1 . One year after WildAid started its new program to protect ocean wildlife in China, Chinese world-famous pianist Lang Lang has joined the latest public campaign (运动), “Play Your Part in the Oceans Symphony” on Friday.

The campaign video public service announcement (PSA) impressed the public with Lang Lang playing his song “Stay”, greatly calling attention to the beauty and importance of protecting the marine life in China’s waters such as whale sharks, sea turtles, dolphins and spotted seals.

A new series of messages calls on the public to help protect marine biodiversity (生物多样性) by supporting marine protected areas (MPAs) and the protection of ocean wildlife. The campaign video PSA and billboards, which will be displayed across China, were released (发布) at a Beijing press event hosted by WildAid, with China Green Carbon Foundation and the First Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources (FIO) as key partners.

Ranked among “the world’s 100 most influential people” by Time magazine, Lang Lang has served as WildAid ambassador for more than 12 years, contributed to protecting endangered wildlife and nature. Speaking at the event he said, “we can all play our part in protecting our oceans by taking simple steps, such as refusing to eat endangered wildlife such as sea turtles, reporting illegal wildlife trade, and reducing the use of single-use plastics.”

WildAid also designed online activities for this campaign in which Lang Lang invites users to re-create his song “Stay” through the two most popular social platforms in China: Weibo and Tik Tok.

Lang Lang joined this campaign following a survey report conducted by WildAid and FIO that discusses public awareness of MPAs and marine biodiversity in China.

The report finds that more than 80% of the survey takers believe that MPAs are very important, but their understanding of the functions of MPAs is low. More than half do not know the term “marine biodiversity” and have not received enough information about marine protection.

“Play Your Part in the Oceans Symphony” campaign PSA and billboards will be given out at outdoor places across China, reaching millions of viewers.

1. What is the purpose of the latest PSA of WorldAid?

A．To show the special beauty of marine life in China’s waters.

B．To stress the importance of protecting China’s ocean wildlife.

C．To call on the public to support marine protected areas (MPAs).

D．To invite world-famous pianist Lang Lang to join the campaign.

2. What does Lang Lang ask people to do to protect the ocean life?

A．Report illegal wildlife hunting to FIO.	B．Stop eating endangered wildlife.
C．Re-create his song “Stay” on line.	D．Call on friends to join the campaign.

3. What is one of the findings of the survey report?

A．Lots of Chinese do not clearly know how to protect the ocean life.

B．The Chinese public would like to help protect marine biodiversity.

C．The Chinese public awareness of marine biodiversity should be raised.

D．Weibo and Tik Tok are the two most popular social platforms in China.

4. Which of the following best describe the campaign PSA?

A．Interesting.

B．Demanding.

C．Beneficial.

D．Enjoyable.

2 . 根据短文选择适当的单或短语填空，每空只填一个单词，必要时要作适当的形式变化。注意备选词中有多余的词汇。

took charge of       looked forward to            is concerned about        signed is acknowledged as       signaled             genius          extraordinary                  aware of        Editor                 Seeking          absorbed in     atmosphere        disaster     flexible       clapping

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer. He     1     one of the greatest composers in the history of music. In February 1824, the famous German composer's ninth symphony was finally completed. As he proudly     2     his name at the bottom of the page, Beethoven tried to imagine how people would respond when they heard it for the first time. Before the performance, the backstage     3     at a very famous theatre in Vienna was tense. Beethoven was afraid that the performance would be a     4    . After all, what use is a conductor who could not hear his orchestra——even if he is a musical     5    ?

The audience did not hesitate to applaud(鼓) loudly as the    6     composer walked out onto the stage for the first time in 12 years. The theatre’s musical director, Michael joined him and together the two men     7     the orchestra. For more than an hour, Beethoven jumped about in front of the orchestra, waving his arms wildly in the air, and madly turning the pages of his score.

As the final, joyous note     8     the end of the symphony, the audience jumped to their feet,     9     and cheering. But Beethoven continued conducting, still     10     his performance. It was not until Caroline, one of the singers, took his arm and turned him to face the audience that the great man realized his symphony was a success.

3 . At the International Grand Bazaar (大巴扎集市) in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区), Wang Ge, a paper-cutting artist, runs a small store where dazzling examples of her work are on display in the popular tourist destination. With just a pair of scissors and paper, the 65-year-old native craftswoman creates traditional animal paper-cuts, fruit, land-mark buildings and even complicated dance scenes.

Wang is an inheritor (继承者) of Xinjiang’s precious cultural heritage of paper cutting. Growing up in the region and influenced by diverse ethnic cultures, she is committed to telling Xinjiang stories through her paper cutting while protecting and promoting the traditional folk art.

She has cultivated her craft since childhood and grew up in a family fond of the skill. At the age of 4, she began to copy her grandmother and mother, using scissors to cut out patterns of flowers, birds, fish and insects. Wang recalls her grandmother was skilled at cutting traditional window decorations for weddings and Spring Festival.

“Paper cutting is a combination of folk art and daily life,” said Wang, who graduated from the art department of Xinjiang Normal University. During her decades of paper cutting, she has been inspired by real-life experiences, especially those relating to ethnic culture in the region. She often travels to Kashgar, Hotan and Aksu prefectures in southern Xinjiang to explore how local ethnic people live.

“The bazaar is a window on Xinjiang,” she said. “I hope that I can spread Chinese cultural heritage to people of different ages and from different countries.” After the COVID-19 outbreak, Wang gave online lectures on paper cutting, attracting 100,000 viewers and teaching students unable to attend school how to cut the images of medical workers from paper. Wang said she was pleased to see pupils who lacked colored paper painting the white paper red and green as a substitute art form.

1. What does the underlined word “cultivated” mean?

A．Protected.

B．Sold.

C．Developed.

D．Showed

2. The following factors have influenced Wang to be a craftswoman EXCEPT ____________.

A．studying art at university

B．keeping touch with ethnic culture

C．living in a family with preference to paper-cutting

D．taking lessons on the Internet during Covid-19

3. Wang can be best described as____________.

A．optimistic and ambitious	B．skillful and devoted
C．thoughtful and energetic	D．traditional and kind

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Wang is good at using Internet even at an old age.

B．Traditional culture can be an effective way to spread social value.

C．There are still lots of students too poor to go to school.

D．Online teaching can help produce different art forms.

5. What’s the purpose of writing the passage?

A．To promote Xinjiang’s tradition.	B．To introduce a paper-cutting artist.
C．To tell how paper-cutting is spread.	D．To explain why paper-cutting is attractive.

4 . From the outside, Taylor Swift — an 11-time Grammy Award winner with 55.5 million monthly online listeners — seems to be used to success.

But at New York University’s graduation ceremony in May of 2022, the 32-year-old country music singer-songwriter told her schoolmates that her achievements were really a result of something else: moments of rejection (否决). “The times I was told ‘no’ or wasn’t included, wasn’t chosen, didn’t win-looking back, it really feels like those moments were as important as. If not more significant than, the moments I was told ‘yes.’ ” Swift said.

Swift said those depressing moments made her feel “hopelessly lonely” growing up, starting at a very young age. As a kid, she said, she would be angry about not getting invited to sleepovers (在外过夜). She remembered connecting with music managers at age 13, and being told that “only 35-year-old housewives listen to country music.”

Her responses to those moments were impressive. Alone in her room, she’d write songs “that would get me a ticket somewhere else.” She posted songs online and connected with other teenage country fans online.

Working on her music and herself — instead of thinking about being told “no” — paid off. She signed a development deal at age 13, had a songwriting contract a year later and a recording contract by age 15, released her first album at age 16, and won four Grammys at age 20 in 2010.

Her advice to the class of 2022: Learn to live with those discouraging experiences. “My experience has been that my mistakes led to the best things in my life,” she said. “And being embarrassed when you mess up? It’s part of the human experience. Getting back up, dusting yourself off and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it, that’s a gift.”

1. What led to her success according to Taylor Swift?

A．Her ambition to win an award.	B．The support from online listeners.
C．The important moments in her life.	D．Her experiences of being refused.

2. Which is Taylor’s reaction to her depressing moments?

A．Composing songs.	B．Sharing her stories.
C．Making friends online.	D．Reflecting on her failure.

3. What can we learn from Taylor Swift’s story?

A．Education is the key to success.	B．Our attitude towards failure matters.
C．It’s important to avoid our mistakes.	D．We should work hard since an early age.

5 . 阅读文本，在空白处填入适当的单词（部分空有首字母或中文提示）。

The Scream was painted by Edvard Munch in 1893. What makes it striking is that it shows a thin f    1     with an expression of fear, whose mouth is letting out a     2     (强有力的) scream. In his dairy, Munch talked about what     3     (激发，使产生灵感) him, and described the     4     (场景) when he heard the scream of nature. Many experts say that The Scream is connected to Munch's m    5     health problems, which caused him a lot of pain.

6 . 用所给单词（词块）的正确形式完成短文，并把答案填写在答题卷相应的位置上。

terrible       argue       explain       decline       live on       fail       cut off     talent     encourage       popular

Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30,1853, in Zundert, a small village in southern Holland. He loved to draw, and his works showed his     1    , but no one     2     him to become an artist.

As a young adult, he wandered from job to job with little success and money, becoming more and more hopeless with each    3    . However, before his 27^th birthday, he realized that he was meant to be a painter, and he began to study art. Few who lived in Van Gogh's time liked his work, however. Many laughed when they saw his paintings, which hurt the sensitive artist     4    .

One day, after having a/an    5    with a fellow artist, Van Gogh took a razor（刮胡刀）and     6     his own earlobe. He never     7     why he injured himself. His mental（精神上的）health started to     8     On the afternoon of July 27, 1890, he shot himself and died at the age of 37.

Over a century after his death, Van Gogh remains extremely     9    . We find pieces of ourselves in him. This may also explain the high price paid for Van Gogh's works. Of course, people are buying great art, but they are also buying a piece of his story, which     10     forever, just like his works.

7 . There was a fine piece of carving stone material, but it was ruined by an unskilled sculptor. Mistakenly, he dug a hole on the part that was originally for the figure's leg. So this rare piece of marble （大理石）was abandoned in a church.

One day, someone called in Michelangelo. They believed only he was able to make use of this piece of marble. Michelangelo looked at the stone and concluded that he could carve out a beautiful figure as long as he got the design adjusted to hide the damaged part.

Michelangelo decided to carve the young David. One day, the mayor （市长）of the city entered the studio. He regarded himself as a carving expert and appreciated the work. He told Michelangelo that his work was a fantastic masterpiece, but the nose was too big.

Michelangelo knew the mayor was standing right below the statue, so his visual angle was incorrect. Without a word, he asked the mayor to climb up the platform following him to the nose position. He then picked up a tool and some small pieces of marble. Michelangelo began to carve gently with the tool and made the collected stone pieces in his hand drop bit by bit. In fact, he didn’t change the nose, but it seemed as if he did. After several minutes, he stood aside and said, “Now, have a look!"

The mayor answered, "This is better. You have made it true to life."

Everyone believes they are right. If you try to persuade others to change their grounds by words, the reasoning of your argument may fall on deaf ears. Learn to prove the correctness of ideas in an indirect way. Getting the support of others through your own actions will be more powerful. One can never win if he only relics on arguments.

1. Why was Michelangelo invited to make the sculpture?

A．The former sculptor broke the figure's leg.

B．He could design a young David for a church.

C．The mayor believed he could do a good job.

D．He could reuse the rare damaged material.

2. Which of the following best describes Michelangelo?

A．Dishonest.	B．Responsible.
C．Overconfident.	D．Intelligent.

3. What does the underlined word “grounds” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Lifestyles.	B．Hobbies.
C．Opinions.	D．Floors.

4. What can we learn from the story?

A．A smart move is better than words.

B．Do what you say and say what you do.

C．Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.

D．From small beginning come great things.