1 . A tree-planting initiative in Kenya has seen over 30,000 trees being planted. The Green Generation Initiative is a Kenyan charity that has been planting trees to counter climate change and the reduction in forest in the East African nation since 2016.

Founded by climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti when she was fifteen years old, the initiative’s primary focus is on developing young climate activists through environmental education in schools and addressing food insecurity in the region through planting fruit trees. Since its foundation, over 30,000 trees have been planted in Kenya, while thousands of school children have not just planted trees but adopted them to ensure that young people learn the importance of acting as a guardian over the health of the environment. The trees have recorded a survival rate of over 98 percent, as they remain tended to from young trees to maturity.

Speaking to world leaders at the recent United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow (COP26), Elizabeth issued a serious warning on the threat of climate change. Over two million of Kenyans are facing climate related starvation. In 2025, half of the world’s population will be facing water shortage. The climate crisis will displace 80 million people in sub-Saharan Africa alone.

Elizabeth said, “I have been doing what I can. Inspired by the great Wangari Maathai, I founded a tree growing initiative that enhances food security for young Kenyans.” So far, they have grown 30,000 fruit trees to maturity, providing desperately needed nutrition for thousands of children. “Every day we see that when we look after the trees, they look after us. We are the adults on this Earth right now, and it is our responsibility to ensure that the children have food and water,” she added.

1. What is the initiative intended for?

A．Making policies.	B．Raising money.
C．Educating adults.	D．Fighting climate change.

2. What crisis are Kenyans encountering at present?

A．Hunger.

B．Sickness

C．Water shortage.

D．Economic risks.

3. What has been achieved since 2016?

A．3,000 trees have been planted.

B．Green awareness has been raised.

C．80 million people have been saved.

D．School education has been guaranteed.

4. Which of the following can best describe Elizabeth Wathuti?

A．Friendly and talented.	B．Caring and responsible.
C．Honest and determined.	D．Ambitious and humorous.

2 . During the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, foreign journalists not only enjoyed the Chinese athletes’ excellent performance, but experienced “the speed of China” in the development of high-speed rail.

On Feb. 14, 57 journalists from 36 Chinese and foreign media groups were invited by the 2022 Beijing Media Center to visit the city’s rail transit command center to explore the “secret” of Beijing’s high-quality development in the field.

Beijing has formed a safe, convenient, efficient and green rail transit system. It now consists of 27 metro lines, increased from two in 2001 when Beijing won the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games. Last year, the city’s metro lines together handled nearly 10 million passenger trips per working day, accounting for 57 percent of the total number carried by urban public vehicles.

Compared with car travel, each subway passenger can reduce 77 percent of their carbon emissions, which means the total reduced carbon emissions can reach 7. 38 million metric tons a year. This is equal to the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by 410 million trees, experts said. In addition to efficiency and ecological protection, the city’s urban rail transit is becoming more intelligent. For example, the west part of Metro Line 11 is known as a line serving the 2022 Winter Olympics, which features a fully automated driving mode under staff supervision at the beginning of the train’s operation.

Although China was behind developed countries in high-speed railway development, it has accumulated abundant experience in constructing all types of railways, including high-speed and railways at high altitudes and carrying heavy loads. The country also has the longest high-speed rail mileage, which accounts for more than 66 percent of the world’s total.

“China’s high-speed trains run across rivers and mountains to reach all directions, from forests and snowy fields in the north to wetlands south of the Yangtze River, and from the desert in the west to the East China Sea,” said Zou Wu, a senior engineer at the China State Railway Group. “The country’s high-speed railway network covers 92 percent of the cities each with a population of more than 500, 000 people.”

1. Why did journalists visit Beijing’s rail transit command center?

A．To enjoy the Chinese athletes’ excellent performance.

B．To visit Beijing Media Center with some foreign tourists.

C．To figure out Beijing’s rapid development of high-speed rail.

D．To explore the “secret” of the cultural development of Beijing.

2. What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?

A．Car travel’s carbon emissions are reduced by 77 percent.

B．The total carbon emissions are increased because of the railways.

C．Passengers completely control their carbon emissions by subway.

D．Taking a subway will be beneficial to the environment of the city.

3. What can we learn from Zou Wu’s words?

A．China’s high-speed trains reach everywhere.

B．China’s high-speed trains are applied widely.

C．China’s high-speed trains promote the forests’ growth.

D．China’s high-speed trains run from the desert in the east.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．High-speed railway depresses Olympics’ journalists.

B．High-speed railway impresses Olympics’ journalists.

C．High-speed railway improves Olympics’ quality efficiently.

D．High-speed railway influences Olympics’ athletes’ careers.

3 . Contrary to “popular opinion”, the scientific pursuit for knowledge is not a predictable process. To make new discoveries, researchers need the freedom to be creative, fail, and learn by chance. This aspect is similar to art. This is why Wageningen scientists look to artists for inspiration and exchange ideas about how to increase creative freedom.

“Science and art are two different ways to make something understandable. They both provide a perspective on reality,” says Biochemistry Professor Dolf Weijers. “From the outside, the research process looks very formal and the artistic process looks somewhat messy. But the scientific process can also unfold in an unpredictable way.”

“Scientists can learn a lot from artists,” says Weijers. “Association and creativity are central to art. Those aspects require more attention in science as the creative process is the key of science.”

“As a scientist, you use different methods, but it is equally about how you visualize(可视化) your understanding of reality and the connections that there are. This is sometimes just as visual as art,” says Weijers. One example is a recent special project in which Weijers and his colleague Joris Sprakel, professor of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, measured the forces that act on plant cells. A molecular(分子的)sensor was used to visualize the different forces. They showed the results in colorful images, each representing a different force.

What science and art also have in common is that they are topics of discussion in society. There are people who say that they do not value art and people who mistrust science. Weijers says, “It often creates the wrong impression because only the results of scientific studies are presented, and people do not have any insight into the process leading to discovery. As a scientist, you are doubted if you say that something is different a few years later. Then you are viewed as unreliable. But what is often poorly understood is that there are no final results in science. What we scientists can achieve in the coming period is to provide more chances for people to focus on the process. Personally, I think that the connection with art can help to lead the focus on the process than the result.”

1. What might be the “popular opinion” about the scientific discovery?

A．It is creative.	B．It can be accidental.
C．It allows failures.	D．It is predictable.

2. In Dolf Weijers’s view, the artistic process_________.

A．totally differs from the scientific one

B．normally looks formal and controlled

C．offers inspiration for scientific research

D．focuses on putting the messy in order

3. Why does the author mention Dolf Weijers’s research on plant cells?

A．To prove that science can be visualized like art.

B．To stress that understanding science is difficult.

C．To show the value of his scientific achievements.

D．To tell obvious differences between science and art.

4. What does Dolf Weijers say about scientific studies?

A．They have little to do with the discoveries.

B．Their process should be more open to people.

C．They always present unchanged final results.

D．Their focus is not the process but the result.

4 . My parents, siblings and I took our first camping trip to the Lake Houston Wilderness Park recently.

We had finished putting up the ________ when it suddenly started to rain. Luckily, we had ________ our tent on a high flat ground where water could not pour in. Mom got some snacks and drinks ready for us while we played games and ________ about our daily life, which made wet-weather camping fun. How ________ it was camping under the sound of the rain! We were gathered around in the center of ________ and it was a nice feeling. Even with the rain, I had never been so ________.

The rain died down before dark and the sky turned clear. Soon, Mom ________ a big meal over the fire for the family. I sensed that a hot meal and good ________ would warm us right up. While we ate together, Dad ________ at the stars and told us about his childhood. As we laughed and ________ on our days, the stars shone like diamonds at night.

The following day, we had a good time ________ the rocky trails around our campsite. ________ hiking in the forest, we had a lovely late afternoon boating. It was amazing to see the ________ changing rays of the sunset behind the pine trees. That evening we packed up our ________ and headed home.

I am very grateful for this camping trip, which has left us unforgettable ________.

1.

A．tent

B．shelf

C．fence

D．roof

2.

A．checked

B．attached

C．approached

D．positioned

3.

A．felt

B．argued

C．chatted

D．complained

4.

A．strange

B．unique

C．powerful

D．beneficial

5.

A．culture

B．society

C．nature

D．space

6.

A．lucky

B．happy

C．curious

D．confident

7.

A．prepared

B．served

C．ordered

D．delivered

8.

A．impression

B．adventure

C．performance

D．conversation

9.

A．yelled

B．pointed

C．wondered

D．laughed

10.

A．set out

B．went back

C．caught up

D．looked down

11.

A．paving

B．cleaning

C．searching

D．exploring

12.

A．Due to

B．Apart from

C．Instead of

D．As for

13.

A．dramatically

B．casually

C．regularly

D．completely

14.

A．goods

B．tools

C．belongings

D．harvests

15.

A．encounters

B．coincidences

C．discoveries

D．memories

5 . Under Singapore’s Vaccinated Travel Framework, all travellers including Singapore citizens and permanent residents arriving from all countries/regions can enter Singapore without quarantine (隔离), testing or entry approvals if they meet the following requirements:

*Be a child born on or after 1 Jan. 2010 — children who meet this criteria can enter regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status (疫苗接种状态).

*Be fully vaccinated with WHO EUL vaccines if born on or before 31 Dec. 2009 (i. e. age 13 and above by year of birth) Mixed doses using these WHO EUL vaccines, and vaccination with recovery are also acceptable.

*Be vaccinated against Yellow Fever if you have visited Yellow Fever high risk countries/regions in Africa and Latin America — a valid Yellow Fever vaccination certificate is required.

Travellers born on or before 31 Dec. 2009 who do not meet the vaccination requirements above are considered non-fully vaccinated travellers. They will be subject to entry approvals, tests and quarantine. This includes travellers who:

*Are medically exempted (免除) from COVID-19 vaccination.

*Took non-WHO EUL vaccines only, and did not take the minimum dosage of WHO EUL COVID-19 vaccines.

*Recovered from COVID-19 but did not complete the minimum dosage of WHO EUL COVID-19 vaccines.

Generally, non-fully vaccinated long term pass holders and short-term visitors are not allowed to enter Singapore unless in exceptional circumstances.

Click the orange button below for a detailed checklist of travel requirements.

1. Who can enter Singapore without entry approvals?

A．A college graduate unvaccinated.	B．A ten-year-old boy from Australia.
C．A Singaporean infected with COVID-19.	D．A business man from Africa with Yellow Fever.

2. What will the non-fully vaccinated travelers do to enter Singapore?

A．Get a long term pass.

B．Take non-WHO EUL vaccines.

C．Have physical examination on a regular basis.

D．Provide entry approvals and receive tests and quarantine.

3. Where is this text probably taken from?

A．A textbook.

B．A magazine.

C．A website.

D．A brochure.

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。
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。

These days, Marathon des Sables runners carry a GPS tracking device and helicopters monitor their path to make sure no one gets lost, but when Mauro, a police officer, participated for the first time in 1994, there were no such safeguards in place. When you’re running through the largest desert on Earth, one wrong turn can cost you your life. Mauro Prosperi did just that during the Marathon des Sables, a six-day ultramarathon that many regard as the toughest foot race in the world.

The race was almost 156 miles long, taking runners across sand dunes (沙丘) with few natural sources of water. Temperatures in the Sahara could reach as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit, and each runner carried over 20 pounds of food, water, and emergency supplies on their backs. Most of these runners wouldn’t end up finishing the race, which was about the same length as six regular marathons.

That was how, on the fourth and longest days of the race, the runner Mauro encountered a severe sandstorm that turned him around and sent him wildly off course.

He spent eight hours waiting out the storm, huddled in a sand dune. The next morning, he expected to see rescuers heading his way. Instead, all he saw was desert in all directions. “After running for about for hours, I climbed up a dune and still couldn’t see anything,” he said. “That’s when I knew I had a big problem.”

A search party was organized to find Mauro, but rescuers had no idea he had been so far off course. Twice a helicopter circled over his head, and twice they didn’t see him wildly waving at them from below. He sent up his only flare (照明弹) and even set his backpack on fire hoping to catch their attention, but it was no use.

When Mauro’s water ran out, he began drinking his own urine. He found a marabout shrine, an ancient building that once served as a tomb. He took shelter from the sun’s rays there, drinking the blood of bats.

With his energy running out, he thought, “I am bound to die here”.

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After being treated in the hospital for weakness, he made a full recovery!

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7 . 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。

With the days    1    ( grow) colder, Pasang has made preparations for the winter by purchasing    2    generous amount of natural gas to warm his home.

“In the past, we burned cattle dung (牛粪) for heating. The rooms would be covered with dust, and the sky would sometimes get gray,” said Pasang, a resident of Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region.

His home was connected by natural gas pipelines seven years ago. “With the gas, my home is warmer, and we are also contributing    3    bluer skies,” he said.

Now, the signature blue skies dotted with white clouds not only give local people a breath of fresh air but are also a vital part of the region’s charm for visitors from home and abroad. The wide use of natural gas is one of the keys behind the clean air in Tibet. “In Lhasa’s case, so far natural gas    4    (adopt) for heating in more than 90 percent of its urban area,” said a local company in charge of natural gas supplies.

Amid the country’s boom of new energy vehicles (NEVs),Tibet is also popularizing NEVs while phasing out (淘汰) older cars with high pollution and high energy    5    (consume).

Electric cars are also gaining    6    (popular) for their eco-friendly features and lower costs. Penpa, another resident in Lhasa, said he and many of his friends have replaced their traditional vehicles with electric ones. “Everyone should make an effort    7    (keep) the air clear in Lhasa,” Penpa said.

Atop a mountain over 5,000 meters above sea level, the Ali observatory — more than 1,400 km from Lhasa — is still frequented by astronomy lovers    8    brave (勇敢面对) a zigzagging road to get a much    9    (close) look at the stars.

Zhou Yunhe, director of the observatory, said more than 3,100 tourists have visited the observatory since the turn of the year.

Despite the impact of COVID-19, Tibet received 36.89 million tourists in the first three    10    (quarter) this year, up 15.2 percent year on year, and tourism revenue surged 26.6 percent, official data showed.

8 . Forty years ago, a simple act of kindness would forever shape the course of a young refugee's life when she set foot in Canada for the first time.

Dr. Nhung Tran—Davies was only five years old when she and her family arrived at the Edmonton airport in 1979.They had run away from their home because of the war and were living in a Malaysian refugee camp before a Canadian church sponsored them to immigrate to Canada,

When they passed through the gates of the airport, a young girl named Adrienne was waiting for Tran—Davies with a special gift. “This little girl presented me a little doll. It lit up my heart, and in that moment, it meant everything to me,” Tran—Davies told CTV's Your Morning on Thursday. “The doll came to represent all the kindness, compassion(同情), and generosity of Canadians, and I believed that our lives would become better.”

And while it may have seemed like a small gesture, that girl had an effect for Tran—Davies who was inspired to become a doctor and help of hers. “Knowing now that all that I have, and all that I've become, is because of this simple act of kindness, I live to this day to play forward the kindness,” she said.

Tran—Davies has done this by recently sponsoring a refugee family who also ran away from the war. When the family she sponsored arrived at the Edmonton airport, Tran—Davies stood at the gates with a doll of her own for the youngest daughter Alma.

“It was my turn now, 40 years later. It was just an amazing, important moment for myself, but I think it meant something to her, because I know that in 40 years it will be her turn to make Canada a more beautiful place,” she said.

As for the original doll Tran—Davies received, it's being displayed across the country in a travelling exhibit called Refuge Canada. The doll also inspired Tran—Davies to write a children's book titled The Doll, which describes her experiences and how a single act of kindness can be passed on for years to come.

1. Why did Tran—Davies go to Canada forty years ago?

A．To escape from the war.	B．To live a different life.
C．To pass on her kindness.	D．To continue further study.

2. What is not one of the impacts that the doll had on Tran—Davies?

A．It gave her the hope for a better life.

B．It inspired her to be kind and help others.

C．It made her set a career goal of being a doctor.

D．It changed her original impression of Canadians.

3. What did Tran—Davies do to pay back the little girl's kindness?

A．She donated money to the poor.

B．She improved refugees' living conditions.

C．She helped a refugee family come to Canada.

D．She provided free medical services to refugees.

4. Why did Tran—Davies say “It was my turn now,40 years later”in the sixth paragraph?

A．She contributed much to Canada.

B．She gave Alma a doll on her arrival.

C．She passed the original doll to Alma.

D．She showed the refuge family around Edmonton.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）,或括号内单词的正确形式。

Mohe Ballroom 《漠河舞厅》    1    （release）in June last year and featured in Liu Shuang’s third album, First Planet. The song was inspired by Liu's trip in 2019 to Mohe, Heilongjiang province, China's northernmost city,     2     he met an elderly man who was dancing alone in a ballroom.

"I was curious and danced with him. We talked for a while during a break, when I learned about his story," said Liu, who later wrote     3     article titled Goodbye Evening Star, which he published on his social media platform. Mohe Ballroom,     4    (write) in March last year, is based on the old man's story.

On May 6, 1987, about 200 people were killed when a fire that broke     5    in mountains near Mohe tore through the city. The fire, which lasted 28 days, destroyed more than 10,000 square kilometers of forest. Direct economic losses were estimated at 500 million yuan. The elderly man, who uses the pseudonym(化名) Zhang Dequan, lost his wife to the blaze. He has not remarried and has no children,     6     he often visits the old ballroom and dances alone to remember the times he and his wife spent there.

One listener said: "It's easy to see why Mohe Ballroom resonated with listeners when it did. Full of     7     (emotion) detail and poetic lyrics, the song, with Liu's whispery vocals, fulfills people's imaginations about a tragic love story."

The song's huge     8     (popular) has made Mohe an in-demand tourism destination. Visitors flock to the city     9    （see）the ballroom, in the hope of meeting the elderly man.

Li Jinbao, who owns the ballroom, told Beijing News: "The man often visited my ballroom in 2019. However, since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, I have not seen him. "I was 21 when I witnessed the fire that swept through Mohe. The city was later rebuilt and its first public ballroom opened, which     10    （immediate）became popular among local residents."

10 . 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。

TALK TO ME

Mom was having a surgery on her throat. She had lost her voice four years before. Mom loved writing and was a popular newspaper columnist among the online circles.

“We really believe you’ll get your voice back. The surgery will work. Right, Mom?” I stared into Mom’s eyes, eager for a positive answer. Expressionless, Mom lifted her eyes from her laptop and pulled out one of the post—its that were stuck to the plastic case of the LCD display. It said “Yes”. I pursed my lips.

Her eyes fell back to her laptop. She didn’t smile, and she didn’t even look at me while raising the post—it in front of me as if she didn’t care at all. But I did. I was desperate to hear her speak again. She meant the world to me.

But Mom was not in the least excited about getting her voice back, because it was her third surgery and the last two didn’t work out. She was hopeless.

“Dad will be here soon,” I told Mom. She shrugged.

Just then Dr Smith entered the ward. “Relax, Lisa. There’s a good chance that your mom can speak after the surgery,” he comforted me. And I nodded with a forced smile. After two nurses wheeled Mom away to the operating room, I sat outside as the surgery went on. Resting my elbows on my knees, I buried my head in my hands, praying for the surgery to go well.

Mom had developed throat cancer. When she woke up one morning as a mute, I cried my eyes out though I was tired of her continually lecturing me about my improper behavior. Being unable to hear her voice was heart—breaking. Worse still, she no longer smiled at Dad and me and stopped giving us those morning hugs I always looked forward to. I couldn’t bear seeing her like this, so helpless, so quiet. All those post—its saying “I love you”, “I miss you”… had lost their meanings. Recalling all this, I couldn’t help weeping.

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。

Then I felt a hand on my shoulder.

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Dad and I held Mom’s hands until she woke up.

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