1 . It has been two months since Richard Watson placed 200 special transmitters (信号发射机) for his cows. They are parts of an AI system named Ida. This AI system can send messages to Watson’s phone when his cows are healthy or when they are not feeling well. It can tell how many animals are sick to the dairy farmers (奶农) and also help them pick out the sick animals.

With the AI system, farmers can get the information from their phones instead of going to the farms to check animals every day. So this AI system can help people spend their free time doing other things. Many dairy farmers are interested in Ida. Watson is one of them. On a common morning in March, he took out his phone to check his Ida App. It showed that Cows #97800 and #97782 were eating less. This might mean that there was something wrong with them.

However, some farmers say, “I can find out the sick cow just by looking at her eyes.” Mark Rodgers is a neighbor of Watson’s. He said, “This is what I can do by myself. My experience can help me look after them better. Technology isn’t useful.”

Ida was developed by Yasir Khokhar, the boss of the company. He said he came up with the idea while he was living on a farm in Holland. The system can record cow’s behaviors by studying videos of them. The company is still trying to improve this technology to provide much more convenience for farmers.

1. According to the text, the AI system Ida can help farmers ________.
① chat with their animals ② pick out the sick animals ③ record animals’ behaviors ④ change animals’ food

A．①②

B．②③

C．③④

D．②④

2. What’s the main idea of paragraph 2?

A．Farmers have problems feeding cows.

B．Farmers are busy doing other things.

C．This AI system is used in different ways.

D．This AI system is popular with dairy farmers.

3. Which of the following best describes Yasir Khokhar?

A．Creative.

B．Brave.

C．Honest.

D．Friendly.

4. What can we infer (推断) from the text?

A．Yasit Khokhar will stop his company business.

B．Richard Watson will keep more cows on his farm.

C．Mark Rodgers doesn’t want any help from the system.

D．The system can also provide the cows with music lessons.

2 . 阅读短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、连贯。

Once upon a time, there was no tea at all in England. People there used     1     (drink) a light beer (啤酒). No coffee or milk but large glasses of beer     2     (stand) on the breakfast table!

When tea was     3     (one) brought to England, an old couple got some as a special treat.     4    they did not know how it should be used. They cooked the    5       (leaf) in hot water, and spread them on a piece of bacon (熏肉) which they were going to have for dinner. They ate the leaves, and threw the tea away! However, tea is becoming    6     popular as coffee and milk in England today.

Tea is the leaf of a plant which grows     7     (wide) in China, Japan and some other countries. Tea farmers usually grow a great many tea plants on a large piece of land. When the tea leaves     8     (pick), it is the busiest time for tea farmers in a year. They pull off the leaves and dry     9     (they). In their spare time, they pick out the     10     (good) leaves and get them ready for market. In China, whenever a visitor comes into a house, he is served with a cup of tea.

3 . 教育部提出劳动教育是义务教育的重要组成部分。劳动有助于我们提升生活技能，创造美好生活，也有助于培养我们的精神品质。兴鑫英语杂志社将开展以“劳动最光荣”为主题的英文征文活动, 请你写一篇投稿，谈谈你对劳动的看法，平时参与哪些劳动，有什么收获。

提示问题：
(1)What do you think of labor (劳动)?
(2)What kind of labor do you often do?
(3)What have you learned from doing so?
提示词语： labor, glorious (光荣的) housework, help, life skills
注意：
1. 必须包括以上所有提示信息，可适当发挥；
2. 文中不得出现任何透露考生真实身份的信息；
3. 100词左右(开头已给出，不计入总词数)。

Labor is a very important part of our life.

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4 . Are you too busy with work to pick up your children from school? Let them join the Sunflower After-School Club!

Activities	Time	Price
☆Do homework ☆Review notes	5:30 pm—6:30 pm	30 yuan (50 yuan for two children)
☆Do homework ☆Review notes ☆Watch educational videos ☆Have dinner	5:30 pm—7:30 pm	50 yuan (80 yuan for two children)

We can take care of them on weekdays.
About our teachers
Our club teachers are well-trained and experienced, with at least 5 years of experience in taking care of children.
How to sign up (报名)
If you want your child to join the club, you can check out our website at www.sunflowerafterschoolclub.com and fill out the form.
You can pay online: both Alipay and WeChat Pay are accepted.
More information
If you want to know more about us, you can visit our club in person (Room 401, Teaching Building B) or call us at 88075492.
1. Who is the ad written for?

A．Students.

B．Parents.

C．Teachers.

D．The club members.

2. If Mr. Lee’s three daughters want to join in the two-hour activity, she should pay ________.

A．90 yuan

B．130 yuan

C．150 yuan

D．240 yuan

3. How do children sign up for the club?

A．Make a phone call.	B．Send an email.
C．Fill out the form.	D．Go to the club in person.

4. We can use _______ to pay for the club.

A．Alipay and WeChat Pay	B．only Alipay
C．all kinds of credit cards (信用卡)	D．cash (现金) in person

5 . 阅读短文，理解其大意，从 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I believe that we can have an important effect on anyone we meet. The right words at just the right time could change someone’s ______.

When I was three years old, my parents ______ I was deaf. After asking many doctors and parents of other deaf children, they decided to put me in a ______ school.

On my first day in the school, the other kids laughed at me because of my hearing aid and the ______ I talked.

Although I seemed outgoing, my self-esteem (自尊心) was quite low. I ______ myself as an ugly kid.

Mrs. Jordan, my teacher, changed all of that with a ________ three-word phrase. One morning, she asked the class a question. I read her lips (嘴唇) and raised my hand at once. She called me. I took a deep breath and ______ answered Mrs. Jordan’s question.

I will never forget what happened next. Mrs. Jordan _______ directly at me. With a big ________, she cried, “That’s right, Stephen!” For the first time in my young life, my confidence increased. At that moment, I decided that no matter how many ______ I may face, I can overcome (克服) them. Just from those three simple words, my life changed from that moment.

1.

A．life

B．health

C．habit

D．work

2.

A．heard

B．found

C．showed

D．got

3.

A．different

B．special

C．normal

D．especial

4.

A．thing

B．word

C．sound

D．way

5.

A．saw

B．thought

C．decided

D．looked

6.

A．easy

B．common

C．difficult

D．simple

7.

A．quickly

B．nearly

C．nervously

D．wisely

8.

A．shouted

B．laughed

C．arrived

D．pointed

9.

A．smile

B．help

C．joke

D．cry

10.

A．rules

B．difficulties

C．kids

D．differences

6 . I lived in the mountains. There were many curvy (弯曲的) and dangerous roads. I was driving down one of those roads last spring. Days of rain made the ground slippery (湿滑的) to drive on.

As I turned around a curve, I saw a tree that had fallen across the road. Then I stopped. I knew there might be an accident if someone drove faster than me.

I got out of my car and tried to pull the tree to the other side of the road, but it was too big and heavy to move. I didn’t know what to do. But 30 seconds later, a white truck appeared and stopped.

A young man came to me. “You need a chainsaw (电锯)?” he asked. I said, “Yes!” He took one out of the back of his truck. He cut the tree into several parts while I dropped them on the other side. “You never know when you will need a chainsaw,” I joked. The young man smiled and waved goodbye.

In his life, you never know when you will need a chainsaw. However, you do know when you will need a kind and loving heart.

1. What was the road like last spring?

A．Curvy and slippery.	B．Smooth and clean.
C．Straight but wet.	D．Dry but dangerous.

2. Which of the following is the right order according to the passage?
① The young man left without saying anything.
② I failed to move the big and heavy tree away.
③ A fallen tree across the road was on my way.
④ A man cut the tree into parts with a chainsaw.

A．④②③①

B．③②①④

C．③②④①

D．③④②①

3. The young man had a chainsaw in his truck because he thought ________.

A．there is a will, there is a way

B．practice makes perfect

C．time is money

D．prepare for a rainy day

4. What is the best title (标题) for the passage?

A．A useful chainsaw	B．A kind and helpful act
C．A scary accident	D．A dangerous and tiring journey

7 . Personal information is like the keys to your house.     1     It can be like allowing a stranger into your house without you even knowing. If someone has personal information about you, they could pretend (假装) to be you, find out where you live, or even use your personal information to buy things.

    2    

·full name, address, phone number

·which school you go to

·date of birth, email address

·usernames and passwords for online accounts (账户) or email accounts

·photos that show where you live or your school uniform

How to keep personal information safe?

·    3     Choose a screen name that does not include your real first or last name or use a nickname instead.

·Don’t lie about your age. You have to be at least 13 years old to use many apps. This is because some of the messages may not be safe for kids.

·Only follow friends or people you know. If you accept a friend request (请求) from someone you don’t know, your email address might have your name and you will get unwanted texts, calls or emails.

·    4     If you sign up for something online, like a competition or test, only fill out the fields that are marked with the symbol“※”, which means that it is a required field.

A．Your personal information may include the followings.

B．Giving them to wrong people is dangerous.

C．Personal information becomes common for strangers.

D．Avoid using your full name online.

E．Don’t fill in all the fields on forms.

8 . 阅读短文，然后根据内容回答问题。

Fan Jinshi, a famous Chinese archaeologist (考古学家), is 86 years old now. She was awarded by UNESCO for her achievement to the protection of the Mogao Caves (莫高窟) in Dunhuang on Sept.7, 2023.

In 1963, Fan, a 25-year-old Peking University graduate, had the chance to work at the Mogao Caves. “Seeing Dunhuang for the first time was amazing. I decide to stay here and fight for these beautiful caves forever.” Fan told Gansu Daily.

Fan and her team had to live in mud houses and drink salty water. They stayed inside the caves to do some research, copy murals (壁画), and do whatever they could to protect them.

In 2011, after 40 years of hard work, a report on the Mogao Caves written by Fan’s team was finally published. It was known as the first professional (专业的) report on cave archaeology in China, reported Gansu Daily.

In the late 1980s, Fan came across computer technology by chance. She realized that this might protect the Mogao Caves forever. After over 30 years of study, the Dunhuang Academy (研究院) built a digital database (数字数据库) to protect cultural relics(文物) there.

“In my whole life, I’ve only done one thing: protect and develop the world cultural heritage (遗产) of the Mogao Caves,” she told People’s Daily. “My heart belongs to Dunhuang.”

1. What does Fan Jinshi do?
________________________________________________________
2. Where is the Mogao Caves?
________________________________________________________
3. Why did the Dunhuang Academy build a digital database?
________________________________________________________
4. There are many places of interest in China. Which one is your favourite? Please write 30 or more words to introduce it.
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9 . 丰富多彩的初中生活已经接近尾声。在这三年里，你一定有很多学习习惯。请你以“好习惯，促成长”为话题，介绍一种好的学习习惯。内容包括：

(1) What’s your good learning habit?
(2) How do you develop this habit?
(3) What benefits have you got from this habit?
注意：
(1) 词数80~100，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
(2)可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
(3)文章中不能出现真实姓名及学校名称。
参考词汇:   improve my skills; grow up; be interested in; not only... but also...

A Good Learning Habit

Good habits benefit a person’s whole life. Let me tell you something about my learning habit.

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10 .

Chen Ye, 15, won the gold medal in the men’s bowl final of skateboarding (滑板男子碗池决赛) at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sept. 25, 2023.

Chen started getting into this sport when he was eight years old. “I remember one day I went to a sports store, and I saw a skateboard. I decided to have a try.” Chen told China Daily. Although it was a challenge to stay on the board at first, Chen found it very interesting. “Every time I learned some difficult skills, I felt the happiness of making breakthroughs,” said Chen.

Gradually, Chen needed a better skate bowl for training. So his father decided to make a skate bowl himself. “He gave up his job and worked late until night,” said Chen. “I’m really thankful for my father’s support.”

As a junior high school student, Chen needed to find a balance between his schoolwork and skateboarding. He trained in the morning, studied in the afternoon and sometimes had to have more classes with the teachers’ help. While getting ready for the competition this year, he trained for more hours at night so that he could study in the daytime.

Looking at seven years of learning skating, Chen said this experience made him stronger and decided to do something he truly loves.

1. How old did Chen Ye notice skateboarding?

A．7.

B．8.

C．15.

D．25.

2. Which of the following is TRUE about Chen’s father?

A．He still does his own job.	B．He is good at skateboarding.
C．He loves and supports his son.	D．He is brave enough to protect his son.

3. What does the underlined word “breakthroughs” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Mistakes.

B．Problems.

C．Trouble.

D．Progress.

4. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To express Chen’s love for his father.

B．To introduce how Chen fights for his dream.

C．To describe the development of skateboarding.

D．To explain why Chen competed the 18th Asian Games.