1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What encouraged Mr Roberston to go to the Antarctic?

A．A training course.

B．A program.

C．A report.

2. What was the biggest danger according to Mr Roberston?

A．Falling into ice holes.

B．Losing touch with others.

C．Living in extreme temperatures.

3. What caused the funny noise?

A．The wind.

B．The plane.

C．The device.

4. What was a surprise for Mr Roberston and his wife?

A．They could leave earlier.

B．They got some fresh food.

C．Someone lived near them.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does Alex want to watch?

A．Tom and Jerry.

B．Superman.

C．Journey to the West.

2. What does Alex think of Tom and Jerry?

A．It’s silly.

B．It’s funny.

C．It’s popular.

3. Which cartoon character does the woman like best?

A．Tom.

B．Jerry.

C．The Monkey King.

3 . 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 audience and viewership for this year’s Spring Festival TV gala, which was aired on Feb 9, Lunar New Year’s Eve or Chinese Lunar New Year, both reached record     1    (high), according to ratings statistics.

    2    (support) by ultra-high-definition production, the gala was telecast on TV screens, public large screens, and mobile devices. A total of 250 million people watched the live streaming of the show via     3    (they) mobile phones with the total views reaching 420 million, up by 37.97 percent and 57.58 percent,     4     (respective), compared with 2023. The China Global Television Network (CGTN) worked with over 2,100 media organizations in about 200 countries and regions to live broadcast or report the show in 68 languages,     5    (result) in over 1.5 billion instances of viewing,    6     increase of 12.69 percent year on year.

This year, the gala, in addition     7    Beijing, had four branch venues. Audience enjoyed a diversity of local cultural elements from those places, such as folk     8     (music) instruments and folk dances.

Since its broadcast in 1983, the annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala     9     (become) an essential part of celebrations in the country to greet the Chinese New Year. As a major entertainment during Lunar New Year’s Eve, the gala marks the joyous moment     10     families gather together to celebrate.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How do scientists at University College London measure memory loss?

A．By recording the time people spend on TV.

B．By tracking people’s living habits.

C．By using memory and fluency tests.

2. What leads to memory decline in older people?

A．Watching television for hours.

B．Playing video games for hours.

C．Surfing the Internet for hours.

3. Why is participation in various activities good for older people?

A．It can maintain their mental function.

B．It can educate them on using the Internet.

C．It can help them relax.

4. What do the researchers suggest older people do?

A．Make more friends.

B．Sleep eight to ten hours per night.

C．Balance TV viewing with other activities.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What was George R. R. Martin like when he was young?

A．He was popular with his classmates.

B．He didn’t have many friends.

C．He loved to play sports.

2. What did George R. R. Martin first write about?

A．Turtles.

B．Dragons.

C．Spiders.

3. Who was George R. R. Martin most inspired by?

A．A famous actor.

B．A comic book writer.

C．A si-fi movie director.

4. What will George R. R. Martin probably say next about Game of Thrones?

A．What its final season is about.

B．How actors play in the final season.

C．Why the shows of the final season become less.

6 . What is the next TV program?

A．The news.

B．A quiz show.

C．A documentary about animals.

7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who is Dennis Parker?

A．A doctor.

B．A radio host.

C．A police officer.

2. What does the hospital plan to do?

A．Build more teaching facilities.

B．Hire extra doctors and nurses.

C．Open a new unit.

3. How long has the Century Bridge been under repair?

A．For 18 months.

B．For 12 months.

C．For 6 months.

4. What will the next report be about?

A．A building.

B．A festival.

C．A flood.

8 . TV was one of the greatest inventions in the 20th century. Nowadays, nearly every house has at least one TV set.

Television came into being based on the inventions and discoveries of many scientists. On April 7, 1927, the first public television programme was broadcast in the USA. The signals were received on a very small screen. It was only about the size of a business card. The pictures were reddish (微红色的) and not clear.

In the 1930s, bigger screens appeared with black-and-white pictures. However, a snowy picture was the best many TV viewers could hope for. Often, they could only get one station, and only when the weather conditions were good.

When World War II(1939~1945) began, the development of TV stopped. There were a very small number of TV sets in the hands of the public. By 1945, there were fewer than 7,000 working TV sets in the USA. A TV set cost about half the price of a car at that time.

The time after World War II is considered one of the golden periods of television. Families saved money during the war years, and wanted to buy a lot of things after the war. TV sets were soon put onto the “must-have” list.1950~1959 was an exciting period for television. Colour television and remote (遥控的) controls came out during this time. By 1955, the cost of TV sets came down a lot. Instead of being equal to half the price of a car, they were now just equal to the cost of a new set of tyres (轮胎). This marked the beginning of the booming age of TV.

1. Where was the first public television programme broadcast?

A．In America.

B．In British.

C．In Russia.

D．In Canada.

2. What do we know about the cost of TV sets before 1955?

A．It’s beautiful.

B．It’s boring.

C．It’s expensive.

D．It’s cheap.

3. Which of the following is true?

A．In the 1930s, TV signals became very easy to receive.

B．During World War II, TV sets went into lots of families.

C．After World War II, TV was invented.

D．TV developed fast in the 1950s.

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．The Birth of Television	B．The Development of Television
C．The Need for Television	D．The Price of Television

9 . People have been predicting (预测) the death of cable TV (有线电视) for a long time, but this really might be it. Just a decade (十年) ago, nearly all Americans — more than 85 percent of U.S. households — paid for packages of TV channels from cable or satellite ( 卫 星) companies. That started to drop slowly at first and then far more quickly in the past few years. Now, the share of American homes that pay for traditional TV service is approaching 50 percent, according to expert Craig Moffett and S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Kagan research group.

For comparison, cellphones were around for decades before the percentage of Americans who didn’t have a landline ( 座 机) at home reached 50 percent, around 2017. Maybe it seems predictable that cable TV would go the way of the landline. I promise you that it was not necessarily obvious, even once Netflix started to take off. Old habits die hard. Old industries that make a lot of people rich die even harder. And don’t forget that some new technology habits catch on fast but don’t stick.

What may be a final drop in America’s cable TV industry is a big deal. It shows that technology can change deep-rooted ways of doing things slowly, and then suddenly.

Ian Olgeirson, a research director at Kagan who has been following America’s TV market for about 20 years, told me that he was surprised by how quickly the monthly cable bill went from being standard to outdated for many Americans. Olgeirson and other TV experts I’ve been speaking to didn’t single out a turning point in cable TV’s big drop. They said the downward trend ( 趋 势) was more like a series of progressive changes building up.

It’s clear that the cable TV system that for decades brought joy and headaches to tens of millions of Americans is wearing thin. The wild card is whether Americans keep turning away from cable and satellite TV relatively slowly, or whether it will fail suddenly.

I have always loved TV. I felt like a real grown-up when I first started to pay a huge bill for television, partly to watch my favorite football team. I had reduced my cable TV package, but then a few months ago I was told that my bill was going to increase by about $10 a month. That was it. I’m a no-cable household now, too.

1. What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us about cable TV?

A．Its falling popularity.	B．Its increasing payments.
C．Its various TV channels.	D．Its high service standard.

2. Why does the author mention cellphones and landlines in paragraph 2?

A．To prove technology can change the world.	B．To show it is not easy for cable TV to go away.
C．To illustrate there is no market left for cable TV.	D．To explain technology can bring fortune to people.

3. Which of the following is beyond Olgeirson’s expectations?

A．America’s TV market was down suddenly.

B．The death of cable TV will come in about 20 years.

C．Americans turned away from cable TV so quickly.

D．There are still many Americans showing interest in cable TV.

4. What would be the best title for the text?

A．Cable TV won’t be replaced by satellite TV	B．Cable TV brought joy to Americans
C．Cable TV has existed for decades	D．Cable TV is the new landline

10 . Consisting of 39 episodes, the drama Knockout (狂飙) was directed by Xu Jizhou in 2021. It stars actors Zhang Songwen and Zhang Yi, who respectively play a fishmonger-turned-gang boss and a devoted police officer, recounting how they turn from friends to enemies over a period of two decades. Not only does it become a hit in China,     1    .

Set against the background of two decades of major social development in China and progress in it law-enforcement methods and capabilities, the story earned 8.6 points out of 10 on Douban and has won the market largely,     2    . Zhang Songwen’s character Gao appears as a humble fishmonger who relies on his small business to take care of two younger siblings.     3    . Luckily, he occasionally receives protective assistance from police officers he knew before. After tasting the benefits brought by guanxi, or “a special relationship” Gao is seduced (引诱) by the criminal underworld, a dark network that he once hated and fought against. In contrast, the police officer An Xin (played by Zhang Yi) is a lonely hero and idealist.     4    .

The show’s popularity index has reached 11,800—normally, 8000 marks a hit—on iQiyi.     5    . Despite describing the drama as “a shrimplike delicacy”, referring to its plain beginning and end, but with an excellent middle section, many viewers suggest the show signals the rise in quality of domestic TV offerings and express their hope that more, equally appealing, homegrown series will be forthcoming.

A．for it’s an in-depth examination of the complexity of humanity.

B．it was released on Feb 1 and reported by some domestic media.

C．it has also been streamed overseas and translated to more than eight subtitled languages.

D．However, he is bullied by two villains (恶棍) frequently and can’t do anything about it.

E．Many viewers spent their Spring Festival holiday following the Suspense-filled drama.

F．He makes people believe that even the darkest corner can be brightened by a glimmer of light.

G．The company believes the drama’s success can be attributed to creative writing and the multifaceted characters.