1 . I am convinced that even the smartest people have to work hard to achieve success, because there is no such person as a born winner. People make themselves into winners by their own _________ .

Many years ago, I took the head _________job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program. It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the _________ team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to _________ the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were _________ . Thinking hard about it, I came to realize that I had to change my _________ towards their ability and potential.

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little _________. Most importantly, I began to treat them like _________. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and _________ passing and kicking the football.

Six months after suffering our defeat on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to__________. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a __________ for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me the greatest __________ of my life!

From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can __________ the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and __________ them. I helped them to see themselves __________, and they built themselves into winners. Winners are made, not born.

1.

A．targets

B．efforts

C．functions

D．guidelines

2.

A．decorating

B．roasting

C．wrestling

D．coaching

3.

A．fancy

B．new

C．significant

D．typical

4.

A．keep track of

B．try out for

C．prepare for

D．get through

5.

A．pressed

B．charged

C．surrounded

D．defeated

6.

A．location

B．approach

C．attitude

D．conclusion

7.

A．pride

B．relationship

C．faith

D．culture

8.

A．conductors

B．performers

C．winners

D．losers

9.

A．practised

B．awarded

C．confirmed

D．updated

10.

A．defend

B．improve

C．ensure

D．announce

11.

A．success

B．benefit

C．embarrassment

D．shame

12.

A．reaction

B．gratitude

C．joy

D．respect

13.

A．impact

B．feature

C．figure

D．assume

14.

A．approached

B．battled

C．protested

D．inspired

15.

A．individually

B．ordinarily

C．gradually

D．differently

2 . Recently, many arguments between anxious parents and children on the use of mobile phones have hit the headlines. According to a survey, children’s addiction to online games is closely related to parent-child relations:    1     . To keep children away from smartphones, parents have to reflect on their own behavior and apply themselves to building harmonious parent-kid relationships.

First, parents should not be overly upset or annoyed when their kids play video games.     2    . And it’s unfair for parents to blame smartphones for all the problems of their children, including poor performance, lack of ambition and inactive lifestyles. Such problems existed even when smartphones and video games were not invented.

    3     . Research shows children treated as equals in the family are more aware of the negative effects of online games. Those parents who respect their children’s opinions and pay attention to their needs can set family rules with the help of their children.     4     . And in such an atmosphere, children may be open about their thoughts and needs, and talk to their parents about what they really feel.

Last but not least, parents should spend time with their children.    5     . So parents have to find time for their kids instead of saying they are too busy with work or ignoring their kids’ feelings.

In a word, developing good parent-kid relations is an effective way to keep or draw kids away from smartphones.

A．There are some other problems that deserve parents’ attention.

B．They are one of the most popular entertainments for students.

C．What’s more, it is advisable to adopt a friendly way of parenting.

D．Besides, some of the problems should be left for time to solve.

E．The better the relationship is, the less likely a kid is to be addicted to online games.

F．Actually, the most valuable gift for their kids is time, not money or expensive presents.

G．Family members can also smooth out their differences and reach consensuses (一致同意)together.

3 . ChatGPT, designed by OpenAI to carry on conversations just like humans, has become a viral excitement. The AI-powered tool went from zero to a million users in just five days! Its ability to provide in-depth answers to user questions has even drawn the attention of distinguished technology companies.

The intelligent robot understands what the user says or types and then answers in a way that makes sense. Its vast body of knowledge has been gathered from the internet and archived (归档) books. It is further trained by humans. “We have a lot of information on the internet, but you normally have to Google it, then read it and then do something with it,” says Ricardo, chief science officer and co-founder of AI company Erudit. “Now you’ll have this resource that can process (处理，加工) the whole internet and all of the information it contains for you to answer your question.” This makes ChatGPT a useful tool for researching almost any topic.

ChatGPT cannot think on its own. It depends on the information that it has been trained on. As a result, the Al tool works well for things that have accurate data available. However, when unsure, ChatGPT can get creative and flow out incorrect responses. OpenAI cautions (提醒) users to check the information no matter how logical it sounds. Also, ChatGPT has only been trained with information till 2021. Hence, it cannot be relied upon for anything that happened after that.

Experts believe ChatGPT has limitless potential to solve real-world problems. It can translate long texts into different languages, create content on almost any topic, and even summarize books.

However, ChatGPT has received mixed reactions from educators. Some believe it could serve as a valuable tool to help build literacy skills in the classroom. It could also be used to teach students difficult science or math concepts. But other educators think ChatGPT will encourage students to cheat. They fear this will prevent them from building critical thinking and problem-solving skills. As a result, many districts are starting to ban its use in schools.

1. What is the unique feature of ChatGPT?

A．It has artificial intelligence.

B．It can answer users’ questions.

C．It has the largest number of users.

D．It can make meaningful conversations.

2. What makes ChatGPT helpful to research different topics?

A．Its capability of information processing.

B．Its accurate information.

C．Its availability of up-to-date data.

D．Its vast body of questions.

3. Why do ChatGPT users have to be cautious when using it?

A．ChatGPT is unable to think itself.

B．ChatGPT lacks creativity.

C．ChatGPT offers illogical information.

D．ChatGPT is not properly trained.

4. What is the author’s attitude towards ChatGPT?

A．Supportive.

B．Disapproving.

C．Objective.

D．Doubtful.

4 . A boy shivered (颤抖) in the freezing cold Oslo winter, wrapping his arms around himself on a bus stop bench. He wasn’t wearing a coat and the temperature in the Norwegian capital regularly was 10 degrees centigrade in winter.

It was really a heartbreaking scene, but the actions of the ordinary people who witnessed the difficult situation of 11-year-old Johanne Linnestad Flaaten were both joyous and inspiring.

A young woman sat next to the boy and noticed him rubbing his arms. She immediately asked him,

“Don’t you have a jacket?”

“No, someone stole,” he replied. She questioned him and discovered he was on a school trip and was told to meet his teacher at the bus stop. She asked him the name of his school and where he was from as she selflessly covered her own coat around his shoulders.

Later, another older woman at first gave him her scarf, and then wrapped him in her large jacket. Throughout the day, more and more people offered Johanne their gloves and even the coats off their backs as they waited for their bus.

Johanne’s difficult situation was a hidden camera experiment by Norwegian charity SOS Children’s Village as part of their winter campaign to gather donations to send much-needed coats and blankets to help Syrian children get through the winter. Many of the refugees (难民) have left their homes without winter clothing.

“People should care as much about children in Syria as they care about this boy,” Synne Runnine, the information head of SOS Children’s Villages Norway, told The Local. She also told that the child was a volunteer who was never in any danger during the filming.

1. Why did Johanne Linnestad Flaaten stay on the bus stop bench?

A．His parents couldn’t afford him a warm coat.

B．Someone stole his jacket.

C．He was a volunteer to do an experiment.

D．He was doing an experiment of cold resistance.

2. Which of the following statements is correct according to the passage?

A．SOS Children’s Village was holding some donation activities.

B．The older woman was the first person to offer Johanne her scarf.

C．Johanne’s parents were too poor to buy him a jacket.

D．11-year-old Johanne got injured in the campaign.

3. What do Synne Runnine’s words imply?

A．People’s care about Johanne is enough.

B．People’s care about children in Syria is not enough.

C．People should care more about children in Syria than they care about Johanne.

D．People should care more about Johanne than they care about children in Syria.

4. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．When You Have No Coat in a Cold Winter

B．When You Face Refugees Crowding into Your Country

C．When You Help Syria Children without Winter Clothing

D．When You Meet a Boy Wearing No Coat

5 . 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Videos of 77- year-old Xu Xiuzhen,     1     speaks 11 different languages with foreigners while working at a scenic spot selling water, postcards and headdress flowers, have brought her instant fame. X’s village,     2    (locate) at the base of Moon Hill, is     3     popular scenic spot famed for a moon-shaped hole at the summit.

    4    (support) her family, Xu, who dropped out of junior school in the third grade, has been working     5     a tour guide and vendor in a county and resort town in Yangshuo. When the area became famous with foreign backpackers and     6    (organize) tours, she began to learn different languages to attract more foreign customers. Over the past two decades, Xu     7     (teach) all foreign languages to herself, including English, Spanish, Japanese, German, Hebrew and Korean. In addition to making her incredibly popular, her linguistic prowess (超凡技术) has made     8     easier for her to communicate with foreign tourists. As a result, Xu has also become one of the     9     (busy) tour guides in Yangshuo. Her reputation draws a large crowd of tourists every day, especially foreign     10     (visit), who come to meet the multilingual guide out of admiration.

6 . Sea turtles are considered a national treasure in Sri Lanka. However, in recent years, the sea turtles have faced great ________ .

Growing up on the beach, Chamara Indika, 35, was ________ about it. In the beginning, he ________ himself to the protection of sea turtles as a volunteer. He gave his spare time to raise ________ of caring for sea turtles and carried out sea turtle protection and rescue missions.

Later, he decided that this was not a long-term ________. “One person’s abilities are very ________ but I wanted to make real changes, big changes,” said Indika. ________, Jack Xiao, the founder of Chinese YIK International Volunteers (YIKIV), reached out to Indika and offered his help to protect sea turtles. With his assistance, Indika set up the Nil Manel Foundation in Sri Lanka.

The organization ________ professional training and guidance for the volunteers, spreads knowledge of turtle and carries out conservation activities. Volunteers can then work to spread their new knowledge to more people.

At first, the volunteers’ main job was to ________ and care for injured turtles locally. Then they found people and animals eat turtle eggs on the beach. So volunteers started transferring eggs from the beach to a protection center with ________ cultivation (培育), under the professional guidance of zoologists. It guaranteed higher ________ rates.

Thanks to their efforts, the living rate of newborn turtles has reached new highs, and conservation awareness has also been increased. Now straws and plastic bags, which cause many turtles to die ________, are being refused by many volunteers.

“It made me feel that all my work had ________. But it was not enough to rely on myself and the current volunteers. It would be important to ________ this knowledge down to future generations,” said Indika.

With persistence and hard work, Indika firmly believes they will make a(n) ________ to the sea turtles.

1.

A．opportunities

B．progress

C．challenges

D．inconvenience

2.

A．confused

B．concerned

C．doubtful

D．embarrassed

3.

A．devoted

B．ensured

C．donated

D．encouraged

4.

A．issue

B．measure

C．awareness

D．emotion

5.

A．process

B．attempt

C．progress

D．solution

6.

A．worthwhile

B．limited

C．effective

D．inspiring

7.

A．On purpose

B．In all

C．By chance

D．Now that

8.

A．promotes

B．offers

C．provides

D．targets

9.

A．relieve

B．comfort

C．rescue

D．greet

10.

A．accessible

B．original

C．ordinary

D．artificial

11.

A．survival

B．dying

C．injury

D．recovery

12.

A．particularly

B．immediately

C．accidentally

D．illegally

13.

A．got through

B．paid off

C．made out

D．stirred up

14.

A．outline

B．pass

C．enable

D．defend

15.

A．habitat

B．existence

C．difference

D．harmony

7 . I came to Russia to study in the winter last year. My university is located in Moscow, the capital of Russia, which is a city with a long history.

The second I stepped out of the airport, I immediately felt how freezing cold it was outside than China.     1     When I saw the main building of Moscow State University, I was deeply shocked by its beautiful architecture with its 270-year-long history. Sensing how utterly small I was in front of this majestic building, I felt the crystallization (结晶) of human wisdom resonate within me.

    2     What it means is that the snow and ice won’t melt until April of the following year. Just like the melting snow, I gradually overcame the difficulties of studying abroad and came to adjust to my new environment.

The first challenge was the language barrier. After leaning Russian in China, I realized that my skills were nowhere near enough. I was not fluent in Russian, sometimes causing misunderstandings.     3     For example, In Russia, everyone intentionally stands on the right side when taking the escalator, which takes time for me to get used to.

However, the artistic atmosphere in Russia is very strong.     4     Tickets for those places, concerts and cultural events here are relatively cheap, making it easy to enrich my life on weekends.

In a nutshell, living abroad means overcoming all kinds of difficulties. The experience will always leave a colorful shade in our lives. Just as the old saying in Chinese goes, “it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books.”     5    

A．Obviously, the freezing climate does not agree with me.

B．Starting from early November each year, the snow season in Moscow is very long.

C．Take a look at the outside world while you are young!

D．I can visit many of the attractions that I used to see in my textbooks and performances I used to watch only on TV.

E．Thanks to the abundant activities I get to explore what I’ve learned in practical contexts and improve my language proficiency.

F．And the buildings surrounding me looked so different from the ones in China too.

G．The cultural differences were also hard to deal with at first.

8 . What could be perfect for the partner, who embarrasses you on the dance floor? Smart socks, which can teach people to dance, may be the answer for anyone with two left feet.

Initially, the socks have been developed as a running tool to help runners improve their skills. Thanks to the socks, users can accurately record not only how far and fast they run but also how well. It means the user maximizes their performance, and reduces damage to body and prevents hurt. The hi-tech socks are made of special fibers that watch the movements of your feet. They look, feel and can be washed like normal clothes.

Sensors record each movement and send it by an ankle transmitter (脚踝发射器) to a smart phone. Then a “virtual coach” application shows the information and can tell the user what they are doing wrong, and help to improve skill in any task with feet.

The socks should be useful to athletes and weekend joggers. “People think running is so easy and of course everybody can do it but not necessarily safely and well,” Dr Davide Vigano said. A recent study showed that between 60 and 80 percent of runners got hurt per year. This is petty much more than any other human activity. Researchers say the technology can also be developed to teach people how to dance, play sports such as golf, or even to help to teach women to walk better in high heels.

Mr. Vigano said, “People could all benefit from the idea. We have had interest from all sorts of sports, like skiing, football, cycling and golf. Anything where you have to use your feet can use it. It could even be put in high heels to help women walk in them safely.”

Socks are just the start, and the technology could be used in gloves, hats and boots. The socks, anklet and software package, are expected to be sold for around £120, which will go on sale in March.

1. What does the underlined part “anyone with two left feet” refer to in paragraph 1?

A．People who are disabled.	B．People who are poor at dancing.
C．People who are good at dancing.	D．People who do not like dancing.

2. Why were smart socks developed in the beginning?

A．To improve runners’ performance.	B．To teach people to dance.
C．To help women walk safely.	D．To record dance movement.

3. What’s special about fibers that the socks are made of?

A．They feel much softer than normal clothes.

B．They can monitor the movement of feet.

C．They should be washed in a special washing machine.

D．They are expensive to produce.

4. What can be inferred from the text?

A．Only professional athletes can benefit from the technology.

B．The technology has been widely used in all sorts of sports.

C．All people can run safely and well thanks to the socks.

D．The technology could bring a potential market.

9 . I was born and raised in England in a culture where privacy and “keeping yourself to yourself” were valued traditions. Speaking to strangers was not encouraged. People were most hospitable (好客的) and friendly — but only once they had been introduced to new people.

However, I have been lucky enough to spend some time in both Italy and the US, where I found traditions of hospitality and politeness to be very different.

I experienced Italian hospitality first-hand on a crowded railway carriage traveling, one afternoon, from Genoa to Florence. Sinking gratefully into an empty seat, I was berated (斥责) in rapid Italian by a gentleman who was returning to this seat — it had not been “spare” after all. I apologized in English, and got up to allow him back into the seat. The gentleman obviously had no understanding of the English language, but he, too, realized my genuine mistake. He smiled and gestured for me to remain in the seat, and he himself remained standing in the corridor for the rest of the journey. The other passengers of the carriage smiled and nodded at me and made me feel quite welcome amongst them. I feel that if this had been in England, a foreigner who made a mistake would not always be so kindly treated.

Transport was also obvious in the differences I noticed between English and American culture. I flew to New York on a plane with mainly English passengers. We sat together in near silence. Nobody spoke to me nor, as I expected, to anyone else they did not know. They felt it was not polite to disturb someone else’s privacy. However, when I traveled across the United States, whether by plane or Greyhound bus, I was never short of conversation. Conversation was going on all around me and whoever sat next to me was happy to introduce themselves and ask me about myself, which was usually a pleasant way to kill time. They obviously felt it would have been rude not to speak to another person, whether they were strangers or not.

1. What do we know about the passengers of the carriage when the author was travelling in Italy?

A．They were all on the side of the gentleman.

B．They all laughed at the author for this mistake.

C．They all showed their understanding of the author’s mistake.

D．They would not bear a mistake like the author’s in public.

2. According to the last paragraph, English passengers sat in near silence because________.

A．they were too tired to speak	B．they are short of topics to talk about
C．they were all strangers to each other	D．privacy was a valued tradition in England

3. The purpose of the author is to tell us ________.

A．his traveling experiences

B．how to adapt ourselves to a new culture

C．the culture shock he experienced in Italy and the US

D．cultural differences in hospitality and politeness

4. What is the author’s attitude towards American’s traditions of hospitality and politeness?

A．Approving.

B．Confused.

C．Negative.

D．Disapproving.