1 . People call the Chinese diving (跳水) team a “dream team”. It has been a world-class team since the days of Fu Mingxia back in the early 1990s. It still has a bright future these days with Quan Hongchan, 14, a new diving star.
Quan was the youngest member of the Chinese team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, but she wowed the world by getting perfect 10s three times to win the women’s 10-meter dive. This surprised not only the whole team, but also Quan herself. “I’ve never thought of beating a few world champions (冠军) in the match,” Quan said. “I just saw the competition as training. To be brave and just go jumping.”
People thought Quan was born with great talent in diving, but Quan didn’t think so. “I just dived every day. Each day, I needed to practice about seven hours, and some days I practiced for 10 hours,” she told China Daily. And she remembered how it felt when she started to learn diving at the age of 7. “It was so much fun,” she said. However, it takes more than just interest for a beginner to become successful. “If I stop training for a day or two, I feel scared when I get back on the 10-meter board. A diver needs to practice every day and try her best every day,” she added.
In fact, Quan was born in a poor family in Guangdong in 2007. Her mother was badly ill and she worried about her very much. She decided to do all her best for her mother even when she was at an early age, which touched people all around China.
1. What does the word wowed in Para. 2 mean?
| A．Surprised. | B．Interested. | C．Worried. | D．Scared. |
| A．She was born with great talent in diving. | B．She took great interest in diving as a beginner. |
| C．She started diving when she was at the age of 7. | D．She practiced diving and tried her best every day. |
| A．Laura is really interested in taking photos. |
| B．Tom always has new ideas to work out the problems. |
| C．Sarah practices dancing day and night to join the competition. |
| D．Linda is so clever that she learns lots of skills by herself quickly. |
| A．teach us to dive like Quan Hongchan | B．tell us the story about Quan Hongchan |
| C．show us how to be a successful diving star | D．let us know about Chinese diving team |
2 .
 Who sings the best? Thailand held a bird-singing contest in September. About 1,500 birds from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore joined. They sang songs, and judges (裁判) gave them scores. The one who sang the best songs won a prize of about 144, 000 yuan. |
1. Which country is NOT mentioned (提及) in the singing competition?
| A．China. | B．Malaysia. | C．Singapore. |
| A．1,500 yuan. | B．14,400 yuan. | C．144,000 yuan. |
3 . On October 12, 2022, students from all over the country took the third live class from China’s space station. Shenzhou-14 members Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuezhe gave the class to students on the earth.
At the beginning of the 50-minute class, the astronauts showed the new “classroom”, the Wentian lab module (实验舱). They worked and lived there. It became part of China’s space station in July last year.
The astronauts did four interesting experiments (实验) in the microgravity environment. Liu Yang tried drinking mango juice with a two-meter straw and she made it! Another experiment showed that a water ball became “lazy” after a small steel ball was put inside it. Chen Dong made two T-handles “dance” on the space station. The astronauts also invited students to do the experiments on the earth. The students found the differences between space and the earth. “How interesting!” they said.
The astronauts also answered questions from students like “how to become an astronaut” and “what kind of plants they will grow in space in the future”.
It was the first science class from the Wentian lab module and the third “Tiangong Class”. The first and second were given by the Shenzhou-13 members in the station’s Tianhe core module. The classes made a lot of young people fall in love with space science.
1. The text is probably from __________.| A．a newspaper | B．a story book | C．a history book |
| A．They did four experiments in space. |
| B．They showed the Wentian lab module. |
| C．They answered the questions from students. |
| A．The students also did some experiments on the earth. |
| B．The astronauts put a steel ball into a water ball and found it became “lazy”. |
| C．The Shenzhou-13 members gave the first science class from the Wentian lab module. |
| A．The Great Chinese Astronauts |
| B．Interesting Experiments From Space |
| C．The Third Live Class from China’s Space Station |
4 . A Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday morning (May 15th), marking a historic achievement in China’s space effort and making it the second country in the world to achieve the feat (功绩).
President Xi Jinping, sent a letter soon after the successful landing was announced at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, expressing congratulations and greetings to all the staff (全体人员).
The letter read that the Tianwen 1 mission has left the nation’s first mark on the Red Planet and is another landmark achievement in the development of China’s space industry.
“Thanks to your courage in the face of challenges and pursuit of excellence, China is now among the leading countries in planetary (行星) exploration,” Xi said in the message. “The country and people will always remember your outstanding achievements.”
The touchdown (接触点) of Tianwen 1 on Mars was the latest example of China’s outer space exploration, following a string of recent achievements which include putting the first section of the country’s space station into orbit, returning the first lunar samples to Earth in more than 40 years and completing a global navigation satellite network.
So far more than half of the Mars landing experiments conducted by some space countries have failed, which shows that the mission is very difficult. But because of their spirit of pursuit of excellence, each and every step during the entry, descent (下降) and landing processes was done with perfect accuracy.
Tianwen 1’s rover, which is named Zhurong, after an ancient Chinese god of fire, is planned to observe and draw maps of the landing site and to perform diagnostic tests (诊断测试) in the coming days.
Zhurong will move from its landing module (登陆舱) onto the Martian soil to begin scientific surveys, the first photos to be taken by the rover are expected to be transferred back to Earth around the end of this month.
1. When did a Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on Mars?| A．On May 15, 2021 | B．On Sunday morning |
| C．On May 1, 2021 | D．On May 20, 2021 |
| A．His congratulations and greetings to all the staff. |
| B．A Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars. |
| C．Outstanding achievements of all Chinese space staff. |
| D．China is the most powerful country in space development. |
| A．The Mars landing is very difficult. |
| B．Zhu Rong is a character in ancient Chinese mythology (神话). |
| C．China is the second country whose spacecraft successfully landed on Mars. |
| D．China took back the first lunar samples more than 40 years ago. |
| A．how the rover Zhurong landed on Mars. |
| B．why we sent the rover Zhurong on Mars. |
| C．something about the rover Zhurong successfully landing on Mars. |
| D．something about the rover Zhurong taking some photos on Mars. |
| The 20th CPC National Congress (中共二十大) opened on October 16, 2022. More than 2290 delegates (代表), from all walks of life, attended (出席) the meeting. Let’s learn about some of them. | |
 Gong Zhiyi, 36, from a small village in Shanxi, is a worker. His parents are both farmers. With hard work, he grew into a model worker in China. People call him an innovator. (创新达人) |  When Zhang Jinmei, a forestry expert, was a child, it was difficult to find a tree or a flower in her town. So she decided to bring new life there. Now she brings many plants and flowers to Qinghai. |
 Liu Xiuxiang is a teacher in the countryside in Guizhou. He helped many poor kids come back to school. In 2016, he started his s own workroom to call on more people to help children in need. |  Xu Mengtao is a winner at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (奥运会). With practicing hard, Xu made her dream come true. “I’m very lucky and I’m thankful to our great country.” She said. |
1. When did the 20th CPC National Congress open?
| A．On Oct. 16, 2022. | B．On Oct. 20, 2022 | C．On Oct. 22, 2022 |
| A．In a school. | B．In a theater. | C．In a factory. |
| A．She found trees and flowers there. |
| B．She brought green to people there. |
| C．She helped people there become rich. |
| A．Xu Mengtao thanks our great country. |
| B．Liu Xiuxiang and Xu Mengtao are both teachers. |
| C．Liu Xiuxiang started the workroom to help children. |
| A．In a newspaper. | B．In a guide book. | C．In a story book. |
6 . A Lifelong Journey (《人世间》), a popular TV series (电视剧), became a hit (成功). It showed the changes in more than fifty years and has become the most-watched TV series on CCTV in the past five years.
The TV series is adapted (改编) from a novel (小说) with the same name which is written by famous Chinese writer Liang Xiaosheng. The novel first appeared in December 2017 and won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize two years later.
Starting in the late 1960s, the story of the TV series follows the ups and downs of two brothers and a sister. They come from a working-class family in northeastern China. It shows a group of Chinese people with different jobs to describe the huge influence (影响) brought by China’s social changes.
A Lifelong Journey went popular partly because it wakes people’s memory (记忆) of the past. The story of a small family mirrors the lives of millions of such small families in China. What’s more, its success (成功) results from the actors’ great performances (表演). Without them, the warm atmosphere (氛围) and strong feelings (强烈的感情) couldn’t be shown.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. A Lifelong Journey ___________.
| A．is an action movie |
| B．is the least-watched TV series on CCTV |
| C．is about a story over about 50 years |
| A．In 2017. | B．In 2018. | C．In 2019. |
| A．The TV series is about a farmer’s family. |
| B．The TV series tells a story that happened in northeastern China. |
| C．From the TV series we can’t see any social changes. |
| A．The actors. | B．The families. | C．The stories. |
| A．A science magazine. | B．A news report. | C．A letter. |
7 .
 | Stacked chairs reach new heights A restaurant manager, has broken the Guinness World Record for chair stacking (使成叠) in Canada. In April of 2021, Jay Ehsan carefully stacked chairs on top of each other to a height of 5.2 meters. The stacking took 45 minutes. Not only did he break the record but his efforts also raised more than ＄1,500 to help homeless people. |
 | During a beach walk on the Grand Beach, Canada, Andrew Eaton saw a glass bottle. His first thought was to recycle it, but then he saw a note inside. It was written in French and dated January 26, 2021. Andre Huet, from Scotland, had written it and the bottle had carried it about 2,200 miles across the Atlantic. He may be surprised to find that his bottle would be picked up by someone one year later. |
 | A couple float their dream house A couple from Toronto, Canada, saw their dream house right on the beach. They bought it and then they tried to use several motorboats to push it more than 1,000 meters across Newfoundland’s Bay of Islands, which was unexpected to most people. Sadly, four hours later, the boats lost control, and Daniele and Kirk watched their dream house go down under the waves. |
| A．made a living by stacking chairs |
| B．has given a hand to people without home |
| C．spent more than an hour finishing the challenge |
| D．was confident about breaking the record before the challenge |
| A．A bottle travels so long |
| B．A message matters a lot |
| C．A Scottish man shows creativity |
| D．A Canadian protects the environment |
| A．has a note inside written in English |
| B．travelled across the Pacific in two years |
| C．may be a surprising gift to Andrew Eaton |
| D．must have been thrown into the sea by a Frenchman |
| A．would like to live on the sea |
| B．found their dream house in a busy district |
| C．tried something others may not usually do |
| D．floated their dream house across the bay successfully |
| A．happened in the same year | B．took place in the same country |
| C．has something to do with travel | D．has something to do with charity |
8 .
 | The three astronauts on the Shenzhou XIV mission returned to Earth on Sunday evening after a six-month mission that completed the in-orbit assembly (在轨组装) of the Tiangong space station. A capsule carrying Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, touched down on Earth at the Dongfeng Landing Site in northwestern China’s Gobi Desert at 8:09 pm after flying nine hours. This has become the first time that Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth at night. |
 | Argentina won the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Sunday, beating France in penalty kicks (点球) in one of the most dramatic matches in the history of the sport. After a 3-3 tie through extra time, Argentina won 4-2 in penalty kicks. Lionel Messi is a man on a mission at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. |
 | The travel code, a We Chat-based lite app that records people’s movements to know they had not been to any dangerous area in the last 14 days, is being officially dropped from midnight on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. It will make travel easier. |
 | The Chinese capital Beijing has reported a rise in the number of flights recently after the country changed its COVID-19 rule. The total number of flights rose by 169 percent on Sunday from the beginning of December at the Beijing Capital International Airport and the Beijing Daxing International Airport. |
1. How long did the three Chinese stay in the Tiangong space station?
| A．For a year. | B．For five months. | C．For half a year. | D．For eight months. |
| A．France beat Argentina in the final match in Qatar. |
| B．The travel code will be dropped from December 14, 2022. |
| C．The Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth at night twice. |
| D．The number of flights rose before the country changed its COVID-19 rule. |
| A．a newspaper | B．an advertisement | C．a guidebook | D．a fashion magazine |
9 . Liu Jichen, a student from Tsinghua University, has developed a WeChat (微信) miniprogram called “Clear Plate”. After a meal, users can open the miniprogram and take a picture of their empty plates. Once the picture is recognized by the AI (人工智能), users can collect points and use them to buy gifts or buy charity (慈善) meals and then send them to children in poor rural areas.
In November 2020, Liu and his team, together with other organizations, organized the “Clear Your Plate” program for the third year. It has swept over 1,017 universities across the country.
The idea to develop such a miniprogram came from Liu’s experience in a canteen. In 2017, he found that a restaurant would give dinners who finished off their food a card and offer small gifts after a certain number of cards had been collected.
“Technological innovation (科技创新) is a good way to reduce food waste,” Liu thought. He organized a team of 20 members to work on the project at the end of 2017. To solve the AI’s problem of identifying (识别) photos of empty plates, the team spent half a year collecting over 100,000 samples in canteens and restaurants. In 2018, the miniprogram was officially put into use on Oct. 16th, World Food Day.
“There were so many unknowns in research and development. For our team members, the biggest challenge was whether we were confident enough to complete it,” Liu said. They not only achieved their goal, but now, the mini-program has more than 5 million users, according to Liu. “We hope our efforts can start a new lifestyle among the young by encouraging them to cherish (珍惜) their food and develop the habit of saving food,” Liu added.
1. What can we know about the “Clear Your Plate” mini-program?| A．It is an exchange of food for rewards. |
| B．Its 6 million users are mostly students. |
| C．It helped reduce food waste by chatting with friends. |
| D．Its purpose is to put an end to waste and encourage saving food. |
①The mini-program was officially put into use.
②The mini-program has more than 5 million users.
③Liu found that a canteen would give dinners a card.
④Liu organized a team to work on the program “Clear Your Plate” .
| A．①③④② | B．③④①② | C．③②④① | D．②③④① |
| A．They found it difficult to continue the program. |
| B．They had difficulty gathering enough samples. |
| C．They felt uncertain if they could complete the project. |
| D．They don’t have enough professional technical support. |
| A．A guide book. | B．A news report. | C．A book review. | D．A text book. |
10 . Can you believe that one day you can visit other countries without your paper passport (护照)? That might come true. And the paper passport will become history. People may use a new kind of passport called the cloud passport in the future.
It’s reported that Australia will be the first country to use the cloud passport, and Australians can travel without a paper passport between Australia and New Zealand.
How does it work? Australian people’s names, photos and other information will be stored (存储) in a cloud. As a result, passengers will no longer need to carry their paper passports. Each year, tens of thousands of Australian passports are lost or stolen. With the cloud passport, people don’t have to worry about that any more.
Although the cloud passport hasn’t been worked out yet, questions are being asked about the safety of a cloud system that stores people’s information. “The idea of a cloud passport would of course be grounded on safety (以安全为基础). We are proud (自豪的) that we have one of the safest passports in the world. But by trying new things, we might be able to do even better,” said Julie Bishop, the minister (部长) of Australia Foreign Affairs.
1. What might be the name of the new passport in the future?| A．Cloud passport. | B．Paper passport. | C．History passport. | D．Travel passport. |
| A．New Zealand bought tomatoes from Australia. |
| B．Australia was the first country to plant tomatoes. |
| C．Australia wants to be the first to try the cloud passport. |
| D．Australians can travel between Australia and New Zealand for free. |
| A．They might be lost or stolen. | B．They carry little information. |
| C．They are difficult to get. | D．They cost too much. |
| A．The idea of a cloud passport is not a good one. |
| B．Australia is one of the safest countries in the world. |
| C．Australia makes better passports than other countries do. |
| D．Australia will make sure that cloud passports are safe. |
| A．how to apply for (申请) a passport |
| B．a possible kind of passport in the future |
| C．travelling between Australia and New Zealand |
| D．differences between cloud passports and paper passports |
