1 . Do you want to learn about Chinese culture? In fact, millions of people pay much attention to China because of its great influence of comprehensive power (综合国力) over the world.
Learning about culture is not that easy, unless you are a serious learner. Certainly not everyone would like to be a Chinese culture scholar (学者), but if you want to learn more, the best way is to go to China yourself.
However, no matter what ways you take to learn about this culture, you need to be careful so that you will discover a lot of beautiful but hard-to-find things.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。| A．There are about 5,000 years of Chinese history. |
| B．It is also the quickest way to learn about Chinese culture. |
| C．Or perhaps you may choose to read Chinese stories in English. |
| D．You don’t need others to tell you how great Chinese culture is. |
| E．However, many people are interested in China because of its culture. |
2 . Hua Chenyu is popular with young people in China. We can always see him on TV or on the Internet. In 2018, he won many prizes (奖) as one of the most popular Chinese singers.
Hua was often left alone at home when he was a child. He fell in love with music and started to learn to play the flute (长笛) at an early age. Now he can also play many musical instruments, such as the piano, the drums and the guitar. When he was 12 years old, he tried to write songs. After years of hard work, he went to the Wuhan Conservatory of music (音乐学院).
In 2013, he won Hunan TV station’s Super Boy singing competition (竞赛). During the competition, he wrote and sang a song without words. It made everyone surprised and he became famous. Also, in the song Why nobody fights, he just song one sentence “Why nobody fights?” again and again in different ways.
For Hua, music is a way to show his feelings. He works hard as a singer, but he doesn’t think music is his life. “____________ It makes me relaxed. But without it, I can still enjoy life,” he said. He likes trying everything he likes and believes anything is possible.
根据材料内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Hua Chenyu is a famous ____________ from China.
| A．Player | B．actor | C．singer | D．dancer |
| A．At the age of 7. | B．At the age of 8. |
| C．At the age of 10. | D．At the age of 12. |
| A．Hua can’t write songs by himself. |
| B．In 2013, Hua Chenyu became famous. |
| C．Why nobody fights doesn’t have lyrics (歌词) |
| D．Hua Chenyu enjoys life but doesn’t work hard. |
| A．I take music as a hobby. |
| B．I wish to have more fans. |
| C．I must hold more conccrts (音乐会). |
| D．I want to make amazing (令人惊奇的) music. |
| A．make suggestions for Hua Chenyu |
| B．tell stories of Hua Chenyu’s family |
| C．let us know more about Hua Chenyu |
| D．tell us how Hua Chenyu became famous |
3 . I’ve never been the kind of person to say, “it’s the thought that counts” when it comes to gifts. That was until a couple of weeks ago, when my kids gave me a present that blew me away.
For years now, I’ve been wanting to sell our home, the place where my husband and I raised our kids. But to me, this house is much more than just a building. In the front room, there’s a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines, marking the progress of my children’s growth. Every growth stage is marked in grey, with each child’s name and the date they were measured. Most people I know have been featured on a wall like this, or at least had a wall like it in their home.
Of all the objects and all the memories, it’s this one thing in a home that’s the hardest to leave behind. Friends I know have returned home after work only to discover their wall of heights has been freshly painted over. A new paint job wouldn’t normally be greeted by tears, but erasing that evidence of motherhood hurts more than it should. Our kids grow in so many ways, but the wall is physical evidence of their progress, right there for everyone to see.
Over the years, I’ve talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall behind when I moved, even though the last marks were made 10 years ago when my kids stopped growing. So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do something about it.
They hired Jacquie Manning, a professional photographer whose work is about capturing (捕捉) the beautiful things in life, from clear lakes and skies to diamonds and ballgowns. She came to our house while I was at work, and over several hours, took photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines, little grey fingerprints (手印), and old marks. Somehow, she managed to photograph all those years of memories perfectly. Afterwards, she put all the photos together into one image, transforming them into a beautiful history of my family.
Three weeks later, my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me—a life-size photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents entire lifetimes of love and growth.
1. The author used her friends’ example in Paragraph 3 to ________.| A．persuade her family to leave the wall as it was |
| B．stress the meaning of keeping good memories |
| C．explain why her house badly needed a new paint job |
| D．share her memory of motherhood with readers |
| A．helped the author paint her new house | B．came up with the idea of the photo gift |
| C．shot pictures to record the author’s growth stage | D．made a copy of the growth marks on the wall |
| A．was strongly against selling their home | B．was not happy with the gift from her family |
| C．kept marks for family members every year | D．put great love and care in raising her children |
| A．A Gift Made with Love | B．Advice on Picking up Gifts for Parents |
| C．Paintings Count | D．Effective Ways to Communicate with Children |
4 . It’s hard to turn down junk food. However, eating too much is bad for your body, especially if you’re between the ages of 10 and 19. “Junk food shapes teenage brains in ways that make their ability to think, learn and remember weaker. It can also make it harder to control bad behaviors. It may even up a teen’s risk of mental (精神上的) problems,” said Amy Reichelt, a scientist at Western University, Canada.
Reichelt and two other researchers reviewed more than 100 studies about how poor food choices can make a big difference to teenage brains. They found teenagers are more sensitive (敏感的) than any other age group to foods with a lot of fat and sugar, as their brains are not yet fully formed.
Teenage brains are still developing the ability to notice risks and control actions. The prefrontal cortex (前额皮质) is the part of the brain tells us we shouldn’t eat chips all the time and helps us control ourselves. However, this part doesn’t fully develop until we are in our early 20s. At the same time, teen brains get more excited from prizes. The parts of the brain that make us feel good when we do something happy—like eating tasty foods—are fully developed by the teen years.
As a result, the teen brain has two hits against it when it comes to refusing junk food. Reichelt and her team did an experiment using mice, whose brains develop much like our own. They discovered that “teenage” mice that had high-fat foods performed worse on memory tests than those eating normal foods.
So, what’s the best way to say no to junk food? The answer is exercise. When we exercise, the brain becomes less sensitive to food, besides this, it also helps our brains grow and become better able to make wise decisions.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?
| A．What junk food is. | B．Why teenagers like junk food. |
| C．How junk food harms teen brains. | D．How food helps human brains develop. |
| A．Because their brains are fully developed. |
| B．Because they need energy for their development. |
| C．Because they have a low level of excitement in their brains. |
| D．Because they are more sensitive to the joy that junk food offers. |
| A．We get more excited while eating junk food. |
| B．High-fat foods could harm our ability to deal with information. |
| C．Human brains develop at a slower speed than the brains of mice. |
| D．High-fat foods could make mice behave better at performing arts. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．An instruction. | B．An interview. | C．A poem. | D．A story. |
5 . A Versailles Bike Tour
Take a tour of Versailles with a difference—by bicycle! It’s the only way to see Versailles’ expansive gardens and you’ll get to see highlights of Versailles that most visitors miss. You’ll also enjoy a picnic by the Grand Canal and then take a tour of the Palace of Versailles.
Basic Information:
Lasts: 9 hours
Where to meet: Outside of the subway station(Line 10) in Paris
Where to part: Return to the same point as departure at about 6:00 pm
Means of transportation: Together with the guide, you will walk to the RER train station to travel to Versailles by train. Then pick up your bike at an office just 5 minutes from the Palace of Versailles.
What You Will Enjoy:
☆A visit to Versailles’ village market to buy cheese, bread, wine and whatever else you wish for your delicious picnic lunch
☆A bike ride through the gardens behind Versailles palace. Bring your camera for pictures—perfect views in every direction.
☆Arriving at the far end of the Grand Canal, you’ll settle down at the picnic.
☆ Cycle back towards the palace for an unforgettable view into the lives of the King. You’ll visit the Hall of Mirrors, the King’s State Apartments and so on.
Ticket Prices: adult: man 50 dollars; woman 40 dollars; above 60:30 dollars; kids 12-18:20 dollars; (children under 12 are not allowed)
☆For more tour guide information: Web: www. versaillestour.com.
1. Where will the visitors have a picnic?| A．The gardens of Versailles. | B．The Grand Canal. | C．The RER Station. | D．The Hall of Mirrors. |
| A．9:00 am | B．12:00 am |
| C．1:00 pm | D．2:00 pm |
| A．Give them a phone call. | B．Go to their office to ask. | C．Write a letter to them. | D．Visit their website. |
| A．The visitors will set off and return at two different places. |
| B．The visitors can go directly to the Palace of Versailles by themselves. |
| C．The Palace of Versailles is not far from the office of bikes. |
| D．The guide will wait for and meet the visitors at the RER train station. |
| A．Novel. | B．Dairy. | C．Advertisement. | D．Report. |
6 . My name is Carol. Today let me show you around my community. In front of my apartment building, there is a very small garden with some tables and chairs. I love taking a walk in the garden in summer.
After getting out of the garden, I can get to a big market soon. I walk past the market when I go to work every day. There are vegetables and fruit in the market. I often go there with my children and we buy some fruit. After walking past the market, I’m on Main Road. There are a lot of shops on this road, like shoe shops, clothes shops.
After walking along Main Road for five minutes, I can get to a bus stop. I only need to pay (付费) 1 yuan, and then I can go to work by bus. That’s very convenient.
I feel very happy to live in a community like this.
1. Carol lives in an apartment building ________.| A．across from a school | B．behind a garden |
| C．in front of a bank | D．next to a market |
| A．Her parents. | B．Her children. | C．Her friends. | D．Her sisters. |
| A．5 | B．8 | C．10 | D．15 |
| A．小巧的 | B．轻便的 | C．简短的 | D．便利的 |
| A．She loves to take a walk every morning. |
| B．She has a shoe shop on Main Road. |
| C．She likes her community a lot. |
| D．She walks to work every day. |
You are walking down the street. Suddenly it starts to rain and you don’t have an umbrella. What do you do? Run or walk?
Most people would choose to run because it will get you out of the rain faster. But if you run, you will also run into more raindrops. So what should you do?
Things are more complicated(复杂的) than you might think. Franco Bocci, a professor, found that whether you should travel slowly or quickly in rain depends on the wind’s direction and your body’s shape.
When there is no wind, and the rain falls directly on you, Bocci suggests you should run and hide as fast as possible.
But if the wind comes from behind and blows the rain on to your back, the best thing to do is to walk at the same speed as the wind. This way, both your front and back will stay mostly dry.
That is not all. When the wind blows in from the side, you’ll have to think about one more thing-your body shape. Thinner people are hit by fewer raindrops. In this case, a fatter person had better run while a thinner person should still try to match their speed to the wind. “In general, the best thing is to run, as fast as you can-not always, but in general,” Bocci told BBC News. “If you’re really thin, probably there will be an optimal speed. Otherwise, it is better to run fast.”
In fact, the question of how to hide away from the rain has puzzled scientists for many years. Back in 1987, they thought running or walking didn’t really make a difference. Years later they realized wind direction might be a factor(因素). And here, more complicated study results have been found by Bocci.
Now you know what to do next time the rain catches you in the street. But the best way to stay dry is still to carry an umbrella.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. According to Franco Bocci’s study, whether you should run in the rain depends on ________.
① the wind’s direction ② your body’s size
③ how fast you can run ④ how heavy the rain is
| A．①② | B．③④ | C．①③ | D．②④ |
| A．If there is no wind, walk at your usual speed. |
| B．If the wind is from behind, run as fast as you can. |
| C．If the wind is from the front, fat people should match the speed of the wind. |
| D．If the wind is from the side, thin people should match the speed of the wind. |
| A．极限的 | B．快速的 | C．最佳的 | D．缓慢的 |
| A．Running was always the best choice. |
| B．It was best to always carry an umbrella. |
| C．Wind direction had more influence than running speed. |
| D．Running or walking made no difference. |
| A．A science report. | B．A travel guidebook. |
| C．A geography textbook. | D．A health magazine. |
8 . There’s nothing better than a walk in the countryside for lifting our spirits. Connecting with nature can help our mental health. For many people, it feels great to take a walk through a forest, but as we admire the trees around us, it’s worth knowing these trees are doing more than just being nice things to look at.
We have already noticed that trees play an important role in taking care of our world—they produce oxygen and clean the air we breathe by taking in about a quarter of all human-caused carbon dioxide emissions（二氧化碳排放）.
But there’s more to these trees than we might think. Researchers have discovered that they are actually very smart.
It’s thought that trees use a fungal network（真菌网络）to talk and share resources right under our feet. Under the ground are tree roots, bacteria（细菌）and super fine threads of fungi（菌丝）. And research has shown that they are all mixed together. They can help each other by sharing “food”, and they can even tell them some coming dangers. Scientists say it’s like the trees are talking to one another.
Ecologist（生态学家）Suzanne Simard has called this network the Wood Wide Web. She discovered that parent trees use this network to help their children. She also found that trees are smart enough to change their behaviour to live in a changing environment.
So it seems trees really are the stars of our natural world, and with around three trillion of them on our planet, it’s time to show them some respect if we want them to grow better.
1. The trees can take in about ________ carbon dioxide emissions caused by human.| A．10% | B．25% | C．50% | D．75% |
| A．human-caused emissions | B．underground tree roots |
| C．some coming dangers | D．a fungal network |
| A．An ecologist usually gives speeches for children. | B．An ecologist does something to cheer us up. |
| C．An ecologist helps people with mental problems. | D．An ecologist does some research about plants. |
| A．Animal World | B．Amazing Plants | C．Business Information | D．Sports Stars |
| A．Trees are actually very smart to live on the earth. |
| B．Trees provide resources for people in the world. |
| C．Connecting with nature can help our mental health. |
| D．Trees are in danger because of a changing environment. |
9 . Do you often have dreams? What do your dreams look like? There was an artist who made art about his dreams. His name is Salvador Dali.
On May 11, 1904, Salvador Dali was born in a small town in Spain(西班牙). His family’s house was near the sea. Little Dali loved playing on the beach. From the sea and rocks there, he got great inspiration. That gave him new and creative(有创意的) ideas.
At school, Dali was not a good student. He often looked out of the window, lost in daydreams. Dali liked to draw pictures of his family. At 13, he went to evening classes for drawing. Dali was a star student there. He started to do better in his studies, too.
After growing up, he had long hair. He liked to wear special clothes. After leaving art school, Dali joined some artists in Paris. They painted strange, dream-like pictures.
In 1941, Dali began to design jewelry(设计珠宝). He designed a flower that could open and close. He also designed brooches(胸针) that looked like eyes and hands. They each looked really special and interesting. In 1948, he came back to Spain and opened a museum to show his paintings and jewelry. When people visit the museum, they feel that they are in a dream. That is what Dali wanted.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. What does the word “inspiration” mean in Paragraph 2?
| A．力量 | B．鼓舞 | C．灵感 | D．勇气 |
| A．1904. | B．1917. | C．1941. | D．1948. |
| A．Dali was always a good student when he was at school. |
| B．Dali went to Paris just to design his own strange jewelry. |
| C．Dali opened his own art museum when he was over forty. |
| D．Dali liked art and taught himself to draw when he was young. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Dali and his dream world | B．Dali and his interesting museum |
| C．Dali and his strange paintings | D．Dali and his well-designed jewelry |
10 . The opening ceremony of Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games started at 8 p. m. on February 4th, and this event ended on February 20th. Many Chinese athletes got good grades in this exciting event. The followings were the greatest of them.
 | Gu Ailing, also known as Eileen Gu, is an 18-year-old Chinese skier. She won a gold medal on the 8th of February in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. She was born in San Francisco. Her father is American and her mother is a Chinese. |
 | Chinese snowboarder Su Yiming was born on 18th of February, 2004. He stormed the men’s snowboarding big platform final as the best performer in the qualification rounds on Tuesday, won a gold medal on the 15th of February in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. |
 | China’s Ren Ziwei who was born on 3rd of June, 1997, won the men’s 1000m of short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games on Monday. He is an excellent athlete as well as Li Wenlong and Wu Dajing. They are all Chinese pride. |
 | Xu Mengtao—whose nickname is called “Tao-Tao”—has spent the last 16 years traveling the globe looking for little victories wrapped up in all those twists and spins. On Monday night, she won the women’s aerials freestyle skiing and she has become China’s most successful female jumper of this generation. |
| A．Olympic | B．athletes | C．Gu Ailing | D．Ren Ziwei |
| A．Twenty days. | B．Fifteen days. | C．Four days. | D．Seventeen days. |
| A．A Chinese athlete. | B．An American athlete. | C．A foreign athlete. | D．A Japanese athlete. |
| A．18 years old. | B．20 years old. | C．25 years old. | D．28 years old. |
| A．Xu Mengtao won the women’s freestyle snowboarding. |
| B．Su Yiming got a gold medal in the men’s snowboarding big platform. |
| C．Li Wenlong won the first place of the men’s 1000m of short track speed skating. |
| D．This was the 22nd Olympic Winter Games. |
