1 . Chinese singer Gong Linna released her new song, titled Return Home, which describes the overseas Chinese people’s longing for their homeland.

Performed in Chaoshan dialect, the song is part of Gong’s music project, which has the singer perform songs in different Chinese dialects. “It is very challenging to sing in Chaoshan dialect, which is a new language to me, and thanks to the songwriter Danny Sim and the song’s producer Wesley Tan, who speak the dialect, I received intensive training and practised very hard,” says Gong. “The beauty of dialects lies in telling stories of different places. It’s like a music al map, allowing me to explore different places through dialects.”

The idea of the song came from Qiaopi, a unique form of mail that served as both a letter and a remittance (汇款) sent by overseas Chinese people to their families in provinces of Guangdong and Fujian in the 19th and 20th centuries. At that time, many of those emigrants, particularly from Guangdong and Fujian, sent money back home to support their families, as well as communicating with their beloved ones and expressing their longing to be reunited.

“Dialects are a source of knowledge, traditions and the country’s cultural heritage. When I listen to a song performed in a dialect, I feel the local culture instantly even though I never go there and know nothing about the place,” says Sim, who wrote lyrics for the song, adding that there are a growing number of musicians in China performing in dialects, which allow listeners to get an emotional touch.

“Chaoshan dialect links people from the region. However, like many languages, it’s dying. Many young people, especially children, rarely speak the dialect, which is a sad thing.” Sim says, explaining why he is keen on writing songs by using the dialect, “I love my hometown and by writing songs in the dialect, I feel close to my home. Maybe that is, culture identity.”

1. What difficulty did Gong face when performing the song?

A．She had the language barrier.	B．The culture was unfamiliar to her.
C．The song had to fit in with the whole project.	D．There were many unknown stories in the song.

2. What does paragraph 3 mainly tell us about the song?

A．Its history.

B．Its influence.

C．Its inspiration.

D．Its significance.

3. What can we infer about the songs performed in dialects according to Sim?

A．They are dropping in numbers.	B．They are seldom sung by young singers.
C．They can stimulate affective bond.	D．They help us know many unknown places.

4. What drives Sim to write songs in Chaoshan dialect?

A．A sense of duty as a song writer.	B．A sense of belonging to his hometown.
C．His eagerness to revive Chaoshan culture.	D．His addiction to the charm of the dialect.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What was Willis Conover?

A．A jazz musician.

B．A radio announcer.

C．A music producer.

2. When was Willis told that he should work in radio?

A．When he acted in a school play.

B．When he attended a jazz concert.

C．When he entered a spelling competition.

3. Which city was the center of a very important jazz movement?

A．Washington D.C.

B．New York City.

C．Buffalo.

4. Who was the heart of jazz according to Willis?

A．Duke Ellington.

B．Count Basie.

C．Louis Armstrong.

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，并将答案填写在答题卡上。

Shao Bolin (1930-2023) is recognized     1     a legend in design that created and oversaw iconic postage stamps. Shao passed away in January. Last week, his former colleagues, friends and relatives held a gathering     2     (remember) him and recall his anecdotes (轶事). Shao had a vivid     3     (imagine), as well as the spirit to reform the outlook of Chinese stamp design, and worked hard in design.

Shao designed more than 100 stamps, many of     4     are still highly sought after among collectors. One highly sought-after stamp, the “Golden Monkey Stamp”,     5     (issue) in 1980 to celebrate the Year of the Monkey. China Post produced several remarkable stamps with the help of Shao and other artists, thus     6     (make) more people learn about these artists and their work.

Xin, a son of Shao Bolin and a designer in his own right, says his father was interested in different aspects of art like photography.     7     he did not own a camera because he was living a frugal life back in the 1980s, Shao became     8     amateur photographer. And he     9     (eventual) purchased one in 1991, the year he retired.

“My father was down-to-earth and low-key. He believed in hard work. He always said to us that knowledge and abilities were     10     helped a person find themselves a place in the world.”

4 . Accompanied by typical Jin opera music, a red-faced performer with a long beard showed up at the hall of a high school in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. All the students in the hall stood up and craned (伸长) their necks to get a better look. In their eyes, Jin opera was something from the past.

They are not alone. It goes without saying that kids nowadays are much more familiar with popular music than traditional opera, which is why performing artist Wu Lingyun, together with his colleagues, goes to campuses to promote the art.

Wu Lingyun is best known for his role as Guan Gong, a general during the late Han Dynasty period.

Wu began playing the role in 1985, at the age of 21, and has been associated with it ever since.

Wu was significantly influenced by his parents, both of whom are also famous Jin opera performers. With a natural talent for performing and great effort, Wu was soon recognized by audiences and later awarded the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award in 2000, the highest award for Chinese drama performing arts.

Given Wu’s considerable fame, one might think he would now prefer to enjoy a life of leisure. However, this is far from the case. Deep down, Wu has a big dream. He pictures a growing future for Jin opera. Wu expected more chances for more people to get to know about the art, hoping Jin opera could become a worldwide art.

Wu has also made some changes to the traditional art to bring it up-to-date.“Jin opera should keep pace with the times if we want to bring it back to life and get the young generation to accept it,“ he says. “An art without life can never survive”“

1. How did the students react to the performance at the hall?

A．They became bored.

B．They got disappointed.

C．They felt curious.

D．They looked casual

2. What do we know about Wu Lingyun?

A．He got a top award in 2000.	B．He started his performance in his teens.
C．He now enjoys a leisure life.	D．He became famous because of his parents.

3. What does Wu Lingyun expect of Jin opera?

A．It’ll be studied as a college major.	B．It’ll be officially recognized.
C．It’ll have an easier performing form.	D．It’ll be popular across the world.

4. Which of the following best describes Wu Lingyun?

A．Humorous.

B．Kind-minded.

C．Cautious.

D．Devoted.

5 . The day before we met, Juliette Binoche was in the French Alps. Today , she’s sitting in her room in Berlin’s Hotel Marriott.“We arrived last night at 12,”she says, casually brushing off her tight schedule. It ‘s been this way for four decades now , ever since she became a real hit at the Cannes FilmFestival as a 21-year-old , starring in 1985’s Rendez-vous. The film was well received and“La Binochas the French call her , was born.

Almost immediately, people were deeply attracted by this charming young lady. “After Rendez-vous,when I started , somebody asked me about doing an autobiography of my life… when I was 21 !”she reveals , quite shocked at this absurd(荒唐的)idea.”Some people actually thought about it.”

Instead , Binoche concentrated on a constant rise through the ranks of world cinema. Rather than addicted to the fame and wealth brought by Hollywood,Binoche simply continued working with celebrated filmmakers from-around the globe ,developing a reputation as a risk-taker.“For me, the risk is to repeat myself or get into a comfort zone that is not opening my horizons(视野),”she says.

Now 58, there isn’t much this extraordinary artist hasn ‘t done. On stage, she starred with Akram Khan at London ‘s National Theatre in dance piece In-i.”When you’re not a dancer , then you see that you need courage , you need trust and you need magic that is inside you that is going to take place,”she says. She also sang in the show It ‘s Almost Nothing and would love to film a musical. Which one? “I would never answer that,”she smiles.“ A film is a connection of different people.”In other words,about creative magic.

1. What do we know about Juliette Binoche in Paragraph 1 ?

A．She stayed busy after gaining fame.

B．She acted as a film star in Rendez-vous.

C．She went sightseeing in European countries.

D．She was named“La Binoche”by the German.

2. What did Juliette Binoche do after Rendez-vous?

A．She wrote an autobiography.

B．She worked in her comfort zone.

C．She kept climbing the career ladder.

D．She sought more fame and fortune.

3. What does the author mainly intend to tell us in the text?

A．Youth time passes in an instant.

B．Fame and wealth make no sense.

C．Suffering is the best teacher of life.

D．Life needs challenge and innovation.

4. Where is the text most probably taken from?

A．A magazine.

B．A novel.

C．diary.

D．A guidebook.

6 . As the saying goes, “Interest is the seed of everything”. Since childhood, Cantero had been living with football that had a _________ effect on her. She had always loved football as well as art, and fortunately she found a way to _________ the two things.

Lili Cantero prepared a new colorful show of her works to take to the World Cup in Qatar. The 29-year-old artist was famous for _________ soccer shoes for stars. Her new artworks included shoes and balls with pictures and designs. Many of them were _________ by the Middle Eastern nation, Qatar, and especially its capital Doha brought her lots of _________ ideas. The city welcomed national teams from the world to _________ in the World Cup.

Cantero _________ sent a pair of shoes to Argentine star Lionel Messi. The shoes had fancy details with black and white image of the _________ and his family. She didn’t know if Messi would even receive the shoes. But _________, she received a photo of Messi holding them. That marked a turning point in her__________. Then her colorful designs __________ other stars. She even met a famous former Brazilian star and gave him a pair of __________ and a football showing a kiss his mother had given him after winning an award in 2005.

In Qatar, Cantero planned to show eight footballs with designs that showed her __________ for eight countries winning the World Cup, thinking that they were __________ of the admiration of all. Finally, the footballs were the centerpiece of the World Cup exhibition, while the boots were presented within three-dimensional __________ looking like the stadiums that Qatar built for the World Cup.

1.

A．slight

B．limited

C．significant

D．temporary

2.

A．compare

B．explain

C．investigate

D．connect

3.

A．making

B．painting

C．purchasing

D．donating

4.

A．inspired

B．checked

C．sponsored

D．arranged

5.

A．narrow

B．conventional

C．novel

D．literary

6.

A．turn

B．compete

C．speak

D．explore

7.

A．still

B．never

C．often

D．ever

8.

A．artist

B．judge

C．player

D．photographer

9.

A．in surprise

B．in vain

C．on time

D．on hand

10.

A．plan

B．career

C．team

D．stadium

11.

A．confused

B．hurt

C．changed

D．drew

12.

A．sweaters

B．glasses

C．boots

D．socks

13.

A．respect

B．insurance

C．debt

D．cost

14.

A．aware

B．worthy

C．ignorant

D．suspicious

15.

A．maps

B．rocks

C．movements

D．structures

7 . Selvidge hopes to attend art or film school after graduation. Being a writer, director, actor and musician, Selvidge admits that his ability to adapt to his _______ environment is his strength. Of course, it is the very _______ that helps him with difficulties. However, he didn't gain it without _______.

At the age of 13, Selvidge _______ his hometown Dickson, Tennessee in _______ of a better life. In the following 4 years, he was just living with his friends and bouncing around wherever he could. That lasted _______ both his parents died off. The police were going to _______him over to a local shelter. However, at his father's funeral, his half-brother in Arizona offered to _______him to start over.

Selvidge saw the move as an opportunity to start a _______ life. The first day he came to Perry High School, he ________ to the Theatre Club and finally gained a role to play. That was the beginning of his ________ career. Last year he directed his own play and ________ in a musical and two comedies. Seeing his wonderful stage performance, debate coach Jim Fountain ________ Selvidge, believing his talents could take him far. ________, Selvidge did it well too. He won the state championship and will represent his state to ________ on the national stage for debate in June.

“He has suffered many that are ________ to kids his ages” his director, Shelley, explains why Selvidge can ________ the audience's eyes so well. “He has a ________ understanding of the human condition, which allows him to interpret emotions of various ________ with ease. In this sense, it is ________ that shaped what he is today.”

1.

A．economic

B．changeable

C．social

D．familiar

2.

A．patience

B．kindness

C．virtue

D．bravery

3.

A．interest

B．patience

C．luck

D．suffering

4.

A．left

B．worked for

C．missed

D．returned to

5.

A．favor

B．memory

C．search

D．celebration

6.

A．since

B．after

C．if

D．until

7.

A．roll

B．hand

C．carry

D．drag

8.

A．defend

B．assess

C．support

D．teach

9.

A．new

B．free

C．political

D．healthy

10.

A．complained

B．stuck

C．contributed

D．applied

11.

A．acting

B．composing

C．writing

D．coaching

12.

A．hosted

B．starred

C．spoke

D．debated

13.

A．sought out

B．dreamed of

C．told off

D．relied on

14.

A．Strangely

B．Certainly

C．Interestingly

D．Basically

15.

A．jump

B．graduate

C．play

D．compete

16.

A．critical

B．relevant

C．open

D．uncommon

17.

A．catch

B．meet

C．widen

D．test

18.

A．shared

B．normal

C．deep

D．childish

19.

A．members

B．characters

C．colleagues

D．directors

20.

A．sacrifices

B．choices

C．hardships

D．amusements

8 . After written art had to fight a tough battle for attraction during the first decade of social media, owing to a certain group of writers, it is now on a significant rise. How Instagram and Twitter have offered jumpstarts to careers of authors like Dean Cocozza sets a blueprint for thousands of ambitious writers.

Cocozza started writing lyrics for his music as a teenager. He immediately had to experience that translating art to social media is not as simple as posting whatever his pen put down.

“Anyone who uses the platform with an intent will quickly learn that you only have the glimpse of a moment to catch the viewer’s attention. So the work I shared shifted to be more to the point, often one-liners. Then stuff started to go viral.”

The success and demand for more poems resulted in his first book Zero Dark Thirty, which sold out quickly. Despite the book containing mostly short writings, even said one-liners, Cocozza emphasizes that he doesn’t write for social media. “It was a very personal project resulting from a certain period of time” in his life. There are much bigger things that he works on and plans to get involved in.

Dean Cocozza has brought back emotional depth. In-between monetized (货币化的) content, blatant (明目张胆的) advertising and “perfect lives”, social media holds a spot for a new generation of artists, including literature. Critical thinkers and authentic writers remind the app’s consumers of their emotional human nature. Art galleries and bookstores might have lost a big part of their audience to digital media — but the art itself will always find ways to survive.

1. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 1 refer to?

A．Written art.

B．A tough battle.

C．Social media.

D．A group of writers.

2. What challenged Cocozza when he began to translate art to social media?

A．To earn a living.	B．To draw readers’ attention.
C．To protect his personal life.	D．To show emotional depth.

3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Works with emotional depth are widely accepted on social media.

B．People with perfect lives like social media better.

C．Art galleries and bookstores will soon disappear.

D．Arts of emotion depth still hold value on social media.

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards art in the future?

A．Positive.

B．Carefree.

C．Doubtful.

D．Disapproving.