1 . When I was growing up, I had an old neighbour named Dr Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never _______ at us for playing in his yard. I remember him as someone who was a lot nicer than most of the adults in our community.

When Dr Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. His house sat on ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it a _______.

The good doctor had some _______ theories concerning plant care and growth. He never watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional(传统的) wisdom. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants _______ them so that each following tree generation would grow _______. So you have to make things _______ for them and weed out(淘汰) the weaker trees early on.

He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots _______ water. I took him to mean that deep roots were to be _______.

Dr Gibbs _______ a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant some twenty-five years ago. They’re extremely tall, big since they have deep ________ now. However, the trees in my garden ________ in a cold wind although I had watered them for several years.

It seemed that adversity benefited these trees in ways ________ never could. I stood there deep ________.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I stand over them and watch their little bodies, ________ of life within. I often pray for them. Mostly I pray that their lives will be easy. But I think it’s time to change my prayer because now I know my children are going to encounter ________.

1.

A．yelled

B．smiled

C．laughed

D．glanced

2.

A．desert

B．reserve

C．forest

D．wetland

3.

A．annoying

B．upsetting

C．demanding

D．interesting

4.

A．spoiled

B．benefited

C．impressed

D．struck

5.

A．shorter

B．weaker

C．stronger

D．taller

6.

A．convenient

B．rough

C．accessible

D．easy

7.

A．in memory of

B．in place of

C．in search of

D．in case of

8.

A．wasted

B．planted

C．cut

D．treasured

9.

A．broke away

B．passed away

C．gave away

D．put away

10.

A．roots

B．branches

C．trunks

D．leaves

11.

A．grew

B．ruined

C．trembled

D．revived

12.

A．challenge

B．anxiety

C．survival

D．comfort

13.

A．in thought

B．in pain

C．in peace

D．in despair

14.

A．the back and forth

B．the ups and downs

C．the rising and falling

D．the coming and going

15.

A．failure

B．hardship

C．well-being

D．freedom

2 . On April 18—the International Day for Monuments and Sites, China Daily’s digital employee Yuanxi and Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes’ official virtual carto on figure Jiayao together introduced an interactive digital platform that hosts a virtual copy of the Mogao Grottoes’ Library Cave (藏经洞) to the world.

The platform was developed jointly by the Dunhuang Academy and the Chinese tech firm Tencent. It uses gaming technologies to show the historical scenes of the Library Cave in the digital world.

The Library Cave in Mogao Grottoes was discovered in 1900, with more than 60,000 cultural relics dating from the 4th century to the 11th century unearthed. It was one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the 20th century.

On the platform, visitors can role-play and “time travel” to ancient dynasties and talk with eight historical figures. The public can enter the platform through the Digital Dunhuang website and its WeChat mini program.

In the digital age, the model of “culture+technology” has been introduced to facilitate the development of Chinese culture. The digitalization rate of China’s precious cultural relics is now over 70 percent, according to the 2022 China Digital Collection Industry Research Report released by iResearch.

Institutions such as the Palace Museum have also started online digital services of their own. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology allows the public to view the interior of the buildings through the Palace Museum’s WeChat mini program.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has also encouraged the development and transformation of cultural intellectual property (知识产权) by digital means. China Central Television has created a series of digital collections with different Dunhuang themes, such as the Dunhuang divine deer (神鹿) Youyou. It was created based on the image of the nine-colored deer from Dunhuang murals (壁画). The public can see the divine deer on CCTV’s own digital platform.

Digital collections cater to the consumption habits of young people, who grow up in the information age. They not only protect the intellectual property of the collections but also bring the public closer to China’s “excellent traditional culture”, noted Dunhuang Art Institute.

Su Bomin, director of the Dunhuang Academy, told Xinhua that more efforts will be made to explore new forms for showing cultural relics and offer the public greater cultural experiences to develop Dunhuang culture.

1. Which of the following statements about the virtual copy of the Mogao Grottoes’ Library Cave is true?

A．It was developed by the Dunhuang Academy alone.

B．The public can have access to it through Wechat mini program.

C．It has applied the latest time-traveling and gaming technology.

D．It was unearthed in 1900 with more than 60,000 cultural relics.

2. What is the purpose of the model of “culture+technology”?

A．To show the latest gaming technologies.

B．To help cultural institutions make a profit.

C．To promote the development of Chinese culture.

D．To encourage people to explore Chinese cultural relics.

3. How does the author introduce the success of digital collections in Paragraph 7?

A．By listing figures.	B．By making comparisons.
C．By giving definitions.	D．By giving examples.

4. Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage?

A．China’s new way in rebuilding Mogao Grottoes’ Library Cave.

B．China’s success in promoting the digitization rate of cultural relics.

C．China’s interactive digital platform in developing Dunhuang culture.

D．China’s latest advances in the development of cultural intellectual property.

3 . China is one of the world’s ancient civilizations and has the earliest outstanding bronze casting (青铜冶铸) technology. Here we’ve created a list of 4 museums where you can gain an in-depth understanding of Chinese bronze.

Sanxingdui Museum Address: Sanxingdui Ruin Site, 133 Xiangxin Road, Guanghan, Deyang, Sichuan province Hours: Comprehensive Gallery (the first exhibition hall): 8: 30-18: 00;Bronze Gallery (the second exhibition hall): 8: 30-18: 30.(no entry after 17: 00). Closed Mondays Ticket booking: 0838-5651526 General admission: Gallery ticket 80 yuan Note: Children shorter than 1.2m (including 1.2m ) can visit the gallery free of charge. The ticket must be used on the day it is sold.

National Museum of China Address: East side of Tian’ anmen Square, Dongcheng district, Beijing Hours: 8: 30-17: 00(no entry after 16: 30) General admission: Free (passport required for entry). Closed Mondays (except for national holidays) E-mail: webmaster@chnmuseum.cn

Shanghai Museum Address: 201 Renmin Avenue, Huangpu district, Shanghai Hours: 9: 00-17: 00(no entry after 16: 00). Closed on the morning of Chinese New Year’s Eve E-mail: webmaster@shanghai-museum.org General admission: Free(a max of 8,000 admitted daily).

Hunan Museum Address: 50 Dongfeng Road, Changsha, Hunan province Hours: 9: 00-17: 00(no entry after 16: 00). Closed Mondays (except for national holidays) and the eve of Chinese New Year Tel: (+86-731) 84415833,84475933 E-mail: web@hnmuseum.com General admission: Free(passport required for entry).

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1. Which museum should you choose for your family to visit next Monday?

A．Shanghai Museum.	B．Hunan Museum.
C．Sanxingdui Museum.	D．National Museum of China.

2. What do Hunan Museum and National Museum of China in this passage have in common?

A．They are free to children under 12.	B．They close on national holidays.
C．They can be reserved through e-mail.	D．They need a passport for entry.

3. Where is the text probably come from?

A．A website.

B．A newspaper.

C．A travel journal.

D．A history book.

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 . Temperatures in the Norwegian capital regularly drop to -10℃ during winter. _______ in the cold winter without wearing a coat, a boy wrapped his arms around himself on a bus stop bench.

It’s _______ scene, but the actions of the ordinary people who witnessed the dilemma of 11-year-old Johanne was both joyous and _______.

A young woman sitting next to the boy noticed him rubbing his arms. She immediately asked him, “Don’t you have a _______?” “No. Someone stole it,” he replied. She _______ and learned he was on a school trip and was told to meet his teacher at the bus stop. She asked him the name of his school and where he was from as she _______ draped (披上) her own coat around his shoulders.

Later, another woman gave him her scarf and then _______ him in her large overcoat. Throughout the day, more and more people _______ to give him gloves and even the coats off their backs as they waited for their bus.

_______, Johanne’s experience was an experiment by Norwegian charity SOS Children’s Villages. Carried out by a ________ camera, it was part of their winter campaign to gather ________ of much-needed coats and blankets to help Syrian children through the winter. Many of the refugees (难民) have left their homes ________ winter clothing.

“People should care as much about children in Syria as they are ________ about this boy,” Synne Ronning, the information head of SOS Children’s Villages Norway, told The Local. She also ________ that the child was a volunteer who was never in any danger during the ________.

1.

A．Thinking

B．Jumping

C．Sleeping

D．Trembling

2.

A．heartbreaking

B．breathtaking

C．effort-making

D．history-making

3.

A．upsetting

B．inspiring

C．troublesome

D．wise

4.

A．schoolbag

B．companion

C．jacket

D．parent

5.

A．inquired

B．explored

C．begged

D．confirmed

6.

A．kindly

B．pretendingly

C．tiredly

D．purposely

7.

A．carried

B．found

C．placed

D．wrapped

8.

A．attempted

B．desired

C．offered

D．chanced

9.

A．Interestingly

B．Actually

C．Amazingly

D．Naturally

10.

A．expensive

B．public

C．hidden

D．mobile

11.

A．donations

B．suggestions

C．demands

D．funds

12.

A．despite

B．without

C．in

D．for

13.

A．curious

B．confused

C．careful

D．concerned

14.

A．noted

B．concluded

C．quoted

D．believed

15.

A．cheating

B．filming

C．walking

D．training

6 . 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.

7 . 阅读短文，根据所给情节续写一个段落，使之构成一个完整的故事。

I didn’t know the lady, but I saw her often around town with her two small children. She appeared to be shy, always looking down, trying not to make eye contact. She often wore the same clothes, and so did her children. I felt her discomfort when I saw her at the supermarket checkout. She reminded me of myself years ago. We had to go through a tough time.

Back then, I couldn’t afford a new winter coat for my daughter, and I didn’t know what I was going to do. Luckily, my three younger children could wear hand-me-downs. One night, I said to myself in my heart that I wished someone to offer me help. I did it for the first time since my husband’s unemployment.

The next morning, a neighbour came into the place where I worked. “I know you must feel unbelievable, This morning, I had an overwhelming(无法抗拒的)feeling that you needed this,” she whispered. She insisted on giving me twenty dollars. My eyes started to tear as she continued, “I also have a box of clothes in my car that I was going to donate. Please take what you need. “It was really a shock of getting her help. Was this the response to my word the night before?

Going through the large box of clothes, I found several winter items for my children, including a dark purple jacket that looked like it would fit my daughter. Although grateful, I felt embarrassed. The woman must have sensed my discomfort. She raised my chin so I could look at her. “We all need help at one time or another,” she said. “One day, you’ll be the one helping someone in need.”

I thanked her and promised I would always try to pay it forward.

注意：
1.续写词数为100左右;
2.续写部分分一段，开头语已为你写好;请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Looking at the lady at the supermarket checkout, I knew perhaps it was the proper time.

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8 . 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.

9 . After my family got comfortably settled in Hotel Ramada in Bangkok, we started exploring the city. After endless hours of shopping, it was finally time to go back.

This was when the trouble started. We forgot there are two Ramada hotels in the opposite directions. Absolutely unaware of this, we started searching for the way back. Google maps suggested us the shortest route, which was just 20 minutes away by walk.     1    

Bangkok felt different after sunset. Walking along the heavily-crowded roads with the dark-red sky felt beautiful. Lost in our talk, we didn’t realize that we passed onto the quieter part of the town.

    2     It was closed for redecoration. Unluckily, nobody around us then spoke English. Worse still, we stepped in a local tuk-tuk (三轮车), which took us to an unknown area for an enormous pay. We had no clue where we were, our mobile phones nearly out of power.

    3     He was a taxi driver. Recounting the day’s events proved to be a great conversation starter. We ended up talking through the way. He was so kind as to offer to drive us around for the rest of our stay.     4     For the next four days, from floating markets to the temples of Wat Pho, our trip wouldn’t have been so trouble-free without him.

Sometimes when things don’t go according to plan, I think about the stranger we met on the streets and how a tiny mistake on our part led to unexpected results.     5    

A．That was when our hero arrived.

B．Our thankfulness was beyond description.

C．We reached a completely different Hotel Ramada.

D．We set off into the city with little research on transport.

E．We decided not to waste our money but our time instead.

F．He then reminded us that our hotel was just a few blocks away

G．The trip rings as a reminder that every cloud has a silver lining.

10 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Jose was a devoted teacher for a local high school in California. Unfortunately, with the money he carned, he couldn’t support his family and extended family in Mexico and rent an apartment in California at the same time. Therefore, having failed to afford the rental of even a shoe-box apartment, he had no choice but to live in his old car occasionally to make ends meet until he could find another place to live.

To make matters worse, he found himself living this unfortunate lifestyle after the pandemic swept the world when California schools closed their doors following the outbreak. This left Jose with little means for making money. So at age 77, Jose ended up living inside of his car. For about two years he was homeless. Home was his car, and his car sat in a grocery store parking lot. During daytime he drove to different locations, looking for job opportunities while he spent most of his nights at the same parking lot, which gave him a sense of belonging.

At daytime, he would lean his seat all the way back, so no one would see him because he knew he wasn’t supposed to be there and worried that the manager of the grocery store would drive him away. He was a man of self-respect and didn’t want to turn to charity.

When Maggie, the manager of the grocery store, did see Jose, she felt he looked familiar because she used to be in his class many years ago. She could still remember how Jose encouraged her to finish her education when she was struggling with her learning. She noticed Jose spent a considerable amount of time in his car, she suspected her teacher had fallen on hard times. She became determined to help her former teacher in his time of need. So, the former student decided to repay the favor and help her homeless teacher.

One morning, Maggie knocked at the window of the car. Jose rolled down the window and apologized to the lady standing by his car. He said he would drive away soon to make room for other customers. Tears in eyes, Maggie asked him whether he still remembered her. Jose was puzzled at first but soon recognized her. Embarrassed, he told Maggie about his situation. Maggie took out an envelope which contained $ 500. Hardly had Maggie uttered a word and handed it the envelope to Jose when the teacher rolled up the car window.

注意：
1. 续写词数为100左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡相应的位置作答。

Seeing Jose refused the money, Maggie wanted to help him without hurting his feelings.

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