1 . Of the seven stadiums Qatar built for the World Cup, one will be fully taken apart after the event and could be shipped to countries that need it. That’s what the host has said about Stadium 974, a seaside structure with more than 40, 000 seats partially built from steel and recycled shipping containers.

Stadium 974, named after the number of containers used to build it, is the only stadium that Qatar has constructed for the World Cup that isn’t air conditioned. It hosts only evening matches when temperatures are cooler.

“The idea is to avoid building ‘a white elephant’, a stadium that is left unused after the competition ends,” says Fenwick Iribarren Architects, which designed Stadium 974 and two other World Cup stadiums.

Qatar has said the stadium could be repurposed to build a stadium of the same size elsewhere, but it has not detailed where the stadium will go after the tournament or even when it will be taken down.

“Where its components go matters because whether Stadium 974 has a lower CO₂ footprint than a permanent one comes down to how many times it is rebuilt, and how far it is transported,” says Karim Elgendy, who previously worked as a climate consultant for the World Cup.

Elgendy estimates that if the stadium is reused only once, its emissions (排放) will be lower than a permanent one as long as it is shipped fewer than 7,000 kilometers away. If it’s repurposed more than once, it can be shipped farther and still be less polluting than a permanent stadium.

“The energy required for taking it apart and shipping the building components will obviously need to be estimated,” Elgendy says. “But it is unlikely to outweigh the emissions produced in the construction of a new stadium.”

1. What can we know about Stadium 974?

A．It can be fully taken apart and rebuilt.

B．It hosts all the evening competitions.

C．It is completely built from recycled steel.

D．It just needs to be air conditioned in the day.

2. Which of the following best explains “a white elephant” underlined in paragraph 3?

A．An extremely huge building.

B．A very expensive but useless thing.

C．A creatively repurposed shipping container.

D．An ugly but environmentally friendly stadium,

3. How far can Stadium 974 be shipped if it is just reused once according to Elgendy?

A．More than 7,500 kilometers.	B．Fewer than 6,000 kilometers.
C．Within 7,000 kilometers.	D．Around 14,000 kilometers.

4. In which section of a newspaper will this text most probably appear?

A．Culture.

B．Economy.

C．Politics.

D．Environment.

2 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

I was 400 meters from the finish line when my legs stopped working during the State cross-country race. In a moment faster than I could imagine, I watched my dreams crash helplessly to the ground. Lifting my face from the dirt, I looked up and saw my dad’s face.

I was the fastest runner on my team, and I was supposed to make it into the top fifteen. We had been working towards this race for three years. It was everything to me, and it was everything to my dad. He was a runner and was proud of my success in running.

He made it to every race, even flying home early from business trips to see me run. He pushed me. He cheered for me. He believed in me. We pounded miles and miles into our running shoes, marking with every step the path to greatness. It was a dream passed on from one generation to the next.

I’ll never forget that day. It was hotter than normal — too hot, I waited for the gun to fire. This was the day we had waited so long for. I glanced at the crowd; dozens of familiar faces from school came into my view. They had come for me. I saw my dad set his watch, worry and excitement appeared on his face. Adrenaline (肾上腺素) flowed through my body, and the race began.

For the first 2.5 miles, I felt great. I’d never been so ready for something. Determination focused my mind and guided my steps. As in all of my races, I didn’t star out in the front. I loved the feeling of passing people as my endurance (耐力) overtook their premature speed.

Without warning, my strength began to disappear. My lungs fought to take in enough air, and my feet became stuck. I still don’t know what happened in those last few moments. Neck and neck with my greatest competitors, I could see the finish line, but nothing I could do would make my legs hold my weight. They were as weak as cotton.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I watched in pain as runners rushed by me.
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My dad looked at me and said, “You could never disappoint me.”
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3 . 假设你是李华，你校留学生Jenny在你校国际部举办的汉字拼写大赛（Chinese Character Spelling Contest）中获得了一等奖。请你代表大赛组委会给她写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 向她表示祝贺；
2. 肯定她的表现；
3. 请她在颁奖典礼上介绍汉语学习的经验。
注意：1. 词数应为80词左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。
Dear Jenny,

I feel greatly honored to inform you of the good news on behalf of the Organizing Committee.

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

4 . Basketball, baseball and soccer are classic sports that people will always enjoy. And yet we keep changing popular games like these in new ways to keep them fresh.

Underwater hockey

This game is played in swimming pools with two teams of six players. Each player wears flippers (蛙鞋) and uses a stick to hit a puck (圆盘). Each team earns points by hitting the puck into its underwater goal. Other team members must be ready to take the puck when a team member goes up for air. That makes underwater hockey a true team sport.

Cycleball

Another fun game to watch, cycleball is like indoor soccer on wheels but with only two male players for each team. Each player rides a special bike designed for the game. Like soccer, a team must put the ball in a goal. However, there is a catch. The ball can only be touched with the bikes’ wheels or the players’ heads. This game requires a lot of practice to learn the skills needed.

Chessboxing

A sport can also be revised by mixing it with another game. In chessboxing, two players compete with each other on the chess board and in the ring. First, their minds are tested in a game of chess. Then they use their strength in a round of boxing. They repeat this for 11 rounds. The winner beats the loser in chess, knocks him out while boxing or gets more boxing points.

Bossaball

This exciting sport is part volleyball and part soccer. But unlike both of those sports, players jump up and down throughout the game. That’s because it’s played on an inflatable (可充气的) volleyball court with a trampoline on either side of the net. One player bounce on the trampoline while up to four others stand around it. A team can touch the ball six times before sending it back across the net. Each player may touch the ball once with arms or twice with other body parts.

Though these sports may not be common, give them a look or even a try.

1. What can we learn about Cycleball according to the text?

A．Cycleball has nothing in common with soccer.

B．Male or female players cooperate with each other to earn scores.

C．The players are not allowed to touch the ball with their hands or feet.

D．Cycleball is designed for disabled players as they have to ride special bikes.

2. According to the text, at most how many players in all can take part in a Bossaball match?

A．10.

B．8.

C．6.

D．4.

3. Which of the four sports is NOT a team game?

A．Underwater hockey.	B．Cycleball.
C．Chessboxing.	D．Bossaball.

6 . Golden Generation

A national team, mostly consisting of teenagers, pushed China to its biggest-ever medal achievement at the Winter Olympics. At the same time, a series of breakthroughs at the Games _________ the country’s emergence as a much more well-rounded force on the ice and snow.

_________ the heroics of teenage sensation Gu Ailing and seasoned aerials(空中技巧滑雪)masters Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu, China _________ four gold to top the freestyle skiing medal standings for the first time after its Winter Olympic debut in 1980.

Gu Ailing also became the first athlete _________, and the youngest _________, to win three medals(golds in Big Air, halfpipe and silver in slopestyle)in three different freeski _________ at the Olympics, throwing her to international super-star reputation as the _________ of Beijing 2022.

Needless to say, another teenager star, Su Yiming, also became a _________   name by winning China’s first snowboarding gold medal in Big Air after claiming a silver in slopestyle. Su’s _________ helped the host finish a highest-ever third on the Games’ overall medal standings, ____________ nine gold, four silver and two bronze-its biggest-ever medal achievement at the Winter Games. China’s ____________ best was a tally of 11, including five gold, at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.

“The ____________ of the new generation on the Olympic stage, even seeing the emergence of teenagers, ____________ a great future for winter sports in our country,” said Li Yang, manager of China’s Big Air, slopestyle and halfpipe national programs.

“With winter sports becoming popular in our country amid the fast social and ____________ development, I believe more and more young people will ____________ skis and snowboards to enjoy the sport, just as young as Su and Gu did when they were little, which will ____________ expand the talent pool for our future national programs,”Li said.

The Beijing Winter Games also ____________ the first time that China’s snow sports teams outperformed the country’s traditionally strong ice sports squads in the medal numbers, securing investment in high-performance training programs and ____________ the foundation for even better results at the next Winter Games in Italy.

“____________ we keep the tendency going, I believe we will ____________ a stronger performance in four years' time at the next Olympics in 2026,” said Yang Yang, China’s first Winter Olympic gold medalist, in women’s short-track speed skating at the 2002 Games.

1.

A．specializes

B．signals

C．swallows

D．subscribes

2.

A．Thanks to

B．In addition to

C．Regardless of

D．In terms of

3.

A．confirmed

B．concludes

C．clarifies

D．claimed

4.

A．in detail

B．in history

C．by nature

D．with pride

5.

A．ever

B．never

C．already

D．yet

6.

A．incidents

B．events

C．affairs

D．issues

7.

A．access

B．start

C．face

D．popularity

8.

A．civilization

B．teenage

C．household

D．education

9.

A．performance

B．knowledge

C．concept

D．ambition

10.

A．on

B．at

C．of

D．with

11.

A．typical

B．fortunate

C．relevant

D．previous

12.

A．rise

B．profession

C．convention

D．explosion

13.

A．accounts

B．represents

C．estimates

D．recommends

14.

A．agricultural

B．historical

C．economic

D．natural

15.

A．hold up

B．break up

C．get up

D．pick up

16.

A．deeply

B．greatly

C．thoroughly

D．countlessly

17.

A．signed

B．allowed

C．followed

D．marked

18.

A．lying

B．shaking

C．laying

D．rocking

19.

A．As long as

B．If only

C．As far as

D．In that

20.

A．focus

B．impress

C．witness

D．observe

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Gao Tingyu thrilled the home crowd by becoming the first Chinese man     1     (claim) an Olympic gold medal in speed skating, winning the 500 meters on Saturday.

“Gao has conducted an excitingly fast and excellent     2     (perform) at the National Speed Skating Oval. And the March of the Volunteers will be played again inside the stadium,” said the message from the General Administration of Sport shortly after the competition. This is also the fourth gold medal for Team China at the ongoing Beijing Olympic Winter Games     3     the first Olympic gold in the country’s speed skating history.

In 2018, the     4     (high) potential Gao already won a bronze medal at Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea, as he said after the win in Pyeongchang: “I feel like that my capacity has reached the point     5     I can compete for Olympic medals. As long as I’m in a stable state of mind, I think for me the opponent is only     6     (I).”

Gao has won championships in various competitions ever since he     7     (admit) into China’s speed skating team in 2015.

He has suffered from severe back injuries and had     8     eight-month break before     9     (compete) in the China Speed Skating Championship in 2021, winning gold.

Gao was also the     10     (nation) flag bearer at the opening ceremony of Beijing 2022 on February the 4th.

9 . 语法填空

For almost a month, Li Man has been working at an altitude of over 2, 000 meters, tirelessly carrying a medical rescue kit on her back     1     (weigh) about 15 kilograms.

As one of the 38 Chinese rescue staff on duty to protect the para athletes, Li and her team members call     2     (they) the “ski doctors”. “We come from different hospitals and departments     3     (ensure) rescue work is as comprehensive as possible,” said Li,    4     comes from the China Rehabilitation Research Center in Beijing. She     5     (remain) in Yanqing district since January.

With competitors capable of hitting top speeds of up     6     100 kilometers per hour, para Alpine skiing is a dangerous sport. Once emergency happens, the athletes need doctors immediately. Ski doctors     7     (require) to reach an injured person within four minutes, but in fact, often arrive within one minute. “Since 2018, we’ve visited a resort for ski training for around a month each year to make sure that we could reach the injured people as fast and as     8     (safe) as possible,” said Li. Li added that they have been given     9     (profession) training for first aid, and online and offline English training to make sure that they can communicate smoothly with foreign athletes and staff in international    10     (event). She hopes that China’s ski medical rescue system will continue to grow and more recruits will join.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The mascot design for Bing Dwen Dwen     1     (choose) from over 5,800 submissions from China and 35 countries around the world after a global competition     2     (arrange) by the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee kicked off. According to the committee, the number of design proposals was nearly three times     3     of the 2008 Games.

“There was a lot of     4     (diverse), with everyone from little children to professionals     5     (submit) proposals.” said Alexis, director of the University of Art and Design in Switzerland,     6     the IOC is based.

To make Bing Dwen Dwen look     7     (adore), the design team used the image of a baby panda. In fact, Bing Dwen Dwen soft toys have become so popular that they are out of stock at     8     (official) licensed online and physical stores. A spokesman said they were negotiating with relevant departments     9     (increase) the supply of Bing Dwen Dwen.

On Saturday, Prince of Monaco Albert II received a figurine (雕塑) of Bing Dwen Dwen at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, and asked if he could have     10     second one because he has twins, according to a China Central Television report.