2 . Shenyang—The remains of 117 Chinese People’s Volunteers soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War returned to China on Sunday before the Commemorative Day of Martyrs.

This is the seventh annual repatriation (遣送), following a handover agreement signed between China and the Republic of Korea. and also the largest since the initial (最初的) return of 437 soldiers in 2014. Between 2014 and 2019, the remains of 599 soldiers were returned.

Earlier on Sunday, the ROK handed over the remains at a ceremony at Incheon airport outside Seoul. A Chinese military transport plane, escorted (护卫) by two Chinese fighter jets, carried the remains and belongings of the fallen soldiers back and landed at Taoxian International Airport at 11:18 am in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang near the border of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Y-20 aircraft. the largest and most advanced domestically developed transport aircraft. carried out the task for the first time. It was labeled (贴标签于……) with the serial number 01. as a mark of high respect for the martyrs.

Vice Premier Sun Chunlan attended the ceremony along with CPV soldiers and citizens. China has never forgotten its fallen heroes and the contribution they made, Sun said in a speech.

Chinese people always remember the fighting spirit of defending the motherland, and China will remember the past and cherish peaceful international environment, Sun said.

Wang Guobin, a 92 year old CPV veteran, said. “I’m both happy and sad. I’m glad that after 70 years, they finally come home. And I am sad that they died in the 1950-53 Korean war and couldn’t come back until 70 years later.”

Many local residents lined the roads to welcome the martyrs home and show their respect.

The remains will be buried in a martyrs’ park in Shenyang on Monday. It is the resting place of all soldiers’ remains returned by the ROK since 2014.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the CPV’S participation in the 1950-53 Korean War. A total of 2.9 million CPV soldiers entered the battlefield, and 197,653 of them were killed in the war.

1. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

A．Where the ROK handed over the remains at a ceremony.

B．Why Y-20 aircraft was labeled with the serial number 01.

C．How the remains and belongings of the fallen soldiers were carried back.

D．When Chinese military transport plane landed at Taoxian International Airport.

2. How many remains of CPV soldiers were initially returned to China by the Republic of Korea in 2014?

A．117.

B．197.

C．437.

D．599.

3. What does the underlined word“cherish” in paragraph 5 mean?

A．Examine something using scientific methods.

B．Regard it as important and try hard to keep it.

C．Do what you are told or expected to do.

D．Behave in a particular way towards sb/sth.

4. What can be the best title for the news report?

A．Remains of 117 Chinese Soldiers Return to Homeland

B．117 Remains Will Be Buried in a Martyrs’ Park in Shenyang

C．Many Local Residents Line the Roads to Welcome the Martyrs Home

D．70th Anniversary of the CPV’s Participation in the 1950-53 Korean War

3 . My mother in-law(婆婆) seemed slightly uncomfortable when she told me what she’d bought for my two young daughters, her granddaughters.

“It’s Nancy Drerw,” she said, avoiding eye contact. “I hope that’s OK.” I tried to be comforting her. “Of course, it’s OK!” I said.“I loved Nancy Drew when I was a kid!”

But to be honest, I wasn’t sure what I thought. My girls loved reading. But their books tended to be about kindness, equality, being nice to people who are different and having self-confidence. They had read nothing to prepare themselves for gangsters (匪徒), car ruins, and grown-ups who lied.

I had tried to protect my girls from the dark corners of the world. I wanted only positive role models, and only sunshine. Through this standard, many of my old favorites didn’t make the cut. The Secret Garden? Within the first few pages, there is death, and an emotionally distant mother. Babar the Elephant? Almost immediately his mother is shot bya “bad” hunter and baby Babar is left crying. Nancy Drew? The old- school Nancy has some totally violent experiences.

And yet the books were attracting. So one afternoon we sat on the couch and read. Within pages, my kids were interested. So was L. Nancy was a superhero. She saved friends from drowning, faced down thieves, and drove in car chases, She comforted the sad people and wasn’t afraid to risk going into dark places. Yes, she was all girl power. And girl power, I saw, meant more to my daughters when it was faced with something real. It was fiercer when its opponents (对手) were fierce.

A week into Nancy Drew, I realized something. Nancy had solved a trouble mystery for me. She had helped me discover that my girls will go out into the world as the powerful. confident, and morally centered young women. And she had helped me uncover the world again, with strength, not fear.

1. What did the writer’s mother-in-law worry about?

A．Whether books were too cheap as a gift.

B．Whether her gift of books was outdated.

C．Whether Nancy Drew suited her grandchildren.

D．Whether Nancy Drew was too difficult to understand.

2. What kinds of books did the writer usually ask her daughters to read?

A．Books that help become super models.

B．Books that show their own interests.

C．Books that describe brave girls in life.

D．Books that reflect the better side of the world.

3. What does the underlined phrase “make the cut” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Lose their value.	B．Reach the standard.
C．Win the popularity.	D．Live up to their names.

4. What did the writer realize after reading Nancy Drew?

A．It helped women enjoy equal rights.	B．It prepared her girls for their real life.
C．It challenged her girls to seek for power.	D．It exposed her girls to a dangerous world.

4 . Many holidays are centered around surrounding yourself with family members and gathering in large groups, so it can be tough to enjoy your holidays all by yourself. However, spending a holiday alone can actually be more enjoyable and you might even find that you like it more.     1    

Limit your technology use. If you’re spending your holidays alone, it might be attractive to stay completely connected to your social media and email.     2     So, try turning off your phone and computer to focus on yourself throughout the day instead of others.

    3     Holidays offer you a good chance to award yourself for your hard work. Whether you go out to your favorite restaurant or cook at home, allow yourself to enjoy a big meal. After that, plan an outing to the movies, a museum or a park to relax. Also, giving yourself a gift is a great idea.

Volunteer somewhere. If you live near a shelter, reach out to see if they need help during the holidays. If you already volunteer somewhere, ask if you can come in on your day off.     4     If you volunteer somewhere and you enjoy the experience, consider volunteering more often.

Dive into a creative project.     5     You can draw, paint or make paper cuttings—anything that makes you feel accomplished. If you need to get holiday gifts for people, you could use your crafting skills to make some for them.

A．Treat yourself.

B．Get a creative technology-related gift.

C．However, a real break means limiting your technology use.

D．There are many reasons why you should spend holidays alone.

E．If you have a creative outlet, dive in and make something special.

F．Giving back is what holidays are about and it probably makes you feel good.

G．Here are a few things you can do on your own to make your holidays special.

5 . Since being introduced to chess at the age of six, Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi has had one goal. He wants to become the world’s youngest-ever Grandmaster—the highest title a chess player can achieve. The record is currently held by Russian chess player Alexandrovich Karjakin, who won the title in 2002 at the age of 12.

To work for his goal, the gifted chess player practiced for up to 11 hours every day after school. On May 1, 2021, the now 10-year-old Tani became the newest national chess master of the United States. The title, awarded by the United States Chess Federation (USCF), requires players to get a rating of between 2200 to 2400. Tani achieved a rating of 2223 by defeating two chess experts, a master, and an international master. Tani said the secret to his success was thinking of his plays ahead of time.

The now fifth-grader first knew and fell in love with chess in 2017 after being exposed to the basics by a part-time teacher at school in Manhattan, New York. However, his mother, Oluwatoyin, didn’t let him join the school’s chess club due to the travel and chess competition costs. The family of four, who were living in a homeless shelter, did not have extra money to spare. When Oluwatoyin explained the family’s situation to the chess club’s instructor, Russell Makofsky, he instantly cancelled all costs for the young boy.

Tani did not disappoint those who supported him. Over less than a year after joining the club, he had garnered seven trophies(奖杯)and was ranked 27 in his age category. In 2019, the then eight-year-old, who was still living in a homeless shelter, made national headlines when he defeated 73 competitors to win the New York State Scholastic Chess K-3 Championship. His amazing story caught much attention and a GoFundMe campaign, set up by Makofsky, helped raise enough money for Tani and his family to move into a new home.

1. What can we learn from paragraph 2?

A．Tani’s efforts paid off.	B．Tani did badly at school.
C．Tani hardly practiced chess.	D．Tani’s thoughts were simple.

2. Who first introduced Tani to chess?

A．His mother.	B．His teacher.
C．Alexandrovich Karjakin.	D．Russell Makofsky.

3. Why did Tani’s mother disagree to let him join the chess club?

A．The family was too poor to cover the costs.	B．The competition in the club was too fierce.
C．She was afraid that he was not independent.	D．She wanted him to concentrate on his study.

4. What does the underlined word “garnered” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．Assessed.

B．Designed.

C．Gained.

D．Missed.

9 . 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。

Isabel Crook has been awarded the Friendship Medal for her great contributions to supporting China's socialist modernization, promoting exchanges and cooperation between China and foreign countries, and safeguarding world peace.

Born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province to a Canadian missionary (传教士) family in 1915, Isabel Crook came into the world during a time     1    World War I was underway in Europe and China's last emperor Puyi was living in the Forbidden City after being forced     2     (step) down from the emperor's chair three years earlier.

While Crook's parents were busy     3     (set) up schools in China, Crook     4     (her) was more interested in the many ethnic minority     5     (people) in China. As a foreign girl, she had every reason to be curious about     6     was going on around her. At the age of 23, Crook graduate s from a Canadian college     7     a master's degree and began carrying out field research in Sichuan Province. In 1947, Crook and her journalist husband     8    (welcome) by the Communist Party of China to study the revolutionary land reform taking place in China.

Eager to be part of the revolution after completing their study of the land reform, the couple accepted an invitation from CPC leaders to teach at a     9     (new) established foreign affairs school in 1948. As a teacher she     10     (lay) the foundations for foreign language education in China in the 20th century.

10 . It's a lesson that most of us learn years before were old enough to drive: Red means stop, green means go. Simple enough. But what happens when you live in a culture where green also means blue?

Drive around Japan long enough and you'll find “go” signals in different kinds of blue. “Is this signal broken?” you might ponder. “Did some careless workers install the wrong bulbs?” The answer, as Atlas Obscura points out, is not in the wiring, but in the Japanese language.

Hundreds of years ago, the Japanese language included words for only four basic colours: black, white, red, and blue. If you wanted to describe something green, you'd use the word for blue-ao. That system worked well until the word midori began showing up to describe green. Even then, midori was considered a shade of ao. This sudden switch-over had lasting effects in Japan.

Today you'll still see green things doubtfully labelled blue. A fruit seller might sell you an ao-ringo (blue apple) only to disappoint you that it's actually green. Likewise, green bamboos are called aodake (“blue bamboos”) and an inexperienced employee may be called aonisai, meaning a “blue two-year-old”. And that brings us to traffic lights.

Initially, Japan's traffic lights were green as green can be. Despite this, the country's official traffic documents still referred to them as ao. International traffic law commands all “go” signals must be represented by green lights, and Japanese linguists objected to their government's decision to continue using the word ao to describe what was clearly midori. The government decided to compromise. In 1973, the government passed through an order that traffic lights use the bluest shade of green possible-still technically green, but noticeably blue enough to justifiably continue using ao nomenclature (命名法).

So, while it may appear that Japan uses blue traffic lights, the government assures us it's actually just a very blue shade of green-green enough to satisfy international regulations blue enough to still be called ao. Don't ever say the government never solved anything.

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

A．Remark.

B．Wonder.

C．Explore.

D．Hesitate.

2. Why did people use ao to describe green things in Japan?

A．The public preferred blue to green.

B．Green must be used with caution in Japan.

C．The word ao developed later than the word midori.

D．There were limited words to describe colours in Japan's history.

3. What can we infer from Paragraph 5?

A．The colour of “go” lights is a mix of blue and green in Japan.

B．Japan's traffic lights still disobey the international traffic law.

C．Japanese linguists opposed changing the color of traffic lights.

D．Japan's traffic lights were first addressed as green in official papers.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．Traditional colours in Japan	B．Interesting driving rules in japan
C．Why Japan has blue traffic lights	D．Why green can cheat people in Japan