1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When will the swim classes begin?

A．On May 1st.

B．On April 30th.

C．On April 29th.

2. How many swim classes are being offered?

A．10.

B．15.

C．20.

3. Who must come to the swim skill show?

A．Those who have no Level 3 certificate.

B．Those who want to pass the skill level test quickly.

C．Those who have never attended Community Pool classes.

4. Who will rate the students’ skill levels?

A．The speaker.

B．The instructors.

C．The local community.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What do kids bring to school on Bubble Gum Day?

A．50 cents.

B．Old toys.

C．Some snacks.

2. Who is Ruth Spiro?

A．A teacher.

B．A writer.

C．A bookseller.

3. What was Bubble Gum Day originally established for?

A．Community groups.

B．Schools.

C．Businesses.

4. What is the aim of Bubble Gum Day?

A．To raise money for a charity.

B．To encourage kids to sell things.

C．To develop children’s creativity.

3 . Four True Canadian Heroes

Albertine Lapensée

Born in 1898, Lapensée learned to skate on iced-over rivers. When the First World War sent men to the Western Front, a Québécois arena owner dreamed up the Eastern Ladies’ Hockey League-and Lapensée seized her opportunity. Between 1916 and 1917, she showed astonishing skill, leading the Cornwall Victorias to glory after glory. Francophone fans referred to her as “the star of stars”. She once scored 15 goals in a single game. And then, at 18, she left the spotlight.

Hussain Guisti

In 2006, Guisti and his family relocated from Winnipeg to Thompson, Manitoba — only to discover it didn’t have a mosque (清真寺). In response, Guisti started the Zubaidah Tallab Foundation and raised donations to build one. The building opened its doors in 2007. Next, the Muslim community of Inuvik, N.W.T., asked him for help. He raised $ 323,000 and in late 2010, the mosque welcomed its first worshippers.

Waneek Horn-Miller

At 14, Horn-Miller was stabbed (刺) in the chest. She survived the incident and used the trauma (创伤) to fuel her dream of becoming an Olympic athlete,“ I channelled all the anger, pain and sadness from my experiences into something positive,” she says.

In 2000, as co-captain of the national water polo team, Horn-Miller became the first Mohawk woman to represent Canada at the Olympics.

Rachel Zellars

In 2020, Halifax lawyer and professor Zellars co-founded the African Nova Scotian Freedom School. “I wanted to give Black children the tools and support to understand this ongoing important moment of their history,” says Zellars, “which they simply wouldn’t get in public school. The courses educate Black youth on their rich heritage and also teach skills to help students become community organizers.”

1. Who was regarded as “the star of stars”?

A．Albertine Lapensée.	B．Hussain Guisti.
C．Waneek Horn-Miller.	D．Rachel Zellars.

2. When did the mosque in Thompson open its door?

A．In 1898.

B．In 2007.

C．In 2010.

D．In 2020.

3. What was Rachel Zellars’s main contribution?

A．She built mosques across Canada’s North.

B．She led the Cornwall Victorias to glory after glory.

C．She provided education and support to Black children.

D．She was the first Mohawk woman to represent Canada at the Olympics.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the woman talk to the man?

A．To borrow a disk.

B．To open up a program.

C．To get some help.

2. What is wrong with the woman’s computer?

A．It keeps shutting down.

B．It has a strange sound.

C．It can’t be connected to the Internet.

3. Where will the speakers meet?

A．At the man’s home.

B．At the woman’s home.

C．At the repair store.

5 . 阅读下面材料，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。

There are two    1    (importance) kinds of music in the world — one    2    (write) down and    3    other is not. Many people earn    4    (them) living by writing music. They write songs for pop stars and music for films and TV plays. Folk music has been passed down from one generation to another, which at first was never written down. People learned the songs from their     5    (family), relatives, neighbors and friends in the same village. Early    6    (perform) of music were popular and respected, they used    7    (learn) hundreds of songs by heart. This was at a time    8    there was no radio, TV or cinema. Many of the country people could neither read nor write. In this way stories were passed on from one person to another. In some parts of the world nowadays, you often see musicians performing in the streets to passers-by. They put a cap on the ground    9    front of them, into which people    10    like the music can drop coins.

6 . A 37-year-old fast food courier(外卖小哥), Lei Haiwei, got the first prize in the third season of The Chinese Poetry Conference on CCTV on April 4th, 2018.

“My interest in ancient poems began as early as I was six years old,” Lei said after winning the poetry competition.

Lei Haiwei was born in a small village in Hunan Province. When he was young, his father taught him ancient poems by putting them on the kitchen wall for him to read.

“My father hoped I would grow up to be a man who keeps the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas in mind.” Lei said.

In 2001, Lei Haiwei graduated from a technical secondary school and found a job in Shanghai. There, he began to read books on ancient poems at bookstores or libraries in his free time because he didn’t have enough money to buy books. He also developed a habit of reciting(背诵)poems he liked and wrote them down after coming back home.

Lei Haiwei came to Hangzhou in 2008 and worked as a fast food courier. Every day, he had to take fast food to different people. On his busiest workdays, Lei Haiwei had to deliver more than 50 orders(订单)a day. Even so, his love for poems went on and he seized(抓住)any chance to recite poems.

As for his future plans, Lei Haiwei said he would go on reading and reciting more poems.

Will he take part in the next poetry competition?

1. When did Lei Haiwei get the first prize in the competition?

A．On March 7th, 2019.	B．On April 4th, 2018.
C．On May 5th, 2017.	D．On June 6th, 2016.

2. Who taught Lei Haiwei ancient poems when he was young?

A．His sister.

B．His brother.

C．His mother.

D．His father.

3. Lei Haiwei read books on ancient poems at bookstores or libraries because ________ .

A．he wanted to learn English there

B．he wanted to have a good rest there

C．he didn’t have any friends in the city

D．he didn’t have enough money to buy books

4. What does the underlined word “ deliver ” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A．To take something to somebody.	B．To say something to somebody.
C．To lend something to somebody.	D．To speak something to somebody.

5. What would be the best title for the text?

A．Fast Food Courier Won Sports Competition

B．Fast Food Courier Won Singing Competition

C．Fast Food Courier Won Poetry Competition

D．Fast Food Courier Won Dancing Competition

7 . Just a few hours ago, the Italian ship Andrea Doria was sailing through thick fog toward the city of New York. Captain Piero Calamai kept watch. He knew that many other ships were nearby. He should have slowed down because of the fog but he decided not to. He wanted to arrive on time the next morning.

At about 11:00 P.M., another ship, the Stockholm, suddenly hit the Andrea Doria. It made a huge hole in the Italian ship. Some people were badly hurt. Others fell into the sea. But one girl was saved by the Stockholm.

Linda Morgan was fourteen. She lived in Spain with her mother and her little sister. She was going to visit her father in New York. She was excited about seeing her father.

Linda had loved the trip. She wanted to have dinner with the captain on the last night at sea.The captain did not sit at his table that night, though. He was busy guiding the ship through the fog. Linda did not get to talk to him.

When Linda went to bed, everything seemed fine. Her mother turned off the lights. Linda talked to her little sister. She thought about seeing her father the next morning.

What happened next was a terrible surprise. Linda woke up not knowing where she was. She was not in her bed. When she called to her family, no one answered. Both her knees were broken.

Linda had been saved by an amazing accident. When the Stockholm made a hole in the side of the Andrea Doria, it lifted Linda out of her bed. She landed on the deck (甲板) of the Stockholm instead of falling into the ocean. A sailor heard her cries and found her.

Right now, the girl is in the hospital. She is expected to get better. Her father is at her side, glad that his little girl was saved. The Andrea Doria lies under the waves at the bottom of the sea.

1. Why didn’t Captain Piero Calamai reduce the speed?

A．He didn’t want to be late.	B．He went crazy because of the bad weather.
C．He thought the fog was not serious.	D．He had rich experience.

2. Linda didn ’t have dinner with the captain because       .

A．she forgot it	B．she was sick in bed
C．he was busy with his work	D．he hadn’t been told about it

3. When the accident happened,       .

A．Linda was asleep	B．the day was about to break
C．few people were killed	D．the Andrea Doria hit a hole in the Stockholm

4. What can we learn from the text?

A．Linda hated the trip very much.	B．Linda was saved by the Stockholm.
C．Linda lived with her father in Spain.	D．The Andrea Doria wasn’t badly damaged.

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

A．A little girl’s braveness moved people.

B．Andrea Doria sailed through thick fog.

C．The Italian ship Andrea Doria was hit by Stockholm.

D．A fourteen-year-old girl was saved by accident after the crash.

8 . When I woke up, I made myself breakfast, sat and listened to the traffic. Some of my friends asked me how I could stand living somewhere so noisy. It’s true that there’s always some kinds of noise in my neighborhood, but to me, these are the sounds of life.

It was Saturday morning, so I decided to go to the park. The taxi was the fastest way to go but I took the bus instead.

When you ride the bus, you get to see so much more of the city. It can be kind of loud on the bus, with some people talking on their phones, some people chatting with their friends, and others playing music. It’s just like the traffic’s sounds, though the noise on the bus represents people working, relaxing and living.

Once I got to the park, I picked a bench over near the play area where kids played while their parents sat nearby. I could see and hear almost everything from there. People­watching is one of my favorite things to do. However, I like listening even better. The only problem is that there’s so much to see and hear in the park!

Usually, I like to close my eyes. That way, I can pay more attention to the sounds and not get distracted by what I see. With my eyes closed, I could pick out parts of two old men’s conversation. One of them was telling the other about something his grandson said. I couldn’t hear the rest, but it must be hilarious because his friend’s laugh was so loud.

When I’m old, I hope that I will also have a friend who will sit in the park with me, and who will enjoy listening to the sounds of the city as much as I do.

1. Some of the author’s friends think “the sounds of life” are very________.

A．unpleasant	B．unique
C．magical	D．interesting

2. The author took the bus to the park because________.

A．there was no other transport to go there

B．he wanted to see more about people’s life

C．it was the most convenient way

D．his friend advised him to do so

3. The author closed his eyes in order to ________.

A．have a good rest

B．hide himself from view

C．enjoy the sounds of life

D．avoid talking with the two old men

4. The underlined word “hilarious” in Paragraph 5 probably means “________”.

A．truly different	B．quite popular
C．rather strange	D．extremely funny

9 . World number one Ashleigh Barty surprised tennis on Wednesday by announcing her retirement (退役) from the sport aged just 25, saying she had realized her dreams and was “spent physically”.

Barty dropped the bombshell weeks after becoming the first home Australian Open champion in 44 years and so winning a Grand Slam (大满贯) crown on three different surfaces.

In a tearful social media video message with her close friend and former doubles partner Casey Dellacqua, Barty said she was “so ready” to call it an end after achieving her life-time goal to win Wimbledon last year.

“Success for me is knowing that I’ve given absolutely everything I can. I know how much work it takes to bring the best out of yourself,” said the three-time Grand Slam winner.

She began playing tennis as a child in the Queensland state capital Brisbane and went on to win the junior Wimbledon title as a 15-year-old in 2011.

But the expectations that came with success hurt her badly and she made a shock decision three years later to ditch (放弃) tennis for cricket, signing for Brisbane Heat in the Women’s Big Bash League.

The attraction of tennis was never far away and she returned after a season out, breaking through for her first Grand Slam triumph (胜利) at the French Open in 2019 and becoming Australia’s first women’s world number one since Evonne Cawley 50 years ago.

Barty finally won a Wimbledon crown last year before her Australian Open triumph at Melbourne Park in January, storming back from 5—1 down in the second set against American Danielle Collins.

Barty has been world number one for more than two years and said after her Australian Open win that she wanted time to consider her next move.

1. Why did Ashleigh Barty retire from tennis?

A．Her partner advised her to do so.	B．Her final dream had come true.
C．She wanted to turn to other sports.	D．She got tired of social media messages.

2. When did Ashleigh Barty join the Women’s Big Bash League?

A．In 2010.

B．In 2011.

C．In 2014.

D．In 2019.

3. What is the best title for the text?

A．Ashleigh Barty’s Early Retirement	B．An Introduction to Australian Open
C．Casey Dellacqua’s Life-time Goal	D．The Benefits of Playing Tennis

4. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Science.

B．Lifestyle.

C．Health.

D．Sports.

10 . If you feel like you’re always the one who gets bitten first by mosquitoes or who gets bitten a lot more than others, do not think it’s an accident. There is science behind it. Here’s how it works.

When you breathe oxygen (O₂) in and carbon dioxide (CO₂) out, many blood-eating species are smart enough to use carbon dioxide as a sign that a coming meal is nearby. So your breathing is enough to draw mosquitoes to your general area.

But why do they seem to be aiming at you specifically? Well, the amount of CO₂ depends partly on your metabolism (新陈代谢). So if you’ve got a naturally high metabolic rate, you’re probably breathing out more carbon dioxide than others, and you attract more mosquitoes. You’ll also raise your metabolism by getting more active. So don’t be surprised if you end up with a bite or two after a tough hike or run.

Some of the things that attract mosquitoes sound unpleasant to you because you can hardly restrain them. You have no way to change it but to blame your unique physiology for making you so delicious to mosquitoes. The science shows that mosquitoes are more attracted to people with blood type O than people with type A or B.

The bacteria that naturally live on your skin can affect how many mosquitoes you attract, too. People who naturally have more bacteria on their skin tend to attract more mosquitoes, a scientist says.

Mosquitoes also use colors to find their hosts. Specifically, mosquitoes are more attracted to people wearing dark clothes. That might sound to be the opposite of what you would expect — most insects seem to love bright colors. But mosquitoes come out when it’s dark, and generally sec dark objects better than light ones. So a white or light-colored shirt may help lead them away from you.

Mosquitoes can spread serious diseases through blood. Hope the above may help you keep safer and healthier in summer.

1. What can we infer about mosquitoes from Paragraphs 2 and 3?

A．They aim at people in good health.

B．They may prefer people physically active.

C．They live in places with more carbon dioxide.

D．They’re smarter than any other blood-eating insects.

2. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．They’re just what you have questioned.

B．They’re within your knowledge.

C．They’re more than you need.

D．They’re beyond your control.

3. Which of the following does the author probably agree with?

A．People with good skin mean a better meal for mosquitoes.

B．Places with much light may attract more mosquitoes.

C．Keeping clean is a way to keep mosquitoes away.

D．Mosquitoes tend to land on colorful clothes.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for this text?

A．Nobody is to blame for mosquito bites

B．Why do mosquitoes love to bite some people?

C．You can learn some skills to avoid mosquitoes

D．How do mosquito bites lead to serious diseases?