1 . I’m not what you call a “good traveler”. Without curiosity to _________, I was unwilling to push my boundaries. But it just shows one is never too old to _________ himself/herself.

South Africa was the _________ surprise. I’d never _________ to go on a safari (观兽旅行). People said it was exciting, but I didn’t think so. However, once I was actually there, I _________ it.

I_________ at a beautiful hotel housed in train carriages on the Selati Bridge over the Sabie River, a hotspot for _________ the “Big Five” — the lion, leopard, rhino (犀牛), elephant and African buffalo.

The train cars are suites (套房) with floor-to-ceiling _________, so every day I’d look out of them to see elephants heading up the river. More _________, I started to develop a great passion for the landscape and the animals, which I’d never__________. I visited a rhino conservation park, where its workers were __________ rhinos badly injured by hunters. I bottle-fed these beautiful babies and hand-fed a black rhino. Being there, the concept of how much __________ these animals faced every day hit me hard.

But the most memorable aspect was the __________ I met. Meeting their families and dropping myself into their culture was __________. It did more good for me. I’ve always been __________ — never readily join in conversation with unfamiliar people. But the experience of __________ so many new people from so many attractive places has been a __________ thing, allowing me to brush off some cobwebs(陈腐)forming for many years.

Seeing the world has helped me __________ my ideas about the world, turning me into a more positive person. That’s what __________ can do. I am __________ not a crazy traveler exactly, but at least I’m making progress.

1.

A．study

B．read

C．care

D．explore

2.

A．surprise

B．abandon

C．commit

D．content

3.

A．hardest

B．simplest

C．biggest

D．smallest

4.

A．feared

B．wanted

C．agreed

D．refused

5.

A．got

B．missed

C．made

D．discovered

6.

A．threw

B．laughed

C．stared

D．stayed

7.

A．curing

B．seeing

C．gathering

D．discussing

8.

A．views

B．photos

C．decorations

D．windows

9.

A．absolutely

B．amazingly

C．ridiculously

D．seriously

10.

A．shared

B．accepted

C．imagined

D．practiced

11.

A．keeping out

B．looking after

C．hearing about

D．putting aside

12.

A．warn

B．value

C．danger

D．reservation

13.

A．scenes

B．troubles

C．animals

D．people

14.

A．rare

B．urgent

C．stressful

D．wonderful

15.

A．shy

B．brave

C．curious

D．healthy

16.

A．meeting

B．educating

C．distinguishing

D．interviewing

17.

A．small

B．difficult

C．different

D．positive

18.

A．change

B．test

C．expose

D．collect

19.

A．working

B．sharing

C．traveling

D．struggling

20.

A．even

B．seldom

C．still

D．rather

2 . Pick up any packaged processed food, and there’s a decent chance that one of its listed ingredients will be “natural flavour”. The ingredient sounds good, particularly in contrast to “artificial flavours” since there is a common belief that ingredients from nature are necessarily safer than something artificially made. But it’s not true. Then what exactly does the natural flavour mean? It refers to extracts (提取物) got from natural sources like plants, meat or seafood. When consumers see the “natural flavour” on a label, they are unlikely to assume that someone is squeezing the juice from oranges into their bottles. They know even though natural flavour must come from natural sources, it needn’t all come from the plant or meat. For example, orange flavours might contain not only orange extracts, but also extracts from bark and grass.

So if flavours like orange are needed, why not just use oranges? The answer comes down to “availability, cost, and sustainability”, according to flavour chemist Gary Reineccius of the University of Minnesota. “If you’re going to use all your grapes on grape soda,” Reineccius says, “you don’t have any grapes for wine making; the products are going to be exorbitant; besides, what do you do with the by-products you create after you’ve squeezed all the juice out of the grapes?”

Actually, while chemists make natural flavours by extracting chemicals from natural ingredients, artificial flavours are made by creating the same chemicals artificially. The reason why companies bother to use natural flavours rather than artificial flavours is simple: marketing. “Many of these products have health titles,” says Platkin, professor from Hunter College. “Consumers may be talked to believe products with natural flavours are healthier, though they are nutritionally no different from those with artificial flavours. Natural flavours may involve more forest clear-cutting and carbon emissions from transport than flavours created in the lab.”

Platkin suggests getting more transparent (易懂的) labeling on packaging that describes exactly what the natural or artificial flavours are, so consumers are-not misled into buying one product over another because of “natural flavours”. Reineccius also offers simple guidance: “Don’t buy anything because it says ‘natural flavours’. Buy it because you like it.”

1. Which is misunderstanding about the “natural flavour” juice according to Paragraph 1？

A．It comes from 100% original fruit.

B．It is nothing but advertising tricks.

C．It certainly contains extracts made in the lab.

D．It is absolutely safer than juice with artificial flavours.

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

A．Popular.

B．Expensive.

C．Favorable.

D．Innovative.

3. Why do companies use natural flavours in the products?

A．To cut the costs.	B．To promote the sales.
C．To advocate a healthy diet.	D．To avoid food safety issues.

4. What can we conclude from the text?

A．Gary and Platkin hold opposite perspectives.

B．Natural flavours are more environmentally friendly.

C．Customers are misled for ignoring labels on packaging.

D．Natural and artificial flavours are more alike than you think.

3 . 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Peter发来邮件，想要举办中国传统文化展，希望你给他一些建议，请你向他推荐两个展示内容，并陈述理由。注意：
1. 写作词数为100左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Peter,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

4 . Guy Noble, one of Australia’s most famous conductors, who conducted the touring concert “East Meets West”, said he’d like to learn more about Chinese music. “I’m impressed by the history and the beauty Chinese music has,” he’s said in an interview recently.

“East Meets West” concert tour in Australia was resumed this year after being postponed twice due to the pandemic. It was hosted in Canberra last Saturday, bringing audiences some well-known Chinese and Western pieces such as Jasmine Flower, Carmen, Romeo and Juliet, and The Yellow River.

While it was called “East Meets West”, music from China and the West with the same themes was brought together. Chinese singer Ya Fen and Australian singer Victoria Lambourn performed a duet(二重唱) Hope Betrayed, which was inspired by the Chinese classic novel A Dream of Red Mansions. Noble said he loved the duet as it showed completely different singing styles: traditional Chinese opera style and Western opera style. “They’re not exactly the same, but they came together,” he said.

Having been a professional conductor for more than 20 years, Noble called music an international language. He noted that most music at the concert was about love, which was also an international language. He also spoke highly of some Chinese musicians, such as pianist Lang Lang who he thought has inspired many kids in China to learn music.

Noble admitted his knowledge of Chinese culture was limited. He said that conducting the Canberra concert was “an experience that I’ve enjoyed”, which made him more interested in discovering the background and history of the music, as well as the stories behind it. Noble is ready to create more things that can involve dance or calligraphy or some of the other aspects of Chinese culture, and put them together with music.

1. What does the underlined word “resumed” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Expanded.

B．Paused.

C．Restarted.

D．Concluded.

2. Why did Noble enjoy Hope Betrayed?

A．Because it impressed him with its history.	B．Because it showed two performing styles.
C．Because it was inspired by a classic novel.	D．Because it was performed by an Australian.

3. What can we learn about Noble from the text?

A．He intends to integrate more Chinese elements into music.

B．He speaks highly of all Chinese musicians. He is an amateur conductor.

C．He speaks highly of all Chinese musicians.

D．He has a wide knowledge of Chinese culture.

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?

A．Guy Noble: A Famous Australian Conductor	B．Music: A Bridge to Understanding Each Other
C．The Cooperation Between Foreign Musicians	D．An Australian’s Passion for Chinese Culture

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A Dream of Splendor is one of the hottest TV dramas this year. It narrates a story about a woman     1     (run) a teahouse with her two friends in the Song Dynasty. Centering on tea, the series features China's traditional tea art. The heroine shows     2     (impress) skills of pouring tea and creating beautiful patterns on the surface of a cup of tea in some scenes.

Chinese tea culture     3     (witness) a long history since the Tang Dynasty. It developed throughout the Song Dynasty,    4     the popular way of having tea became “dian cha”— a kind of tea art.

It is     5     excellent technique that starts from pouring hot water over fine powdered tea to make it mushy. Then more hot water     6     (add) slowly while the tea is constantly stirred (搅拌) by hand     7     a bamboo stick to create froth (泡沫), which can be used to create patterns on the surface of the tea. This action of pouring hot water is called “dian”, giving this art the name “dian cha”, while the art of using water     8     (draw) on the tea is called “chabaixi”.

It’s common to see coffee art in modern society, but tea art is     9     (relative) little-known. This popular TV series brings this intangible (无形的) cultural heritage to more     10     (viewer), and helps spread traditional Chinese tea culture to the younger generations and the world as well.

7 . When you think of a map, is north on the top or the bottom? Usually, maps are designed with north on top, though when we think about it, there is no logical reason for this bias (偏见). After all, there is no up or down in space. So what is wrong with south, east or west being on the top of the map? The answer is: nothing at all. In fact, north-up maps only became the norm in the last few hundred years.

Ancient Egyptian maps had south at the top because the Nile River flows downhill from mountains in the south to the Mediterranean Sea in the north. Mecca was to the south of most early Muslim civilizations, and south-up maps were designed so that viewers would look up to see Mecca. Medieval Christian maps had east at the top, as they believed the Garden of Eden was in the east. The only early maps that had north at the top were those of early China because the emperor lived in the north.

North seems to have settled at the top of maps during the 16th century, largely thanks to a Flemish mapmaker, Mercator. Mercator was a great admirer of an early Greek mapmaker, who, for reasons now unknown, put north at the top of maps, so Mercator did, too. When Mercator’s world map became the standard map to navigate the oceans, north up became standard as well.

What is the implication of this north-view of the world? Psychologically, people tend to think of up as good and down as bad. Just think of words and phrases like “upmarket”, “upbeat” and “moving up in the world”, and how they contrast with their opposites. Because north is so consistently put at the top of maps, people now think of north as good, too.

Several attempts have been made in recent years by introducing south-up maps to the market. These maps not only give us a chance to see the world differently, but also give everyone the chance to see themselves on top.

1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?

A．North-up maps were rare in ancient times.

B．Deciding up or down in space is ridiculous.

C．Mecca maps were based on a legend.

D．The south-up map first appeared in ancient Egypt.

2. Why is north associated with good?

A．An illogical reason.	B．The spread of Mercator’s maps.
C．People’s preference for up.	D．An age-old tradition in Greece.

3. What is the author’s attitude to south-up maps?

A．Cautious.

B．Supportive.

C．Uncaring.

D．Disapproving.

4. What’s the main purpose of the text?

A．To criticize a phenomenon.	B．To compare various facts.
C．To correct a cultural bias.	D．To argue for a viewpoint.

9 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
       Last Saturday, I went to a museum nearby and had a good time here. I got up early in the morning. It was sunny, so I decide to bicycle to make a greener travel. After about an hour’s ride, I finally arrived at entrance. I had my ticket check quickly and walked into the museum, following a group of visitors with a tour guide, which was really knowledgeable. She gave each exhibit to a vivid description. What impressed me most were the development of Chinese characters. This visit not only increased our interest in Chinese history, and broadened my horizons.