1 . Bees make honey, and honey is one of the most amazing foods that we can find in nature. Did you know that honey never goes bad ? They have found honey that is 5, 000 years old and that you can still eat.     1    

A bee colony (蜂群) is a group of bees that live together. Each colony has one mother bee. This queen bee can live for three to five years. She produces up to 2, 000 eggs every day. The other bees make honey so that young bees can eat in the winter. How do they do this?     2     But as they do this, some of the pollen falls off the bees onto other flowers. The plants use this pollen to make new plants. Thirty percent of the world's crops need bees to live.

Unfortunately, bees can sting (刺) you if they think you are trying to hurt them. The best thing to do if this happens is to take the stinger out carefully with your finger mail (指甲) and wash the area with soap and water.     3     Some bees die after they sting. Poor bees!

There are many good reasons to keep bees yourself. Once you have done that, you will need wooden boxes to keep the bees in.     4     You will also need a jacket and a hat with a piece that covers your face to keep you safe while you are working with the bees.

Finally, you will need a way to make some smoke. When there is smoke near their home, bees can’t “talk” to each other. They start to eat their honey and think about leaving their home, so they will be too busy to sting you.     5    .

A．Put ice on it for the pain.

B．Honey can help us with a lot of our health problems.

C．Enjoy your bees, and don't forget to share your honey with your neighbors!

D．Bees visit lots of flowers and take the pollen (花粉) home.

E．Wooden boxes are very similar to the homes that bees make for themselves in trees,

2 . Welcome to Happy Children’s Palace

Monday: 17: 00—18: 30	Wednesday: 17: 00—18: 30		Thursday: 17: 00—19: 00
English listening Miss Green Improve listening skills. It’s for middle school students. (5weeks)	Photography Mr. Black Learn to take good pictures Bring your own camera (3 weeks)		Painting Mr. Brown Learn painting. It’s for beginners only (8 weeks)
Friday: 16: 00—19: 00 Football club Coach: Miss Smith Do you want to be a football player? Come to the club (6 weeks)		Saturday: 10: 00—11: 00 Cambridge Young Learner’s English Mrs. White This course is for the children at primary school. (12 weeks)

1. ___________ teaches English listening at Happy Children’s Palace.

A．Miss Smith

B．Miss Green

C．Mr. Brown

D．Mr. Black

2. If you want to learn to take photos, you can go to Happy children’s Palace on ____________.

A．Monday

B．Tuesday

C．Wednesday

D．Saturday

3. It will take _____________ to have a painting class on Thursday.

A．one hour

B．one and a half hours

C．two hours

D．three hours

4. Miss Smith gives a ___________ class from 16: 00 to 19: 00 on Friday.

A．football

B．painting

C．photography

D．listening

5. Cambridge Young Learner’s English is provided for _____________.

A．middle school students	B．painting beginners
C．camera owners	D．primary school pupils

3 . 阅读短文内容，在A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my perseverance (毅力).

Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing. But as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that moment, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there you can see all of the nice things, just like your life.”

At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got new hope and confidence. I found myself standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as clear as crystal (水晶).

1. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was ________ for father and son.

A．pleasant

B．tiring

C．painful

D．hard

2. The word “quit” in the passage means “________”.

A．carry on

B．put out

C．give up

D．pick up

3. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ________.

A．the writer reached the top of the mountain

B．the writer was very successful in his life

C．though the writer was young, he could understand his father

D．the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain

4. The best title for the passage is ________.

A．How to Get to the Foot of the Mountain	B．Sleeping at the Top of the Mountain
C．Conversations between Father and Son	D．Reaching the Top of the Mountain

4 . 从下面选择合适的句子, 填到横线上, 使对话意思完整
A: Could you tell me something about your home town? Is it quite near the sea?
B: Oh, no. My home town is about 200 miles from the sea.
A: Oh, I see.     1    
B: Not really. It’s got a population of about 15, 000.
A: And is it a very old town?
B: Yes, it is.     2    
A: Really? It must be quite an interesting place then.
B: Yes, it is. We get a lot of tourists.     3    
A: Well, what do the tourists do there?
B:     4    . There are some great restaurants in the town.
A:     5    
B: No, there isn’t any. But there are a few lovely mountains near the town. They are very good for skiing in winter.
A:     6    
B: You are right. It’s very cold.

A．In fact, tourism is our main industry (产业).

B．I think it must be very cold in winter.

C．They can walk through the town and look at the old buildings.

D．And is it a very big town?

E．Many of the houses were built in the 18th century.

F．And what about museums?

5 . 阅读下面材料，按照句子结构的语法情况和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填入适当的词或用括号中所给词的正确形式填空每空不超过两词。

Earth Day comes every April 22. It’s a day to do some good for the planet. Here are two young people who have taken action for Mother Earth. They’re     1     (hero) for the Planet.

Fighting Wildfire

When Emma was 11, her family moved from Chicago to Northern California. Soon after, the Camp Fire started. “It was one of     2     (large) fires in California history,” Emma recalls. Her school was about 200 miles south of the fire. But students had to wear masks because of the smoke. “It was     3     terrible experience for me”, she says. It made her want to find a solution. She created a way     4     (use) artificial intelligence (AI) to predict forest fires. Her method is nearly 90% correct. “I realized that     5     I could succeed, the results would make a big     6     (different).”

Recycling Power

Kim learned a scary fact on his     7     (ten) birthday. Every year, people throw out 15 billion batteries (电池). They pollute groundwater and harm the environment. Kim’s organization, Recycle My Battery, provides recycling bins     8     batteries. This organization has a team of 250 student volunteers around the world. In the past three years, they     9     (help) to recycle more than 260,000 batteries. Kim has won many     10     (environment) awards. “My biggest goal is to bring the 15 billion batteries which     11     (throw) away each year worldwide to zero,” he says.

6 . My brother and I were driving home together and started talking. As a result of this distraction (分心, 干扰), my brother took a wrong turn. Unluckily, the wrong turn took us towards a bridge and we had no way of turning back. My brother had to pay to cross. He was clearly unhappy with the mistake and the waste of $4.

As we drove forward, my brother noticed an old car stopping on the road. A young man was standing nearby, trying to wait for someone. I was busy trying to find out which way we should go next but my brother stopped our car and asked the man if he needed any help. And he did! He had a flat tire (漏气的车胎).

My brother helped him change the tire. We started getting to know the young man. He said that this had been a bad week for him. Earlier he had gotten into a car accident, and now this tire on his way home didn’t work. But he called us “a breath of fresh air” and kept thanking us because he really would have been in big trouble if we hadn’t come along. After we finished the job, he thanked us again and tried to give us $20. “No,” I said. “We had never thought about getting to the end of that bridge. We took a wrong turn. But now we know why we did it. It was to help you! Thank you for turning our mistake into a chance to help.”

My brother taught me a lot. He was able to turn his annoyance (烦恼) over the mistake into positive energy. He was able to see a chance to help (which I totally missed) even in a negative situation which could only come from a calm mind and an open heart. That was the bridge we should cross.

根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)
1. The writer’s brother took a wrong turn because of wrong road signs.
2. The writer and his brother helped the man with his flat tire.
3. The man call the writer and his brother “a breath of fresh air”.
4. The writer’s brother is warm-hearted and kind.
5. We could cross the life bridge that turns an annoying situation into a positive one.

7 . 青少年正处于学习的黄金时期，只有不断学习，追求进步并不断创新，我们才能更好地成长。 请以“How to Be a Better Self”为题，从学习方法、生活习惯、人际交往等方面，谈谈为了塑造更好的自己，你有什么想法，打算如何去实现。

要求：
1. 书写规范、字迹清楚、语法正确、语句通顺；
2. 条理清晰、内容详实、表达准确、行文连贯；
3. 80~120词，文中不得出现姓名、校名等真实信息。
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8 .

successful however we and a get understanding other believe for well

Cooperation (合作) and competition are both important. They’re necessary     1     a person to achieve success in life.

Learn to be cooperative with others. No one likes a selfish or greedy person.     2    , everyone likes a cooperative and friendly person. Everything we do today, whether in doing business or making friends, depends on our ability     3     along with one another. In our society, most tasks need cooperation in order that they can be finished     4    . So we must try to be cooperative. Each person is like a small part of a machine. If one part is out of order, the machine can't be running     5    . Besides, transportation and communication systems are developing quickly     6     people all over the world can keep in touch with each other more easily. It’s hard for a person that is away from the society to have a deep     7     of the world he lives in. Cooperation is becoming more and more important for a person to lead a good life.

Being competitive also has a place in life. If you want to get more success and be better than     8    , you must work harder and study more carefully. The desire to succeed and do better than others encourages     9     to work harder. If there were no competitions, a sports meeting would never be exciting or successful. We often compete to get     10     better environment. We cooperate with others to be more competitive.

Be confident and     11     what you are doing.

9 . It happened years ago. When my daughter was in primary school, she brought home four small trees _____ school to plant. None of them looked very hardy (耐寒的), but with hope for the future, I _____ them carefully with my daughter somewhere in our yard that had enough _____ when it is fine. Over the years, because of the poor soil, three of them _____ . Only one survived (幸存).

The tree grew very slowly. It looked like a fat bush more than a tree. Later, I noticed that it was starting to die. The _____ branches were becoming yellow. Only the top of the tree was still _____ and thick. I got some help from one of my friends who was a farmer. I did my best to save it by _____ it a lot of fertilizer (肥料), but it didn’t work.

Later one morning, I went out and looked at it again. I was wondering whether it would be better to _____ . It would make the yard look cleaner. As I walked over to take a _____ look at it, I noticed something moving—within the leaves, it was a robin (知更鸟) _____ building a nest in the topmost branches. I smiled when I looked at it. I thought maybe this old _____ was still useful. In my eyes _____ it might not be really healthy or pretty, it was still giving a bird a home. That’s enough for it.

This tree _____ me that all of our lives have a purpose. It doesn’t matter if we are young and _____ or old and sick. We can help to make this world a better place. Until our last breath, _____ have things to do, love to give, and joy to share. Maybe that’s the true meaning of a life.

1.

A．for

B．to

C．from

2.

A．planted

B．brought

C．carried

3.

A．wind

B．sunlight

C．rain

4.

A．improved

B．died

C．grew

5.

A．younger

B．higher

C．lower

6.

A．yellow

B．green

C．black

7.

A．buying

B．passing

C．feeding

8.

A．give it away

B．pick it up

C．cut it down

9.

A．close

B．far

C．fast

10.

A．carelessly

B．patiently

C．loudly

11.

A．tree

B．grass

C．yard

12.

A．since

B．and

C．although

13.

A．advised

B．reminded

C．allowed

14.

A．strong

B．weak

C．pretty

15.

A．they

B．it

C．we

10 . 阅读短文内容, 在A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Dr. John, also known as “Dr. Deep Sea”, has just finished an amazing adventure. For 100 days, the University of South Florida teacher lived in a small room underwater.

On 1st March 2023, Dr. John, who’s 55, began the project. His goal was to stay for 100 days at a special underwater hotel. The hotel is 22 feet (6.7 meters) under the ocean surface in a protected area in Key Largo.

While he was living underwater, Dr. John stayed busy. He often exercised in the morning. He kept teaching his college classes, and he had online chats with over 5,500 students from 15 different countries. Dr. John worked with other marine (海洋的) experts to think of ways to protect and take care of the ocean.

A number of visitors dived down and spent a little time with Dr. John. He was also regularly checked out by a medical team. Dr. John said what he missed the most when he was underwater was sunshine.

On 9th June 2023, Dr. John was finally able to see the sun again. Many friends, family, and supporters were there to greet him and celebrate his success.

Dr. John was smiling when he came back up. Doctors quickly checked him out to make sure he was okay. Then, Dr. John spoke to the crowd about his 100 days underwater. “The human body has never been underwater that long,” Dr. John said. “This experience has changed me in an important way.”

Actually, Dr. John went through several big changes. For one thing, he became half an inch (1.3 centimeters) shorter during his time in the higher pressure undersea. For another, he was able to sleep much better. Besides, his health greatly improved in a couple of other ways.

Dr. John and his team of doctors plan to study the information they collected during the project.

1. Which question can be answered in Paragraph 2?

A．Why is Key Largo protected?

B．How did Dr. John begin the project?

C．Why did Dr. John begin the project?

D．How was the underwater hotel produced?

2. The main idea of Paragraph 3 is ________.

A．Dr. John’s busy life underwater

B．Dr. John’s plans to protect the ocean

C．Dr. John’s online teaching experience

D．Dr. John’s exercising habit underwater

3. According to the passage we can learn ________.

A．Dr. John had difficulty sleeping underwater

B．Dr. John became healthier after the adventure

C．A medical team stayed with Dr. John underwater

D．Somebody stayed underwater for days before Dr. John

4. Dr. John is probably going to ________.

A．complete more adventures underwater

B．return underwater and set a new record

C．develop new medicines to help the poor

D．speak about the discoveries during the project