1 . When will the flight leave?

A．At 6:30 am.

B．At 6:50 am.

C．At 7:20 am.

2 . My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn’t sure what he wanted from _______, but something told him to _______ and begin a new adventure.

He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US before going on to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He took my mother and us three daughters with him and went wherever the road _______ him.

It’s easy to feel _______ when you’re on the road. We made lots of new friends on our trip — most of them are mechanics, since we often _______ hours in repair shops. But that was a way much _______ than sitting by the roadside while waiting for the engine to cool off when it was 40℃ outside.

Getting along well sometimes seemed _______. There were always a lot of _______, especially among us back seat passengers about who had to sit in the middle. But even if it was hard, we learned a lot about tolerance (包容). When we were traveling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been an hour’s drive but was nearly three thanks to bad roads and _______ traffic. “Did you put our suitcases in the car?” my father asked my mother as we arrived there. From the back seat, we saw her slowly turn toward my father. “No,” she said. “I thought you did.” That was how a seven­hour car trip turned into a 16­hour one, which was mostly spent in vain (徒劳).

On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were ________ in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the ________. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and ________ one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself.

This is why road trips were like ________   universities to us. We ________ our PhDs (博士学位)   in how to get along with other people just by traveling in our old car.

If we were ________ given a second chance at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time would I put the suitcases in the car myself.

1.

A．move

B．life

C．experience

D．belief

2.

A．live up

B．struggle on

C．get out

D．walk around

3.

A．took

B．drove

C．served

D．controlled

4.

A．anxious

B．upset

C．helpless

D．lonely

5.

A．wasted

B．worked

C．spent

D．chatted

6.

A．better

B．easier

C．safer

D．cleverer

7.

A．available

B．alternative

C．necessary

D．impossible

8.

A．arguments

B．fights

C．embarrassments

D．amusements

9.

A．light

B．heavy

C．local

D．fast

10.

A．buried

B．crazy

C．stuck

D．impatient

11.

A．holiday

B．journey

C．exploration

D．march

12.

A．dragging

B．pushing

C．helping

D．sending

13.

A．unusual

B．common

C．free

D．mobile

14.

A．earned

B．expected

C．missed

D．valued

15.

A．somewhere

B．anytime

C．somehow

D．anyway

3 . Anyone watching the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China has seen lots of snow-man-made snow. Since the area gets little natural snow, this is the first time the Winter Olympics is taking place on almost 100% artificial(人造的)snow.

2022 Winter Olympics was held in Beijing, China, and in two areas northwest of Beijing, Yangqing and Zhangjiakou. The areas get cold in the winter, but they don’t get a lot of snow.

That’s because they’re not far from the Gobi Desert, and are generally very dry. That meant some serious changes were needed to hold the Winter Olympics there. China took water from a reservoir(水库)which helps supply Beijing’s drinking water. To carry the water to the mountains for making snow, the country ran miles and miles of pipes.

An Italian company called TechnoAlpin created the snow. TechnoAlpin created artificial snow at several earlier Winter Olympics. For the snow in 2022 Winter Olympics, TechnoAlpin laid over 40 miles of pipe and brought in hundreds of snow-making machines. Even with all of those machines, making the snow for 2022 Winter Games took seven weeks.

Still, the machines that make artificial snow are quite advanced and they can make several different kinds of snow depending on what’s needed for each sport. For example, the snow they make for downhill skiing is different from the snow made for cross-country skiing.

In recent years, it has become more and more common to use artificial snow at winter sports events. Some artificial snow was used in the Winter Olympics in 2010 and 2014 because of warm weather. In the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, roughly 90% of the snow was man-made.

As the world warms because of climate change, problems like this are expected to become far more common. Michael Mayr, who leads TechnoAlpin in Asia, says, “You could not have winter sports now without man-made snow.”

1. Why do the areas like Beijing fail to get much snow?”

A．They are far from the desert.	B．A reservoir was built there.
C．It’s usually too dry in winter.	D．Mountains surround the areas.

2. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．Materials used for snow making.	B．Efforts to create artificial snow.
C．An Italian machine producer.	D．The cost of laying pipes.

3. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A．Games.

B．Machines.

C．Athletes.

D．Workers.

4. What can we infer from Michael Mayr’s words?

A．Artificial snow plays a key role in winter sports.

B．Climate change is getting worse due to artificial snow.

C．It’s far more difficult to fight against global warming.

D．Man-made snow makes winter sports more popular.

7 . For people suffering from depression, there’s an all-natural treatment they should use — getting more exercise. It could help fight depression, even if people have a genetic risk, new research shows.

For the study, researchers collected information from nearly 8,000 people and found those with related genes were more likely to have depression over the next two years after examining them. But that was less likely for people who were more active at the study’s start, even if they had a family history of depression. Higher levels of physical activity helped protect even those with the highest genetic risk of depression.

Both high-intensity (高强度) exercise and low-intensity activities were associated with a reduced risk of depression. Adding four hours of exercise a week could lower the risk of a new episode (一段经历) of depression by 17%, according to the study. “Our findings strongly suggest that, when it comes to depression, being physically active has the potential to remove the added risk of future episodes in individuals who are genetically risky,” said lead author Karmel Choi. “On average, about 35 additional minutes of physical activity each day may help people to reduce their risk and protect against future depression episodes.”

Depression is a common mental illness globally, with more than 264 million people affected. “Depression is so ubiquitous, and that underlines the need for effective approaches that can impact as many people as possible,” Choi said. And mental health and primary care providers can use the findings to advise patients that there’s something meaningful they can do to lower their risk of depression.

1. How did the researchers reach their conclusion?

A．By analyzing a mass of data.

B．By conducting genetic research.

C．By comparing various levels of activity.

D．By tracking the subjects for many years.

2. What does the study show about depression?

A．Physical activity betters medical treatment.

B．Exercise is able to decrease and prevent it.

C．Different levels of exercise intensity matter the same.

D．Exercising 35 minutes daily is the most effective treatment.

3. What does the underlined word “ubiquitous” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Harmful.	B．Complex.
C．Unusual.	D．Common.

4. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To discuss a disease.

B．To introduce a method.

C．To analyze a genetic risk.

D．To explain a phenomenon.

8 . Young children are significantly more likely than adults to have their opinions influenced by robots, according to a new research. The study, conducted at the University of Plymouth, compared how adults and children respond to an identical task when in the presence of both their peers (同龄人) and robots.

It showed that while adults regularly have their opinions influenced by peers, something also demonstrated in previous studies, they are largely able to resist(抵制) being persuaded by robots. However, children aged between seven and nine were more likely to give the same responses as the robots, even if they were obviously incorrect.

The study asks people to look at a screen showing four lines and say which two match in length. When alone, people almost never make a mistake but when doing the experiment with others, they tend to follow what others are saying.

When children were alone in the room in this research, they scored 87% on the test, but when the robots join in their score drops to 75%. And of the wrong answers, 74% matched those of the robot.

Professor Belpaeme said, “People often follow the opinions of others and we’ve known for a long time that it is hard to resist taking over views and opinions of people around us. But as robots will soon be found in the home and the workplace, we were wondering if people would follow robots.”

“What our results show is that adults do not follow what the robots are saying. But when we did the experiment with children, they did. It shows children can perhaps have more of an affinity (亲和力) with robots than adults, which does pose the question: What if robots were to suggest, for example, what products to buy or what to think?”

1. What did the adults do when staying with robots?

A．They totally accepted the robots’ suggestions.

B．They tried to persuade robots to resist them.

C．They generally refused the robots’ effects.

D．They usually compared robots with their children.

2. Why did some children make more mistakes in the experiment?

A．Because robots in the presence made mistakes.

B．Because children were not as clever as the adults.

C．Because robots reflected better than human beings.

D．Because children wanted to affect the robots on purpose.

3. What is Professor Belpaeme’s attitude towards the result of the experiment?

A．He is optimistic about the result.	B．He doubts the result of the research.
C．He doesn’t care about the result.	D．He is worried about the future.

4. What should be followed after the last paragraph?

A．What is the meaning of the research?

B．What will be done to solve the problem?

C．What should adults do to avoid the problem?

D．Why are children more likely to be influenced?

9 . 阅读下列短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Xi’an City Wall is the most complete city wall that has survived China’s long history. It     1    (build) originally to protect the city     2     the Tang dynasty and has now been completely restored(修复). It is possible     3    (walk) or bike the entire 14 kilometers.

We accessed the wall through the South Gate     4    (personal). The wall is 12 meters high and you can see streams of people moving inside and outside the City Wall.

After     5    (spend) some time looking at all the defensive equipment at the wall, we decided it was time for some action and what     6    (good) than to ride on a piece of history!

We     7     (hire) our bikes from the rental place at the South Gate. My bike was old and shaky     8    did the job. It took us about 3 hours to go all     9     way around the Xi’an City Wall. Supposedly you can do it in two hours, but we stopped at the different gates and     10    (watchtower) to take pictures or just to watch the local people going about their daily routines.

10 . 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。

I met an artist in the park today. At that moment, a piece of art     1    (make) by her and local schoolchildren. The images on the artwork, of happy families with their pets, were so     2    (inspire) !

Her next project is     3    (create) a large painting that will cover an entire wall at the Children’s Hospital. Again, she plans to work together     4    children from the neighbourhood. What     5    heartwarming idea! Children who are well will be creating the artwork for children     6    are sick. I can imagine the day when the painting will be shown. The children who work so hard on it will be overjoyed with     7     (excite) to show what they will have vividly created. And the children waiting to see the painting will be     8    (equal) excited to see what is behind the curtain. And finally cheers will be all around!

Children help children to be happy. The artist     9    (wake) me up from my daydream and said, “I will need a lot of     10    (volunteer) to help with this project !” It old her to count me in! I would be happy to help make this dream come true!