1 . This is a talk by a London taxi driver.
“I’ve been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis.” “It’s a nice job most of time. you meet a lot of people. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon.”
“I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning.”
“Some very strange things happened late at night. The other day I was taking a woman home from a party. She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows.” “I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on. I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came.” They thought I was a thief.
“Luckily, the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!”
1. The driver always worked at night because it was easier to ______.| A．drive | B．make money |
| C．climb in through the window | D．meet a lot of people |
| A．she wanted to have a sleep | B．her husband didn’t open the door for her |
| C．she didn’t want to pay the driver | D．she couldn’t find her key |
| A．early in the morning | B．late at night |
| C．20 miles outside London | D．near the police station |
| A．The driver worked until between 2 and 3 in the morning. |
| B．The police made a mistake. |
| C．The woman had no money to pay the driver. |
| D．The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog. |
2 . A man came home from work late,
“Daddy, may I ask you a question?”
“Yeah, sure.”
“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”
“That’s
“I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?”
“If you
“Oh”, the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I please borrow $10?” The father got angry immediately and flatly
The man stepped into the little boy’s room
The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to
| A．satisfied | B．excited | C．tired | D．surprised |
| A．nothing | B．not | C．none | D．nobody |
| A．specifically | B．strictly | C．seriously | D．impatiently |
| A．need | B．must | C．should | D．dare |
| A．refused | B．accepted | C．opposed | D．denied |
| A．turned down | B．sat down | C．calmed down | D．put down |
| A．quietly | B．rudely | C．politely | D．confidently |
| A．light | B．mood | C．condition | D．company |
| A．asked for | B．waited for | C．paid | D．worked for |
| A．down | B．aside | C．straight | D．still |
| A．yelled | B．said | C．sighed | D．apologized |
| A．hear | B．worry | C．wonder | D．know |
| A．made | B．spent | C．counted | D．lost |
| A．actively | B．carefully | C．directly | D．curiously |
| A．borrow | B．lend | C．buy | D．use |
3 . 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。
As artificial intelligence products steadily improve at pretending to be human, people will increasingly be put in the unsettling situation of not knowing
The study used a game in
“Sadly, we failed at this goal,” says Talal Rahwan, a senior author on the paper,
It seems that there is a long way to go before trust in robots is established.
4 . Yue-Sai Kan was born in China. In 1972, she moved to New York. When Kan was a child, she was told by her father that she should always aim to (力争) be the first because no one remembered the second. What her father said has been a driving inspiration over the years for her to become a bestselling author and a successful businesswoman.
Her new book Be a Pioneer, which is the tenth she has written and her first Chinese-language autobiography (自传), was produced after three years, inspired by her father’s words.
When writing an autobiography, the biggest challenge is not how to present one’s life, but to remember it. To help with reconstructing her story, Kan asked many friends and colleagues she made over the years to write down their memories of her from earlier times. So besides featuring Kan’s own words, the new book is also filled with those of her friends’s, which gives Kan a new understanding of herself — a woman who works hard, studies hard. and the most important thing is that she is a woman filled with a sense of responsibility.
“My helper Stephanie mentioned that I was worried because we were running out of money for the company. My housekeeper reminded me that before the start of one of my events she found that I had fainted (晕倒) in the bathroom. I was so tired that I was getting sick. They know more about me than myself,” Kan says.
“Writing a book is a good business to be in, not so much to make money but to grow the brain. I believe what I do will benefit the world. All the things I have done in Be a Pioneer — my successes and my failures — can be a good example to young people in particular. That’s the main reason why I wrote the book,” adds Kan.
1. What can we know about Kan’s book Be a Pioneer?| A．It took her 10 years to finish. |
| B．It is full of her father’s words. |
| C．It was completed with her friends’ help. |
| D．It tops the tenth on the bestseller list. |
| A．Being short of money. | B．Having no supporters. |
| C．Having to write it in Chinese. | D．Remembering her past. |
| A．To tell Kan is weak in health. |
| B．To show Kan is a worried woman. |
| C．To report the path of writing is difficult. |
| D．To state how Kan’s story was reconstructed. |
| A．Setting an example. | B．Earning money. |
| C．Making herself popular. | D．Proving herself to her father. |
5 . 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。
Meet Yourself,
Actor Li Xian,
Xu Hailong, an associate professor of cultural industry at Capital Normal University, said that the drama could also
| A．She’s only interested in modern cities. |
| B．She prefers to explore the nature. |
| C．She’ll visit the Grand Canyon with a friend. |
7 . 随着经济的发展，越来越多的文化遗产遭到破坏。假设你是红星中学高中生李华，请给当地报社写一封信，谈谈你对保护文化遗产的建议。内容包括：
1.文化遗产的重要性；
2.如何保护文化遗产。
注意:
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Editor,
I am Li Hua, a senior student from Hong Xing High School.
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Sincerely,
Li Hu
The Hangzhou Asian Games were opened on September 23, 2023, drawing worldwide attention. They are not only a grand sports event,
One of
Known as the world’s largest sporting gala, the Hangzhou Asian Games serve as a platform for the athletes to compete. Most importantly, it’s a stage for people’s communication and
9 . My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at
The last time Dad and I set sail together was really unforgettable. It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and
“John!
In my memory he could fix any
Before I could respond, a wave of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller
I swam to Dad quickly and assisted him in climbing onto the hull（船壳）of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward about his flash of
That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start
| A．boating | B．running | C．swimming | D．teaching |
| A．enjoyed | B．desired | C．hated | D．learned |
| A．sent | B．ordered | C．invited | D．allowed |
| A．calm | B．icy | C．stormy | D．thundery |
| A．repeatedly | B．lightly | C．hardly | D．violently |
| A．danger | B．place | C．sport | D．job |
| A．suffered | B．fell | C．froze | D．quit |
| A．Look | B．Help | C．Run | D．Jump |
| A．problem | B．relationship | C．machine | D．boat |
| A．turned to | B．lived with | C．argued with | D．objected to |
| A．if | B．for | C．after | D．but |
| A．got through | B．poured into | C．turned over | D．lifted up |
| A．ashamed | B．protective | C．tired | D．afraid |
| A．pain | B．anger | C．fear | D．shame |
| A．making up | B．getting ready | C．paying off | D．looking out |
In a recently conducted study, researchers have found that the Chinese martial art of Tai Chi could slow down the progression of Parkinson’s (帕金) disease by years.
Tai Chi, with its slow, meditative (冥想的) and deliberate movements,
Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder
