2 . —I missed watching yesterday’s basketball match.
—________ It was so exciting.

A．All right.

B．No problem!

C．What a pity!

D．No way!

3 . — I have to leave early to prepare for tomorrow’s interview, do you mind?
— No, ______. I know it is very important to you.

A．help yourself

B．go ahead

C．that’s right

D．don’t mention it

4 . The church tower which ________ (repair) will be open to tourists soon. The work is almost finished.

5 . People are trying to build “green buildings” that are friendly to the environment. They might not seem any different from common buildings. But let’s take a closer look.

Stay cool and warm. It takes a lot of energy to light rooms. It also takes energy to heat and cool buildings. So green buildings are designed to do all these things with much less energy. An energy-smart building starts with thick walls. Special insulation (隔热材料) inside keeps heat inside in winter and keeps heat outside in summer. This saves energy for heating and cooling. Some green buildings don’t need any radiators (散热器) or air conditioning at all!

Save the trees. What a building is made from can also help the planet. To save forests, some green buildings have bamboo floors instead of wood. Bamboo looks like wood, but it’s actually a grass. It grows back 20 times faster than a tree. Another way to build green is to use recycled materials. That saves the cost and reduces pollution of producing something new. Make better home. City planners like green buildings because they save money and they are healthier for the people who work and live inside. But you don’t need to build a whole new building. Simple changes like shading windows and planting trees can make any home greener—and a better Earth home for us all.

As more people become concerned (担忧的) about climate change, more buildings are going green. Experts are finding new ways to build green buildings. We also need to change our mind. Let’s take action now!

1. How does an energy-smart building save energy for heating and cooling?

A．It uses air conditioners.	B．It uses smart radiators.
C．It has special thick walls.	D．It has fewer room lights.

2. Bamboo is used instead of wood in green buildings because ________

A．it is a recycled material	B．it grows back much faster
C．it can keep the room warm	D．it can save a lot of money

3. In Paragraph 4, the writer advises us to ________

A．build a whole new green building

B．pay attention to climate change

C．make small changes to our home

D．use only gas to cook our meals

6 . The activity is a little bit complicated (复杂的). It needs ________ again.

A．discussed

B．discuss

C．discussing

D．to discuss

7 . 现在人们习惯用电子邮件相互联系。（汉译英）
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8 . Do you like writing by hand or with a keyboard?

A new brain (脑) study at Norwegian University of Science and Technology shows that choosing handwriting instead of using a keyboard results in better learning and memory.

“When you write your shopping list or class notes by hand, you simply remember what you wrote better later,” said Audrey van der Meer, who did the study.

12 young grown-ups and 12 children took part in the study. Special machines were used to follow and record brain wave (电波) activities. Each person wore a special cap with over 250 electrodes (极) on the head, and was asked to write by hand and use a keyboard. The sensors (传感器) in the electrodes picked up the activities that took place in the brain. Each examination took 45 minutes for each person.

The results showed that the brain in both young grown-ups and children was much more active when writing by hand than when using a keyboard. According to Van der Meer, plenty of senses become active by holding a pen and putting it down on paper, seeing the letters written and hearing the sound made while writing. These build connection (关联) between different parts of the brain, opening the brain up for learning.

Van der Meer believes that the results let us know the importance of children being asked to draw and write at an early age, “Learning to write by hand is a slower course, but it's important for children to experience the tiring step of learning to write by hand,” she said.

The hand movements used to form the shapes (形状) of letters are helpful in several ways. “If you use a keyboard, you use the same movement for each letter. Writing by hand needs control (控制) of your fine motor (精细动作) skills and senses. It’s important to put the brain in a learning condition as often as possible,” Van der Meer added, For example, you might use a keyboard to write an article, but you should take notes by hand during a class.

1. Which is the correct order of the study?
①Record and study the results.
②Put a special cap on each person.
③Find 12 young grown-ups and 12 children.
④Ask the people to write by hand and use a keyboard.

A．②④①③

B．③②④①

C．③④②①

D．②①④③

2. What is the result of the study?

A．You can remember what you write better if you use a keyboard.

B．Fewer people choose handwriting and more people use a keyboard.

C．The brain is more active when writing by hand than when using a keyboard.

D．It is easier to put your brain in a learning condition when you use a keyboard.

3. What does the underlined word “These” refer to (指的是)?

A．The letters you are learning to write,

B．The skills you use to write an article.

C．The sense experiences when you write by hand.

D．The different parts of the brain relative (相关的) to writing.

4. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．Ways to take notes by hand.

B．How to control your fine motor skills.

C．Examples of using a keyboard.

D．Why hand movements in writing are helpful.

9 . For thousands of years, tea is loved by many people around the world. It has finally received top-level global recognition as a shared cultural treasure of our humans. On November 29, 2022, traditional tea processing techniques and their related social customs in China were added to UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (联合国教科文组织人类非物质文化遗产名录). Following “Wangchuan Ceremony (送王船)” in 2020, this project is the 43rd one to be successfully added to the list and there are 44 sub-projects in total belonging to this main project.

Chinese tea culture began as early as over 5,000 years ago. It’s said the ruler Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink by accident. But during the Three-Kingdom Period, people paid more attention to its medical value. In the Tang Dynasty, tea-tasting became an important part for poets’ life. Bai Juyi wrote 64 poems about tea in his lifetime.

According to UNESCO, in China traditional tea processing techniques are closely connected to location and natural environment. The area of tea planting in China is about between 18°-37° N and 94°-122° E. Tea-related customs are not only found across the country, but also influenced the rest of the world through the ancient Silk Road. In western countries, tea firstly became popular in Britain in the 17th century, and then the whole of Europe. When it came to the late 18th and 19th centuries, 10% of a British person’s income at the time was spent on tea, making it one of the most important expensive goods.

1. Which city is the most impossible to grow tea in the map of China?

A．A

B．B

C．C

D．D

2. Who might spend 10% of the income buying tea according to the passage?

A．Shakespeare	B． Defoe
C． Dickens	D． Orwell

3. Which of the following statement is true?

A．One project of China can be added into the list every year.

B．Tea was used as a kind of medicine when Shen Nong discovered it.

C．In total, there are 44 projects from China on the list now.

D．Tea travelled to the west by the Silk Road in ancient times.

4. Which book can you possibly read the passage in?

A．Big Ceremony.	B．Western Culture.
C．Accidental Invention.	D．Travelling in China.