1 . 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。

China has a long history of more than 5000 years. In the vastness of history, Chinese traditional culture constantly shows     1     (it) unique charm and is deeply loved and appreciated by people around the world. Among the ancient Chinese literature, the Four Great Classical Novels, also referred to as the four greatest and most     2     (influence) novels written in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, stand out.

    3     the four novels have in common is that they were written in the vernacular (白话文) of their times,     4     most ancient literature that was written in the classical style of writing. Most Chinese are familiar with the figures, plots and scenes in the four novels. They have     5    (dramatic) affected the mentality, ideas and values of Chinese people. They were widely read by people and contained philosophical ideas, history and viewpoints about human society that     6     (define) part of the worldviews of the scholar and the     7     (political), which had     8     significant effect on the development of Chinese societies in past eras.

Nowadays, they have already been adapted into movies or TV series,     9     (favor) by lots of audiences. Being high in artistic standard, the Four Great Classical Novels are precious heritage of Chinese nation and     10     (strike) works in the history of Chinese literature.

2 . 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Alex was a friendly boy, but he had a bad temper and often found it challenging to control his anger. Whenever something didn’t go his way or if he felt upset, a fiery anger would build up inside him like an angry monster.

One sunny afternoon, Alex went to the playground with his friends, Sarah and Ben. They were excited to play on the swings, slide, and monkey bars. As they started playing, Alex’s turn on the swing was interrupted by another child who cut in line. Alex felt his anger rising inside him, and without thinking, he shouted at the child very angrily, demanding his turn back. Sarah and Ben looked at Alex with surprise, scare and depression. They didn’t like it that their friend lost his temper like a monster and yelled. They stopped playing together.

Alex’s anger not only ruined his own mood but also spoiled (破坏) the fun for his friends and the other children at the playground. Feeling ashamed and realizing the consequences of his actions, Alex slumped (跌坐) down on a nearby bench. He saw his friends playing happily without him, and he felt upset at losing control.

Alex’s memories flooded back when his friends and family were often taken aback by his outbursts. When his best friend, Emily, wanted to play a game he didn’t like, he would shout and throw a tantrum (发脾气), refusing to play with her. His little sister accidentally knocked over his tower of blocks, he would explode in a fit of rage, yelling and stomping his feet.

He had lost a lot of fiends and hurt his family because of his anger. Now he might lose these friends too. He realized that his mean words constantly hurt the people he cared about. He didn’t want to be like a monster anymore, so he decided to find a better way to handle his anger.

1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
That evening, Alex told Grandma about what had happened.
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Alex made up his mind to change.
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4 . Getting into science is often difficult for some kids, It’s something Ahmed Muhammad learned quickly while babysitting his niece and nephew.

Muhammad is an 18-year-old senior from California. who attends Oakland Tech High school. One day he asked his niece and nephew if they wanted to do science, and he was upset by their reaction.

“Whenever I babysit them, we do things like playing chess, playing video games, or watching TV or whatever. When I tried to do science with them, they were like, No, I hate science. I’m bad at it.” It was that moment that fueled Muhammad to create his nonprofit called “Kits Cubed” with a mission to introduce kids to science through fun, affordable and accessible means.

“I went into my room and I pulled out some science books. Then I went online and did some research and was able to design some science experiments for them to do at home. The materials were composed of fairly cheap stuff we have around the house, and they loved it” Muhammad said.

After witnessing their joy, he realized other children could benefit from it as well. “Having noticed the long-standing absence of science experiments in our school, I really feel like well need some science kits in the hands of kids,” Muhammad said.

That’s when he took the $200 he had saved to create a website and began creating science kits to sell, and eventually donated the earnings to kids in need. “I had enough money to make the website and enough to put together like 10 or 15 kits. My initial goal was the joy that my niece and nephew felt. I wanted it to get to as many kids as possible,” Muhammad said.

Muhammad, who has been accepted to Stanford University, is just thrilled he was able to help change his niece and his nephew’s opinion of science while inspiring others as well.

1. What is the main pursuit of Kits Cubed?

A．To solve the absence of science at school.

B．To promote acceptance of scientific spirit.

C．To provide free access to household stuff.

D．To set in motion kids’ passion for science.

2. What made Muhammad decide to share the science kits?

A．Online research he carried out about materials.

B．Enjoyable reactions he observed from the kids.

C．Science books he published about experiments.

D．Science fairs he participated in at his own school.

3. What can be known about his website?

A．It targeted at kids aged from 10 to 15.

B．It received donations for kids in need.

C．It was primarily funded by local school.

D．It initially profited from sales of science kits.

4. Which of the following best describes Muhammad?

A．Composed.

B．Childlike.

C．Charitable.

D．Cooperative.

6 . I started collecting shopping lists around 1997. One day, I was shopping for my daughter’s birthday party in St Louis, Missouri, where we lived. After leaving the store, I_________ a yellow note in the parking lot. I picked it up and it was somebody’s shopping list. I thought, “That’s interesting. Well, whenever I see one, I will _________ it.”

People collect all sorts of things you would never _________ . It’s as if all these _________, unimportant things, when put together as a collection, suddenly become meaningful. The first list I found was nothing special. But after you see a lot of them, the odd ones_________. One says at the bottom: “NO MORE CHIPS, JESSICA.” Another one I found is a long _________ of stuff and then, in the margin (空白处), someone had written: “If you dare to_______ any more rice, I’ll hit you.”

The shopping list_________started slowly. At first it was just me and people I knew who would_______ lists for me. Then at the beginning of the 2000s, I put it online and I started receiving lists from everywhere in the world. It seemed there was a(an)__________supply (供应).

In 2012, I was__________ by a publisher who wanted to turn my collection into a book. Then I started going through all my lists,__________ ways to sort and explain them. The project is continuing, but it grows more __________ now. Technology has made shopping lists more__________, because most people use apps, like I do. I guess there might not be another__________.

1.

A．referred to

B．focused on

C．took to

D．came across

2.

A．keep

B．replace

C．rate

D．identify

3.

A．design

B．expect

C．afford

D．ignore

4.

A．separate

B．huge

C．convenient

D．pricey

5.

A．wind up

B．catch up

C．stick out

D．run out

6.

A．roll

B．bar

C．list

D．piece

7.

A．buy

B．borrow

C．grow

D．harvest

8.

A．survey

B．project

C．custom

D．system

9.

A．hide

B．save

C．receive

D．unfold

10.

A．valueless

B．unnecessary

C．informal

D．endless

11.

A．taught

B．defeated

C．approached

D．judged

12.

A．settling for

B．relating to

C．wondering at

D．figuring out

13.

A．slowly

B．freely

C．sharply

D．easily

14.

A．creative

B．private

C．regular

D．expensive

15.

A．note

B．app

C．article

D．book

7 . Stories have long been employed to instill (灌输) moral and cultural values in young children, but there is little research exploring the effectiveness of such stories.

“As parents, we want to know how effective the stories actually are in promoting honesty.” say lead author Kang Lee of the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study at the University of Toronto and co-author Victoria Talwar of McGill University. “Is it ‘in one ear, out the other,’ or do children listen and take the messages to heart?”

To find out, Lee and Talwar conducted an experiment with 268 children aged 3 to 7. Each child played a game that required guessing the identity of a toy based on the sound it made. In the middle of the game, the experimenter left the room for a minute, instructing the child not to glance at a toy left on the table. For most children, this temptation (诱惑) was too hard to resist. When the experimenter returned, she read the child a story, either The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Pinocchio, or George Washington and the Cherry Tree. Afterward, the experimenter asked the child to tell the truth about whether he or she glanced at the toy.

Contrary to the experimenters’ expectations, Pinocchio and The Boy Who Cried Wolf , which associate lying with negative consequences, were no more effective at promoting honest behavior than a fable unrelated to honesty, in this case The Tortoise and the Hare. Only the made-up tale about young George Washington seemed to inspire the kids to admit glancing: Children who heard the tale in which the future first president was complimented because of admitting his mistake and rewarded a candy were three times more likely to tell the truth than their fellows who heard other stories.

“Our study shows that to promote moral behavior such as honesty, emphasizing the positive outcomes of honesty rather than the negative consequences of dishonesty is the key,” note they. “This may apply to other moral behaviors as well.”

They also warn that more research is necessary to determine whether moral stories influence kids’ behavior in the long term. Still, they have been quick to take advantage of the findings. Talwar reports a shift in her own parenting practices: “It really seems to work. I use this now with my child.”

1. What is the aim of the experiment mentioned in the text?

A．To find out which story is instructive at school.

B．To make sure if the children can resist the temptation.

C．To see the effectiveness of stories in promoting honesty.

D．To ensure the precision in guessing the identity of the toy.

2. What does the underlined word“complimented”mean in Paragraph 4?

A．Criticized.

B．Praised.

C．Ignored.

D．Respected.

3. What does Talwar mean in the last paragraph?

A．She will apply the finding to her child.

B．Her child shows a strong interest in the story.

C．Her parents have changed their way of education.

D．She perceives the positive influence on her child.

4. Which word can describe the author’s attitude in the text?

A．Unclear.

B．Contradictory.

C．Sympathetic.

D．Objective.

8 . High school seniors missed out on so much in 2023—no proms, no traditional graduation ceremonies. But that has not stopped some of them trying to solve the world’s biggest challenges. And Lillian Kay Petersen from Los Alamos, New Mexico, is among them.

Petersen invented a simple tool for predicting harvests early in the growing season, which could facilitate food allocation(分配) planning and offer useful resources to those working to tackle global food insecurity. She first tested her tool, which analyzed daily satellite imagery using accepted measures of vegetation health, on known domestic crop data. She then carried out experiments for countries in Africa and successfully predicted harvests with high accuracy against reported production.

Petersen won first place and the $250,000 top award in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2023, one of the oldest and most reputable science and math competitions for high school seniors in the US.

In 2014, Petersen’s family adopted her three younger brothers and sisters, all of whom suffered from malnutrition due to food insecurity in their childhood. Their struggles against the lifelong effects left a deep impression on her. After reading about a disastrous drought in Ethiopia between 2018 and 2019, she put her computer science knowledge to use. “I wanted to find a way to help aid organizations monitor crop condition as droughts evolve, to help them respond to food crises with a better time, and to help children so that they don’t face malnutrition and lifelong consequences,” she said.

While in high school, she began monitoring droughts in Africa using satellite imagery. Later, she published her first paper on the subject in a peer-reviewed journal. She has also met with the International Food Policy Research Institute to discuss the global pandemic and its effects on crop production in Africa.

1. What benefit could Petersen’s invention bring?

A．It could ensure food security.	B．It could boost crop production.
C．It could collect crop data accurately.	D．It could make food distribution planning easier.

2. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．What inspired Petersen to invent the tool.

B．Why food crises in Africa were so serious.

C．When Petersen began to monitor crop condition.

D．Why Petersen’s brothers and sisters were adopted.

3. Which words can best describe Petersen?

A．Innovative and far-sighted.	B．Generous and committed.
C．Competent and risk-taking.	D．Intelligent and competitive.

4. Why does the author write this text?

A．To draw public attention to food insecurity.

B．To emphasize challenges Africans encounter.

C．To appeal to young people to handle global issues.

D．To share the benefits of conducting scientific research.

9 . Visit National Museum of China

The NMC in Beijing is a world-class museum that displays five thousand years of splendid Chinese civilization.

Getting Here

No.16 East Chang’an Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006

Bus Route:

You can take the No.1, No.2, No.52, No.82, No.120 buses, or Sightseeing Line 2, Tourist Bus Line 1 and Line 2 and get off at Tian’anmen East Station.

Metro:

You can take Metro Line 1, get off at Tian’anmen East Station, and exit the station through Exit C or D.

Admission

The NMC opens to the public from Tuesday to Sunday and closes on Monday (except for public holidays). Its opening hours are from 9:00 to 17:30 (last admission at 16:30).

According to the regulations on conducting regular epidemic prevention, all visitors must make online appointments (with different time interval available). Please make your appointments 1-7 days in advance and plan your visit properly.

We welcome visitors to make online appointments through our official website or official WeChat platform.

Official Website: https://ticket.chnmuseum.cn/yuyue/index

Official WeChat Platform: Please scan the QR code below, scroll down and click “Visits”, and access the “Reservation” page.

Inquiries: 010-65116400   (9:00-16:30)

Notice to Visitors

Valid ID documents are required to enter the museum during the opening hours. Visitors must go through security check. Restricted items or animals such as dogs and cats are prohibited. Applications must be filed for organizing activities in the museum such as lectures, surveys and video recordings, and the activities can be organized only upon approval.

For more information, click here http://en.chnumuseum.cn.

1. Where is this text probably taken from?

A．A newspaper.	B．A text book.
C．An official website.	D．An academic article.

2. How many ways to make a reservation?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

3. What are you forbidden to do at the museum?

A．Pass the security check.	B．Organize any kind of activity.
C．Enter the museum at noon.	D．Explore the museum with pets.

10 . 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why does Monica choose Tai Chi instead of yoga?

A．It enjoys popularity.

B．It requires less tension.

C．It reflects Chinese culture.

2. What’s the true significance of Tai Chi?

A．Maintaining balance.

B．Strengthening muscles.

C．Preventing diseases.