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 much-anticipated stage version of Nobel laureate Mo Yan’s first drama, Crocodile, premiered at the Suzhou Bay Grand Theatre in Suzhou, Jiangsu province,     1     May 3.

Crocodile is the first original drama script     2     (pen) by Mo Yan, which was published in June 2023. The plot of Crocodile     3     (revolve) around the hero, Shan Wudan, and a crocodile he received as a gift for his birthday. Through an     4     (infinite) growing crocodile, the story dives into the complexity of human nature and explores the theme of “desire”. The three-hour drama featured     5     star-studded cast, including Taiwan movie star Winston Chao playing the role of Shan Wudan, actress Zhang Kaili and veteran Hong Kong actress Sheren Tang.

    6     (address) the audience at the curtain call, Mo said, “I am very excited and feel so familiar with multiple     7     (scene) in it, yet so unfamiliar,     8     suggests that the production team have made new adaptions indeed based on my script.” “I think a good play is like a mirror of life, allowing everyone to see ourselves—our purity, as well as weaknesses similar to the characters in the play. Such observations are not merely about appreciating art,     9     serve as reminders for us to reflect on our own lives,” he continued. After     10     (it) premiere in Suzhou, Crocodile will tour around China through September, stopping in cities including Nanjing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing.

2 . Our brains process information differently: It's a good idea to talk to your children about the ways our minds function. Here are some picture books that teach children about neurodiversity(神经多样性).

My Brain is Magic: A Sensory Seeking Celebration

Prasha Sooful(Author), Geeta Ladi(Illustrator) Age: 5-9

A sensory-seeking child describes and celebrates their wonderful life in this book that highlights sensory processing and neurodiversity in a positive way for children to enjoy. Through the power of magic and imagination, different animals and insects represent sensory scenarios. The book includes a note for parents to help make sure their children's sensory needs are met.

Some Brains: A Book Celebrating Neurodiversity

Nelly Thomas(Author), Cat McInnes(Illustrator) Age: 4-8

Let's celebrate neurodiversity! This book does just that. Some Brains encourages readers to examine the strength and power of having a wonderfully unique brain! Additionally, MeInnes filled the pages with vividly inclusive illustrations so that children actually see the beauty of our diverse world.

Too Sticky: Sensory Issues With Autism(自闭症)

Jen Malia(Author), Joanne Lew-Vriethoff(Illustrator) Age: 4-8

Although Holly loves science experiments, she's unsure how she'll feel about making slime(烂泥) because it is sticky! Holly's family and teacher help her find accommodations, and she learns that slime isn't so bad after all. What's great about this book is that the author is a neurodivergent parent of three neurodivergent children, making this an essential "own voices" story to add to your collection.

Brilliant Bea

Shaina Rudolph and Mary Vukadinovich(Authors), Fiona Lee(Illustrator) Age: 4-8

Beatrice uses a tape recorder to tell stories because she can speak her words and say them back. She is dyslexic(读写障碍) and shows her classmates how using a tape recorder helps her learn and keep stories. Brilliant Bea is set in EasyReading, a dyslexia-friendly font.

1. Which book explores the idea of neurodiversity through a sensory seeking child's perspective?

A．Brilliant Bea

B．Too Sticky: Sensory Issues With Autism

C．Some Brains: A Book Celebrating Neurodiversity

D．My Brain is Magic: A Sensory Seeking Celebration

2. What can readers learn from Some Brains: A Book Celebrating Neurodiversity?

A．Ways to deal with different brain conditions.

B．The differences between normal brains and unique brains.

C．The importance of accepting neurodiversity.

D．Techniques for understanding the complexity of the brain.

3. What do Brilliant Bea and Too Sticky: Sensory Issues With Autism have in common?

A．Their main characters have a love for science.

B．They focus on kids with disabilities.

C．They emphasize the power of imagination.

D．They tell stories about celebrating neurodiversity.

3 . Half of all people will have significant amounts of grey hair by the age of 50．If greying occurs before the age of 30, it is known as premature greying. Possible reasons for this happening:

·genetics

·long-term dieting

·lack of protein and nutrients

·extreme mental and emotional stress

·lack of iron, copper, zinc, and Vitamin B12

“If you color your hair too often with strong chemicals and put them on scalps (头皮) that are still growing, the cells in your hair might get damaged. This can change how melanocytes (生黑色素细胞) work. Because of this, they may stop making color earlier than normal,” says Trichologist and Director of Hari and Scalp Clinic, HairMantra, Dr Padmaja Redekar. She recommends yearly scalp check-ups should be as routine as annual medicals.

“At HairMantra, you will receive expert advice with solutions for your whole lifestyle, products and supplements for your hair problems, and a hair care routine to use at home. Call us today and balance your hair health from the inside out,” Padmaja adds.

1. What is considered a possible reason for grey hair showing up early?

A．Occasional dieting.

B．Genetic problems.

C．Extreme physical stress.

D．Insufficient protein and nutrient.

2. What would Dr Padmaja Redekar most likely to recommend?

A．Coloring your hair as you wish.	B．Changing how melanocytes work.
C．Protecting the cells in your hair earlier.	D．Getting your scalp checked every year.

3. Where is the text probably taken from?

A．An encyclopedia.	B．A healthcare report.
C．An advertisement.	D．A medical brochure.

4 . Three years after getting lost in an unexpected snowstorm in Sheffield, a cat named Oscar has been reunited with his family.

After Oscar’s _______ in January 2020, his owner Katie Salt checked CCTV (监控) put posters up around the area and _______ the word on social media. They also reported him _______ to Petlog with whom he is microchipped, and contacted various shelters and vets in vain. In a press _______ from the Kennel Club, Katie said, “We _______ concluded he must have died during the snowstorm, but we still scanned our _______ everywhere, whenever we were out driving, and to be honest this never _______ .”

Three years later, Katie received a _______ from a vet to say that they had Oscar—he had been living in a garden just six miles away! The garden’s _______ had been looking after Oscar and when Oscar was ill, this kind man, who possessed the garden, took him to a vet for ________ , where they found a microchip and were able to finally ________ Katie. Now ________ , he has been enjoying warm cuddles with his long lost family.

Bill Lambert, a spokesperson for Petlog, said, “We’re so ________ that Oscar and Katie have been reunited. Their story shows just how important it is for owners to ________ their pets, keep their contact details up-to-date with their microchip database, and to ________ hope no matter how much time has passed.”

1.

A．operation

B．disappearance

C．growth

D．emergence

2.

A．spread

B．downloaded

C．expanded

D．mentioned

3.

A．escaping

B．missing

C．dying

D．falling

4.

A．questionnaire

B．advertisement

C．release

D．database

5.

A．fortunately

B．explicitly

C．tentatively

D．eventually

6.

A．eyes

B．minds

C．monitors

D．cars

7.

A．arose

B．stopped

C．compromised

D．occurred

8.

A．call

B．contribution

C．charge

D．contract

9.

A．secretary

B．worker

C．manager

D．owner

10.

A．memorial service

B．spiritual experience

C．medical care

D．local support

11.

A．tend

B．bother

C．contact

D．motivate

12.

A．associated

B．accomplished

C．mistaken

D．reunited

13.

A．pleased

B．astonished

C．disappointed

D．puzzled

14.

A．guard

B．chip

C．raise

D．track

15.

A．hold back

B．blow up

C．blow out

D．hold out

5 . 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。

Six decades ago, China and France established diplomatic ties.     1     their differences and multiple challenges, Chinese and French people have shown mutual respect and worked together towards achieving many common goals.

Over the past six decades, this dynamic relationship     2     (witness) numerous historic milestones and tangible accomplishments. China is now France’s largest trading partner in Asia, while France ranks as China’s third-largest trading partner     3     the third-largest source of investment in real terms within the European Union (EU).

Former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin believes that it is the love for peace that brings them together. As a     4     (culture) ferryman between China and France, he hopes more young people from both nations will venture to the “other side” and know each other better.

Lefevre Michele,     5     18-year-old pre-college student at Fudan University, found that Chinese TV dramas, like Meteor Garden, have been well-received in France,     6     (particular) among many female French viewers. It was her love for these dramas that sparked her initial interest in Chinese culture, leading her to     7     (far) her studies in China.

Oceane Rivoire, now a student     8     (major) in Chinese language and literature at Tongji University in Shanghai, found the homonyms in Chinese extremely interesting, such as the word “bat”,     9     has the same pronunciation as the word “fortune”, and “red dates and peanuts” are usually used     10     (extend) good wishes for the newlyweds to have a baby soon.

6 . 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。

Pot On Happy Face

Sarai was attempting to halter (给……套上缰绳) her bay (棕红色) horse, Amadore, when an unfamiliar voice caught her attention. “I know what your problem is.” said a boy from the stall doorway.

Sarai threw a look over her shoulder but her focus remained on the horse in front of her.

Holding out a hand to her horse. Sarai said. “You heard what Dad said yesterday. If I can’t get this halter on you by tomorrow, we’ll have to send you back to the rescue ranch. I don’t want to send you back.”

“I know what your problem is.” the boy persisted, introducing himself as Cody.

Sarai sighed, propped her hands on her hips, and turned enough to see the boy but keep Amadore in her sight as well.

“I haven’t seen you here before,” said Sarai, frowning. “If you don't know me or my horse, how can you know what my problem is?”

“I just do,” Cody smiled again.

Sarai rolled her eyes and turned her back on Cody. Despite Sarai’s skepticism and her insistence on working alone, he offered to stay around in case she needed help.

The following morning, Sarai’s efforts were met with the same resistance from Amadore. Seeing him push himself back into the corner even further when she approached with breakfast, she frowned again, feeling frustrated and broken-hearted.

Realizing she might need assistance after all, she sought out Cody, who was now grooming a horse named Monty, preparing him for the Great Mustang Challenge.

“How's it going with Amadore?” Cody asked.

The words stuck in her throat, “Well…I need your help. Yesterday you said you knew what my problem was.” “It’s your face,” said Cody. “Horses can read a person’s facial features and determine what might happen because of the look on the face.”

Noticing Sarai’s struggle, Cody explained that her frown, likely a result of concentration, could be misinterpreted by the horse.

“That's silly,” said Sarai skeptically.

注意:
1. 续写词数应为 150 左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

“I can prove it,” Cody smiled with a camera in his hand.

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With a quick pace, Sarai went back to her own horse.

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7 . There I was, after 12 hours of travel, standing on Lexington Avenue and hoping for a New York miracle. I’d only been in Manhattan for an hour. and already 1 was flagging down a taxi late at night and shouting “Follow that cab! ”

Well, more accurately: “Follow that little dot on this tiny map.” Meaning the GPS-enabled dot moving around a screen as part of the Find My iPhone feature. The dot indicating that somewhere out there, in one of New York City’s other 13,000 taxi cabs, sat my daughter’s blue bag that she’d left behind, containing her diary, school laptop, notebooks, iPhone and AirPods she’d bought with her saved-up allowance.

The daughter who at that very moment was curled up on the hotel bed, regretting her thoughtlessness, in tears. I was a small-town dad in a huge, unfamiliar metropolis (大都市), with maybe half an idea of what I was doing, at best. But I couldn’t stand to see her crying. I had to get that bag back.

An explanation is in order: at the airport terminal, we’d had to switch to another taxicab to get a ride into Manhattan. Our first taxi driver quoted us a fare higher than it should cost, and when I asked why, he immediately threw us out of his cab. We piled into the next waiting taxi. It wasn’t until getting to our hotel, an hour later, that we realized the first taxi driver had sped away with the bag inside.

While I called 311(非紧急情况电话), my wife remembered she’d set up tracking on our daughter’s phone in case of emergencies, and pulled up its map, excited to discover a little dot that refreshed every 15 seconds or so, traveling around the streets of midtown. Talking to the woman working 311, I casually remarked, “I’m half-tempted (诱惑) to get another cab and have them chase after this dot on the map.”

“Well,” she said, “that’s probably what a New Yorker would do.” Challenge accepted. The first taxi driver that pulled over laughed at my wild goose chase, but the second said, “Yeah. Get in.” His name was Gani. And so began our three-hour hunt for the missing bag.

1. How did the author discover that his daughter’s bag was lost?

A．They realized it when they got to the hotel.

B．The daughter called and told him.

C．He saw the taxi driver speeding away with the bag.

D．They found the bag was missing when they got into the taxi.

2. How did the daughter feel when she found out her bag was lost?

A．Disappointed.

B．Cross.

C．Discouraged.

D．Panicky.

3. What did the author consider doing after discovering the dot on the map?

A．Continuing to call 311.	B．Waiting for the dot to come to him.
C．Finding another cab to pursue the dot.	D．Giving up on looking for the lost item.

4. Which of the following would the author probably agree with?

A．People in big cities were more helpful than his hometown.

B．Technology could sometimes make a difference.

C．New York was a dangerous and scary city.

D．He was close to quitting tracking the bag’s location.

8 . Dear readers,

“Persist.” — Viet Thanh Nguyen

“Success is no accident.” — Chris Bohjalian

“Keep writing and it’ll get easier.” — Lisa Jewell

“Be patient with yourself.” — Min Jin Lee

These are words of advice taken from our interviews with award-winning and bestselling authors. Notice, though, not a single mention of their status, prizes, or advances—in other words, their success. And while status, literary awards, and money can be indicators of a successful writer, one must actually sit down and write for any of those things to happen. That’s what all of these pieces of advice have in common: putting words on the page.

In this issue, you’ll find articles to help you succeed, no matter your goals. If it’s to figure out whether that mess of a novel you’ve got sitting in a drawer can be rescued or if you need to move on, Andromeda Romano’s article will offer questions to ask yourself. Michael La Ronn’s essay will give you an example of how an unexpected opportunity might be just the push you need. Or, if you’ve had trouble finding an agent, Ryan Van Cleave’s collection of tips and advice from 22 literary agents on every aspect of the business might change your luck. Matty Dalrymple shares ways to reach more readers and build a community with them.

Wish you success and happy new year!

1. The advice mentioned at the beginning highlights the importance of ______.

A．a big dream

B．constant practice

C．earning money

D．achieving success

2. Whose article may help those who are unsure whether to save an unsuccessful novel?

A．Matty Dalrympl.	B．Michael La Ronn.
C．Ryan Van Cleave.	D．Andromeda Romano.

3. Who might be the target readers of this issue?

A．Writers.

B．Businessmen.

C．Booksellers.

D．Literary agents.

9 . The Week Contest

This week’s question: The U.S. will be short of an estimated 550, 000 licensed plumbers by 2027, as a result of r sing retirements and ash or age of young trainees. In seven or fewer word come up with a slogan for a recruitment poster that will inspire a new generation to enter the profession and save America’s bathrooms.

Last week’s contest: Police responding to a report of an “elderly male walking with a shotgun” in rural Minnesota came upon a man listening to music and carrying a stick, which he’d been using to play air guitar. If a classic rock band were to write a song about this law enforcement encounter, what would it be titled?

THE WINNER: “Johnny B. Woode”

Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pa.

SECOND PLACE: “Rock You With a Carry Cane”

James Pearson, Anaheim, Calif.

THIRD PLACE: “Dancing With the Bark”

Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Va.

For runners-up and complete contest rules, please go to the week.com/contest.

How to enter: Submissions should be emailed to contest @ theweek.com. Please include your name, address, and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type “Plumbing poster” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, East m Tie, Tuesday, April 9. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page next issue and at thewee.com/puzzles on Friday, April 12. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit.

The winner gets a one-year subscription to The Week.

1. What are the participants required to do in this week’s contest?

A．To make a poster.	B．To think up a slogan.
C．To inspire people.	D．To answer a question.

2. Which one is the best title for the encounter?

A．An Elderly Male Walking With a Shotgun

B．Johnny B. Woode

C．Rock You With a Carry Cane

D．Dancing With the Bark

3. By what time will submissions not be accepted in any case?

A．April 6.

B．April 8.

C．April 9.

D．April 12.

10 . It was previously assumed that all irrational fears are learned through personal experience or taught to us by others. If somebody nearly drowns while swimming in these a, for instance, it wouldn’t be surprising if they develop aqua phobia (恐水症), the fear of water. The brain makes a connection between the situation and the feeling of pain and panic, and commits it to memory.

However, it is now thought that some phobias have a genetic origin. Experiments with mice have shown that fears they develop can be passed down to their children and even their grandchildren. The mice were conditioned to fear the scent of acetophenone-a sweet-smelling chemical. Researchers found that the pups, and even the grand-pups, of the conditioned mice were startled by the scent too.

One explanation for this could be that parent mice communicate with their pups to effectively teach them what to fear. Studies have found that when mice are scared, they release pheromones that act as an alarm signal to other mice. However, in the acetophenone experiment, the pups proved to be sensitive to the scent from the very first time they encountered it. What’s more, some le pups; of conditioned mice were fostered by non-conditioned mice. The non-conditioned foster parents were not a fad of the scent, but the pups were, suggesting the fears origin was genetic rather than social.

It is not clear exactly how the conditioned fear is passed on to future generations of mice, but the current theory is that it is down to something called epigenetic inheritance (表观遗传). The original conditioning process leads to chemical modifications that change gene expression, without changing the DNA sequence itself. The researchers found that he conditioned mice and their offspring developed more scent receptors in their brains compared to non-conditioned mice. With more of these receptors they can detect the presence of acetophenone at lower concentrations and so are alerted to it more easily.

Epigenetics is a relatively new area of research, but it stands to reason that fears and other memories may well be inherited this way in humans too.

1. What does the underlined word “conditioned” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Trained

B．Inherited.

C．Displayed.

D．Evolved

2. What can we learn from the acetophenone experiment?

A．The scent of acetophenone is inherently frightening to mice.

B．Parental behavior has no influence on the fears of offspring in mice.

C．Learned fears can be genetically transmitted across generations in mice.

D．Pups of conditioned mice are unable to adapt to the scent of acetophenone.

3. How may the conditioned fear be passed on to future generations of mice?

A．By altering the DNA sequence.	B．Through changes in gene expression.
C．Through social learning from parent mice.	D．By increasing the number of scent receptors.

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

A．Aqua phobia: A Case Study on Learned Fears

B．Pheromones: The Communication of Fear in Mice

C．The Genetics of Fear: Epigenetic Inheritance in Mice

D．Phobia Development: The Role of Personal Experience