1 . A man likes old things very much. He is looking for things of old times. One Saturday morning, he comes to a small village and finds a blue ceramic bowl there. It looks nice and old. It is on the ground and a cat is eating breakfast from it. An old woman, the owner of the cat, is sitting near the bowl. The man wants to get the bowl, but he doesn’t want to spend much money on it. So he asks the woman, “The cat is very cute. I want to buy it. Can you sell it to me?”
“How much money can you give me?” the woman asks. The man says, “Twenty-five yuan. Is it OK?”
The woman says, “OK.” Then the man gives the money to her and runs away. After ten minutes, the man goes back and says, “My cat wants a bowl to drink with. Can you give this bowl to me?” But the woman answers, “I am sorry I cannot give it to you. Thanks to the bowl, it helps me sell many cats a day.”
根据上文内容，判断正（T）、误（F）。
1. The story happens in a small city.
2. The cat is playing with a bowl.
3. The man gives 25 yuan to the woman for the cat.
4. The man really wants the cat.
5. From the story we can see that the woman is very clever.
2 . After 16 years, the Chinese women’s soccer team once again lifted the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Asian Cup.
On Feb 6, China beat South Korea 3-2 to get their ninth Asian championship . The last time they won was in 2006. Then the team went through a “low period”.
This time, the team showed a fighting spirit. In the first half, China was losing 0-2. But they didn’t stop trying and scored three goals to take the lead and win.
“We encouraged each other, and none of us ever thought about giving up. I’m so proud of us,” said team captain Wang Shanshan. Wang was named the game’s Most Valuable Player (MVP, 最有价值球员).
“This championship is a new start for the Chinese women’s soccer team. Through it, we showed the world our strength ,” she added.
China’s national women’s soccer team is going great. But they get less salaries (工资) and attention than the men’s team. In fact, almost every college in China has a men’s soccer team. But women’s soccer teams are much fewer. After this championship, media and the public asked for bigger support for the development of the women’s game.
根据上文内容判断正（T）误（F)。
1. The South Korea women’s soccer team won Women’s Asian Cup in 2022.
2. Chinese women’s soccer team got nine Asian championships.
3. The Chinese national women's soccer team showed a spirit of fighting by coming from behind to win.
4. Chinese women’s soccer players get more salaries and attention than the men’s team.
5. After this championship, it is a new start for the Chinese women’s soccer team.
3 . Since 12th May, a computer virus (病毒) named WannaCry has infected (感染) more than 300,000 computers in over 150 countries, according to Reuters.
WannaCry is spread by using a weakness in Microsoft’s Windows operating system. Once the virus gets into the computer, it locks all the papers and asks the user for money to unlock them. At first, it asks for $300, but if the user doesn’t send the money in 72 hours, the price doubles. Papers are locked forever if the user doesn’t pay in seven days.
The virus has brought bad results. For example in the UK, the virus left the country’s National Health Service in a mess. Some hospitals had to cancel (取消) patient appointments (预约), reported The Telegraph. In China, the virus has hit thousands of computers, according to Qihoo 360. One of the most hard-hit groups in China was university users. Many students’ graduation papers were locked. They felt nervous and frightened. Also many gas stations were seriously hit, and the payment system didn’t work.
WannaCry is the latest example of a cyber security (网络安全) problem. Matthew Hickey (who set up the security company Hacker House) said, “The attack is not surprising. It shows that many organizations do not use updates (更新) fast enough.” According to a survey, nearly half of the people said, “We are not satisfied with the way software updates work.”
As China Daily wrote, “We can’t completely protect our computers against these kinds of viruses, as this cat and mouse game will continue forever. The best choice for most users is to take care online and always install (安装) software updates.”
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）。
1. If your papers are locked by WannaCry, you need to pay $ 600 to unlock them in 3 days.
2. Matthew Hickey thinks the attack on computers is very surprising.
3. Not all the people are pleased with the way software updates work.
4. From the last two paragraphs, we can know that we should take care online and update software fast enough.
5. According to the passage, the writer shows the bad results by comparing numbers.
4 . I LOVE FOOTBALL. I started playing when I was nine years old, and football got me through difficult periods. It helps make me who I am today. And even though I did not reach the National Football League, I sometimes think I got more from achieving that dream, without realizing it.
My romance with football started when my dad drove me, kicking and screaming, to join a league. I didn’t want to be there at first. I was naturally weak and small. Fear turned to awe (敬畏) when I met my coach, Jim Graham, a huge and strong guy. And he was really strict and old-school.
Coach Graham used to drive me hard. I remember one practice in particular. “You’re doing it all wrong, Pausch. Go back! Do it again!” I tried to do what he wanted. But it wasn’t enough. “You owe(欠) me, Pausch! You’re doing push-ups after practice.
When the practice was over, one of the assistant coaches came up to me. “Coach Graham drove you pretty hard, didn’t he?” he said.
“Yeah.”
“That’s a good thing,” the assistant told me. “When you’re doing badly and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they’ve given up on you.”
That conversation has been with me closely my whole life. When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s willing to tell you anymore, that’s a bad place to be. You may not want to hear it, but those who always push you hard in your life are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.
There’s a lot of talk these days about giving children self-respect. It’s not something you can give; it’s something they have to build. Coach Graham knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to make it stronger: You give them something they can’t do; they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating.
When Coach Graham first got hold of me, I was a weak kid with no skills and no physical strength. But he made me realize that if I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can’t do today. I really felt thankful to Coach Graham for what he had done to me, though it surely didn’t feel good at that time to do so many push-ups after practice.
根据上文内容判断正(T)误(F)
1. In the writer’s eyes, Coach Graham was strict and wise.
2. The writer believes that those who are quite strict with you actually think ill of you.
3. The writer was thankful to Graham because the coach encouraged him to do better.
4. From the passage, we can learn “Never offer to teach fish to swim”
5. Coach Graham knew the method to teach kids how to build self-respect.
5 . Are you happy most of the time? Or do you easily get angry sometimes? Everyone has a different temperament. It is usually believed that both genes and environment may influence people’s temperaments in different ways. Scientists have found that the season of the birth also plays a role.
Scientists from Budapest, Hungary, studied 400 university students. In the study, the students needed to finish some questions to know which of four kinds of temperaments they most had. From the questions, scientists found that the students always answered something like “My mood often changes for no reason.” and “I love to deal with new projects, even if it is risky.” These answers were then connected with their birthdays.
They discovered that people born in summer easily change between sad and happy moods compared to people born in winter. Those who always feel positive are mostly born in spring and summer.
The study also found that those born in fall less probably had a mood of depression which may easily drive them to cry, while those in winter were not easier to be angry.
Scientists said that this was probably because the seasons had an influence on certain chemicals in the human body. And the chemicals are important to control people’s moods even in adult life. “It seems that when you are born may increase or decrease your chance of developing certain mood disorders.” scientist Xenia Gonda told the Telegraph.
根据上文内容判断正（T）误（F）
1. Ages probably may influence people’s temperaments according to paragraph 1.
2. The underlined word “depression” most probably means sadness.
3. The answers to the questions of the study were matched with their birthdays.
4. People born in winter get sad or happy more easily.
5. The best title of this passage is “The Influence of Genes”.
6 . The colorful clothes we wear today are made by machines. But what did ancient people do if they wanted to wear something colorful? Tie-dye（扎染）was a way to do this.
More than 1,000 years ago, the Bai people in Yunnan used tie-dye to dye their clothes. Then this skill became so popular that people gave tie-dye clothes to the emperor as gifts.
To tie-dye, you need to first use tools to tie, sew（缝制）, or clip（夹住）your cloth（布料）. The folded cloth is then put in dye. The Bai people usually make blue dye from a plant.
As the cloth is folded, some parts become dark blue, while other parts have a lighter color. When you unfold the cloth, you will see beautiful patterns.
In the 1960s, tie-dye became a fashion trend in the US. People tie-dyed T-shirts and jeans in imaginative ways. Many children in the US still learn tie-dye in their art classes.
At a recent famous fashion show, an Italian designer surprised people with tie-dye dresses, is like an experiment（实验）. People cannot imagine the patterns of the cloth if they don’t see them. It’s a surprise, the designer said. There is no doubt that the tie-dye trend has never really gone away.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）。1. Tie-dye is a way to make clothes colorful.
2. To tie-dye, people put the unfolded cloth in dye.
3. The Bai people usually use a plant to make blue dye.
4. Tie-dye is no longer popular with common people.
5. When we tie-dye, we have no idea what the patterns look like until we see them.
7 . Dads have Father’s Day. Moms have Mother’s Day. Kids have Children’s Day. But, do our grandparents have a special holiday? Yes, they do!
The Double Ninth Festival（重阳节）is a special day for older people in China. This holiday is on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. On this holiday, younger people usually show love and respect to older people.
There are many ways in which Chinese people express their respect. When an older person enters a room, everyone stands. People are introduced from the oldest to the youngest. When we present a book to an older person, two hands are used. Young people always offer their seats to older people on a crowded subway or bus.
Respecting older people is a tradition in China. That's because the Chinese know that older people have knowledge and experience that young people can learn. Chinese people are proud of being old.
In western countries, however, older people seldom think they are old. They are called “senior” instead of “old people”. They’d rather do everything themselves. Even after retirement, they take on hobbies, part-time jobs and new activities to keep their body working well.
Westerners respect their older people. too. Usually, seniors take trains and buses for free. They are given discounts in stores and restaurants.
But western seniors don’t often live with their children-they live alone. For holidays, the family usually gather at the grandparents’ home, and a great smile and a warm hug for their parents are enough for grown children to show their respect.
根据文章内容判断正（T）误（F）
1. The Double Ninth Festival is a special festival for older people in China.
2. In China, people should be introduced from the youngest to the oldest.
3. Chinese people celebrate the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the ninth month.
4. Old western people prefer they themselves are called “seniors”, because they would rather live an active life like young people.
5. Old people live with their children both in China and western countries.
In the movie The Day After Tomorrow, global warming causes a second Ice Age. The movie has led to a lot of discussion: Could another Ice Age really be possible?
On the first day when the movie was put on, environmental activist group MoveOn. org handed out thousands of leaflets outside theaters. Their message was, “Global warming isn’t just a movie. It’s your future. ” It is now widely accepted that the Earth is getting hotter.
One reason for this is the large amount of carbon dioxide in the air, caused by burning coal and petroleum（石油）. In Alaska, temperatures have risen by as much as 4.4℃ over the last 30 years, causing glaciers to melt（冰川融化）, and the sea level to rise. Some scientists say that the tide（潮汐） moves an average of three meters closer to the land each year.
This is seen in the Alaskan island village of Shishmaref, where houses are disappearing into the ocean. Soon, the village will be completely under water, and the people living there are already leaving to go to the mainland. However, most scientists believe that climate change could never happen as suddenly as the movie suggests, and that there is a danger that it might cause people to think that global warming is just the movie. But the movie’s director, Richard Emmerich, welcomes the discussion, saying that he wanted to make the movie show that global warming is not just science fiction, but a reality.
1. What is the topic of this text?| A．Glaciers melting. | B．Ice age. | C．Global warming. | D．Weather. |
| A．Because it shows global warming causes a second Ice Age. |
| B．Because the global warming causes the sea level to rise. |
| C．Because a lot of coal is burned to produce carbon dioxide. |
| D．Because the tide moves about three meters closer to the land. |
| A．海报 | B．树叶 | C．电影票 | D．传单 |
| A．A second Ice Age will come. | B．The petroleum will become less. |
| C．The villages will be under water. | D．The villagers will think about the topic. |
| A．climate change will happen suddenly. | B．people might not take the situation as a reality. |
| C．the movie director welcomes the discussion. | D．people living on islands are leaving for mainland. |
9 . An old farmer spent all his life on his farm in the country in the southeast of England. One day he decided to visit the big city. Everything was new and strange to him, because he had never traveled to the city before.
The old farmer visited a lot of interesting places in the city.
He rushed into a large tall building and saw a lift. When he was watching, an old woman got into the lift and closed the door. After a while, the door opened again and a very perfect young girl came out.
The old farmer was very surprised, “What a funny little room!” He said to himself, “It’s magic. It can change an old woman into a young girl. The next time I come here, I’m going to bring my wife to take the lift. ”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. The old farmer lived ________.
| A．near the city | B．in the city |
| C．in the southeast of England | D．in a large tall building |
| A．to visit a building | B．to visit a city |
| C．to visit a factory | D．to visit a farm |
| A．came to the city for the first time |
| B．had traveled to the city several times |
| C．found nothing new and strange in the city |
| D．only visited the large tall building |
| A．a young girl | B．an old man | C．his wife | D．an old woman |
| A．knew the lift well | B．didn’t know anything about the lift |
| C．wanted to buy a lift | D．didn’t like the lift |
10 . A few days ago, I received a letter from my Aunt Loraine.
It was a handwritten letter thanking me for some Shanghai cookies I had sent her. Aunt Lorraine is ninety-one years old and she has wonderful manners. That is why she sent me the “thank you” letter. She also has wonderful handwriting. Her penmanship (书法) is smooth. It is a pleasure to read.
Aunt Lorraine was educated half a century ago. At that time, penmanship was considered an important skill. Now, it is the age of e-mail and social media. Few people have the time or hope to practice their penmanship or write letters by hand.
This is not good. in my view, good penmanship still counts. This is especially true in school. If you want to get good grades, keeping your writing clean and beautiful will be important. Your writing might be full of good ideas. However, terrible handwriting can turn an A into a B. Awful handwriting can get you a D!
Good penmanship has other advantages, too. Since it's a skill, it trains your brain and develops your learning abilities. It also helps you organize your thoughts. And, believe it or not, that slow process of pushing a pen along paper improves your reading, spelling and even your pronunciation of English.
Apart from all these educational advantages, good penmanship also has personal advantages. A beautifully written letter to a friend is something he or she will treasure forever. A letter that looks as if a chicken bad danced across the paper will be quickly thrown away. I have kept the letter from my Aunt Lorraine. It's a great treasure!
1. Why did Aunt Lorraine write a letter to the author?| A．To express her thanks. | B．To show her wonderful manners. |
| C．To make herself pleased. | D．To set a good example to the author. |
| A．Getting good grades on your writing. | B．Organizing your thoughts. |
| C．Making your writing full of good ideas. | D．Improving your English pronunciation. |
| A．a boring letter | B．a great treasure | C．bad handwriting | D．good penmanship |
| A．To express the importance of clean and beautiful handwriting. |
| B．To share her pleasure of hearing from her aunt. |
| C．TO talk about her experiences of practicing penmanship. |
| D．To encourage people to write litters by hand instead of e-mailing. |
