1 . Are you happy with your appearance?     1    

“Almost all the girls with single-fold eyelids (单眼皮) in our class have had double eyelid operations,” Zeng, a Senior 2 student from Chengdu, told Xinhua. Zeng had the same surgery done this summer.     2    

From popular photo-editing apps to plastic surgery (整形手术), it seems that large eyes, pale skin and a skinny body are the only standard for beauty these days. But can following this standard really make us feel good about ourselves?

    3     . According to Huxiu News, over six in ten girls choose not to take part in certain daily activities, such as attending school, because they feel bad about their looks. As much as 31 percent of teenagers avoid speaking up in class because they worry that others will notice their looks.

“Many teenagers are upset about their appearance because they believe in unrealistic standards of beauty,” experts say.       4     Seeing all these things can make anyone believe that they’re too dark, too fat, too short, or too tall.

However, trying to live up to strict standards can make us feel anxious. What troubles us is not just our “imperfect” looks, but the fact that we criticize ourselves too much.

    5     Plus-size models are being featured in some fashion shows. All of us should be just as confident as they are.

A．Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.

B．Body image anxiety is common among teenagers.

C．Guys care just as much as girls do about their body image.

D．Some teenagers might feel negative about their appearance.

E．It’s common for teenagers to feel confident about their appearance.

F．She and many of her classmates believe bigger eyes look more beautiful.

G．Perfect faces and bodies are everywhere in advertising, TV shows and social media.

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。

Few discoveries are as amazing as discovering the Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an. But behind the lifelike masterpieces, there is a group of experts working hard     1     (keep) the more than 2 00-earold historical relies in good condition.

Lan Desheng, 52, is among the     2     (dozen) of experts on the restoration (复原) team at the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xi’an. “    3     process of restoring Terracotta Warriors is very similar     4     doctors treating patients,” said Lan, who has spent 25 years     5     (repair) more than 150 figures of the Terracotta Army.

Lan said that most of the Terracotta Warriors showed signs of decay (腐化) after being buried for thousands of years, which was made     6     (bad) by oxidization (氧化) after they were discovered. The broken pieces, whose weight could sometimes reach hundreds of kilograms,     7     (make) the restoration both difficult and challenging. For Lan, the most challenging project was the restoration of a general,       8     took his team more than two years. Even so, Lan felt     9     (satisfy) with his job. “I hope that by restoring them, we are able to uncover historical facts     10     awaken the culture of Qin Dynasty.”

3 . 假定你是李华，你的美国好友Sebastian最近沉迷于抖音（TikTok），但是期末考试将至，你非常担心他。请给他写一封邮件。
主要内容包括：
1. 阐述过度玩抖音的危害；
2. 提出建议和解决办法；
3. 预祝考试成功。
注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。

China’s annual Ice and Snow Festival, with its fairy-tale ice sculptures, opened late last week,     1     (attract) crowds of tourists who shuffle(拖着脚走) carefully over the slippery snow     2     drag their children in sledges around the park.

This year the ice park covers 810, 000 square meters with 250, 000 cubic meters of sculptured ice,     3     (harvest) from the nearby frozen Songhua River, and lights up at night with colorful lights. The sculptures, some a few-storey-high, feature Chinese-style-buildings, fairy-tale castles, and one fashions after Beijing’s Temple of Heaven. Several ice slides     4     (build)for children and adults around the park. The average number of people visiting the park daily has increased     5     (significant) to around 30, 000 this year, and hotel rooms in the city have been booked past the Spring Festival in February. Over the New Year’s holidays, the festival park received over five times more visitors a year ago, with     6     63, 200 people visiting.

This year’s winter has proven to be     7     important season for Harbin, as interest in the icy destination rises quickly after social medium     8     (post) show many people from the warmer south crowding into the snowy city, seen as key in jump-starting the “ice and snow” economy there. The tourists from the south,       9     wrap themselves up tightly to brave the sub-zero chill and wear cute furry eared hats, win an adorable nickname from the locals, “     10     (south) little potatoes”.

5 . For adults, communicating in our first language feels easy and natural. Yet learning language is a complex process that is influenced by several factors. When young children are beginning to learn language, some influences, such as the amount of speech a child hears and the amount of time they spend in back-and-forth language interactions with others, have what may appear to be obvious connections to language learning. Perhaps less obvious is that children’s own physical experiences with their environment help them learn new words.

In new research in the cognitive (认知的) sciences, we investigated how this Is the case by considering how children learn words that refer to something they can touch, grasp and interact with. We asked parents to rate how easily a child can physically interact with the object, idea or experiences that a word refers to. We found words that refer to objects that are easy for children to interact with are also words that are learned at an earlier age.

For instance, a word such as spoon is usually learned earlier than a word such as sky. And this relationship remains even when we consider other things that can affect word learning, such as how common a word is in everyday language. Words such as spoon and sky are both relevant to everyday life, and so children will probably hear those words quite early in their development. One difference between them is that spoon refers to something they can touch, grasp and interact with, whereas sky does not.

Our findings agree with those of studies where babies wore small head-mounted body cameras to record their interactions with objects. Those studies show that the children’s own physical experiences helps them learn new words. For instance, in one study researchers found that 18-month-old babies were more likely to learn the-name of a new object when they held that object, and less likely to learn the name if their parent held the new object. Another study found that 15-month-olds who spent more time using new objects had learned more nouns by the time they were 21 months old.

1. What is the aim of the new research?

A．To study how a baby interacts with everyday objects.

B．To find out what influences a baby’s language learning.

C．To investigate how a baby learns names of everyday objects.

D．To see if babies’ physical experiences help them learn new words.

2. Which of the following might a baby learn at an earlier age?

A．Sky.

B．Heart.

C．Milk.

D．Leaf.

3. What can we infer about the author?

A．A parent.

B．A professor.

C．A researcher.

D．A journalist.

4. What is the function of the last paragraph?

A．To further support their finding.	B．To summarize the research result.
C．To point out new research directions.	D．To introduce results of other findings.

6 . The twentieth century saw greater changes than any century before: changes for the better, changes for the worse; changes that brought a lot of benefits to human beings; changes that put man in danger. Many things caused the changes.     1    

Scientific research in physics and biology has vastly broadened our views.     2     It also has brought us a better understanding of the nature of life and of its continuous development, Technology in the application of science has made big advances that have benefited us in nearly every part of life.

The continuation of such activities in the twenty-first century will result in even greater advantages to human beings: in pure science — a wider and deeper knowledge in all fields of learning; in applied science — a more reasonable sharing of material benefits, and better protection of the environment.

    3     The creativity of science has been employed in doing damage to mankind. The application of science and technology to the development and production of weapons of mass destruction has created a real danger to the continued existence of the human race on this planet.     4     Although their actual use has so far occurred only in the Second World War, the number of nuclear weapons that were produced and made ready for use was so large that if the weapons had actually been used, the result could have been the ruin of the human race, as well as of many kinds of animals.

William Shakespeare said, “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn (纱线), good and ill together.” The above brief review of the application of only one part of human activities — science seems to prove what Shakespeare said. But does it have to be so?     5     Are we biologically programmed for war?

A．What can we do to handle it?

B．Must the ill always go together with the good?

C．Sadly, however, there is another side to the picture.

D．We get a better understanding of the world around us.

E．We have seen this happen in the case of nuclear weapons.

F．However, in my opinion, the most important was the progress in science.

G．It has given us a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter and of the universe.

7 . Losing an eye might be unthinkable, especially for a young woman, but not for Xintong. She chose to become an ocularist(义眼师)who makes prosthetic eyes(义眼)for herself and people in the same situation to help them get back their confidence. Xintong is the name that she gave to herself-which she prefers people to call her instead of her real name—because “xintong” in Chinese sounds like “new pupils(瞳孔)”.

Nearly 10 years after losing her right eye in a car accident, 28-year-old Xintong from Beijing transformed the hollow of her eye socket(窝)—a “flaw” she used to hide-into a fashion statement. She shared a short video online in which she wears a glowing prosthetic eye. As she waves her hand, the prosthetic eye begins to shine with red light. With another wave, the light changes to green and then purple and white.

The video soon went viral on social media, with many comments praising her for being “creative”, “beautiful” and “optimistic”. But that wasn’t the case 10 years ago.

“The prosthetic eye I wore at that time was torturing me,” Xintong said. “It hurt and gave me a red and swollen eye socket, and it looked so dull and fake. I was young and I wanted to look attractive.”

She took matters into her own hands and began researching prosthetic eyes. Beginning in 2019, she dedicated about two years to mastering the production techniques and skills under the guidance of an ocularist. This journey led her to establish her own prosthetic eye studio, providing personalized services for those requiring them.

She produces prosthetic eyes as if she is creating pieces of artwork. Sometimes she also paints special patterns according to customers’ needs: twinkling stars, cartoon characters and effects like colored contact lenses(隐形眼镜片). Now when Xintong hears her customers say words such as “Finally, I can accept myself” or “Now I feel free to take selfies”, she feels deeply moved.

1. Why did Xintong give the name “Xintong” to herself?

A．To attract more people.	B．To forget her real name.
C．To look like new pupils.	D．To start a brand-new life.

2. Why did the video gain much popularity on social media?

A．The prosthetic eyes had various colors.

B．She cured her hollow by waving her hand.

C．She changed “flaw” into a fashionable state.

D．Many comments praised her for her mindfulness.

3. What can we learn about Xintong from paragraph 5?

A．She began researching prosthetic eyes on her own.

B．She dreamed of setting up her own prosthetic eye studio.

C．She was able to offer some specific services on prosthetic eyes.

D．She paid no attention to grasping the production techniques and skills.

4. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Xintong is a woman with strong determination and creativity.

B．A great many customers are deeply moved by Xintong’s artworks.

C．Becoming an ocularist helped Xintong gain much recognition and profit.

D．Xintong decided to become a doctor to cure blindness after the car accident.

8 . How do you pass the time during your subway commute(通勤)? Scrolling on your phone? Listening to music? Or just staring at the _______ ? Sabrina Bahsoon, a 22-year-old girl who now lives in London for her college education, turns the subway into her _______ .

Her self-shot videos of energetic dance routines _______ on London’s subways have quickly _______ TikTok, making her an overnight sensation(轰动). Her _______ has sparked a trend, inspiring others to be confident and do what they want regardless of what other people think of them.

_______ in Malaysia, Bahsoon developed a confident character. While listening to some music, she felt like making a short TikTok video on the subway on one typical commuting night. But with no _______ willing to help her, she finished the short film dancing to a joyful song, alone and _______ .

Inspired by Bahsoon, many viewers soon left friendly _______ to praise her bravery and confidence. Some also shared their own “Tube Girl” ________ on social media. This concept has gradually become a(an) “________” about embracing self-confidence.

However, some described her behavior as “________”. But these “haters” do not ________ Bahsoon at all. ________ , she thinks it is quite normal for girls to enjoy and ________ themselves on their values. “Just be yourself, ” Bahsoon told BBC News.

1.

A．sky

B．friend

C．floor

D．news

2.

A．challenge

B．stage

C．experiment

D．solution

3.

A．filmed

B．shared

C．admired

D．supplied

4.

A．given up

B．taken over

C．broken down

D．come across

5.

A．victory

B．image

C．wisdom

D．influence

6.

A．Raised

B．Lost

C．Promoted

D．Spotted

7.

A．viewer

B．visitor

C．passenger

D．partner

8.

A．confidently

B．crazily

C．effectively

D．professionally

9.

A．impressions

B．opinions

C．comments

D．accounts

10.

A．photos

B．jokes

C．clues

D．videos

11.

A．movement

B．program

C．task

D．adventure

12.

A．boring

B．pleasing

C．inspiring

D．embarrassing

13.

A．confuse

B．destroy

C．threaten

D．bother

14.

A．Otherwise

B．Yet

C．Rather

D．Still

15.

A．feed

B．pride

C．congratulate

D．base

9 . Imagine if there were a robotic fish that filtered microplastic out of the water as it swam. Well, now there is one, and it’s the physical version of the winning concept in the first-ever Natural Robotics Contest.

Announced this May, the University of Surrey’s Natural Robots Contest invited members of the public to give their concepts for animal—or plant-inspired robots capable of performing activities that would help the world.

Plans called for experts from various British and European research centers to select what they thought was the best concept, which would then be made into a real robot. Engineers would proceed to further develop the technology.

The winning concept turned out to be the plastic-collecting Robo-fish, designed by chemistry student Eleanor Mackintosh—who is a University of Surrey student. Mackintosh said, “Fish’s gills are an incredible mechanism in nature that are specialized to filter oxygen into the bloodstream—so I adapted my design from that, with the purpose of dealing with the plastic pollution in the water.”

The robot swims by moving its tail, holding its mouth wide open to-collect water and microplastics in its belly as it does so. Once that cavity is full, the robot closes its mouth, opens its gills, and pushes the water out through. A fine net attached to the gill flaps allows the water to pass through, but captures the microplastic.

In its current physical form, the 50-cm-long Robo-fish collects microplastic as small as 2 millimeters. It also uses sensors to monitor underwater environment, plus it tracks its movements within the water.

Future robots could capture much smaller particles. Other possible improvements include a faster body shape, a more powerful tail, and the ability to swim autonomously.

1. How do the participants attend the Natural Robotics Contest?

A．By handing in real robots.	B．By sending the concepts of robots.
C．By selecting the best robot concepts.	D．By developing the technology of robots.

2. What inspired Mackintosh to design the robot?

A．The enthusiasm for robots.	B．The function of fish’s gills.
C．The body shape of the fish.	D．The plastic pollution in the water.

3. What does the author intend to show in paragraph 5?

A．How the robotic fish works in water.	B．How the robotic fish is further improved.
C．Why Mackintosh’s robot won the contest.	D．What materials the robotic fish is made of.

4. What is the best title of the text?

A．The First Bio-Inspired Robotics Contest	B．The One-Size-Fits-All Solution to Plastics
C．An Autonomously Operative Robotic Fish	D．A Student-Designed Plastic-Collecting Fish

10 . Welcome to “Cash Poor Points Rich”, a new travel blog devoted to sharing experiences with credit card points and miles to help you get big travel but for small spend. With the right planning and the best use of available resources, traveling as a college student may be easier than you think.

Chengdu, China

If visiting a place with happy locals is a top choice for you, there’s no better city to hit than Chengdu. It is home to pandas and spicy things. Moreover, the city’s richness of cultural and historical sights, together with its laid-back lifestyle, make itself one of the most attractive and livable large cities too. Past travelers have spent, on average, ¥158 on meals and about a quarter of that on local transportation for one day.

Con Dao, Vietnam

Tourism-is picking up in Vietnam lately, where you can travel for about ¥100 per day if you play your cards right. Con Dao Island Nation Park, a group of dramatic tiny islands off the southern coast, is a great destination to see sea turtles and other wildlife while exploring the area on foot. Its thick jungle will give you a good chance to uncover a paradise of your own.

Zakynthos, Greece

If you’re looking for an affordable European summer beach vacation, consider Zakynthos. Food is cheap and mouthwatering. There are plenty of free things to do, although the favorite is spending time on the beautiful beaches edged by electric blue water. There are countless options for swimming in the appealing sea, along with charming villages and museums to explore.

New Orleans, U.S.

New Orleans is an incredibly unique place in the U.S., full of fascinating history, absorbing culture, delicious food, and a constantly buzzing nightlife scene. There are actually a couple of hostels in and near the French Quarter that offer reasonable accommodation rates for students.

1. How much on average might be spent on meals and transportation in Chengdu per day?

A．¥185.

B．¥160.

C．¥158.

D．¥200.

2. What do Con Dao and Zakynthos have in common?

A．Rich cultures.	B．Large museums.
C．Impressive sea views.	D．Free tourist attractions.

3. What is the advantage of the French Quarter?

A．Hostels there are clean and modern.	B．It offers unique services for students.
C．At has the longest history in New Orleans.	D．The price of hostels there is affordable for students.