1 . J. K. Rowling frequently shows there is magic every day. Her Harry Potter series has helped people through times of stress and depression and she is always there to deliver wise words of encouragement.

She is one celebrity who is very active on Twitter. So when a single dad named Matt Burke sent her a message thanking her for the series, she noticed. Her series had helped strengthen his relationship with his 9­year­old daughter Bailey.

He included a link to his article titled Being a Broke Parent. He explained how he hadn’t found a level of financial stability that allowed him to pay bills on time and take his daughter on more activities and events. The family also doesn’t have the Internet or TV, which means there’s no “digital babysitter” and he has to rely on his own creative ways to bond with his daughter. Since he received the series, the main thing that has occupied them these days is reading books together.

Burke admits that he thought he was “too cool” for the books when they first came out and he was in his twenties, but he’s loving reading them now. “We switch off chapter by chapter reading them out loud，“Burke explains.” This not only allows her to get more used to reading aloud in front of someone, but it gets me directly involved in something she loves, and it gives me the chance to be very dramatic when I read my chapters and bring myself into the characters in the book, which has proven to be a ton of fun.”

After hearing Burke’s story, Rowling said how honored she was when Harry Potter was a part of his family’s life and offered Burke more books. Besides, people are also offering to send Burke more books as gifts. For Burke, this experience, far more than gifts, will be what he treasures.

1. Why did Burke thank J. K. Rowling according to the text?

A．She guided him how to write a good story.

B．She encouraged him when he was in trouble.

C．Her books helped him through times of confusion.

D．Her books helped him improve his bond with his daughter.

2. What is implied in Burke’s words in paragraph 4?

A．He has found it interesting to read the series.	B．He was too old to understand the series better.
C．He has chosen a better way of reading the series.	D．He hopes to play a role in the drama in the future.

3. Which word can best describe Burke’s experience according to the text?

A．Useless.

B．Normal.

C．Valuable.

D．Boring.

4. What is the main idea of this text?

A．J. K. Rowling chooses to help improve kids’ health.

B．J. K. Rowling gives a magical gift to a single father.

C．J. K. Rowling has a deep influence on others’ growth.

D．Burke comes to know J. K. Rowling through her series.

2 . As the Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, Jessica Pels is responsible for managing the content of one of the world’s largest young women’s media brands. Pels has ambitiously navigated her career to the top role relatively quickly, but the path she took wasn’t traditional.

Pels learnt ballet as a child and found her way to New York City dancing for a summer, but eventually gave up dance when she knew she “wasn’t good enough to be a star”. She didn’t give up her dream of working in the big city, though. Pels attended a film school at New York University and as a sophomore (大学二年级), got her first internship at The New Yorker. After graduation in 2008, many brands were in a hiring freeze.

But Pels was not affected. She got a job doing communications for a charity.

Six months into her first job, Pels got a job at Glamour Magazine to work for the Editor-in-Chief Cindy Levy. She would turn this first assistant role into her career, and finally found her way to Cosmopolitan, where she became the youngest editor-in-chief in the magazine’s history.

Reflecting on her career and the worst advice she’s ever received, Pels said it was “to say yes to everything”. It was a habit she had to learn to break. And while she acknowledges the importance of seizing opportunities, she doesn’t think that strategically saying “no” would have been a damage to her career.

She remembers the conversation with her boss Kate Lewis that changed her perspective on over- committing. “I had just started at Marie Claire as the digital director, and she said, I worry you’re going to burn out because you’re saying yes to everything and you are acting in such an aggressive way, and you need to take a step back and prioritize. ‘And that really changed my life. I thought that was an incredible career moment.”

1. Why did Jessica Pels give up dancing?

A．She wasn’t eager to be a star.	B．She didn’t think she was a gifted dancer.
C．She didn’t want to practice hard.	D．She wanted to take an untraditional career.

2. What did Pels think was a barrier to her career?

A．She always refused to help others.	B．She didn’t seize opportunities in time.
C．She didn’t knowhow to ask for advice.	D．She seldom refused others’ requests.

3. Which of the following can best describe Jessica Pels?

A．Creative and generous.	B．Humorous and confident.
C．Ambitious and determined.	D．Considerate and energetic.

3 . Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been widely applied in a national park in Northwest China to track snow leopards inhabiting the region.

The Al-aided digital toolbox can automatically(自动地) distinguish the species in the Qilian Mountains National Park, Gansu province, from other wildlife, using images captured by infrared cameras(红外相机). The technology, jointly developed by Chinese Internet giant Tencent, the World Wild Fund and One Planet Foundation, can thus improve data processing efficiency.

Located at around 3, 500 meters above sea level, the Qilian Mountains with vast stretches of bare rocks reaching from the grass provide a favorable hideaway shelter for the snow leopards.

Though more than 200 cameras have been put in the region, sorting out relevant information had not been easy for researchers.

“For conducting further studies on the population, distribution and activities of the snow leopards, a flagship species in the region, the cameras would capture hundreds of thousands of video clips and photos every quarter,” said Ma Duifang with the administration bureau of the park's Gansu section.

“Even a slight movement in the environment, such as a mild breeze blowing over the grass, can activate the cameras. Sometimes, curious wildlife bumps into the device triggering the shutter(触发快门), and the cameras take pictures of mere clouds,” Ma added.

Ma and his colleagues had to go through each video frame by frame(逐帧地). The information of species that appeared on the images also required human input, so it often took them several weeks to complete such tasks.

Tencent’s engineering team has independently developed a species recognition algorithm(算法) by means of transfer leaning and automatic data enhancement. Thanks to Al technologies, researchers in the Qilian Mountains National Park no longer need to work like mad in search of leopards hiding out in the wild.

“The forest police can now locate a snow leopard from 1, 000 pictures in just about 20 minutes, much faster than before,” said Huang Xiangqi, one of the tech developers.

Snow leopards are under China’s highest national-level protection and are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

In China, they can be spotted in cold areas in southwestern, northwestern, and northern regions including Tibet, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Gansu and Inner Mongolia.

“We hope we can combine monitoring data with field investigation to help researchers identify the wild species so as to draw up a more specific plan for their protection,” said Ma Yao, director of the project, hoping the digital toolbox can he used in more countries.

1. What can be inferred from paragraph 2?

A．Infrared cameras can distinguish the species automatically.

B．AI technology can improve the quality of the infrared cameras.

C．Tencent helped develop infrared cameras for Qilian Mountain National Park

D．AI technology has greatly improved the efficiency of identifying snow leopards.

2. What can be learnt about the infrared cameras?

A．They mostly take pictures of clouds.

B．They are only set off by curious wildlife.

C．They are also used to monitor the weather.

D．Their operation will be affected by many factors.

3. What is the researchers’ attitude towards this new technology?

A．Cautious.

B．Optimistic.

C．Objective.

D．Doubtful.

4. What could be the best title of the passage?

A．AI Technology Used to Capture Snow Leopard

B．Infrared Cameras Placed to Track Snow Leopard

C．AI-aided tech Developed for Snow Leopard Protection

D．AI Technology Developed to Improve Data Processing Efficiency

4 . 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。

Trading and Trending

December 11,2021 marks the 20th anniversary of China’s entrance to the World Trade Organization (WTO).Over the past 20 years, China has won widespread recognition for its commitment,becoming a country that practices and defends globalization.

Since 2001, China’s overall tax rate     1     (drop) from 15.3 percent to 7.4 percent, lower than that in most developing countries. China has also continuously cut     2     (it) negative list of foreign investment access,and opened up as many sectors as possible to international trade.

The facilitation of trade and investment proves that China is opening     3     (wide) to the outside world,     4     in turn has promoted faster growth of the Chinese economy. In the last two decades,

China’s GDP has gone from sixth to second in the world,with its trade in goods     5     (rise) from sixth place to first and trade in services climbing from eleventh to second place.

WTO spoke highly of the nation's important role as a driver of global growth and its commitment     6     guarding the trading system and participating in the various parts of WTO projects. As the years progressed, China contributed     7     average of 30 percent to world economic growth. In 2020     8     (specific), the global economy declined owing to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,     9     China became the only major economy to sustain positive growth, putting the nation in an important position to drive the world’s gradual economic     10     (recover).

5 . 假如你是李华，近段时间以来，政府加大了文物保护力度。请你以“Cultural Relics Protection”为题，用英语写一篇文章，内容包括：

1.文物的重要性

2. 文物面临的问题

3. 保护措施

注意：

1.词数120左右

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Cultural Relics Protection

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

6 . 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。

A recent survey by China Youth Daily found that 60 percent of respondents spend a daily average of more than an hour    1     (watch) short videos, with 11 percent spending three hours or more on    2     (they). Of the 2, 017 total respondents, 74.2 percent said reasonable time    3     (manage) is necessary    4     (avoid) excessive (过多的) viewing of short videos.

Short videos can be    5     (addict) as social media platforms keep recommending relevant content once a video ends, said Yang Binyan, who is a researcher with the Institute of Journalism and Communication Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She added that short videos, often    6     (show) fragments (片段)   from day-to-day life, can induce (引诱) a feeling of social connectedness in viewers.

    7    total of 73.7 percent of those    8     (survey) said netizens should take part in more offline activities,   including outdoor    9    , to avoid overindulgence in short videos,   while 50.8%suggest such platforms set up an anti-addiction system.

The number of China's online short video users reached 873 million by the end of 2020,accounting    10    88 percent of total internet users.

7 . Gout (痛风): The Disease of Kings

Gout, once the disease of geniuses,conquerors and kings, now is affecting the masses. But comes at night, first as a fevered dream, then pain in darkness, the body turned rude animals.     1     So strong is the sensitivity of this swollen big toe that the faintest footstep of a sympathetic visitor is a gunshot straight to the nerve. It will not help, at such a moment, to recall that Alexander the Great, Leonardo daVinci, Isaac Newton reportedly suffered.

    2     In the words of the 17th-century French poet, Gout falls onto a poor man and then, horrified by her host’s ceaseless labor, did nothing in a building. Surely it’s a time of a less enlightened, more hierarchical (等级制的) age. We can laugh at from the safe distance of the present day. But the American critic Susan Sontag warned us against illness as myth. Gout is not a punishment,certainly not an embarrassment and, it is highly curable, if good treatment is followed. And the disease has not been limited to the past.     3     From the 1960s to the 1990s, the number of sufferers doubled in the United States, and that’s continued to rise.

It is tempting to see gout as an annoying angel and come to punish greed. Mentioning the romantic aspect of tuberculosis (肺结核) in the 19th century, Sontag argued that gout was contrary to tubercular.

    4     During that period, turning thinner from tubercular was taken as a sign of elegance, with poets considered unreliable if they weighed more than a hundred pounds, and so “it became rude to eat heartily”. Sontag also highlighted a strange social phenomenon.     5     Great men “grew fat, wrote novels and conquered continents.”

A．The gout-ridden were guilty of eating too much, while those dying of tubercular were themselves consumed from the inside.

B．If you are a gout sufferer, you are not alone.

C．No one knows what’s behind the phenomenon.

D．Nor is it any longer exclusive to rich white men.

E．The foot is red and swollen, pounding like a heart.

F．We might dismiss gout as a ghost from a fable, which it was.

G．The tubercular’s hollow cheeks were considered desirable look for women.

9 . 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 barier.

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’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.

10 . Batman may not have any superpowers, but his inspiration certainly does.

More than 1, 400 bat species live around the world, except in Antarctica and a few remote islands. Over their 50 million years of evolution, bats have developed clever solutions to life’s challenges, from a built-in sonar (声呐) system for finding food to fast, flexible wings that produce the fastest level-flight speed of any animal on Earth.

“There is still a lot to learn, but it is clear that bats really do have superpowers,” says Rodrigo Medellin, an ecologist. “Bats are showing us how to live a better life, for instance, by serving as models for healthy living and long lives.”

As a general rule in biology, smaller animals have shorter lives than larger ones. But bats are rule breakers: they’re the longest-lived mammals (哺乳动物) relative to their body size. Recently, scientists looked inside bats’ cells for the secrets to their exceptionally long lives. They focused on telomeres (端粒), which are the protective structures found at the ends of chromosomes (染色体). In most animals, telomeres tend to get shorter with age. But the telomeres of the longest-lived group of bats, Myotis, do not appear to shrink (收缩) with age. Understanding why bats live so long may help humans live longer one day.

In addition to living longer, bats remain healthy throughout their lives, with very low risk of developing cancer. Furthermore, bats can carry deadly viruses without getting sick. So further research into their unique immune (免疫的) systems may actually give insight into how people can live with viruses andnot get sick.

Beyond their own abilities, bats also support many other parts of their ecosystems. Three out of every four bat species eat insects. Many are pests that cause damage to important agricultural crops, such as cotton. Scientists estimate that insect-eating bats may save U. S. farmers about 1 billion per year. In addition, many bat species help improve plant health and diversity.

“Bats are unsung heroes of biodiversity,” says Medellin. “It’s about time we appreciated them.”

1. What did scientists recently find?

A．Animals’ telomeres rarely shrink with age.

B．Myotis’s telomeres do not shorten as they age.

C．Smaller animals usually live shorter lives than larger ones.

D．More research into bat telomeres could help people live more healthily.

2. What is the author’s intention in writing the last paragraph but one?

A．To show what bats feed on.

B．To call on people to protect bats.

C．To explain how bats benefit the farmers.

D．To highlight the importance of bats to the ecosystem.

3. What would be a suitable title for this text?

A．Bats Offer Clues to Treating Diseases

B．How Bats Deal with Life’s Challenges

C．Scientists Unlock the Secrets to Long Lives

D．Why Bats Are Superheroes of the Animal World