1 . 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 world’s longest sea-spanning bridge, the highway-railway bridge     1     the longest span in the world, the first sea-spanning dual-use bridge in the world-These are just some of the “world firsts” China has created in the sphere (领域) of bridge building. But     2    best represents China’s modern industrial power is possibly the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.

On July 7, 2017 the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was fully opened. Seen from the air, the     3     (wind) bridge looks like a long dragon. From Zhuhai bay, the bridge    4     (stretch) for over 30 km above the sea, together with 6. 7 km of tunnels under the seabed, to end in Hong Kong. On the way, there are three specially     5     (model) cable-stayed bridges,     6     names are “China Connection”, “Dolphin” and “Sail”     7     (respective) , capable of sustaining a total of three hundred thousand tons of wheeled cargo.

As Su Quanke put it, the bridge not just links the three geographical regions,     8     it forms a link between our thoughts and feelings, including the creative superiority that we     9     (develop) over centuries. When we look at this magnificent sea-spanning bridge, as a great achievement of the century, we can see a     10     (combine) of the millennia-long history of bridge building in China and modern technology, and the glitter of the Chinese people’s diligence and wisdom.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What kind of activity would Matt prefer?

A．Enjoying private time in his own car.

B．Having a hot drink and snacks on a train.

C．Listening to audio-books while walking to the office.

2. How might Beth prefer to travel to work?

A．By car.

B．By train.

C．On foot.

3. What does Matt mean in the end?

A．He makes up his mind to take the train.

B．He is hesitant about traveling without food.

C．He might choose a greener way.

3 . What does the woman mean?

A．The weather in London is excellent.

B．People hold different attitudes toward the sun.

C．London is worth visiting with friends.

4 . On September 16, 2023, just weeks into the school year, two groups of boys fought across the courtyard at Southwood High School in Louisiana. In a _________two days, 23 students were in police station, one of whom was _________ with threatening an assistant principal.

When gang violence _______, concerned dads at this high school said “Not on our _______.”That’s how Dads on Duty was born and they began patrolling the campus every day.

Around 40 men organized into six-person _________. Some are fathers who sacrifice their own schedules and _________, while others are men who don’t have a _________but wants the youth to know they have an entire community behind them.

Now, anyone who wants to enter the school with rage (狂怒) and a closed _________ have to face tough papa bears. They are _________ Southwood, making sure every student feels as if someone __________a lot of time and energy in their safety and has an adult to turn to in times of crisis.

Besides, their presence is meant to be more __________ than reactionary. For instance, one day after school, Morgan noticed an odd student __________ outside without friends. Morgan suspected he was lying in wait for an attack so this cautious father got the student out of the area, likely avoiding a violent incident. It was a situation requiring more delicacy than law enforcement (执法部门) and security __________ have offered.

Since Dads on Duty arrived on campus, gang battles have stopped completely. The Louisiana dads have already __________ with fathers in other parts of the country, who have followed their example. They’d like to start new __________ of the campaign throughout the country.

1.

A．bare

B．mere

C．definite

D．rare

2.

A．arrested

B．justified

C．scolded

D．charged

3.

A．declined

B．bounced

C．dragged

D．rocketed

4.

A．watch

B．mercy

C．basis

D．guidance

5.

A．board

B．session

C．shift

D．duty

6.

A．ambitions

B．commitments

C．welfare

D．strengths

7.

A．job

B．child

C．neighbor

D．house

8.

A．fist

B．palm

C．lap

D．wrist

9.

A．accompanying

B．resisting

C．healing

D．warning

10.

A．occupies

B．stretches

C．cherishes

D．invests

11.

A．preventive

B．inspiring

C．powerful

D．amusing

12.

A．hanging around

B．putting forward

C．taking over

D．turning out

13.

A．firm

B．measure

C．might

D．uniform

14.

A．behaved

B．partnered

C．disbanded

D．coped

15.

A．episodes

B．forms

C．chapters

D．plots

5 . Cordero is the farm manager at Ollin Farms, not far from Boulder, Colorado. The locally grown vegetables on the farm aren’t just pretty. “We play an important role in public health nutrition programs,” says Cordero’s dad, Mark Guttridge, who started this farm with his wife, Kena, 17 years ago.

At a meeting with about a dozen local farmers, two state representatives, and the Colorado officials of agriculture, Guttridge explains how Boulder county has made creative investments in his farm that could be spread to the state or even national level. Before the meeting, Guttridge shows them one of those investments.

A dozen sheep, which Guttridge raises for wool, feed on root vegetables like radishes that have been leftover for them. “So these guys are out fertilizing the vegetable field,” Guttridge laughs. “They’ll be out here a couple more weeks, and then we’ll get our next summer vegetables planted right there.” Around the field is a special moveable type of fencing that Ollin Farms bought using financial aid from the Boulder County Sustainability Office. It allows them to move the sheep from one field to another, fertilizing as they go. The goal of these investments is “really building up our soil health,” he explains. “That relates directly to the nutrient quality of the food-healthy soil grows healthy food.”

The county also makes an effort to get that healthy food out to different communities to boost public health. That’s where the Boulder County Public Health department comes in. It created a coupon program to give discounts to people buying fruits and vegetables from Ollin Farms. Nutrition incentive programs, like those public health fruit and vegetable coupons, are spreading all over the country, and most are funded through the federal farm bill. Amy Yaroch, executive director at the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition, says “It’s a trip le win. It’s basically good for the consumers who live in that particular community because they’re getting the healthy food, it’s good for the farmer, and then it’s good for the economy.”

1. What does Ollin Farms do?

A．It makes public nutrition health plans.

B．It offers financial aid to other farms.

C．It provides cheap food to the local community.

D．It grows fruits and vegetables rich in nutrition.

2. How does Boulder county support sustainable farming practices at Ollin Farms?

A．By raising sheep on radishes.	B．By buying fences for farmhouses.
C．By funding the farm’s soil health.	D．By giving advice about fertilizing fields.

3. What is Amy’s attitude towards “nutrition incentive programs”?

A．Cautious.

B．Dismissive.

C．Unclear.

D．Approving.

4. Which is the most suitable title for the text?

A．Couponing for Health: Stimulating Nutrition Choices

B．Growing Health: Innovations in Farm and Public Health Initiatives

C．Fertile Fields and Furry Friends: A Farming Fairy Tale

D．Local Produce, Global Impact: The Nutrition Choices of Ollin Farms

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who is the speaker probably talking to?

A．Company owners.

B．Language professors.

C．College students.

2. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A．Media impacts.

B．Email customs.

C．Business guidelines.

3. What is the speaker’s last suggestion?

A．Avoiding using capitals in emails.

B．Responding to customers in time.

C．Having formal training in writing.

7 . When Rony Rolando Herrera was a young boy, he was abandoned by his father, and his mother gave everything she had to raise Rony and his three brothers. Thankfully, Rony’s support did not end with his mother. Through a nonprofit, Rony was enrolled in a child protection program that redetermined his life path. Now, Rony is dedicated to doing the same for the children in his school.

Rony is a science teacher and director of a primary school in San Jose del Cacao, a rural community where hardship, tradition and poverty prevent education from being a priority. “The customs of these communities are from past civilizations and focus on working the land,not developing psychologically or intellectually,” Rony explained.

The barriers to education are most harmful to the most vulnerable, including young girls. As a teacher, it was not uncommon to see his female students, as young as 13 years old, drop   out of school. “They are not empowered to know their rights or to continue with their education. They don’t know that they can change the failed system in their communities that believe women’s only purpose is to reproduce, do laundry and cook,” Rony said.

By joining the program PREVENIR, students at Rony’s school are given the opportunity to receive a more comprehensive education that aims to reduce the risks outside of the classroom. Rony elaborates that, “the educational process must be comprehensive. In addition to learning about things like science or biology, children need to know their rights and basic life skills.”

Rony calls himself a “dreamer” and now carries the love he received from both his mother and the humanitarian workers who supported him. He stated, “This type of support changes lives,” and added that even if out of 140 students, only one is impacted, he knows this impact will carry over to future generations, just as it did for him.

1. What really changed Rony’s life?

A．His miserable childhood.	B．His joining in a program.
C．His living circumstances.	D．His mother’s expectations.

2. What can we learn about San Jose del Cacao?

A．The people are intelligent.

B．Traditions are not well-received.

C．Education there is a priority.

D．People there live a conservative life.

3. Which can best describe Rony?

A．Reliable and determined.	B．Humble and supportive.
C．Sympathetic and grateful.	D．Generous and responsible.

4. Which is the most suitable title for the text?

A．Education Provide Chances for Girls

B．A Teacher’s Big Dream Changes Lives

C．Nonprofits Play a Vital Role in Education

D．Protecting Children Requires Intervention

8 . The green, natural forest absorbs carbon dioxide from the air through photo- synthesis (光合作用). There is another way of dealing with the climate crisis. That is setting up fields of dark-colored solar panels (太阳能电池板), also known as “solar forests”, which replace power stations that use fossil fuels such as coal and gas to make electricity, thus mitigating harmful emissions (排放) of greenhouse gases.

But since they are both relatively dark, they absorb a lot of solar radiation. Some of the energy is used for photosynthesis in natural forests or to produce electricity in “solar forests”, but most returns to the atmosphere, heating it up. Then what would be the more effective land use option in terms of the climate crisis: planting a forest, or building solar panels? This issue has long been debated by decision-makers around the world. Now, we may have an answer, thanks to a new study.

First, the researchers compared the impact of a forest on the climate crisis in a dry area to that of a solar farm in a similar environment. The researchers found that the albedo effect (反射效应) of both of these “forests” was similar, but that the absorption or prevention of carbon emissions was very different. It turns out that it takes 2.5 years for the heat emitted by solar farms to be balanced by the carbon emissions that are avoided, thanks to the energy they produce. In the case of a natural forest of similar size, it would take more than 100 years of photosynthesis to balance its heating effect.

The researchers also studied how the heating-cooling relationship changed in other climates and found that in more humid environments, the heating effect of planting large numbers of trees is smaller. And the break-even point is reached within 15 to 18 years.

“In dry places, building solar forests seems far more effective in addressing the climate crisis. Meanwhile, forests absorb about a third of annual carbon emissions and play a vital role in the global rain cycle, in maintaining biodiversity and in many other environmental and social contexts. Preventing them from being cut down and planting more trees in humid areas are of great significance,” explains one of the researchers in the study.

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

A．Releasing.

B．Decreasing.

C．Generating.

D．Stabilizing.

2. What is the root cause of the long-running debate over the two types of forests?

A．They cause much damage to the land.

B．They result in a serious loss of farmland.

C．They contribute to the warming of the atmosphere.

D．They lose energy during the absorption of solar radiation.

3. What did the researchers find in the study conducted in the dry environment?

A．The natural forest exhibits a stronger albedo effect.

B．The solar forest can generate more energy in dry areas.

C．The solar forest is superior in balancing the heating effect.

D．The natural forest is more effective in solving the climate crisis.

4. What can be concluded from the last paragraph?

A．More trees should be planted in dry regions.

B．More methods should be adopted to address the climate crisis.

C．Fields of solar panels should be set up everywhere on the earth.

D．Building solar panels and planting trees should be effectively combined.

9 . There is so much great family-friendly art to experience, and you are sure to find a new show or exhibition or festival that you won’t want to miss.

Moisture Festival

With roots in 19th-century English music halls, Moisture Festival’s programs present acts showcasing comedy and live music. Shows are designed to be family-friendly. Shows beginning at 7:30 pm are suitable for all ages. To get the full experience, families can attend a tea party in Broadway Performance Hall.

$45 for adults, $32 for children.

Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle

The Jungle Book

With one-hour runtime, this International Ballet Theatre production is a perfect introduction for younger children to the art form of ballet. Based on the book by Kipling and filled with animal characters created by other kids, “The Jungle Book” is specifically designed to inspire children to see the beauty in dance without adopting any outdated ideas.

$45 per person, $33 for children younger than 12.

Meydenbauer Theatre, Bellevue

Harold and Purple Crayon

The Pacific Northwest Ballet’s (PNB) premiere (首演) of this an-hour-long, narrated production features PNB School students. It is the perfect introduction to ballet for the very young, as Harold draws and dances through a landscape full of wonder and energy. Although the performance is for kids, parents will enjoy the music of Andrew Bird and the dance of Robyn Mineko Williams.

$15-$67.

McCaw Hall, Seattle

Seattle International Dance Festival

The Seattle International Dance Festival Winter Mini Festival presents two weekends of contemporary dance performances, with different works each weekend. Hosted by the local Khambatta Dance Company, the festival will also feature new works from Newport Contemporary Ballet of Rhode Island and Olympia Ballet Theatre. It’s a program so eclectic (兼收并蓄的) that everyone will find something to love.

$25 single tickets, $18 for students.

Erickson Theater, Seattle

1. Which festival presents live music?

A．Moisture Festival.	B．The Jungle Book.
C．Harold and Purple Crayon.	D．Seattle International Dance Festival.

2. What do The Jungle Book and Harold and Purple Crayon have in common?

A．Being about famous books.

B．Showing the most original ideas.

C．Lasting the same duration of time.

D．Allowing visitors to perform ballet.

3. What can we know about Seattle International Dance Festival?

A．It is mainly fit for young people.	B．Its contents are rather humorous.
C．It teaches people to learn ballet.	D．It will present some latest works.

10 . Chris, a 21-year-old young man from Maitland, Florida, completed an Ironman triathlon (铁人三项). An Ironman ________ a 112 mile cycle, a 2.4-mile swim and a 26.2-mile run. While this is an amazing ________ for any human being, it is especially ________ for Chris Nikic who has Down Syndrome. ________, Chris Nikic did the impossible!

His ________ to this amazing and inspiring accomplishment has been anything but ________. Chris had open-heart surgery when he was just five months old. He needed a ________ when he was three and did not even walk on his own until he was four years old. Throughout his childhood, he and his parents were told that he could not do many things that other kids could do. For years they got ________ to and accepted these limits.

Until in 2017, he sets his ________ on competing in triathlons. His training starts with one pushup as well as an amazing commitment he ________with his dad to get 1% better each day. ________, Chris trained four to eight hours each day for a whole year to prepare for the ________.

Chris’s amazing perseverance (毅力) is an example for not only children with Down Syndrome and other special ________ but to all kids around the world. Chris is now trying to ________ as many people as he can with his story which he is ________ through public speaking, presentations, and a book he is working with his father.

1.

A．stands for

B．takes over

C．consists of

D．calls on

2.

A．enjoyment

B．achievement

C．development

D．improvement

3.

A．strange

B．unique

C．advanced

D．private

4.

A．Preciously

B．Necessarily

C．Temporarily

D．Apparently

5.

A．solution

B．response

C．road

D．secret

6.

A．easy

B．difficult

C．interesting

D．complicated

7.

A．speaker

B．sticker

C．jumper

D．walker

8.

A．accustomed

B．rooted

C．lost

D．engaged

9.

A．luck

B．sights

C．standards

D．pleasure

10.

A．made

B．included

C．met

D．demonstrated

11.

A．Occasionally

B．Suddenly

C．Eventually

D．Casually

12.

A．memory

B．experience

C．story

D．competition

13.

A．skills

B．disabilities

C．movements

D．features

14.

A．promote

B．inquire

C．inspire

D．provide

15.

A．sharing

B．talking

C．writing

D．posting