1 . Emily Bhatnagar has always found comfort reading. When she’s struggling with anxiety and depression, she turns to
At the age of 17, Emily
This was July 2021. Her original goal was to
The neighborhood book activity that began with a lone teen has grown into a nationwide one. And Emily, now 19, says it’s given her and her father a
| A．toys | B．books | C．snacks | D．games |
| A．accidentally | B．eventually | C．purposely | D．fortunately |
| A．excitement | B．anger | C．fears | D．disappointment |
| A．prevented | B．attended | C．witnessed | D．launched |
| A．donate | B．sell | C．read | D．deliver |
| A．stranger | B．adult | C．artist | D．teenager |
| A．richer | B．brighter | C．stronger | D．slimmer |
| A．happiness | B．regret | C．sadness | D．confusion |
| A．looking into | B．talking about | C．looking up | D．going through |
| A．unimaginable | B．enjoyable | C．acceptable | D．amazing |
| A．buy | B．write | C．collect | D．keep |
| A．reduced | B．enlarged | C．restricted | D．told |
| A．request | B．warning | C．order | D．ban |
| A．hear | B．see | C．feel | D．touch |
| A．usual | B．useless | C．boring | D．shared |
2 . Can getting a dog help people live longer? Dog ownership is associated with a reduced risk for heart related disease and death, finds a new Swedish study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
For people living alone, owning a dog can decrease their risk of death by 33% and their risk of heart related death by 36%, when compared to single individuals without a pet, according to the study. Chances of a heart attack were also found to be 11% lower. Multi-person household owners also saw benefits, though to a lesser extent. Risk of death among these dog owners fell by 11% and their chances of heart-related death were 15% lower. But their risk of a heart attack was not reduced by owning a dog.
As a single dog owner, an individual is the only person walking and interacting with their pet, which may contribute to greater protection from heart-related disease and death, said the study. “We know that dog owners in general have a higher level of physical activity. which could be one explanation to the observe results,” said Fall, author of the study. The findings also suggest increased social well-being and immune system development as additional reasons why dog ownership offers protection against heart-related disease and death.
Fall believes that while their study provides strong evidence for the health benefits of dogs, their work is not done yet, since it does not answer why dogs achieve these results. There are also other factors that still need to be considered, such as the owner’s personality and general physical health and activity.
While the research was carried out in Sweden. Fall does believe it may also apply to other countries including the US, since people’s attitudes toward dog care are similar. However, some factors that may affect the results are the differences in climate and socioeconomic backgrounds. “We have a colder climate so we have indoor dogs where owners take their dogs out for a walk, In warmer climates, they could keep them in the yard and won’t have to actively take them for a walk. I think it would be hard to take the data from Sweden and apply it to the US since we have a more different population. More studies should be obtained in the United States,” said Fall.
1. Why does the writer ask a question at the beginning of the passage?| A．To express his doubt. | B．To get the correct answer. |
| C．To test readers’ knowledge. | D．To introduce the topic. |
| A．The benefits of raising dogs for single people. |
| B．The disadvantages of raising animals for their owners. |
| C．The figures the writer provides to support the research. |
| D．The importance of owning pets for all kinds of people. |
| A．Walking and interacting with pets contributes to their owners’ health. |
| B．Single individuals without a pet have a lower risk of heart-related death. |
| C．The pet owner’s personality and activity have little to do with his/her health. |
| D．Keeping dogs can help owners free from cancer and heart-related disease. |
| A．The research carried out in Sweden may apply to all countries. |
| B．Warmer climates make it unnecessary for dog owners to walk them. |
| C．There is no need to do more research in the United States. |
| D．Climate and socioeconomic backgrounds may influence the research. |
3 . The sportswear giant Nike has announced the construction of an eco-friendly basketball court which uses recycled sport shoes as the raw materials at the national finals of the 2022-23 China High School Basketball League (CHBL) on May 14. The court is set to be completed by the end of July this year in Guangzhou.
Cooperating with the China School Sports Federation, Nike launched the environmental protection charity project for the CHBL 2022-23 Season. The project encourages the involvement of CHBL players coaches, basketball enthusiasts and consumers in the collection and recycling of old sport shoes. Through advanced technology, thrown-away sport shoes will be processed and used in the construction of the first ever CHBL-themed eco-friendly basketball court.
Over the past two months, the old sport shoes collection bins have traveled alongside the CHBL tour making stops at the four major regional tournaments held in the east, west, south and north of China. The bins have gone into schools, including Tsinghua High School in Beijing and Huipu Middle School in Taizhou Zhejiang province, spreading the spirits of CHBL and inspiring its players to become role models not only on the basketball court, but also in their everyday lives.
Famous female basketball player Han Xu has actively contributed to the collection of used shoes and expressed her support for the project through her personal social media channels. Zhang Lei, secretary general of the CSSF, says that CHBL not only assists young players and teenagers in improving their basketball skills but also promotes the development of basketball culture within campuses.
In addition to expanding the league’s size and influence, we have also added environmental education into the program. Environmental education plays an important role in shaping society’s core values. It guides young individuals toward understanding the importance of environmental issues, forming a proper attitude on the relationship between humans and nature, and raising their environmental awareness and practices. It serves as an endless source of developing environmental consciousness throughout society.
The construction of the eco-friendly basketball court marks a significant step in Nike’s commitment to supporting young basketball fans while putting environmental sustainability (持续性) at the first place.
1. Which is true about the basketball court mentioned?| A．It is built out of recycled sport shoes. |
| B．It is built by Nike without any help. |
| C．It has already been put into use. |
| D．It does harm to the environment. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Negative. | C．Indifferent. | D．Supportive. |
| A．Nike builds such a basketball court for making more money. |
| B．CHBL attaches great importance to environment protection. |
| C．Only basketball players benefit from the construction of the court. |
| D．Environmental education has no connection with society’s core values. |
| A．Ways to Recycle Thrown-away Sport Shoes Effectively |
| B．The Importance of Jointly Protecting the Environment |
| C．Eco-friendly Basketball Court to be Completed in Guangzhou |
| D．The Benefits of Living in Harmony with Nature for Humans |
4 . One couple in Hawaii got an unexpected delivery earlier after a security guard from a local grocery store turned up at their front door.
Chloe Marino said she was in a hurry at a Foodland grocery store in Kahului Hawaii, with her 5-month-old son Cooper, when she lost her wallet. But luckily, one of the store’s security guards, Aina Townsend, spotted the wallet in a shopping cart. So after his work ended, he rode on a bike 3 miles — about an hour uphill — to Marino’s address to return the wallet. “You know, I lost a wallet before too and it’s the worst thing in the world,” Townsend. 22, told CNN. “I was just doing what I felt was the right thing to do.”
Marino and her husband Gray said that they were overwhelmed that Townsend would put in so much effort to help a stranger. “I was shocked at first,” said Chloe. “I didn’t even realize I had lost it. He definitely went out of his way for a complete stranger, which was so amazing.” Gray was so inspired by the kind act that he shared the story to Facebook, calling the good deed an “Aloha in Hawaii as a moment that shows love.” “He literally rode his bicycle to return her wallet,” Gray wrote in a post on his Facebook page on December 14. Completely full of everything important to her important to her including cash. Nothing was so much as moved.
Several people in the community praised Townsend for his selflessness, including Greg Gaudet, one of Gray’s friends. Gaudet then organized a GoFundMe mobilizing the community to raise funds to give Townsend the ultimate Christmas gift: a car. “There were a few times in my life where people did a few things that made a really big impact,” Gaudet told CNN. “He deserves it, you know,” Gaudet said of Townsend. “He’s been working hard for a long time. He’s a good guy. He deserves a break.”
1. What can we learn about Aina Townsend?| A．He worked as a sales manager in a local grocery store. |
| B．He returned the wallet to Marino the moment he found it. |
| C．He once had the same terrible experience as Marino. |
| D．He spent more than two hours driving to Marino’s house. |
| A．Excited. | B．Puzzled. | C．Disappointed. | D．Embarrassed. |
| A．Warm hearted. | B．Selfish. | C．Humorous. | D．Stubborn. |
| A．What an Aloha moment is and its importance to people. |
| B．How Gaudet raised money to buy a car for Aina Townsend. |
| C．An act of kindness can make a great difference to others. |
| D．A security guard bikes miles to return a woman’s lost wallet. |
5 . Interested in different cultures? Take a look at these communities around the world, discover how they celebrate their traditional festivals, and see just how they like to throw a party.
Naadam Festival, Mongolia
Naadam Festival is an annual celebration in mid-summer that consists of the “Three Games of Man” strength, horsemanship and marksmanship. The festival is believed to have existed for centuries, first in the form of military and sporting displays that followed wedding and spiritual gatherings, and then as a way to train soldiers for battle. The festival begins as a colorful opening ceremony before the three sports.
Day of the Dead, Mexico
Taking place over two colorful days in Mexico and Latin America. this festival honors all things relating to the dead, and is not as scary as it sounds, as it focuses on people taking joy in lite, and showing love and respect for dead family members and friends. On November 1 and 2. participants dress up, hold parties and make offerings to the dead to welcome spirits back to the land of the living.
Zimei Festival, China
Every year, on the 15 day of the 3’d lunar month, the Miao people of South China celebrate the Zimei Festival, known as “Nong ga liang”. The festival is a good opportunity for young girls and boys to meet and fall in love. Wearing traditional costumes, people gather on the village square. Young women, singing and dancing, travel from village to village and offer Zimei rice to boys they like.
Holli, India
Holli is a Hindo (印度教的) festival that marks the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring and is also a time for people to meet, spend time together and repair broken relationships. On the first night people gather in front of a bonfire and pray for their inner evil to be destroyed. The next morning people take to streets and spray colored powder and water to each other.
1. What can we learn from the first two festivals?| A．Naadam Festival has a history of several thousand years. |
| B．Day of the Dead is celebrated in mid-summer every year. |
| C．The celebrations of Naadam Festival have changed over time. |
| D．On Day of the Dead, the dead will visit the land of the living. |
| A．People who like sports. | B．Young men who are unmarried. |
| C．People believing in Hindo. | D．Children enjoying playing with water. |
| A．A travel booklet. | B．A science magazine. |
| C．An academic article. | D．A geography book. |
6 . SWG3 is a huge building which hosts major club nights in Glasgow, Srotland. Recently, it has applied a system called Bodyheat. The system creates renewable energy from the body heat on the building’s dance floor.
David Townsend, who designed the system, said, “You and I just stand here right now and we’re generating about 100 to 150 watts of energy. When you start dancing, let’s say at a medium pace, you might be generating like 250 watts. And then if we’ve got a big DJ, absolutely playing basslines (低音旋律) and making everyone jump up and down, each of us could be generating 500 to 600 watts of heat energy.”
Dancers’ heat is then captured from the dancefloor and transferred to a series of 200-meter-deep boreholes which can store heat like a battery. The heat energy then travels back to the heat pumps, and is upgraded to a suitable temperature and sent back into SWG3. This will enable people to completely disconnect the venue’s gas, boiler, reducing its carbon emission by about 70 tons of CO2 a year.
The Body heat system costs over ￡600,000 to setup. “If we were to apply the typical air conditioning that is usually used, our costs would probably be about 10 % of that--so ￡60,000,” SWG3 managing director Andrew Fleming-Brown said. “But in the long run, the savings on energy bills will get the spending back in about five years, depending on costs.
“If we can make it work here in this environment, there’s no reason why we can’t take it to other venues, not just here in Scotland and the UK, but across Europe and further areas,” Fleming-Brown said, adding that introducing the system was a leap of faith and that the venue once promised to achieve “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2025.
1. How much energy can two people dancing at a medium pace make?| A．About 200 to 300 watts. | B．About 250 watts. |
| C．About 500 watts. | D．About 1,000 to 1,200 watts. |
| A．To store dancers’ heat. | B．To capture dancers’ heat. |
| C．To send heat energy back to SWG3. | D．To upgrade heat energy to a suitable temperature. |
| A．It is not safe. | B．It is farsighted. |
| C．It is double-edged. | D．It is not cost-effective. |
| A．Build more venues with Bodyheat. | B．Support Bodyheat with grants (拨款). |
| C．Get involved in the research on Bodyheat. | D．Recommend Bodyheat to other venues. |
7 . Joel Boyers and his wife, Melody Among, were heading home in their helicopter (直升飞机) when he received a call for help from a stranger. The caller’s brother and her
The caller
Upon arriving, he found the water below was
As Boyers drove the helicopter, Among began
Though the experience was
| A．neighbour | B．wife | C．friend | D．daughter |
| A．ordered | B．attracted | C．begged | D．challenged |
| A．pack | B．fly | C．quit | D．swim |
| A．immediately | B．secretly | C．gradually | D．creatively |
| A．card | B．pocket | C．computer | D．phone |
| A．unprepared | B．took | C．relieved | D．recognized |
| A．peaceful | B．rapid | C．familiar | D．clean |
| A．revised | B．delivered | C．damaged | D．brought |
| A．house | B．tree | C．car | D．bridge |
| A．debating with | B．adapting to | C．talking to | D．searching for |
| A．land | B．rise | C．jump | D．look |
| A．training | B．exploring | C．experimenting | D．struggling |
| A．reserved | B．lowered | C．followed | D．designed |
| A．home | B．school | C．helicopter | D．truck |
| A．common | B．awkward | C．adventurous | D．formal |
8 . In 1812, the year Charles Dickens was born, there were 66 novels published in Britain. People had been writing novels for a century—most experts date the first novel to Robinson Crusoe in 1719—but nobody wanted to do it professionally. The steam-powered printing press was still in its early stages; the literacy(识字) rate in England was under 50%. Many works of fiction appeared without the names of the authors, often with something like “By a lady.” Novels, for the most part, were looked upon as silly, immoral or just plain bad.
When Dickens was young, his father ran heavily into debt, so he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish. The only formal education he received was a two-year schooling at a school for poor children. In fact, he had to teach himself all he knew. His career as a writer of fiction began in 1833 with short stories and essays in periodicals.
In 1870, when Dickens died, the world mourned him as its first professional writer and publisher, famous and beloved, who had led an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose characters — from Oliver Twist to Tiny Tim— were held up as moral touchstones. Today Dickens’ greatness is unchallenged. Removing him from the pantheon(名人堂) of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the Mona Lisa.
No one will ever know what mix of talent, ambition, energy and luck made Dickens such a distinguished writer. But as the 200th anniversary of his birth approaches, it is possible — and important for our own culture—to understand how he made himself a lasting one.
1. Which of the following best describes British novels in the 18th century?| A．They were difficult to understand. |
| B．They were popular among the rich. |
| C．They were seen as nearly worthless. |
| D．They were written mostly by women. |
| A．he wanted to teach himself |
| B．he wanted some working experiences |
| C．he wanted to work and made a lot of money |
| D．he was too poor to afford any more formal education |
| A．his reputation in France |
| B．his interest in modern art |
| C．his importance in literature |
| D．his success in painting |
| A．To remember a great writer. |
| B．To introduce an English novel. |
| C．To encourage studies on culture. |
| D．To promote values of the Victorian age. |
9 . People are often surprised by my fear of blood and needles. Working in a public health unit, I probably have more daily interaction with syringes (注射器) than the average person. But the truth is, having my blood drawn scares me.
When I was 9, I had an extremely high temperature. A nurse rudely stuck the needle into my arm, causing a sharp pain. I avoided having blood taken from my body for the next years. A few months before I turned 30, my doctor ordered a blood test as part of my physical exam. I am frightened. Sensing my fear, she gently suggested I see a psychiatrist (精神科医生). “Dr. M helped my other patients with the same fear,” she said.
When Dr. M called to set up an appointment, I hesitated. Talking about personal problems to a medically licensed stranger was uncommon in my family. “A psychiatrist?” Mother asked. “He’ll just put you on drugs. Can’t you get over this yourself?” I almost listened. But I went to Dr. M’s clinic finally. “Phobias (恐惧症) are pretty easy to treat,” he said. I wasn’t convinced of his words. But despite my doubts, I was running out of options.
We started with basic exposure treatment. I watched videos of blood being drawn every day. As I started to feel more at ease with needles, Dr. M suggested drawing blood. As he gently pressed the needle into my flesh, I felt dizzy and breathed deeply. After a few minutes, I looked at the needle. It wasn’t so bad. I didn’t pass out.
I still find it unpleasant getting blood drawn, but thanks to several months of treatment, I’m less scared. I hate to admit it, but Dr. M is right — phobias can be treated. Sometimes, we have to leave our comfort zone and face our fears. And this can lead to freedom in the end.
1. What caused the author’s phobia?| A．Her sensitivity to pains. |
| B．Her bad blood drawing experience. |
| C．Her anxiety about the physical exam. |
| D．Her regular contact with syringes. |
| A．Positive. | B．Supportive. |
| C．Negative. | D．Objective. |
| A．It cost the author a great deal of money. |
| B．It eased the author’s pain totally. |
| C．It centered on watching videos. |
| D．It was smoother than expected. |
| A．Bravery brings us a happier life |
| B．Walk toward what scares us |
| C．Ups and downs make one strong |
| D．Nurse our mental health carefully |
Boys like to be considered to be popular with others. Martin was such a young and generous boy, who thought he had loads of good friends in school. He was always showing off to his family members that he had the maximum number of friends in school. Also, he claimed how friendly he was with everyone. His family members wanted him to recognize the reality, thus not being cheated in the future.
One day as he was talking triumphantly about his friends at home again, his father called him for a bet. Father said, “Martin, I bet you for the cycle you wanted.” Martin. “What’s the bet?” Father thought for a while and answered, “I bet you do not have as many friends as you think. Everyone is not your real friend. I’m sure many of them are nothing more than your classmates, in other words, they are just your fair-weather friends.” Martin, without a second thought, accepted the challenge.
However, he had no idea how to test whether his classmates were real friends or not, so he asked his father about the testing way. A bright smile spread across the face of his father, “Wait a minute. I have just exactly what you need. It is a special item in my collection. Let me go and bring it.” Martin waited curiously. Several minutes later, Martin’s father returned, walking towards him, looking like he was carrying something heavy. But Martin could not see anything.
His father explained, “You see, this is a magic chair. It is invisible, and it is rather difficult to sit on it. You take this to your school. If you manage to sit on it, the special chair will activate its magic. Then you will be able to tell who are your real friends.”
The next day, brave and determined, Martin took the magic invisible chair to school.
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During lunchtime, he gathered his friends and asked them to form a circle.
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Now he could find out who were his real friends.
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