 17, 2019. |
| B．“Bing Dwen Dwen” and “Shuey Rhon Rhon” are good at ice sports. |
| C．We call it “Bing Dwen Dwen” because it wears an ice shell and looks fat. |
| D．The two mascots are in different colors and shapes. |
| A．The Sports in Olympic Games | B．2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games |
| C．Two Olympic Mascots Come to Life | D．2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games |
