1 . Four Best Music Festivals Worth Attending This Year

Big Ears

When: March 21 — 24

Where: Knoxville, Tennessee

Named for the open-minded approach to listening it asks attendees to have, Big Ears regularly hosts contemporary classical music performances along with adventurous rock, jazz, metal and electronic music. For four days, Big Ears transforms the city into a paradise (天堂) for music of all kinds, taking over music halls, clubs and churches, all of which are centrally located and within walking distance.

Ultra Music Festival

When: March 22 — 24

Where: Miami, Florida

Considered as one of the best electric music events in the world, Ultra Music Festival features electronic dance music (EDM), techno and house music. Attendees are referred to as “Ultranauts” and come from around the globe to party in downtown Miami. This year’s line-up includes Calvin Harris, Afrojack, David Guetta and Zeds Dead.

Jazz & Heritage Festival

When: April 25 — May 5

Where: New Orleans, Louisiana

Held annually since 1970, Jazz Fest is also one of the biggest. Nearly half a million people show up to take in a massive bill of jazz, blues and rock music. While most festivals are content to book the same handful of reunited alt-rock (另类摇滚) bands making the rounds, Jazz Fest always takes pride in hall-of-fame headliners. This year’s line-up goes well beyond jazz with names like the Foo Fighters, Chris Stapleton, Hozier and Earth, Wind & Fire.

SXSW

When: March 8 — 16

Where: Austin, Texas

The first SXSW was held in 1987 and since then the festival has grown both in terms of attendance — by some counts, 280,000 people attended the festival in 2019 — and in terms of influence: SXSW is Austin’s biggest profit-producing event and one of the most important gatherings on the nation’s entertainment calendar. The event is broken down into several parts, including SXSW Music, SXSW Film and SXSW Comedy.

1. What can you do at the festival of Big Ears?

A．Listen to various kinds of music.	B．Enjoy comedy shows every day.
C．Watch classical films in a church.	D．Explore a paradise for nature lovers.

2. Where should you go to attend one of the world’s best electric music events?

A．Knoxville, Tennessee.	B．Miami, Florida.
C．New Orleans, Louisiana.	D．Austin, Texas.

3. Which festival lasts the longest this year?

A．Big Ears.	B．Ultra Music Festival.
C．Jazz &Heritage Festival.	D．SXSW.

2 . “Nice guys finish last!” I have _______ that phrase literally hundreds of times over the years. There were even a few times when I believed it myself. But if I ever need a reminder of just how _______ that line is, I only need to recall what happened to me recently.

It was a cold and drizzling morning. I had just finished taking my son to school. Road work, however, had _______ me and I was running late 20 minutes. I still had a full day’s worth of work to do and felt a little _______. I had to pick up some things at the local _______ before heading home.

When I was checking out, an old couple asked me for a _______ going back the way I’d already came. My busy brain wanted to say: “no”, but_______ the better angels of my heart said, “yes”. They climbed in my car and I _______ down the road. During the trip we talked and laughed and after I_______them off, they thanked me for what I had done.

As I turned around the car and headed back home I felt a warmth in my heart and a ________ in my soul. I glanced in the rear view mirror and saw I was smiling without knowing it. Then the sun broke through the clouds and the sky seemed to________down on me as well. I may have been more behind the ________than ever but in that moment I felt I was right where I was________ to be.

When it comes to money, ________ and fame in this world then it might be true that sometimes nice guys do finish last. But when it comes to the heart, soul and mind, nice guys finish________

1.

A．taught

B．heard

C．adapted

D．created

2.

A．false

B．true

C．simple

D．straight

3.

A．found

B．limited

C．impressed

D．delayed

4.

A．motivated

B．confused

C．stressed

D．thrilled

5.

A．store

B．garden

C．library

D．park

6.

A．lift

B．gift

C．chance

D．leave

7.

A．secretly

B．thankfully

C．desperately

D．purposefully

8.

A．drove on

B．walked forward

C．headed back

D．pulled over

9.

A．paid

B．saw

C．set

D．dropped

10.

A．sympathy

B．peace

C．recovery

D．pain

11.

A．come

B．look

C．bend

D．smile

12.

A．door

B．wheel

C．scene

D．schedule

13.

A．used

B．meant

C．taught

D．left

14.

A．love

B．belief

C．power

D．truth

15.

A．first

B．last

C．most

D．least

3 . One of the most popular therapists (治疗师) in University of Rochester (UR) smells like chips, pees outside, and doesn’t mind eating baby carrots off the ground. Sasha, a five-year-old golden dog, runs her practice out of a second-flour office in the Interfaith Chapel that she shares with her owner-Dr. Denise Yarbrough. During their office hours, which run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m, on Mondays and Fridays, the messy puppy is likely to greet you with tail wags, happy “woof”, and even her two front paws lifting. It’s this patented charm that allows Sasha to meet the needs of a crowd of students who drop in to see UR’s first and most accessible therapy dog in residence.

But the path to her puppy Ph.D still called for three rounds of training. First was a two-week residential camp on the essentials — sit, stay, come, heel, ete. There her natural fondness for “people pleasing” revealed itself on her very first day! That training was followed by the eight- week Canine Good Citizen program, where she learned how to stay calm in crowds, to resist reacting to other dogs, and to be comfortable with Yarbrough leaving her side. A five-week therapy dog specific course was the last step in her journey. There she studied approaching people with mobility aids like wheelchairs, tolerating loud noises, and the importance of the “leave it!” command, among other things.

Sasha passed the therapy dog exams at nine months old but couldn’t get certificated until she was one year old. The pandemic postponed her on-campus arrival, but Yarbrough did eventually get to bring her to work, and students consequently fell in love, “I have this constant stream of students, and obviously this is meeting a need.” Yarbrough said. “This is the third year we’re doing this, and she does get a pretty steady stream of friends coming in on the days that she’s here.” Since then, Sasha’s role in the community has ballooned.

1. What do we know about Sasha from the first paragraph?

A．She works six hours every day.

B．She goes to the office as Dr.Yarbrough’s pet.

C．She attracts students with improper behaviour.

D．She works by actively interacting with students.

2. What inborn nature did Sasha show in the training?

A．The resisting reaction.

B．Ability to aid the disabled.

C．Fondness for people pleasing.

D．Obeying the commands precisely.

3. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．The popularity of Sasha.

B．The expectation of Yarbrough.

C．The hardship of Sasha’s work.

D．The feedback of the community.

4. What is the writing purpose of this text?

A．To present puppy training strategies.

B．To introduce a special campus therapist.

C．To launch an appeal for animal conservation.

D．To highlight the significance of pets’company.

4 . Years ago, as a young business reporter, I interviewed an advertising executive. I was there to ask about the latest _________. But when I sat down, he wanted to talk about writing fiction. He spent hours meeting with clients and crafting slogans, but he dreamed of being a(n) _________ instead.

A decade or so later, however, I was _________ to see the advertiser on TV, holding up his new _________. James Patterson had _________ into a best-selling author. “Maybe I was delusional (痴心妄想), but I _________ thought of myself as an advertising person,” he told me when asked how he’d done it. “I always _________ to be a writer. It was always in my head.”

Mr. Patterson’s ability to see himself as a writer _________ a concept known as “possible selves”. It describes how people _________ their futures: what they may become, or want to become, or even fear becoming.

The term, __________ in 1986 by the social psychologists Hazel Markus and Paula Nurius, grew out of some __________ on self-concept and self-perception. A possible self can take you __________ daydreams, which are often fleeting and not necessarily grounded in __________. It can come to fruition (实现) “if you build a __________ from your ‘now’ self to the possible self,” Dr. Markus said.

If you want a change, imagine your possible self and __________.

1.

A．campaign

B．budget

C．hobby

D．travel

2.

A．entrepreneur

B．novelist

C．consultant

D．specialist

3.

A．relieved

B．delighted

C．terrified

D．surprised

4.

A．envelope

B．magazine

C．book

D．journal

5.

A．expanded

B．changed

C．ranged

D．migrated

6.

A．never

B．merely

C．nearly

D．ever

7.

A．hesitated

B．deserved

C．planned

D．learned

8.

A．creates

B．contradicts

C．introduces

D．illustrates

9.

A．build

B．embrace

C．envision

D．secure

10.

A．bought

B．coined

C．imagined

D．promoted

11.

A．researches

B．advertisements

C．suggestions

D．regulations

12.

A．through

B．along

C．within

D．beyond

13.

A．responsibility

B．earth

C．reality

D．truth

14.

A．shelter

B．bridge

C．barrier

D．platform

15.

A．take action

B．make it

C．settle down

D．stay awake

5 . I was an environmental educator, tasked with instilling nature consciousness in young minds. My boss gave me standards for my nature hikes: “Educate students about river pollution”,“Inform students of regional endangered species”, or “Equip students to understand recycling.” While I did my best to engage with my tag-alongs, and give them an outdoor adventure, I noticed a disturbing tend — when the kids talked about their own relationships with nature, they were   full of guilt and fear.

Through the continuous stream of information now available in the modern age, the kids’ young minds were filled with the knowledge of deforestation, forest fires, extinct species, polluted waterways, and celebrities telling them to “do better”. Well-meaning but heavy-handed programs laid these big, scary problems at their feet, and then offered little help for tiny hands. After participating in classes like this for years, I can confidently report that the result of such teaching was often little more than helplessness, and continued disconnection from nature .

Rather than scaring kids, we need to use fun, adventure, discovery, and locally connected efforts to truly educate children about their world. I’ d like to advocate different approaches: Making creative art projects with things that can be found in nature or in daily life to show them the importance of conserving resources, creating a model ocean to teach them about ocean oil spills (泄漏) and pollution: gardening with them and teaching them about how plants grow so as to give them experience with taking care of nature, taking them to a zoo, farm, beach, or forest to see different types of animals.

While it’s important that we all collectively help raise today’s children to be tomorrow’s   environimental advocates, it deserves more attention to how to raise an environmentally conscious child to care about the environment without guilt or fear.

1. What does the underlined word “tag-alongs” in paragraph 1 refer to?

A．Hikes

B．Surveys.

C．Colleagues.

D．Students.

2. Why did kids feel guilty and fearful?

A．They lacked knowledge of climate change.

B．Regional species were endangered or dangerous.

C．Real information on the environment was inaccessible.

D．They were burdened with enormous negative eco issues.

3. What is the author’s attitude towards the present envirommental education?

A．Unconcerned.

B．Critical.

C．Favorable.

D．Unclear.

4. Which of the following approaches is advocated by the author?

A．Making crafts out of empty tissue boxes.

B．Reading the books about resource recycling.

C．Lecturing students on ocean spills and pollution.

D．Watching videos about plant growing in the classroom.

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

Thoughts don’t have to be “real” or “true” to create failure or success in our lives. They just have to be believed.

Tim had always been weak in math. In high school, he had failed algebra (代数) three times before he eventually passed. Gradually, he began to accept it as an unchangeable fact. Then in college, the biggest problem that stood between him and his degree came in junior year— he had to take statistics, about which all the horror stories were circulating.

One day he was called into his professor’s office. Professor Fine, a short, stout man with thinning hair and a forever smile, sat on the front of his desk reading Tim’s record. “My son, this is your lucky day.” he looked up and repeated, “This is indeed your lucky day. You’re going to be great in stats (统计数据).” He had a huge smile on his face.

“How’s that, Doc?” Tim asked.

The professor shrugged. “You have the second kind of mind. Listen. First kind of minds are the kids who do well in algebra but don’t get stats. But second kind of mind is like yours. Kids who don’t get algebra understand statistics with no problem. They are different kinds of math that take different kinds of mind. Since you failed algebra three times, I’d guess you’d get an A in stats.” He raised his hands over his head.

“Really?” Tim asked, confused.

Professor Fine jumped to the floor and looked square (诚实的) in his eyes. “Really, and I’m happy for you. You never gave up, and now it’s going to pay off.” Then he shook Tim’s hand and slapped his back with great enthusiasm.

Tim was wild with joy at the news.

After that day, each time they met, there was a smile of approval on Professor Fine’s face and an enthusiastic handshake. Eventually, Tim began to tell his friends how well he expected to do in statistics.

注意：
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。

This unusual change in attitude affected all Tim’s grades.

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After the graduation ceremony, Tim went to professor Fine’s office.

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8 . 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。

With a history of 600 years, Kunqu Opera,    1     (bear) in the region of Kunshan in today's Suzhou, Jiangsu province, is considered China’s oldest opera form and one of the most     2     (influence) theatrical traditions.    3     many traditional art forms, it was also once on the edge of extinction.

In 2001, Kunqu Opera was listed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, which helped the ancient art form to receive more protection     4     contributed to its revival. Yang Fengyi, artistic director and head of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater,     5     (travel) with her performers to the UNESCO headquarters to witness the historic moment.

Kunqu Opera has distinguished     6     (it) by the virtuosity (精湛技巧) of its rhythmic patterns and its pieces are     7     (close) linked with Chinese literature. In 2003, the Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater worked with Chinese -American writer Kenneth Hsienyung Pai     8     (produce) the “youth version” of a Kunqu Opera production, The Peony Pavilion,     9     classic Ming Dynasty play by playwright Tang Xianzu. Since its premiere in Taiwan in 2004, this version has clocked in about 400     10     (perform), attracting a growing young audience, who consider the art form to be deep, elegant and complicated.

10 . The protesters who had gathered on a lawn in Rome’s central Piazz a Venezia came from neighborhoods all around the capital, but they had one concern in common: saving the towering umbrella pine trees that for centuries have decorated the city’s skyline but are disappearing in alarming numbers.

Celebrated in music and art, and admired by the ancient Romans, the trees are as much a part of the city’s identity as its human-made landmarks. “They are in the hearts, photographs and memories of everyone,” said Jacopa Stinchelli, who is helping lead the defense of the pines, which in recent years have taken a turn for the worse.

An attack by an invasive pest, which sneaked into Italy about a decade ago, has killed many trees. In the eyes of some Romans, however, it’s not just the bugs that are to blame but also a city government that has struggled to deliver basic services.

Critics say that the pines have been subjected to indiscriminate removal, with trees that could still have been saved. They claim that during the past two years at least 4,000 potentially curable trees have been chopped down. While it’s hard to lay responsibility on Rome’s municipal government for the invasion of pests, critics say the city could be doing more to preserve the pines.

The primary method to counter the pest in urban areas involves injecting a special insecticide into the tree to kill the female population. But the current costly and high-maintenance approach “can’t be a permanent solution,” said Pio Federico Roversi, the director of a national research center for plant protection. “We’d better introduce natural predators—animals that kill and eat the pests, which doesn’t pose a risk for the Italian environment,” Mr. Roversi said.

Sabrina Alfonsi, the member of Rome’s City Council, said in an interview that the city had set aside 100 million euros, or $110 million, to care for the city’s green spaces. All infected pines had been treated, she added, the city has begun monitoring all its 350,000 trees of various species.

No solution is likely to eliminate the pest problem entirely, Mr. Roversi said, but it could become manageable “so that the plants no longer suffer.”

1. What can we learn about the umbrella pines in recent years?

A．The distribution is hugely uneven.

B．They have faded out of Roman mind.

C．The number has dropped dramatically.

D．They are used to celebrate special occasions.

2. What should the government do according to the critics?

A．Remove the bugs as soon as possible.

B．Make efforts to defend curable pines.

C．Chop down the trees destroyed by pests.

D．Take responsibility for the invasion of pests.

3. How might the pest problem be better handled?

A．By using natural enemies.

B．By spraying chemical pesticides.

C．By replanting pines resistant to pests.

D．By establishing a nature reserve for pines.

4. What’s the attitude of Roversi to the government’s latest response?

A．Indifferent.

B．Skeptical.

C．Discontented.

D．Approving.