1 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Human memory is notoriously (众所周知地) unreliable. Even people with the sharpest facial recognition skills can only remember so much.

It’s tough to quantify how good a person is     1     remembering. No one really knows how many different faces someone can recall, for example, but various estimates tend to hover in the thousands – based on the number of acquaintances a person     2     have.

Machines aren’t limited this way. Give the right computer a massive database of faces, and it can process what it sees – then recognize a face it     3     (tell) to find – with remarkable speed and precision. This skill is     4     supports the enormous promise of facial-recognition software in the 21^st century. It is also what makes contemporary surveillance (监控) systems so scary.

The thing is, machines still have limitations when it comes to facial recognition. And scientists are only just beginning to understand what those constraints are.     5     (figure) out how computers are struggling, researchers at the University of Washington created a massive database of faces – they call it MegaFace – and     6     (test) a variety of facial-recognition algorithms(算法) as they scales up in complexity. The idea was to test the machines on a database that included up to 1 million different images of nearly 7,000 different people – and not just a large database     7     (feature) a relatively small number of different faces, more consistent with what’s been used in other research.

As the databases grew, machine accuracy dipped across the board. Algorithms     8     were right 95% of the time when they were dealing with a 13,000-image database, for example, were accurate about 70% of the time when     9     (face) with 1 million images. That’s still pretty good, says one of the researchers, Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman. “Much better than we expected,” she said,

Machines also had difficulty adjusting for people who look a lot alike –either doppelgangers (长相极相似的人), whom the machine would have trouble       10     (identify) as two separate people, or the same person who appeared in different photos at different ages or in different lighting, whom the machine would incorrectly view as separate people.

2 . The World Trade Organization (WTO) was formed in January of 1995. It deals with the regulation of international trade.     1     Although the key focus is on trade agreements themselves, there are many ways in which it works to enhance the welfare of the international community at large.

Here we will focus on two of those aspects: doing business internationally and raising living standards worldwide. Before the WTO, countries relied on independent partnerships to accomplish trade. Doing trade was often expensive, as tariffs were high. With one place for all of these countries to meet, and discuss new trade deals together, it is easier for them to make trade deals that are advantageous for all parties.     2     When employees work only from home, they will need to communicate a lot with their coworkers to accomplish something. But when they all work in the same building, holding regular meetings, it becomes much faster and easier to discuss things.

How does the WTO raise the standard of living globally? In modern life, we rely heavily on trade to have the things we need and want. For example, China exports a lot of manufactured items to many countries. These frequent international transactions can also raise living standards by introducing new jobs to different countries. Without international business and trade, there would be far fewer jobs in all countries.     3     In addition, because of the WTO being an international organization, they must meet international standards for health and environmental protection.

There are many benefits of being in the WTO. However, sometimes it leads to international disputes.     4     Though globalization can be a good thing, it can sometimes lead to loss of local culture. In addition, sometimes the WTO requirements are too difficult for developing nations to meet.

A．It is similar to having an office to accomplish work.

B．With jobs, citizens are able to earn income and have a better life.

C．The WTO also seeks to increase awareness of unity and cooperation.

D．It currently has over 160 participating members.

E．The functions of the WTO are constantly changing and developing.

F．Some have accused the WTO of promoting too much globalization.

3 . “Chinese tourists have overtaken (超过) Germans as the world’s biggest-spending travelers after a decade of rapid growth in the number of Chinese vacationing abroad,” the United Nations World Tourism Organization said.

Chinese tourists, known for travelling in organized tours and ________ luxury fashion abroad, spent $102 billion on foreign trips last year, 41 percent more than the year before, ________ deep-pocketed travelers from Germany and the United States.

Tourists from other fast-developing economies with a growing middle class, such as Russia and Brazil, also ________ spending in 2012. In decline-hit Europe, however, French and Italian tourists controlled their holiday ________.

“The impressive growth of tourism spending from China and Russia reflects the ________ into the tourism market of more middle classes from these countries,” said Taleb Rifai, secretary-general of the UN World Tourism Organization, which is based in Madrid.

The German Travel Association said it was to be expected that the Chinese tourists would ________ overtake Germans in spending, given that the country had more ________ than North America, Russia, and Europe put together.

“But that they have overtaken us already is ________,” said Juergen Buechy, president of the German Travel Association.

“The Chinese make more long-distance trips than Germans, who ________ go to Mediterranean (地中海) destinations, meaning that the ________ vacation spending per holiday was greater,” he added.

China is the world’s fastest-growing tourist-source market, ________ higher spendable incomes in the world’s second-largest economy and looser foreign travel restrictions.

Chinese tourists made 83 million ________ trips in 2012, compared with 10 million in 2000.

“Hotels, tour companies, restaurants and even taxi drivers will need to improve ________ of Chinese cooking, culture and language if they are to ________ them away from favourite destinations such as Thailand and the Maldives,” European tourism officials have said.

Other countries in the top 10 posted growth in travel spending. ________, only Russia came close to China’s huge growth, with a 32 percent increase in vacation budgets (预算).

1.

A．starting

B．buying

C．showing

D．designing

2.

A．costing

B．passing

C．beating

D．controlling

3.

A．increased

B．limited

C．postponed

D．checked

4.

A．lengths

B．budgets

C．destinations

D．plans

5.

A．inquiry

B．investigation

C．research

D．entry

6.

A．eventually

B．secretly

C．suddenly

D．normally

7.

A．businessmen

B．housewives

C．residents

D．immigrants

8.

A．exciting

B．frightening

C．amazing

D．interesting

9.

A．usually

B．reluctantly

C．purposefully

D．ideally

10.

A．public

B．additional

C．free

D．average

11.

A．in spite of

B．thanks to

C．except for

D．in addition to

12.

A．family

B．business

C．exploratory

D．foreign

13.

A．knowledge

B．appreciation

C．criticism

D．ability

14.

A．tear

B．attract

C．drive

D．cheat

15.

A．Otherwise

B．Therefore

C．Besides

D．However

4 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. efficiently	B. leading	C. working	D. attracted	AB. travelling	AC. managed
AD. talented	BC. opportunities	BD. competition	CD. business	ABC. measure

New York City and Shanghai

New York City is always thought of as the financial capital of the world. However, there is     1    . London has been challenging this, and there is an emerging challenger from the east, the city of Shanghai. Shanghai has become the base for many international and     2     Chinese companies. In fact, Shanghai has been called the New York of the East. One thing that is vibrant (充满活力的) in both cities is the strong sense of a     3     environment.

New York is famous for its financial market on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Index (道琼斯指数) is the measure used to record how stocks and shares in companies are rising or falling in value. It is also famous for its international business network. New York financial service companies have a huge number of     4     people who can make decisions quickly, with profit as the main focus. Shanghai, like New York, has also     5     the best of the talent, but from Asia. Many leading companies are also establishing their Asian regional headquarters in Shanghai. The main    6     of the stock market’s rise and fall in China is the Shanghai Composite Index (上证综合指数).

For people     7     in these cities, the main forms of transport are subways and bus networks. Shanghai’s subway system is much newer than New York’s, but for both cities, good transportation is the key to keeping them as financial centers. The world of finance demands that people are on time and can travel     8     from meeting to meeting.

When it comes to business culture though, there are many differences. In China,     9     are often based on long-term relationships which have grown over a period of time. However, modern trading and investment often requires quick decisions, so this is a difference that has to be    10    . In New York, business relationships are often based on similar interests and investments.

5 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

American Indians

When you think of a typical American, whom do you picture? A pretty white American like Taylor Swift? Or a handsome black American like Barack Obama or basketball star Kobe Bryant? In fact, there was a time when the average American looked like     1     of these people.

Back in the year 1500, the average American was a brown-skinned hunter-gatherer who probably rode a horse and wore clothing     2     (make) from animal skins. Today, these people—who tend to be connected with their individual tribes (部落) such as Iriquos, Apache and Navajo—are referred to     3     “Native Americans”,   “American Indians” or simply “Indians”.

You     4     say that you have never even heard of American Indians. That’s because there aren’t very many left.     5     (settle) in North America, the settlers from Europe were involved in bitter conflict with the native peoples. After the Revolutionary War, conflicts with natives continued as the states were created     6     would later make up the US. American Indians were treated as a military “enemy”     7     1924, when the few Indians still alive at that point     8     (award) US citizenship.

    9     the story of the American Indians has been a sad one, these people’s legacies (遗产) are still felt every day in the US. There are many US geographical names     10     (come) from Indian languages and numerous successful academics and other important US leaders descended (是……的后裔) from Indians.

6 . Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Breaking up is hard to do but men’s hearts hurt most

When it comes to break-ups, men suffer more emotional pain than women, a study has found. The first-of-its-kind analysis used online relationships to map the most common problems experienced by couples who told their stories outside the therapist’s office.

A team of researchers at Lancaster University helped to produce the report. Charlotte Entwistle, the lead author, said: “Most of what we know comes from studies of people in couples therapy: a specific set of people. We wanted to understand not only what relationship problems are most commonly experienced by the public, but who experiences by the public, but who experiences which problems more.”

To bridge the gap the team analysed the characteristics of more than 184,000 people who had posted their problems to an anonymous online forum, and they created a “map” of the most common issues.

Communication was the most frequent, cited by nearly one in five people, while one in eight reported that trust was a struggle. The outcomes came as no surprise but the team was taken aback at the obvious gender differences. The theme that kept cropping up was the “heartache” felt, and the team recorded specific words such as “regret”, “break up”, “cry”, and “heart-broken”.

Contrary to expectation, men talked about heartbreak significantly more than women. The findings suggest that the stereotype of men being less emotionally invested in relationships may be inaccurate.

The researchers also found that men were more likely to seek online professional help. Dr Ryan Boyd, the lead researcher, said: “When you remove the traditional social stigmas against men for seeking help and sharing their emotions, they seem just as invested in working through rough patches in their relationships as women.”

The researchers hope that an accurate picture of relationship problems could help couples avoid common setbacks. Boyd said: “This gives us serious hope that we can use help-seeking behavior to better understand all types of social and psychological issues.”

The study was published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

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7 . China's digital economy is expected to provide a strong boost to global economic recovery, but more efforts should be made to bridge the digital divide and promote data flow, said industry experts and top company officials on Friday.

“China’s digital economy, which is indeed in the fast lane, has become a new growth driver of the country’s economic growth amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It has and will play an important role in driving economic recovery globally,” said Gong Ke, president of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations and executive director of the Chinese Institute for the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development strategies.

“While data is an important factor of digital economy, more effort should be made to bridge the digital divide to benefit more user groups. To be specific, we need to improve infrastructure (基础设施) construction and the sharing of computing power from leading companies to smaller ones,” Gong said.

He made the remarks at a sub-forum of the fourth Hongqiao International Economic Forum during the ongoing China International Import Expo in Shanghai.

Liu Jun, president of Bank of Communications, said that a winner-takes-all phenomenon is happening during the development of the platform-based economy because the country’s digital economy has developed at an unparalleled speed with insufficient supervision over the past decade.

“Therefore, it is necessary to break down the existing information barriers to promote the free flow of data. The value of data cannot be maximized if a certain company uses it exclusively. Data from various departments, fields and industries must be fully combined and correlated,” Liu said.

China’s digital economy reached $5.4 trillion last year in terms of market size, which grew 9.6 percent year-on-year, the fastest worldwide, said the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology a government think tank.

Such rapid development of the digital economy has attracted companies from abroad to participate. They are also expected to explore more new opportunities in the Chinese market.

To embrace the trend, Omron Healthcare said it will leverage its technological competence to develop more digital innovations for the Chinese market.

The Japanese industrial automation giant displayed a series of digitalized products, including smart healthcare management terminals and glucose (葡萄糖) meters at the ongoing expo.

“The rapid growth of Chinas trade, including digital trade, has produced a strong spillover effect for the world and it will enable China’s economy to maintain a long-term positive trend and thus make a contribution to global economic growth, said Zhao Yao, general manager of Omron Healthcare China.

The CAICT report also pointed out that China and the United States are leading global development of the digital economy. The two economies also ranked first and second in terms of the market size of digital economy last year.

1. According to what Gong Ke said we may learn that ________.

A．China’s digital economy takes full advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

B．Global economic recovery will benefit from China’s digital economy the most.

C．Despite covid-19 China 's digital economy pushes global economic growth ahead.

D．Improving infrastructure construction will benefit Chinese people more from the growth.

2. What can be done to break down the barriers on the way to a further development in digital economy?

A．All tech companies should be put under stricter supervision.

B．It is necessary to stop the free flow of data, which is the existing information barrier.

C．To maximize the value of data tends to be applied exclusively.

D．Sharing and free flow of data should be guaranteed through efficient supervision.

3. What does the underlined word “leverage” mean?

A．discover

B．employ

C．improve

D．study

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

A．China’s digital economy is now enhancing the world’s economic growth.

B．Nothing can block China’s digital economy development but over strict supervision.

C．Breaking information barriers with supervision can further China’s digital economy healthily.

D．China’s fast development in digital economy attracts more international investments.

8 . The older of two sisters, Jane Goodall was born on April 3, 1934, in London, England, into a middle class British family. When Goodall was about two years old, her mother gave her a toy chimpanzee, which Goodall still possesses to this day. She was a good student, but she had more interest in being outdoors and learning about animals. Once she spent five hours in a hen-house so she could see how a hen lays an egg. She loved animals so much that by the time she was ten or eleven she dreamed of living with animals in Africa. Her mother encouraged Goodall's dream, which eventually became a reality.

When Goodall was eighteen she completed secondary school and began working. She worked as a secretary, as an assistant editor in a film studio, and as a waitress, trying to save enough money to make her first trip to Africa.

Jane Goodall finally went to Africa when she was twenty-three years old. In 1957 she sailed to Mombasa on the east African coast, where she met anthropologist (人类学家) Louis Leakey (1903-1972), who would become her mentor, or teacher. In Africa, Leakey and his wife, Mary, had discovered what were then the oldest known human remains. These discoveries supported Leakey’s claim that the origins of the human species were in Africa, not in Asia or Europe as many had believed.

Leakey hoped that studies of the primate (灵长目动物的) species most closely related to human beings chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans — would shed (散发) light on the behavior of the human animal’s ancestors. He chose Goodall for this work because he believed that as a woman she would be more patient and careful than a male observer and that as someone with little formal training she would be more likely to describe what she saw rather than what she thought she should be seeing.

Later Goodall turned her attention to the problem of captive (被囚禁的) chimpanzees. Because they closely resemble humans, chimpanzees have been widely used as laboratory animals to study human diseases. Goodall used her knowledge and fame to work to set limits on the number of animals used in such experiments and to convince researchers to improve the conditions under which the animals were kept. She also worked to improve conditions for zoo animals and for conservation of chimpanzee habitats. In 1986 she helped found the Committee for the Conservation and Care of Chimpanzees, an organization dedicated to these issues. She has even written children’s books, The Chimpanzee Family Book and With Love, on the subject of treating animals kindly.

For her efforts Goodall has received many awards and honors. In 2000 she accepted the third Gandhi-King award for Non Violence at the United Nations. She does not spend much time in Africa anymore; rather, she gives speeches throughout the world and spends as many as three hundred days a year traveling.

1. What is Jane Goodall’s major achievements?

A．Her books for children to learn about nature.

B．Her observation of how the hen lay an egg.

C．Her study of the chimpanzee behavior.

D．Her finding of the origins of the human species.

2. Where does this passage probably come from?

A．Science fiction.	B．A biography book.
C．A handbook about animal protection.	D．A travel brochure.

3. Which one is not the reason for Leakey’s choosing Goodall as an assistant?

A．She would be more patient and careful than a male observer.

B．She helped found the Committee for the Conservation and Care of Chimpanzees.

C．She was more likely to record what really happens though lacking formal training.

D．She had more interest in being outdoors and learning about animals.

4. Which of the following is not mentioned about Goodall?

A．She went to Africa when she was twenty-three years old.

B．She accepted the third Gandhi-King Award for Non Violence.

C．Her discoveries supported Leakey’s claim of the origins of the human species.

D．She worked to improve conditions for zoo animals.

9 . The Thai government intends to further deepen its digital cooperation with Chinese technology company Huawei, senior Thai officials said at a cloud event held in Bangkok this week.

During the Powering Digital Thailand 2022 on Nov 17-19, Thai deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said digital infrastructure (基础设施), such as5G, is crucial to Thailand’s _________ and social development, especially for the country’s post-pandemic economic _________.

Badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism-reliant nation registered an economic reduction of 6.1 percent last year, the worst in more than 20 years. However, the pandemic has significantly speeded the _________ of digital technologies in Thailand, where Chinese tech companies have _________ advantages.

During the pandemic, Huawei used its technology to help local hospitals implement systems for automated medical supply, AI-backed _________ and remote treatment, which greatly improved the _________ of hospitals and made healthcare more _________.

Fueled by Thailand’s digital roadmap, Huawei has focused on helping the country build 20,000 5G stations in the past two years. _________, Thailand has more than 4.2 million 5G subscribers leading in 5G adoption among ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries.

Another strength of Huawei has been its cloud capabilities. Deng Feng, general manager of Huawei Thailand, said Huawei Cloud is the only cloud service _________ with local data centers in Thailand, considering that data localization is a key trend of global enterprises due to government regulations as well as security concerns.

He emphasized the Huawei will support Thailand’s low-carbon and digital development in the future in four areas, including expanding 5G coverage and usage, providing cloud services, creating low-carbon development with digital energy, and __________ industry talents.

Thai Minister of Digital Economy and Society Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn expressed his hopes for __________ cooperation between the Thai government and Huawei to __________ the country’s digital economy, which is targeted to __________ 30 percent of the GDP by 2030.

According to a joint report released by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company earlier this month Thailand’s digital economy is expected to __________ $30 billion this year, up 51 percent, making it the second-largest market in Southeast Asia after Indonesia.

Huawei’s Rotating Chairman Guo Ping said the company will continue __________ and building a tech ecosystem to facilitate faster digitalization in Asia-Pacific, and invest $100 million over the next three years to build a startup ecosystem in the region.

1.

A．economic

B．educational

C．national

D．industrial

2.

A．crisis

B．concerns

C．tendency

D．recovery

3.

A．appreciation

B．adoption

C．industrialization

D．significance

4.

A．negative

B．instructive

C．competitive

D．conclusive

5.

A．discovery

B．interview

C．regulation

D．diagnosis

6.

A．efficiency

B．localization

C．construction

D．symbolization

7.

A．sensible

B．accessible

C．feasible

D．remarkable

8.

A．Irrelevant

B．Currently

C．Respectively

D．Fundamentally

9.

A．instructor

B．indicator

C．provider

D．adopter

10.

A．discovering

B．investing

C．cultivating

D．distinguishing

11.

A．routine

B．revolutionary

C．reasonable

D．comprehensive

12.

A．facilitate

B．propose

C．integrate

D．emphasize

13.

A．appeal to

B．account for

C．add up

D．strive to

14.

A．sacrifice

B．invest

C．receive

D．exceed

15.

A．innovating

B．qualifying

C．purchasing

D．postponing

10 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Alcohol is physically bad for you in any quantity; and the more you drink, the worse its health effects. The gigantic report on the subject     1    (publish) last week is authoritative. It makes depressing reading-“sobering”(清醒) would be the wrong word here, not least     2    few people are likely to change their behaviour as a result. But it is difficult to argue with the conclusions. The report was based on enormous amounts of data: 28 million people around the world were examined in 592 studies to estimate the health risks while the popularity of drinking was estimated using a further 694 studies. Some of the effects of large-scale drinking are really shocking. Around the world today, alcohol is responsible for 20% of the deaths in the 15 to 49 age group.

The variety of ways in which alcohol can kill or damage people comes as a shock. In the poorest countries, its primary means of damage is through TB(结核).     3     countries grow more developed, the damage shifts to cancer and heart disease. It is the trade-off between cancer and heart disease     4     leads the researchers to reject the notion that moderate drinking has health benefits they find that the increased risk of cancers outweighs the diminished risk of heart disease among middle aged moderate drinkers.

Perhaps     5    (surprising) single finding is that two-thirds of the world’s population don’t drink at all. They manage without a drug apparently essential to civilised life in the west. The question is     6     those of us in the other third should try to imitate them. The researchers are unequivocal (明确的). They want concerted (协力一致的) government action     7     (deliver) lower alcohol consumption, using many of the same mechanisms that     8    (implement) successfully against tobacco: price rises, restrictions on advertising,     9     (limit) the availability of the drug. The report is right that many people     10     drink less than they do. Perhaps the real benefit of moderate drinking is not that it protects the heart but that it requires a little self-discipline.