1 . Two and a half months before the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins, and almost six months before it enters its peak (高峰), weathermen are already predicting (预测) that it could be particularly active.

Officially, hurricane season begins from June 1 and runs through November. One reason is that sea surface temperatures in the tropical (热带的) Atlantic are already at record highs.

Meanwhile, another significant potential factor in this year’s hurricane season is taking shape thousands of miles away in the Pacific. Over periods ranging from three to seven years, the waters of the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean warm and cool in turn as a result of a repeating climate pattern called the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). El Niño makes Atlantic hurricanes less likely to form but La Niña does.

During the 2023 season, ENSO was in an El Niño period. However, by the time the 2024 season starts, it will have changed into a “neutral(中立)” period, but that by the peak months, it is likely to have changed fully into a La Niña.

“How quickly that change occurs can affect everything as well,” says DaSilva, a lead hurricane weatherman. “There’s a lag time. So, while we expect the change to occur in mid-summer, it may not be until late summer or fall where we really see those effects across the Atlantic basin.” As a result, he says, this year’s hurricane season could remain particularly active deep into November.

Of course, no report can predict when individual storms will come or the paths they will take, but DaSilva warns that those who live in areas likely to suffer hurricanes, especially around the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, should prepare. “If a tropical storm system comes into this area, it could rapidly strengthen, potentially close to land,” he also warns. “And that’s why people need to be careful and have their hurricane plans ready. Because any system with these kinds of conditions can explode very quickly. That’s what we’re concerned about.”

1. What is the function of Paragraph 1?

A．To give advice.	B．To explain the season.
C．To introduce the topic.	D．To inform a weather report.

2. What is a reason for this year’s hurricane season?

A．The hurricane season has entered its peak.

B．A repeating climate has changed weather in summer.

C．The sea surface temperatures are the highest of all time.

D．El Niño makes Atlantic hurricanes more likely to form.

3. What do the underlined words “a lag time” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．A time delay.	B．A time in a zone.
C．A time waste.	D．A time in advance.

4. What does DaSilva agree with about this year’s hurricane season?

A．It can be exactly predicted ahead of time.

B．People needn’t worry about hurricane season.

C．It may be eventually controlled by weathermen.

D．People can’t be more careful about hurricane season.

2 . Zong Qinghou, a soft drinks giant from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, died of an illness at the age of 79. There has been much mourning at his passing on Feb. 25, 2024 as he was well-known as the founder of a company, headquartered in his hometown in the late 1980s, which later developed into the Wahaha Group, a major soft drinks company.

He is known to the public for three things — his rags-to-riches rise, his long-term frugal (节俭的) lifestyle, and his devotion to promoting China’s national industries. Forbes ranked him, with a wealth of about $5.9 billion, No.53 among Chinese billionaires last year.

Yet besides, it is also worthwhile to think over the question about whether his success in business can be imitated today and what lessons policymakers can learn from his self-made business success as they try to enrich the soil for setting up business.

Before winning a contract (合同) to work as a salesperson of a small school-run factory selling writing materials, iced treats and soft drinks in Hangzhou in 1987, Zong worked as a traveling salesman for nearly a decade after working for 15 years on various posts in local farming communities with Grade-9 education.

His sharp business sense, which he owed to poverty instead of the genes (基因) of the Zhejiang business community, enabled him to recognize business opportunities at a time when the country had just carried out the change from a planned economy to a socialist market one.

The broad space he enjoyed as a sales representative of the factory enabled him to continuously sharpen his sales strategies and enlarge his network of business partners. That not only helped him gather the start-up funds he later used to contract the whole factory, but also influenced his later management style, which he summed up as always trying to make things simpler.

As he told the media, it is the spirit of adventure of his generation and their down-to-earth work style that deserve attention, not his lifestyle, which was a personal choice.

1. Which aspect of Zong Qinghou does Paragraph 2 focus on?

A．His habits.	B．His interest.
C．His lifestyle.	D．His achievements.

2. Why is Zong Qinghou’s early experience mentioned in Paragraph 4?

A．To tell how he won contracts.	B．To tell how different his life was.
C．To show the ways to run a business.	D．To show its influence on his business.

3. What made Zong Qinghou find the chance to start his business?

A．His sharp sense in business.	B．His broad space and freedom.
C．His long-term simple lifestyle.	D．His business community’s genes.

4. Which of the following best describes Zong Qinghou?

A．Modest.

B．Determined.

C．Knowledgeable.

D．Humorous.

3 . Popular destinations boosted by films, TV dramas

Over the past year, several films and TV dramas have put their shooting locations into the public spotlight. Let’s take a look.

Jiangmen in Guangdong province

As a hometown for many overseas Chinese, Jiangmen in Guangdong province, where the drama The Knockout was filmed attracts a crowd of tourists and TV fans. Currently, travel bookings had a 144 percent month-on-month rise.

Taiyuan Ancient County in Shanxi province

Filmed within a community, the movie Full River Red grasps the most important part of the buildings, winding streets and characteristic ancient courtyards of the Taiyuan Ancient County in Shanxi, leaving a lasting impression on the audience. During last year’s Spring Festival, the county witnessed a stream of over 400,000 tourists, more than the previous Spring Festival holiday.

Qingdao in Shandong province

Another hot film during last year’s Spring Festival was The Wandering Earth 2, which shows impressive and grand sci-fi scenes. Interestingly, 90 percent of the film was actually shot in Qingdao Shandong province. For sci-fi fans or film lovers, visiting Qingdao to explore the movie’s filming locations has become a popular trend.

Shanghai

Shanghai, known as the “magic city” in China, has once again attracted the public’s attention with the recent popularity of the TV series Blossoms Shanghai. Data from Shanghai’s tourism monitoring reveals that the city welcomed 7.2 million tourists, a year-on-year increase of 16.27 percent during the holiday.

1. If you’re interested in science fiction, which film or TV drama can you see?

A．The Knockout.	B．Full River Red.
C．The Wandering Earth 2.	D．Blossoms Shanghai.

2. What do the listed cities have in common?

A．They attract more and more young people.

B．They are the hometown of many overseas Chinese.

C．They produce the most famous films or TV dramas.

D．They are increasingly popular because of films or TV dramas.

3. Where can the text most probably be taken from?

A．A science fiction.	B．A travel brochure.
C．A history book.	D．A literature novel.

4 . Do you really need a new phone every 2 years?

If you’re looking to replace or upgrade your smartphone in the coming year, think it over.     1     Do you simply have the desire to get the new, shiny tech? There are some issues to consider besides the new device’s affordability.

Our desire to always have the newest smartphone comes at a high environmental cost. According to Swappie, which repairs and resells iPhones, 1.4 billion new smartphones forecast to be shipped this year will generate 146 million tons of planet-warming emissions.     2    

What can you do ?

Resist the desire to upgrade. If your phone still works, get as much life as you can out of it. “The greenest smart-phone is the one you already own,” Stratton said.

Get it fixed. If your phone breaks, get it repaired directly by the manufacturer or take it to a store to repair your phone brand.     3    

Sell it instead of throwing it. You can sell your used smartphone to specialized repairing companies like Swappie to give it a second life.     4     This is because of the materials used to produce them.

    5     If your phone is completely broken and cannot be sold, you can still recycle it. You just need to do a little bit of research into how and where to correctly recycle it.

A．Make it functioned.

B．Recycle it properly.

C．Do you really need a new phone?

D．Broken phones can still be valuable.

E．Where can you get a new smartphone?

F．83% of them come from producing, shipping and first-year usage.

G．A broken or out-of-order phone can often be fixed through easy repairs.

5 . Have you ever imagined how a doctor spends a day? A _________ day for doctor like me starts around 6 a.m. My husband and I make lunches, and get our three daughters dressed, fed and through the daily _________ of teeth and hair brushing. We give them goodbye kisses and _________ get them out the door for preschool and elementary school. I’ll start seeing patients at 7:30 and _________ until two or 2:30 p.m., sometimes making a quick run to the _________. I rarely have time to eat or to drink a little cold coffee. I see 30 to 40 _________ a day. There are nearly always “fit-ins”—maybe a wound that requires immediate _________, a feverish babies who really needs to be checked out, a patient with a mental health crisis who cannot _________ . These are people I can help now and keep out of the _________ room. After I finish seeing patients, I start being busy with __________ .

This part of the workload badly __________ female doctors. One research analyzing the time spent by doctors on electronic medical records __________ that, besides the patients during the day, female physicians receive about 25 per cent more messages from staff and patients, and have to spend at least 20 per cent more time __________ their inboxes and notes. After two or three hours of paperwork, I fit my family into my day. Then it’s back to the __________ at around 8 p.m. for another three to five hours. I know family doctors who are __________ until two or three in the morning or staying up to deal with paperwork.

Though a busy day ends up with another busy day’s coming, I love my work and the same with my family.

1.

A．typical

B．right

C．official

D．orderly

2.

A．conferences

B．battles

C．affairs

D．accidents

3.

A．gradually

B．deadly

C．obviously

D．eventually

4.

A．require

B．conduct

C．continue

D．involve

5.

A．house

B．authority

C．comment

D．bathroom

6.

A．patients

B．guidelines

C．kids

D．journals

7.

A．hug

B．procedure

C．fund

D．repair

8.

A．cry

B．wait

C．sit

D．jump

9.

A．crowd

B．odd

C．emergency

D．branch

10.

A．paperwork

B．impact

C．strategy

D．application

11.

A．addicts

B．defends

C．affects

D．rescues

12.

A．informed

B．found

C．guessed

D．indicated

13.

A．bringing up

B．shooting past

C．putting forward

D．dealing with

14.

A．computer

B．office

C．freedom

D．experiment

15.

A．up

B．down

C．off

D．away

6 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。

I was about nine the first time I got on a board. Something inside of me connected to surfing unlike any other sport. I had played a bunch of different sports, like baseball, soccer and hockey, but surfing became my true life interest.

By the time I was twelve, I began to compete in surfing. Before long, I was rated number one in the Juniors level of the Pacific Surf Series. I was featured in surfing articles and magazines, and companies began sponsoring me.

Things were really looking up. My lifelong dream of becoming a professional surfer was finally coming to a reality. Then came the day when my life changed forever.

On that day, I watched a little bit of a surf movie to prepare for my surf. I was excited; the waves were going to be so good. When I pulled up to the beach at Zuma, the waves looked great. Then I caught this one perfect south swell peak.

The wave hit me in my back so fast that I didn’t have time to put my hands up. I hit my head on a sandbar beneath the surface of the water. My whole body went numb (麻木), then I was floating face down — unable to move. When the next wave flipped (翻转) me over, I yelled for help. At first nobody came to help me, then finally my best friend, Brad, came over to me. I told him, “You gotta keep my head out of the water or I’m gonna drown!”

Finally, Brad was able to get me out of the water and onto the beach. I knew I was paralyzed (瘫痪). As I lay on my back, my dreams of becoming a pro surfer flashed in front of my eyes. What was going to happen to me? What kind of a life would I have if I was paralyzed forever? This can’t happen to me! Guess what? It did.

注意：
1.续写的短文词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。

At the medical center, I learnt what a serious injury I had.

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I surprised myself by maintaining the will to live.

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7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What was Martin’s first job with the company?

A．A messenger boy.

B．A sales manager.

C．An office assistant.

2. How long has Martin worked for the company?

A．For five years.

B．For ten years.

C．For twenty years.

3. What is Martin going to do?

A．Move to a higher position.

B．Start a business.

C．Go to another company.

4. What is the gift for Martin?

A．A tennis bat.

B．A badminton set.

C．A football.

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where should the students wait for the bus?

A．By the school gate.

B．At the bus stop.

C．In the playground.

2. What does the speaker suggest the students bring?

A．A brush.

B．A packed lunch.

C．A drink.

3. What will the students do in the afternoon?

A．Feed animals.

B．Play baseball.

C．Climb on a wall.

4. What time does school usually finish?

A．At 3:20 p.m.

B．At 3:30 p.m.

C．At 4:15 p.m.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where are the speakers?

A．In a car.

B．At home.

C．At Grandma’s house.

2. What is Grandma’s specialty for Thanksgiving?

A．Roast chicken.

B．Apple pie.

C．Fried fish.

3. How does the boy sound in the end?

A．Excited.

B．Surprised.

C．Calm.

4. What do we know about the boy’s dad?

A．He will go to Grandma’s house by himself.

B．He made some cornbread for Thanksgiving.

C．He has just finished a business trip.

10 . Over the past two years, Liu Yijing, a storm chaser from Nanchang, has traveled nearly 27,000 kilometers to record storms in 11 provinces. When he was a kid, Liu liked to read popular science picture books and watch the weather forecast, becoming excited whenever he saw storms and other weather. In 2018, when playing with an old camera at home, Liu accidentally took dozens of pictures of lightning. He posted them online and received many likes, arousing his great interest in shooting storms.

But it’s never easy to shoot amazing pictures about ever-changing storms. Every time, Liu needs to find an area where storms could appear and then mark the best shooting positions, which often cover dozens of kilometers. Then, he’ll find a reliable driver and carry his photographic equipment and food to wait for the storm. For shooting high-quality storms, he always sticks with it to the end and often lands himself in danger of being attacked by hails (冰雹) and pouring rains.

However, one thing changed his mind. One day in August 2020, Liu was shooting a pink-purple thunderstorm when a farmer came over and cried, “You, as a photographer, should care about our crops, not the damaging storms.” The farmer’s words hit him as hard as any thunderstorm. “I just wanted to shoot the storm, but I never thought that what I like is a disaster for others,” Liu said. “I felt guilty and decided to do something to help more people learn about meteorology (气象学).”

Now Liu makes and posts short videos with explanations about the phenomena and the possible dangers of storms. For example, to warn people of the danger of possible hails, he marked hail cores, which often show noticeable blue colors due to large amounts of thick raindrops in the cloud, because water molecules absorb red light and scatter (散射) blue light. “Putting knowledge into shocking and lively pictures and videos is a better way to pass the knowledge to more people,” said Liu. “That’s the significance and value of what I’m doing now.”

1. What caused Liu to shoot storms?

A．Popular science picture books.	B．His interest in taking photos.
C．His love for weather report.	D．The popularity of his pictures.

2. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A．Possible dangers of shooting storms.

B．Liu’s efforts in shooting high-quality storms.

C．Requirements for being a storm chaser.

D．Liu’s special skills for shooting amazing pictures.

3. How did the farmer’s words change Liu?

A．He chose to spread knowledge.	B．He started to care about crops.
C．He changed his way of shooting.	D．He shoots storms with guilty.

4. Why does the author mention hail cores in the last paragraph?

A．To explain how dangerous hails are.

B．To give an example of a sign of a hailstorm.

C．To illustrate how Liu helps people understand storms.

D．To prove Liu has a profound knowledge of meteorology.