1 . The first forest library in Shanghai opened to the public on February 20th, 2023. Readers can relax and read books in the forest library. The forest library was built by Pudong New Area and Shanghai Library. It is known as Read & Joy Forest. The forest library is near Shanghai Library East. It covers an area of 20,546 square meters.

Readers can relax themselves in the quiet and comfortable environment (环境). There are many different kinds of trees in the library. The green spaces are connected (连接) by wooden walkways (木制人行道).

The library is in the open air. There are many things such as chairs and information desks. Most of the visitors to the forest library are young people and parents with their children.

Having a library in the forest is such a wonderful idea. People enjoy themselves reading in the forest. “It is not only a place for lending books, or a reading room, but also an open space for enjoying fresh air and the smell of trees. It offers readers a different reading experience (经历). I love the fresh air and trees here,” said Wang Tao, a reader of the library, “The library makes it possible to enjoy reading in the natural environment. I feel very relaxed here. I will come back for sure.”

1. What is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Fresh air.

B．Noisy children.

C．Quiet environment.

D．Green spaces.

2. Who often go to the library?

A．Young people.

B．Old people.

C．Children themselves.

D．Parents themselves.

3. What does the underlined word “offers” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Sells.

B．Asks.

C．Provides.

D．Borrows.

4. How do people like reading in the forest library according to the last paragraph?

A．Relaxing.

B．Boring.

C．Tiring.

D．Exciting.

5. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A．Reading on Wooden Walkways

B．Building a Forest Library

C．Shanghai Library East

D．Shanghai’s First Forest Library

2 . 请阅读下面文章，根据所提供的信息，回答问题。

Practicing yoga (瑜伽) is a helpful, popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of “hot yoga” before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, is becoming more and more popular among the local people.

In the city of Agra, people practice yoga in water. It is more difficult to practice yoga in water than on land. But practicing yoga in water can be good for your flexibility (灵活性).

Harish Chaturvedi, a writer, teaches people water yoga for free—even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kinds of yoga, because the body does not get tired so quickly,” he said. “Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never feel tired.”

“The level of Oxygen (氧气) is very high in water, and you will not have any breathing problem.” he added.

Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from illness. He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are interested in it and come to learn from him.

“Harish is very good at performing yoga in water.” said Sudhir Narayan, a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”

1. Which is more difficult, to practice yoga in water or on land?     
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2. What is Harish Chaturvedi?
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3. Why is water yoga more popular than others?   
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4. Who does Harish mainly train?       
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5. Where does he have classes regularly?
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3 . Schools in China are studying how they can put VR(=virtual reality 虚拟现实) lessons into their classroom experience. One such lesson uses VR to teach children fire safety. Instead of pens and paper, students wear VR headsets in the classroom. They are put into a virtual environment where a fire has broken out. They must find their way out and escape carefully.

At the VR medical school under Sichuan University, a virtual system allows medical students to examine human body in different ways. They can even separate organs for closer examination. Students can practice their operation skills without a real body.

Simon Leung, vice-chairman of a VR company, said the company has developed VR classrooms and computers that send students to a 360 degree digital world. Moreover, the VR headsets can tell whether children are focused on the task at hand, Leung said.

Chinese parents, however, have a different opinion on VR lessons. They are suspicious of VR because they are unsure if the technology will have any bad effects. They are worried about their children’s eye sight, too.

Besides, VR equipment comes at a price. A top VR headset and computer could cost up to 10,000 yuan(1,475 U. S. dollars). “We need to do more to lower the cost and improve the user’s experience,” said Huang Ronghuai, professor at the Smart Learning Institute under Beijing Normal University, “But we are sure that we will change the model of education in the future.”

1. In VR lessons, students need to use ________.

A．pens and paper

B．VR headsets

C．a computer

D．a real knife

2. The VR medical school allows students to ________.

A．learn fire safety quickly	B．play games in a virtual environment
C．study harder than before	D．practice skills without a real body

3. The underlined word “suspicious” in Paragraph 4 means ________.

A．高兴的

B．怀疑的

C．自信的

D．赞同的

4. We can learn from the last paragraph that ________.

A．The VR equipment is too expensive

B．The VR education system is perfect now

C．VR has already changed the model of education

D．VR will make students study at home in the future

5. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing the passage?

A．To tell people how to build VR schools.

B．To teach people how to use VR headsets.

C．To encourage more and more people to buy VR Headsets.

D．To show the development of VR technology in education.

4 . 请阅读下面这篇文章，根据所提供的信息，回答5个问题。要求所写答案语法正确、语义完整，并把答案写在答题卡指定的位置。

In the COVID-19 pandemic(新冠肺炎疫情), people across the world are paying more attention to the health and happiness of each other. Some are trying to send messages of love and care in different ways. In China, an international communication program was started to send support to other countries. It has collected eighty-five letters written by students in Beijing to young people in pandemic-stricken(疫情重创下的) countries. They are full of love and care. These letters were made into a collection of short videos called “A Letter to Friends”. They were shown in the form of sand painting. It is reported that many hospitals abroad refuse all visitors to patients in order to stop the spread of COVID-            19. Patients feel lonely and worried, so some hospitals have created “Online Wish Wall” for the public. People are welcome to post their messages there to express their love and care. So far, the hospitals have received a great deal of encouragement from the public. The messages have helped the patients to cheer up without their loved ones by their side. The COVID-19 pandemic may make life difficult for people, but love and care will make life better.

1. What messages are some people trying to send?
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2. Who wrote the eighty-five letters?
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3. How were the letters shown?
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4. Where can people post their messages to the patients?
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5. What influence have the messages produced on the patients?
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5 . Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other big cities are exciting places to live. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, plays and movies. You can also go to supermarkets to buy things from all over the world. But there are serious problems in big cities, too. The cost of living is high, and there are too many people in some big cities. Every year many people move to the cities because there are more chances to find jobs, to study at good schools, and to receive good medical care. But sometimes these people cannot find work or a good place to live. Also, too many people in a small space make it hard to keep the cities safe and clean.
Some people enjoy living in big cities. Others do not. Before people move to big cities, they should think about the problems of living there.
1. In big cities people can                                .

A．find jobs more easily	B．study at good schools
C．receive good medical care	D．A, B and C

2. According to the passage, big cities                                  .

A．are not exciting places to live

B．have not many serious problems

C．are terrible

D．are not always clean and safe enough

3. In this passage the writer tells us                            .

A．to move to a big city

B．not to move to a big city

C．not to move to a big city without thinking about the problems there

D．not to think too much about the problems before moving to a big city

4. Which is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are all big cities.

B．Some people enjoy living in big cities.

C．People have more chances to find jobs in big cities.

D．Big cities are not as good as small cities.

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Exciting Places to live	B．Serious Problems in Big Cities
C．Big Cities	D．Chances to Find Jobs