1 . The printed book is back. Recent studies have shown that students retain more information when they read a hard-copy book compared to reading on a digital device.

E-books may come with a “suite of navigational tools,” but it turns out that the best navigational devices are your forefinger and thumb.     1     To think, all this time, those devices have just been just sitting there, dangling at the end of your arm.

    2     Old-fashioned books also have a search function, in which you turn back to the opening chapter to remind yourself of the hero’s surname. They even have a “bookmark system,” which uses a device called a “bookmark.”

Fans of the e-book point out that digital text is easy to annotate.    3     Traditional-book users have a similar system called a “pencil.” With it, favoured passages can be underlined and, if it’s a history book, pretentious comments can be written in the margin.

    4     In secondary school my physique was transformed by the daily need to carry science textbooks. For me and my fellow students, placing these weighty tomes in our backpacks would draw our shoulders back and our chests forward in a way that turned the school into the equivalent of a military parade ground.

    5     But for the moment, I find myself standing at attention, flexing my textbook-built shoulders and saluting their glorious return.

A．full bookshelf is at once a sound baffle and a store of knowledge.

B．Admittedly, e-books are lighter than paper volumes, but one must question whether this is really an advantage.

C．Also, the smell of old books in a second-hand bookshop is instantly evocative.

D．Fans of digital books may point out that e-readers have a handy “search” tool.

E．You can use them to flip the pages forward and backward.

F．Educational fads come and go, so maybe the shift back to traditional books won’t last.

G．Some devices even feature a little image of a pencil to guide the reader through the process.

2 . Household chores (家务活) may contribute to healthy aging, according to a study published in the journal BMJ Open. Researchers from Singapore found that regular physical activity, including tasks like dusting, scrubbing floors, and washing windows, can improve physical and mental health, reduce the risk of chronic diseases, and decrease falls, immobility, dependency, and mortality among older adults.

The study involved 249 participants aged 21 to 64 and 240 participants aged 65 to 90. Participants completed cognitive (认知) function tests and physical capability assessments. They were asked about their levels of physical activity, including light housework (such as dusting) and heavy housework (such as floor-scrubbing). The researchers found that older adults who engaged in high amounts of heavy housework had higher cognitive and attention scores compared to those who did low levels or no heavy housework at all. These participants also had lower sit-to-stand times and were at a lower risk of falling. Similarly, older adults who reported high levels of light housework had higher cognitive and memory scores compared to those who did low levels of such tasks.

Dr. Shiou-Liang Wee, co-author of the research, emphasized that health messaging on staying active should not only focus on recreational physical activities. He highlighted that housework is a purposeful activity performed by many older adults and is linked to sharper memory and better fall protection.

However, experts urge caution when interpreting the study’s findings. Professor Gill Livingston from University College London noted that people who are not well may be expected to do less housework, and the study did not establish a causal relationship between housework and health outcomes. Professor Charlie Foster from the University of Bristol highlighted that the study relied on self-reported levels of household chores, which may be inaccurate, and did not fully consider other factors that could influence the results. While the study suggests that household chore may have benefits for older adults’ health, further research is needed to better understand the relationship between housework and healthy aging.

1. How did the researchers measure the participants’ levels of physical activity?

A．By analyzing the participants’ daily routines.

B．By doing household chores with the participants.

C．By carrying out a test on the participants.

D．By listening to the participants’ spoken reports.

2. What can we know about the study?

A．Household chores, heavy or light, do help.

B．The more housework for the elderly, the better.

C．The subjects are of similar age.

D．Light housework improves health better.

3. What do Gill Livingston and Charlie Foster think of the result of the study?

A．Objective.

B．Meaningless.

C．Partial.

D．Successful.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Definite limitation of a study on healthy aging.

B．The introduction to a study on household chores.

C．Housework arguments among different experts.

D．Possible function of household chores for healthy aging.

3 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整的短文。

Have you ever heard of the position “sometimes backup catcher (替补接球手)?” I hadn’t either. Until this spring.

Since childhood, I have always liked watching baseball match. I especially loved the thrill of watching the catchers grab that game-winning grand slam (大满贯球) at the final moment. I sometimes pictured myself as the catcher, with body moving as swift as a leopard to the outfield and with eyes as sharp as an eagle’s, ready to catch the ball from the pitcher(投球手) with the glove and secure those decisive points.

This spring, my parents brought me to the Centerville Youth Baseball tryouts (选拔). When it was my turn, I ran out on to the field. My parents were surprised at how quickly I returned. “How’d you do?” Dad asked. “I don’t know,” I said. “I’m not sure I’ll make the team.” “Let’s wait and see.” Mom said.

After tryouts, Coach Bull yard announced, “Positions are posted in the clubhouse.” Parents and kids stampeded to check the results.

Dad stared at the lineup list for a long time. I couldn’t get myself to look. “So, did I make the team?” I asked him finally.

“You did,” Dad replied. “It says ‘Mike Davis: sometimes backup catcher.’” What does that mean? It didn’t sound great.

We had three practices before the first game. The first day, Is at on the bench beside my friend Emily, and Coach pointed to the outfield. “Mike Davis and Emily Hall—out there. And practice!” Emily and I headed for the outfield.

During our first practice, everything seemed to be in a mess. At the second practice, I showed some improvement, but still missed several catches. I even slipped and fell as it started to rain. I heard Emily chuckle. Coach Bull yard noticed this, and came close to me, comforting, “It’s important for a catcher to catch every ball, especially the grand-slam ball. If you do your best, you’ll see the result in the game.

At home, I asked my older brother James. “Do you think Coach will ever put me in a game as a catcher?” James wrote down and calculated some numbers. Finally, he said “The likelihood that you’ll play in a game before the end of the season is as slim as finding a needle in a haystack.” He looked at me. “In other words, it probably won’t happen.”

注意：
1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1: That night in bed, I thought about my older brother James’ words.
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Paragraph 2: In the last few minutes of the final game, the coach decided to make substitution of players (换人) .
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4 . Orbital Assembly Corporation, a new company run by John Blincow, is planning to open a space hotel by 2027. John Blincow once worked as a pilot. His space hotel, called Voyager Station, would hold 280 guests and 112 workers. It is trying to be the first commercial space hotel.

“We’re trying to make people realize that this golden age of space travel is just coming and it’s coming fast,” Blincow told CNN.

Sleeping in a space hotel will not be as comfortable as in a hotel on the earth because of the weightlessness. However, the hotel will find some ways to simulate gravity (模拟重力) to make comfortable rooms possible.

But, for many visitors, they would like to feel the weightlessness in space. As a result, the team plans to offer traditional space food such as freeze-dried ice cream in the hotel’s restaurant. It also plans some activities such as basketball games. Players can jump higher because of the weightlessness of the environment when they play basketball.

For now, the company isn’t talking about the prices of the rooms. However, they will cost a lot more compared with some space tasks. For example, Virgin Galactic plans to send passengers into space at $250, 000 per person, per trip. The team at Voyager Station, however, has already said that they plan to make a stay in the hotel something similar to buying a cruise ticket.

1. How will the space hotel make rooms comfortable?

A．By offering a lot of space food.

B．By offering the most comfortable beds.

C．By finding ways to make people feel gravity.

D．By making people jump higher in rooms.

2. What does the underlined word “they” refer to?

A．The passengers.	B．The rooms.
C．The workers.	D．The games.

3. What CANNOT we learn about the space hotel?

A．It will open by 2027.	B．It will have over 100 workers.
C．Room prices don’t come out.	D．It will buy cruise tickets for guests.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．A pilot will build a space hotel in the near future.

B．A company has many difficulties in building a hotel.

C．Visitors are dreaming of travelling to space in the near future.

D．It will be easy and cheap for visitors to travel to space in the future.

5 . Before five, I couldn’t even speak in full sentences. Unlike most other children, I_________ communicated with others, neither cried nor lost temper. My extreme_________ 1 made my parents wonder if I was _________ slow, but they weren’t sure. Actually, I have to _________ that my memories of my early childhood are quite vague(模糊的)

My learning problems were the result of my mother taking medicine. When she became _________ with me, she had a bad cold, So she had to take _________ and stay in bed to _________ the illness. However, the medicine affected my early intellectual_________. When I was in elementary school, I learned very _________ and was as quiet as a doll. As a fifth grader, I finally started __________ my classmates. classmates. That was the first time in my memory that I had some friends. More __________, from that time on, I became talkative, laughing and playing like any normal child.

After heading full speed for my junior high education, my learning situation got __________ in the mud again. However, 1 never lost__________ that 1 might one day succeed. That’s when I discovered a strong__________ for English. With over 10 years of consistent English self-study, I successfully __________ TOEFL without going to any language center and headed for America for higher education.

I frequently met __________ in my studies, but I __________ to be overcome by them . I __________ those facing problems not to give up. Give yourself one more__________ to stand up, passion makes you__________ forward, and once you learn with passion, your dream will come true.

1.

A．always

B．seldom

C．sometimes

D．immediately

2.

A．quietness

B．happiness

C．patience

D．eagerness

3.

A．physically

B．briefly

C．mentally

D．effectively

4.

A．prove

B．regret

C．expect

D．admit

5.

A．strict

B．pregnant

C．angry

D．bored

6.

A．medicine

B．advice

C．responsibility

D．notice

7.

A．end

B．kill

C．change

D．treat

8.

A．honesty

B．protection

C．connection

D．development

9.

A．slowly

B．quickly

C．actively

D．early

10.

A．competing with

B．communicating with

C．worrying about

D．shouting at

11.

A．strangely

B．carelessly

C．amazingly

D．importantly

12.

A．separated

B．absorbed

C．broke

D．stuck

13.

A．freedom

B．wealth

C．pleasure

D．belief

14.

A．accent

B．love

C．hate

D．message

15.

A．passed

B．attended

C．quit

D．taught

16.

A．needs

B．demands

C．difficulties

D．aims

17.

A．promised

B．agreed

C．refused

D．failed

18.

A．encourage

B．forbid

C．find

D．consider

19.

A．tip

B．reward

C．gift

D．chance

20.

A．drive

B．move

C．lean

D．respond

6 . 假如你是校学生会主席李华，你们学校下周五将在学校报告厅举办每年一度的校园艺术节，请你代表学生会给你的外籍英文老师Jim发一份邮件，邀请他参加此次艺术节活动，内容包括：

1. 邀请并告知其活动的时间、地点及参加人员；

2. 活动具体安排；

3. 希望得到回复。

注意：词数不少于80。 参考词汇：school lecture hall 学校报告厅

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Yours,

Li Hua

7 . The place I like 以实验中学为选取对象，从视觉，听觉，触觉，嗅觉的角度和适当的修辞手法来描绘学校的美景和学生们的学习生活情况。
参考词汇： Aksu Experimental High School
Wutong trees(梧桐树) weeping willows(垂柳), elms(榆钱树), cypresses(柏树), hawthorn (山楂树)

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8 . 阅读下面短文，共有10处语言错误，每处的错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。只允许改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Last summer I have an unusual experience. It was raining hardly. Because of this, the river near my town rose but flooded some of the rice fields. The villagers, included me, went to the dam to make them strong. The PLA soldiers also came to help us. We fought hard for three days. On the end the dam was saved and our village protected from the flood. Though I became very tired after I returned home, but I was very happy. I learned many things from the villager and the soldiers. I also learned a lots from my unusual experience.

9 . No matter how much we try to be smart,   life has its own ways of teaching us the valuable lessons     1     Here are some of the life lessons that all of us learn the hard way.

Lying is harmful. Everyone, at some point in life, must have certainly realized that lying is a very dangerous thing for the mind, which finally affects our health too.     2     And also he would lose the trust of others.

Sometimes, moving on is the only choice.    3     But sometimes, circumstances and situations align (排整齐) in such a way that it is better to leave something and move ahead.   At times, it is better to move on with the memories, rather than stay there and live in a blank space with no possible future.

    4     It is rightly said that to err is human. We all are humans and nobody knows everything.   So it is fine to accept the things that went wrong, and try to avoid repeating them or doing wrong intentionally.

Happiness is the key to everything.    5     Things cannot bring happiness, but happiness can bring many things in life. And the most important person who should be happy with you is yourself. If you do not feel cheerful from the inside, you certainly cannot make others happy.

A．It is natural to make mistakes.

B．Sales are not always profitable.

C．It makes a man lose confidence and trust in himself.

D．Nothing in the world would make sense if you are depressed.

E．It is always good to be considerate about one’s views about things.

F．Though at first we are hurt, we eventually learn from the experiences.

G．Somethings are dear to us, and we cannot imagine life without them.

10 . I clearly remember my first airplane ride. It was in my last year of high school that my friends and I decided to go to Italy. I was both really excited and afraid.

On that day, my mom drove me and one of my friends to the airport. We got there early. After my mother left, we waited outside for the rest of the group. From where we stood we could see every plane taking off. The planes were so close to us; I could almost feel their power. At the same time, there was a fear that a plane might crash (坠毁) at any time.

I couldn’t t take it anymore so we went back inside. I decided to eat some candy and chocolate before the flight. They always help to calm me down. Minutes later, the rest of the group arrived.

Then, we all went to the gate. My legs were shaking and I thought I was going to throw up. But no, I stood there like a “man” and faced reality.

We were about to board the plane. My friends were all laughing and joking around with each other like it was no big deal, and I walked right behind them terrified to death. Once we got into the plane and found our seats, I could only do one thing: look for the devices (装置) that can save lives.

Then I heard the engines starting. My eyes popped open wide and I took a really deep breath.

I felt the plane moving and I could only think to myself God will not let me die; God will not let me die. Ten minutes later I was myself again. I wasn’t afraid anymore. I started to relax; I even read a book and talked to my friends. I remember falling asleep for a while too. And in no time we were in Italy.

Rome sweet Rome!
1. How did the author get to the airport?

A．By bus.

B．By bike.

C．By car.

D．On foot.

2. Why did the author look for the devices that can save lives in the plane?

A．The author was frightened and nervous.

B．The author wanted to play with them.

C．The author’s friends were in danger.

D．The plane was going to crash.

3. What does the underlined word “They” in the third paragraph refer to?

A．The author’s friends.	B．People in the waiting room.
C．The author’ s parents.	D．Some candy and chocolate.

4. What could be the best title of this text?

A．My Terrified Airplane Ride	B．My First Airplane Ride
C．My Unforgettable Experience	D．To Be a Real Man