1 . 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。

One person with great strength can defeat ten     1     are skilled, but he needs to use tricks to win wisely. This is the essential message of Huaquan Fist. Great strength leads to explosive force.

Wang Yuanxiang was born     2     a martial arts family in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. All his family members     3    (practice) and teaching Huaquan Fist since the Qing Dynasty. He is one of     4     fifth-generation inheritors(继承人) of Huaquan Fist. In his opinion, martial arts are a kind of culture. All kungfu schools should unite and inherit Chinese martial arts     5    (joint) .

    6    (achieve) his wish, Wang has kept practicing and reviewing fist formulas for decades. With many years of practice, he has had his skills     7    (perfect) . What’s more, he has had a     8    (system) understanding of the fist. There are four different styles of the fist, with less jumping but more hand     9    (position) . Feet are also used. There are many kinds of steps, like swooping, rounding, leaping and skipping. Wang believes that     10     the reason for learning martial arts is, one must stick to the virtues (美德) and use the genre correctly.

2 . The wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have produced alarm around the world.     1     However, there are several steps you can take to help reduce your impact on the Amazon and other rainforests.

Buy fewer paper and wood products.

One of the main causes of deforestation in the Amazon is logging, which is driven by the high demand for wood-based products.     2     For example, you can use both sides of a piece of paper. On top of that, look out for alternative paper products that are not made from tree materials as well as paper with a high percentage of recycled materials.

Cut your fossil fuel consumption.

Some scientists think that climate change could significantly increase the rate of forest loss in the Amazon. The burning of fossil fuels and the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere afterwards is one of the primary drivers of climate change:     3     You might take a bike to work instead of driving a car and switch off electrical appliances when you are not using them.

Hold businesses responsible.

    4     If you believe that a business is operating in a manner that is environmentally irresponsible, make yourself heard: Contact the company; call them out on social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter; or organize a boycott.

Direct action has the power to transform how companies do business. In 1999, Home Depot, the single largest retailer of household. items in the world, agreed to gradually stop sales of old-growth wood.     5    

A．Sadly, there is not much you can do to stop the fires.

B．So wherever possible, try to cut down on your carbon emissions.

C．This practice has led to great progress in the conservation of rainforests.

D．These fire s have brought about losses beyond measure to both humans and nature.

E．The company’s decision was largely the result of a campaign led by grassroots activists.

F．Educate yourself about the business practices of companies that are active in the Amazon.

G．Reduce the amount of wood products you purchase and make the most out of items you have bought.

3 . Blame grandpa if you get fat eating junk food. It seems that the grandsons of obese male mice are more likely to be affected by a bad diet, even if their fathers are slim and healthy.

Last year, a study found thousands of epigenetic（表观遗传的）changes to DNA in the sperm of obese men, as well as differing amounts of short pieces of RNA, when compared with slim men’s sperm. Epigenetic changes like these don’t alter the code of DNA, but may affect how active particular genes are.

Now Catherine Suter at Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Sydney and her colleagues have investigated the longer-term effects of father-related obesity by mating obese male mice with slim females.

They found that, unlike those of slim males, both the sons and grandsons of obese ones were more likely to show the early signs of fatty liver disease and diabetes when given a junk-food diet. The same effect wasn’t seen in daughters or granddaughters.

Even when the sons of obese males were fed a healthy diet and kept at a normal weight, their own sons still had a greater tendency to develop obesity-related conditions when exposed to a junk diet. However, the effect didn’t seem to be passed on to great-grandsons.

“This is good news because it suggests that the cycle of obesity can be broken,” says Suter. Her team’s research indicates that small RNA pieces in the sperm could be to blame, possibly influencing how a male embryo（胚胎）develops. Such studies highlight the importance of men’s health when reproducing, says Suter. “A baby’s health has long been considered the mother’s responsibility, but attention should also be paid to the father’s health.”

1. What can be learnt from the text?

A．The code of DNA changes if one gets obese.

B．Short pieces of RNA is brought about by obesity.

C．Fathers affect male mice more than grandpas.

D．Junk food might not be the primary cause of your obesity.

2. What is true about Suter’s research?

A．The research didn’t last for a long time.

B．The subjects of the research were only male mice.

C．Fathers’ obesity would probably be passed on to daughters.

D．Great-grandsons were less likely to develop father-related obesity.

3. Which of the following statements would Suter agree with?

A．A father’s health determines his baby’s.

B．Mothers aren’t responsible for babies’ health.

C．Small changes in DNA results in a baby’s obesity.

D．A baby’s health is closely related to that of both parents.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Obesity is passed on down generations

B．Eating junk food leads to health problems

C．The choice of diet is an art of parenting

D．A healthy diet keeps you away from obesity

4 . WOMAD (World of Music, Arts, and Dance) Festival is a famous event that brings together music fans from all around the world. With its diverse lineup, exciting performances, and celebration of different cultures, WOMAD has become a global leader in music and art.

WOMAD was created in 1980 by musician Peter Gabriel and other artists who wanted to show music and culture from all over the world. The first WOMAD Festival took place in Shepton Mallet, England, bringing together artists from around the world to perform and celebrate their unique musical traditions. As WOMAD grew in popularity, it began hosting festival s in various countries including Australia, New Zealand, Spain, and Chile. Each festival offers a diverse lineup of artists representing different genres and cultures.

This mix of music and arts creates an exciting experience for attendees.

By featuring artists from different backgrounds, the festival provides a space for artists and audiences to connect and appreciate the beauty of various cultures. It encourages unity and a global community. One of the highlights of WOMAD Festival is the collaboration between artists. Musicians from different cultures come together to create unique and memorable performances. These collaborations not only produce amazing music but also encourage dialogue and appreciation between cultures.

WOMAD Festival goes beyond music and has made a great effect on social and political matters. It addresses human rights issues and raises awareness about global challenges. The festival inspires attendees to engage with important issues and promotes positive change. The history of WOMAD Festival shows the power of music to. bring people together and overcome differences. From its small beginnings to its global influence, WOMAD continues to attract audiences with its celebration of diversity, collaboration, and the global language of music. As we look to the future, let us embrace the spirit of WOMAD and celebrate the beauty of world music and culture.

1. What is the purpose of hosting WOMAD Festivals in different countries?

A．To show the popularity of WOMAD.

B．To create wonderful performances.

C．To promote tourism and cultural exchange.

D．To provide diverse cultural experiences for attendees.

2. What can we know about the WOMAD Festival?

A．It is mainly celebrated by local artists.

B．It was created more than forty years ago.

C．It has not gained popularity outside of England.

D．It promotes global harmony through music and arts.

3. What’s the last paragraph about?

A．The social impact of WOMAD Festival.

B．The future of WOMAD Festival.

C．The evolution of WOMAD Festival.

D．The cultural significance of WOMAD Festival.

4. Where does the text probably come from?

A．A diary.

B．A guidebook.

C．A novel.

D．A magazine.

5 . Anxiety comes in many forms and can affect people in different ways. Anyone living with anxiety knows it can have a direct effect on the quality of life. The good news is that anxiety is treatable. The books below offer a variety of ways to deal with anxiety effectively.

Dare

Based on hard science and over 10 years helping people who suffer from anxiety, Barry McDonagh shares his most effective technique in this new book, which focuses on facing anxious thoughts and challenging them instead of trying to ignore them.

At Last a Life

This book by Paul David is based on a combination of his personal story and the research he’s done on anxiety. He wants to give others hope that it’s possible to regain the life by sharing his story of recovery.

When Panic Attacks

The book by David D. Burns can help you face up to and quickly defeat negative thoughts and emotions, such as shyness, public speaking anxiety and test anxiety, without lengthy therapy or prescription drugs.

Hope and Help for Your Nerves: End Anxiety Now

In this book, Dr. Claire Weekes offers the results of years of experience treating real patients. With her simple, step-by-step guidance, you will learn how to understand and analyze your own symptoms of anxiety and find the power to conquer your fears for good.

The Anti-anxiety Food Solution

The book by Trudy Scott shows that food impacts brain chemistry and emotions. It also offers lifestyle tips on how to reduce anxiety symptoms and how the food we eat plays a role in relieving symptoms.

1. Which book contains the author’s own experiences of fighting anxiety?

A．Dare.	B．At Last a Life.
C．When Panic Attacks.	D．Hope and Help for Your Nerves: End Anxiety Now.

2. What is mentioned in The Anti-anxiety Food Solution?

A．Tips on how to reduce anxiety symptoms.

B．Ways of analyzing and understanding anxiety.

C．Facing anxious thoughts and challenging them.

D．Defeating every kind of anxiety without medicine.

3. What do Dare and When Panic Attacks have in common?

A．Study the reasons for anxiety.

B．Help you to face anxiety bravely.

C．Share the most effective technique.

D．Analyze effects of prescription drugs.

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1.工作内容；
2.申请条件及方式。
注意：
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7 . When it comes to thriving under pressure, microbes (微生物) have us solidly beat. New research reveals that Carno-bacterium, a genus often associated with spoiled meat, can successfully divide and reproduce across an enormous range of external pressures — from the equivalent of a very thin atmosphere to crushing ocean depths. This adaptability is unknown for any other life-forms on Earth, researchers report in Astrobiology. Such hardiness suggests a single organism could survive in totally different environments throughout the solar system.

Based on previous findings of various Carno-bacterium strains (菌群) growing well at high and low pressures, University of Florida microbiologist Wayne Nicholson and his colleagues systematically examined 14 strains’ responses to a wide span of pressure conditions. The team focused on strains isolated not only from meat (including seafood, chicken, etc.) but also from Siberian permafrost, an Antarctic lake and deep within the North Pacific’s Aleutian Trench.

In the laboratory, Nicholson and his team exposed each strain to pressures ranging from 0.01 to 100 times Earth’s atmospheric pressure at sea level―corresponding to the pressures on the surface of Mars and inside the liquid water ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa, respectively. The researchers found that 11 strains grew measurably at every pressure tested. Very few past studies focused on how well microbes tolerate a range of pressures, Nicholson says, but these results are nonetheless surprising given that most other organisms seem to be far more pressure-sensitive. “Humans have trouble breathing on Mount Everest,” he notes, “and that’s about 30 percent of sea-level atmospheric pressure.“

Other bacteria have been shown to do well at comparably high pressures, says Felipe Gómez Gómez, an astrobiologist at the National Institute of Aerospace Technology in Madrid, who was not involved in the study. But these results are novel because they show that the same Carno-bacterium strains can endure so much pressure variation, he says: “What’s really challenging is the whole range.” These microbes’ ability means they could, for instance, theoretically survive at various depths in an alien ocean, Gómez Gómez adds.“ This has far-reaching astro-biological implications.”

1. How did Wayne Nicholson and his colleagues carry out their research?

A．Doing a survey.	B．Listing examples.
C．Making a model.	D．Doing tests.

2. What can we learn from paragraph 3?

A．The results were not surprising at all.

B．Researchers found that many strains could change during pressures.

C．Researchers hardly knew the organism’s toleration on pressure in old days.

D．The research showed why man can’t take a breath smoothly on Mount Everest.

3. What’s Felipe Gómez Gómez’s attitude towards the research?

A．Objective.

B．Positive.

C．Indifferent.

D．Critical.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Bacteria Can Survive at Different Depths.

B．Microbes Withstand the Solar System’s Pressure.

C．All Life-forms’ Adaptations in Pressure Are Proved.

D．Carno-bacterium Strains Have Thrived at Great Pressures.

8 . Herman Rawi from Malaysia uploads TikTok videos of him tasting all kinds of food. But the video of him eating snow on Jan.28 is the only one that comes with a cautionary warning.

Having to battle hot weathers on the equator for most time of the year, almost all of Malaysians love cold dessert. Perhaps this is why Herman tends to lack self-control when he sees snow. During his recent trip to Yamagata, Japan, he filmed himself eating a ball of snow. “A reason — I had terrible fever, cough, runny nose and body aches for eight days,” he wrote in the video’s description.

Herman claimed, “I used to eat snow during the winter when I studied in the UK years ago. I would often go for the freshest snow at an undisturbed place and never fell sick.”

While you may assume snow that’s freshly fallen and collected in an undisturbed area is free of any harmful substances, don’t be so sure. According to meteorologist Mary Scarzello Fairbanks, snow isn’t all that pure. “It’s formed when water-drops freeze around some dust in the air, forming an ice crystal that continues to collect water vapor and form a snowflake. When the snowflake falls, it will also collect things hanging in the air, including dirt and even bacterial particles. If it’s windy, snow could even mix with dirt kicked up from the soil before settling,” he said.

A 2015 study published in the journal Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts even demonstrated how snow could mix with gasoline exhaust 2. This all means that, theoretically, your snow ice cream could have some pretty disgusting “flavorings”.

Eating snow in an emergency is another matter. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns against snow snacking for anyone who is trapped, such as hikers, because it can lower one’s body temperature. In cases where there is a water supply issue, the CDC says it’s safe to take collected snow and boil it to kill some harmful bacteria.

1. Why did Herman Rawi dare to eat snow in Japan?

A．Because his fans encouraged him to do so.

B．Because many Malaysians have done it before.

C．Because the snow in Japan is cleaner than elsewhere.

D．Because he had a lot of experiences eating snow before.

2. What’s Mary Scarzello Fairbanks’ attitude towards eating snow?

A．Casual.

B．Doubtful.

C．Opposed.

D．Appreciative.

3. What can we infer from CDC’s release?

A．In any case you can’t eat snow snacks.

B．Boiling can kill all the bacteria in the snow.

C．It’s acceptable to eat snow directly in an emergency.

D．In some cases you can drink boiled snow water.

4. What is the purpose of this passage?

A．To warn the readers against eating snow at will.

B．To share an interesting story with readers.

C．To prove snow is not fit to be consumed by people.

D．To explain why eating Japanese snow can make people sick.

9 . Dad had been a lumberjack (伐木工). As the years passed on, he became angry whenever he couldn’t do something he had done as a(n) _________ man. Four days after his sixty-seventh birthday, Dad had a heart attack and was_________ into an operating room. He survived. But his passion for life was_______.

My husband, Dick, and I invited Dad to live with us on our small farm. We hoped the fresh _________air would help him adjust. Within a week after he moved in, I_________. He complained at everything I did. I called a mental health center that recommended an article describing a group of patients under treatment for_________. Yet their health had improved greatly when given_________ for a dog.

I drove to the animal shelter that afternoon and back home with a dog.

When I reached the house, I helped my_________ out of the car and said “Dad! Look what I got for you!” Dad looked, then pulled a face. “If I had wanted a dog, I would have picked a better one. Keep it to yourself!” Anger rose _________ me. “You’d better get used to him, Dad. He’s staying!”

Dad just ignored me, when suddenly the dog__________ my dad and sat down. Then slowly, he raised his paw...Dad remained silent. The dog waited __________. Then Dad was on his knees __________the animal.

It was the__________of a warm and loving friendship. Dad and the pet were__________throughout the next three years. Dad’s bitterness__________ , and they made many friends.

1.

A．older

B．younger

C．happier

D．luckier

2.

A．rushed

B．forced

C．kept

D．transformed

3.

A．consistent

B．fresh

C．gone

D．troublesome

4.

A．town

B．countryside

C．city

D．state

5.

A．cried

B．smiled

C．regretted

D．opposed

6.

A．depression

B．disappointment

C．fitness

D．confusion

7.

A．devotion

B．commitment

C．treatment

D．responsibility

8.

A．prize

B．company

C．burden

D．reward

9.

A．nearby

B．along

C．on

D．inside

10.

A．closed

B．barked

C．annoyed

D．neared

11.

A．anxiously

B．delightedly

C．patiently

D．bitterly

12.

A．bringing up

B．picking up

C．pulling up

D．catching up

13.

A．beginning

B．resolution

C．addition

D．display

14.

A．undisturbed

B．incredible

C．inseparable

D．unattended

15.

A．arose

B．decreased

C．restored

D．faded

10 . 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。

We entered the Year of the Dragon. Or should that be the Year of the Loong? That is a question that has been     1     subject for debate in China, as some say there is a difference between the two in Chinese and Western mythology.

They point to dragons in the West being usually thought of as evil creatures. Dragons, they say, are     2     (typical) seen as symbols of chaos,     3     (describe) as enemies in Western mythology and literature. In Chinese culture, Loong are seen as symbols of power,     4     (excellent), and good luck. The Loong     5     (be) a central concept in Chinese culture for thousands of years, and its origins can be traced back to early Chinese civilization through mythology and religious beliefs.    6     Loong were believed     7     (have) control over natural phenomena such as rain, and water, and were associated with the productivity of the land, Loong became symbols of strength and good fortune.

The differences     8     the belief of the mythical creatures in China and the West     9     (root) in their different cultural values. Thus the answer to the question at the beginning is clear: Whether or not to use Loong instead of dragon is not important. What is important is     10     as we enter a new lunar year people globally appreciate the cultural values embodied in such Chinese symbols as Loong.