1 . 听下面一段长对话，回答小题。
1. What are the speakers talking about?

A．The hotel in the city center.

B．The woman’s trip to Kingston.

C．The woman’s plan for a summer event.

2. What does the woman think of her stay in the hotel?

A．Unsatisfying.

B．Comfortable.

C．Wonderful.

2 . 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。

29 outstanding Party members were conferred the July 1 Medal, one of     1     was Zhang Guimei. She founded a high school,     2    (offer) free education to girls in a less­developed area of Yunnan Province.

Zhang’s efforts helped nearly 2,000 girls go to college. She visited poor     3     (family) and persuaded them not to let their children drop out of school. This shows     4     educators should work with a greater sense of responsibility.

Another important lesson from Zhang’s story is that we should take a long­term view of rural education. Zhang has been working     5     (improve) education in rural areas because of her high degree of     6     (commit) and making the education of talents as her goal.     7    is because of the very goal that Zhang could overcome difficulties, and help the poor throw off     8     wrong idea that “education is useless”. It also reminds us that more efforts should     9     (make) to develop education in rural areas, and we should focus     10     long­term goals and interests.

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。

Jordan says that the secret to his success is learning from his failures. “I can accept failure; everyone     1     (fail) at something.     2     I can’t accept not trying.” Losing games taught him to practice     3     (hard) and never give     4    . In life, Jordan has learnt to share his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club     5     he started in Chicago has been helping young people since 1996.

4 . 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。

Machu Picchu Tour

This four-day     1     (walk) tour will take you on     2     (amaze) paths through the Andes Mountains on the way to the city of Machu Picchu. After reaching your destination, you will have a day     3     (explore) and be amazed by this ancient city.     4     (Especial) amazing is the Incas’ dry stone method of building. Inca builders cut stones to exact sizes so that nothing     5     (need) to hold walls together other than the perfect fit of the stones.

6 . Where does the woman want to go?

A．The bus station.

B．The train station.

C．The police station.

7 . What did the man do last weekend?

A．He took a trip.

B．He watched a game.

C．He played basketball.

8 . 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。

Ada looked through the observation window at the kids below, all waiting in line to get into the pool. She turned to her mother with an angry expression on her face. “Mom, they’re all little kids! I’m 15 already! This is ridiculous, isn’t ?”

“I know, Ada,” replied her mother, “but you’re a beginner, too, and you have to start somewhere!”

Ada had never been to a swimming lesson in her life. Between schoolwork and helping on her grandfather’s farm, she hadn’t had time for lessons. The closest swimming pool Ada had been to was the inflatable (充气的) alligator pool her mother bought her when she was five. Now that Ada was older, her mother had found a new job in the city, and Ada faced a new challenge — school field trips to the local pool.

The first day that Ada went with her class to the pool, she had no idea what she was in for. What could be so difficult about swimming? Ada confidently slipped(溜) into the water and held onto the side of the pool, expecting to be able to touch the bottom with her feet. But when Ada let go of the side of the pool, she slipped under the water—the whole pool was one big deep end! Ada threw her arm toward the side of the pool and grabbed (抓住) the ledge (池壁), out of breath. “I really can’t swim! Everyone’s going to laugh at me!” she thought to herself in a panic.

On the next field trip to the pool, Ada sat on the side of a bench, frozen with fear. She huddled (蜷缩) with a towel over her shoulders, too embarrassed to try again. When she came home, her mother noticed right away that Ada was upset. “Honey, I want you to take Bella’s swimming lessons at the local pool. Soon you’ll learn how to swim just like everyone else,” she convinced Ada, showing photos of Bella with her prize-winning students. Ada felt doubtful whether the lessons would help, but she had to overcome her fear.

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Then came the time for Ada to take her first lesson.

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Soon Bella came over to where Ada sat and introduced herself.

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9 . Wouldn’t it be wonderful to travel to a foreign country without having to worry about the headache of communicating in a different language?

In a recent Wall Street journal article, technology policy expert A lec Ross argued that, within a decade or so. We’ll be able to communicate with one another via small earpieces with built-in microphones. That’s because technological progress is extremely rapid. It’s only a matter of time. Indeed, some parents are so convinced that this technology is imminent that they’re wondering if their kids should even learn a second language.

It’s true that an increase in the quantity and accuracy of the data loaded into computers make them cleverer at translating “No es bueno dormir mucho” as “It’s not good to sleep too much.” Replacing a word with its equivalent (同义词) in the target language is actually the “easy part of a translator’s job”. But even this seems to be a discouraging task for computers.

It’s so difficult for computers because translation doesn’t—or shouldn’t—involve simply translating words, sentences or paragraphs. Rather, it’s about translating meaning. And in order to infer meaning from a specific expression, humans have to interpret a mass of information at the same time. Think about all the related clues that go into understanding an expression: volume, gesture, situation, and even your culture. All are likely to convey as much meaning as the words you use.

Therefore, we should doubt whether a machine is able to translate the world around us. If people from different cultures can offend each other without realizing it, how can we expect a machine to do better? Unless engineers actually find a way to breathe a soul into a computer, undoubtedly when it comes to conveying and translation meaning using a natural language, a machine will never fully take our place.

1. What does the underlined word “imminent” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Confusing.

B．Approaching.

C．Helpful.

D．Advanced.

2. Why is it hard for computers to replace a word with its equivalent (同义词)?

A．The real meaning of words can vary.

B．Their data is not adequate (充足的) enough.

C．Their accuracy needs big improvement.

D．A soul hasn’t been breathed into them.

3. What view does the author hold about translation?

A．Some machines will translate our world properly.

B．Slight difference mean little in translation.

C．Proper translation can be tough for humans.

D．Cultures deserve more attention than words used.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．A new language translating machine

B．Will Language Barrier (障碍) Actually Fall?

C．Who Will Be a Better Translator?

D．Translation will become easier

10 . Is future you? It might seem like a strange philosophical question. But the answer to how you think about your future self could make the difference between decisions you ultimately find satisfying and ones you might eventually regret.

The brain patterns that emerge on an MRI (核磁共振成像) when people think about their future selves most like the brain patterns that arise when they think about strangers. This finding suggests that, in the mind’s eye, our future selves look like other people. If you see future you as a different person, why should you save money, eat healthier or exercise more regularly to benefit that stranger?

However, if you see the interests of your distant self as more like those of your present self, you are considerably more likely to do things today that benefit you tomorrow. A paper in the journal PLoS One revealed that college students who experienced a greater sense of connection and similarity to their future selves were more likely to achieve academic success. Relationships with our future selves also matter for general psychological well-being. In a project led by Joseph Reiff, which includes 5, 000 adults aged 20 to 75, he found that those who perceived a great overlap (重叠) in qualities between their current and future selves ended up being more satisfied with their lives 10 years after filling out the initial survey.     

So how can we better befriend our future selves and feel more connected to their fates? The psychological mindset with what we call ”vividness interventions“ works. We have found, for instance, that showing people images of their older, grayer selves increases intentions to save for the long term. Besides, you might try writing a letter to-and then from-your future self. As demonstrated by Yuta Chishima and Anne Wilson in their 2020 study in the journal Self and Identity, when high-school students engaged in this type of ”send-and-reply“ exercise, they experienced elevated (升高的) levels of feelings of similarity with their future selves.

Letter-writing and visualization exercises are just a couple of ways we can connect with our future selves and beyond, but the larger lesson here is clear: If we can treat our distant selves as if they are people we love, care about and want to support, we can start making choices for them that improve our lives-both today and tomorrow.

1. What’s the function of paragraph 2?

A．Generating further discussion.	B．Introducing a research result.
C．Showing the effect of the finding.	D．Concluding various viewpoints.

2. How does the author prove his statements?

A．By offering relevant statistics.	B．By using quotations.
C．By referring to previous findings.	D．By making comparisons.

3. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．Benefits of befriending our future selves.

B．Ways of connecting with our future selves.

C．Methods of changing psychological mindsets.

D．Possibilities of us becoming our future selves.

4. What does the article want to tell us?

A．Making future plans makes a difference.

B．Our future selves look like other people.

C．Getting to know your future self benefits.

D．Your choice affects the fates of strangers.