1 . Welcome to the Blue Moon Noodles House. The Blue Moon Noodle House has really good noodles. They are cheap, and they are great!

You can get small, medium, and large bowls of noodles.

The Blue Moon Noodle House has some specials. Special Ⅰ has beef and tomato and is only 5 yuan. Special II has mutton and cabbage. It is 6 yuan. And Special III has chicken and carrot. It’s only 8 yuan. I like it best.

You can get some other great food at the Blue Moon Noodle House. For example, you can get 16 dumplings for 11 yuan. You can get great desserts! You can get strawberry, banana and orange ice cream.

They are all nice! Try the Noodle House soon!

根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）。
1. The noodles here are cheap and great.
2. There are three size bowls of noodles.
3. Special has beef and tomato and is only 5 yuan.
4. You can get chocolate ice cream at the Blue Moon Noodles House.
5. The passage is mainly about different kinds of food at the Blue Moon Noodles House.

3 . Ghaffar Pourazar, a British man, has learned the necessary skills to perform Beijing Opera and he has become popular with his lively performance of the Monkey King, a traditional character from the Chinese classic story Journey to the West.

In 1993, he happened to watch Beijing Opera performed in London by professionals from Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing. Ghaffar fell in love with the beautiful voices, colorful costumes, excellent shows and so on. So after a year, he arrived in China alone and became a student of Beijing Opera.

At the age of 32, he had to learn with teenage students every day, starting from the most basic training of the legs and waist (腰). At that time, he was mostly troubled by the dialogue in Beijing Opera. To him, it was the biggest problem. But he tried his best to practice it. 4 years later, he began to learn to perform the Monkey King. He usually arrived at the workroom on hour earlier than the other performers and he also bought books and CDs to understand the character better. Finally, He once won a top international prize for performing the Monkey King.

To help more people enjoy Beijing Opera, Ghaffar often teaches the traditional art form in schools in the United States, Britain and other countries. Ghaffar led a group of actors to perform 66 times in a month and a half in the United States. He also led a 48-member team to perform in Malaysia. In the past 10 years, he has performed in more than 400 shows.

1. Why did Ghaffar start learning Beijing Opera?

A．Because he thought it was a necessary skill.

B．Because Journey to the West is his favorite.

C．Because he loved Beijing Opera after watching one.

D．Because he wanted to be an actor and made lots of money.

2. How old was Ghaffar when he started to learn to perform the Monkey King?

A．30.

B．32.

C．34.

D．36.

3. Which of the following word can best describe Ghaffar according to Paragraph 3?

A．Careless.

B．Creative.

C．Hard-working.

D．Warm-hearted.

4. What is the correct order of the following events according to the text?
a. He got basic training with teenage students.
b. He watched a Beijing Opera performance in London.
c. He bought books and CDs about the Monkey King.
d. He won an international prize for performing the Monkey King.

A．b-c-a-d

B．b-d-a-c

C．b-a-c-d

D．b-a-d-c

5. What can we know about Ghaffar according to the last paragraph?

A．He performed Beijing Opera by himself.

B．He likes to teach his children to speak Chinese.

C．He led a 66-member team to perform in Malaysia.

D．He did a lot to spread Beijing Opera to other countries.

5 . 根据短文内容，判断正误(正确“T”，错误“F”)。

Spring is here, and it is time to enjoy West Lake Longjing tea. Usually, we think of workers picking tea leaves by hand. But now, some Longjing tea is being picked by smart tea-picking robots!

In a Hangzhou tea garden, a smart tea-picking robot developed by Zhejiang SciTech University begin to work for the first time. “We took thousands of pictures of new tea buds (芽) and put them into the robot for it to learn. The robot uses an AI model to recognize (识别) the buds it needs to pick,”said Professor Chen Jianneng, Party branch secretary (党支部书记) of the research team. This lets the robot find the right tea buds about 90% of the time.

The robot’s arm pulls and sucks (吸) up the tea buds. These buds are quickly moved into a special box. After the robot collects all the buds from the area it’s working at, it moves the buds from the box to a main box.

The robot was made because there are not enough people to pick tea leaves. In Zhejiang, about 400,000 more pickers are needed now. “Picking is the biggest challenge for the development of the tea industry,” said Professor Wu Chuanyu, who leads the research team.

“Tea-picking robots are a trend (趋势) of the future,” said Wu. About five years from now, the robots will do the job of picking West Lake Longjing tea instead of people, Wu added.

1. Spring is a time to enjoy West Lake Longjing tea.
2. In a Lincang tea garden, some Longjing tea is being picked by robots.
3. The robot uses an AI model to find out the right tea buds it needs to pick.
4. In Zhejiang province, about 40,000 more pickers are needed now.
5. The text mainly talks about robots are created to help pick tea leaves.

6 . 根据短文内容，判断正误（正确“T” ，错误“F”）。

The British Museum is the biggest one in the world. It was built nearly 300 years ago by a doctor, Sir Hans Sloane. The man liked to collect things such as books, drawings, clothes and so on. He also hoped that his children and grandchildren kept his things well and so people would visit them after his death. His wish came true, and the museum opened in 1759, six years after Sir Hans Sloane died. Later, more antiques (古董) arrived at the museum and more people wanted to visit it.

The museum had a famous round Reading Room. There was something unusual in the room. Cool air came up through small holes in the tables. Hot air flowing under the floor kept readers’ feet warm. Since its opening, many famous people wrote and studied there.

It is open every day of the year, except two holidays (New Year’s Day and Christmas). Entrance (入场) is free. There are lots of special exhibitions and every day there are different films and talks, some of them for children. Small machines tell you about the museum as you walk around it.

So if you are one of the British Museum’s two million tourists this year, don’t try to see it all too quickly. There is a lifetime of looking in the British Museum.

1. People built the British Museum to remember Sir Hans Sloane.
2. The doctor Sir Hans Sloane died in the year of 1753.
3. Tourists can visit the museum on New Year’s Day and Christmas Day.
4. The British Museum is worth spending much time visiting.
5. The text mainly talks about the Reading Room in the British Museum.

7 . You may have ever heard someone say that dogs are color-blind. But is this true?

A dog’s eyes have many similarities with human eyes. Just like us, dogs have retinas (视网膜). The retina is an important light-sensing structure. Dogs also have cone cells (视锥细胞) and rod cells (视杆细胞) on their retinas. The cone cells allow dogs to perceive (感知) color and see things in detail, while the rod cells help them see things in the dark and notice movement.

Most humans have three kinds of cone cells: blue, red and green. They allow us to tell the difference between all the different colors. Dogs, on the other hand, have only two kinds of cone cells. One kind is blue, and the other lies somewhere between red and green. Therefore, dogs are unable to tell orange, red and green. They can only see things in yellow, blue, grey, brown, white and black. In other words, the vision (视力) of dogs is similar to that of a red-green color-blind human. Although they have fewer kinds of cone cells, dogs have more rod cells than humans. This allows them to see more clearly in the dark and notice movement more exactly than us. For example, in the dark a dog may see a small mouse moving in the distance that we might never be able to spot.

While it may be true that our lovely animal friends see fewer colors, they can still see better than us in many other ways!

1. What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?   ________

A．The fact that dogs have more cone cells than humans.

B．The reasons why dogs can see clearly in the dark.

C．The similarities between dogs’ eyes and human eyes.

D．How the rod cells help dogs see the world in the dark.

2. Which color can’t a dog see?   ________
①black②orange③blue④yellow
⑤green⑥brown⑦white⑧grey⑨red

A．①③⑤	B．④⑥⑧
C．②⑤⑨	D．⑤⑦⑨

3. What does the underlined word “spot” in Paragraph 3 mean in Chinese?   ________

A．表现	B．参加
C．隐藏	D．看见

4. What’s the structure of the passage? P＝ Paragraph   ________

A．	B．
C．	D．

5. What is the text mainly about?   ________

A．Whether dogs are color-blind.

B．Whether dogs have retinas.

C．Why dogs are people’s friends.

D．Why dogs can see better than us.

8 . 根据短文内容，判断正误正确“T”，错误“F”。

Motuo lies in the south of the Himalayas in Tibet. It is known as the “Natural Museum of Tibet”. It is home to all kinds of mountains, rivers, waterfalls, plants and animals. Its special geographic location (地理位置) makes it a beautiful place. It was one of the hardest places to reach and was the last city in China without a highway.

The construction (施工) of the first highway to Motuo started in the 1960s. However, it was not completed until over 50 years later. In 2014, the construction of its second highway—the Paimo Highway started. In October 2022, the construction of the main body of the highway was completed.

They are great engineering projects. In this area, earthquakes and heavy rains happened very often. There could be falling rocks or even landslides (滑坡). People must build many walls and nets to protect the two highways. Another challenge was the snow. Plenty of snow sometimes destroyed rocks and roads. As a result, the construction of the highways to Motuo was stopped several times. To solve this problem, people built a tunnel (隧道) that goes through the mountain area.

The two highways stand for the Chinese spirit of “never giving up”. They are ways to connect Motuo to the outside world and show how China cares about people in the far areas.

1. Motuo is in the north of the Himalayas in Tibet.
________________________
2. People started to build the first highway to Motuo in 2014.
________________________
3. Many walls and nets were built to protect the two highways from falling rocks and landslides.
________________________
4. Strong wind sometimes destroyed rocks and roads.
________________________
5. The two highways to Motuo stand for the Chinese spirit of “never giving up”.
________________________

9 . DOGTV is a television channel (频道) for dogs. It first appeared in America in 2012. Now, it is available in 14 countries, including China, Australia, France, the UK, etc.

Believe it or not, DOGTV didn’t start as a TV channel for dogs. The idea for Pet TV came from Ron Levi. To let his cat Charlie have fun while he was out, Ron did some research and began to work with scientists and pet experts to bring his idea to life. To their surprise, dogs showed more interest in different kinds of programs than cats. Pet TV finally became DOGTV.

DOGTV was developed to make stay-at-home dogs happy. It provides enjoyable videos and music for dogs. Each program is about three to six minutes. The programs are different from time to time during the day. In the morning,   programs are to get dogs out of bed. In the middle of the day, programs are to make dogs become relaxed while they are home alone. Dogs are scared of things like cars or loud noises. So DOGTV has special programs with pictures and sounds to help them get used to those things. The channel even has educational programs on health and training.

DOGTV creates proper shows for dogs’ seeing and hearing. Dogs are color-blind (色盲).They can only see blue and yellow, and they can’t see red or green. So the DOGTV shows might sound and look a little different to people’s ears and eyes. But don’t worry. DOGTV has programs for pet owners, too.

1. DOGTV first appeared in ________ in 2012.

A．America	B．China
C．the UK	D．France

2. What does the underlined word “he” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Charlie.	B．The expert.
C．Ron Levi.	D．The scientist.

3. Special programs with pictures and sounds are made to help dogs ________.

A．get up easily	B．have a better hearing
C．have a good time	D．get used to things they scare

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Dogs can’t see red or blue.

B．DOGTV also provides programs for pet owners.

C．Dogs can’t watch programs on health or training.

D．In the morning, programs are to make dogs become relaxed.

5. What’s the best title of this passage?

A．DOGTV

B．Pet TV

C．Pet Shows

D．Dog Owners