1 . Pet Hotels

Where to Board Your Pet During the Holiday? Here are a few comfortable pet hotels for you. Search for Pet Hotels in our app to find these listings on a map that have spaces available for the upcoming holidays. Remember to show your vaccination records in case pets are rejected.

B&M pet Hotel

Price per day: A cat, 15 dollars. Dog boarding rooms, from 28 to 68 dollars.

Booking: Contact Golden Chen via call or WeChat (GoldenChen68)

Animals allowed: Also welcomes rabbits, turtles, guinea pigs and more.

Services: Dog training, and four daily walks for dogs.

Someone’s Pet

Price per day: A dog, from 23 to 60 dollars according to size. It is 18 dollars per cat, with an additional charge of 10 dollars for each additional cat.

Booking: Call 15000386785/18917471594.

Animals allowed: Both cats and dogs are welcome.

Services: washing, grooming and pet beauty.

Pet Bamboo Mansion

Price per day: A cat, 20 dollars. For dogs, 56 dollars.

Booking: Call 13524761908 or contact Buddy Dog via WeChat.

Animals-allowed: Accommodate both cats and dogs.

Services: For dogs, there are three walks per day, and swimming facilities.

Offer a 20-40% discount for reserving them, in advance.

Cozy pet Town

Price per day: A cat, 14 dollars. A dog, ranging from 20 to 34 dollars depending on size.

Booking: Add the owner on WeChat (CozyPetTown)

Animals allowed: Only cats and dogs

Services: Swimming, training, grooming.

1. Which hotel offers the lowest price for three cats per day?

A．B&M Pet Hotel.	B．Someone’s Pet.
C．Pet Bamboo Mansion.	D．Cozy Pet Town.

2. What is special about Pet Bamboo Mansion?

A．It requires contact via call and WeChat.

B．It has various rooms for dogs based on size.

C．It offers dog walking and swimming facilities.

D．It provides a preferential price for early booking.

3. What do pet owners do to book a room at Cozy Pet Town?

A．Call the owner directly.	B．Visit the hotel in person.
C．Contact the owner via WeChat.	D．Book through the Pet Hotels app.

3 . 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。

In second grade, while other kids played outside, I stayed behind at my desk and created books from construction paper. Using the limited vocabulary of an eight-year-old, I wrote stories and dreamed of one day becoming an author. My second-grade teacher urged my parents to nurture (培养) this desire, but they didn’t take my dream seriously.

Through adulthood, the desire to write remained. The dream never died but there were more certain ways to generate income, so I was controled in different directions. None of the jobs I held afforded me the opportunity to write, and raising two daughters gave me little free time to pursue becoming an author. However, I held onto the dream that had flickered (闪烁) in me as a child.

At the age of fifty-eight, I continued to manage the office of my husband’s construction company, but I was looking for something that would fill the void (空虚感) of our now empty nest. Writing stories and sharing them on social media filled some of that void, and the stories got quite a few likes, but it never crossed my mind as I approached my senior years that writing could be a career for me.

One day, I met a friend from high school who was also my friend on social media. We hadn’t seen each other in several years, so I walked over to greet her. Anticipating that her first words would consist of how long it had been since we’d seen each other, I was shocked at what she spoke out. “You want to write. You need to write.”

She had been reading the stories I shared on social media and had always commented with encouraging words. But no one had ever spoken these words to me. I had never even spoken these words out loud to myself. Those simple words she uttered lit a flame that had only been a flicker for a long time. Deep inside, I knew I still wanted to be an author. I wanted to follow my friend’s advice. I wanted to write. I needed to write.

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。

I went home that day and set out to write a story.

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One day after a year, I received an e-mail from the magazine.

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4 . Imagine suddenly waking up at midnight, ______ for air, heart pounding, feeling tense and experiencing this night after night. The ______ of the lack of sleep was the ______ need to lie down and fall asleep for 2-3 hours. This was my experience throughout the summer of 2021.

I guess it may have been in part the ______ the pandemic had on my mental health as well as other worries. During the daylight hours, I ______ myself in various ways but at night during sleep my fear and ______ would come to the surface. I ______ I needed to find ways to deal with my worries.

After much ______, I began to seek the assistance of medicine, which was a tough decision to make. But it ______ well. I made sure to walk in nature as much as possible and continued my yoga practice. Slowly, I found my way back to myself.

However, life ______ another curve ball into my life. In December 2023, those nighttime feelings that ______ me flowed into my days again. I turned to friends and family, who encouraged me to seek professional help. I ______ to a therapist specialized in this field, and together, we analyzed the problems and applied the related ______ to coping with them. While the process didn’t go ______, my symptoms gradually disappeared with my efforts at last.

In conclusion, this is what I would like to say —when in trouble, reach out for help, talk to family and friends, your doctor or a counsellor. Take time to take care of yourself, you are worth the ______.

1.

A．struggling

B．searching

C．begging

D．waiting

2.

A．cause

B．result

C．price

D．condition

3.

A．anxious

B．practical

C．temporary

D．urgent

4.

A．pressure

B．emphasis

C．effect

D．limit

5.

A．found

B．displayed

C．occupied

D．enjoyed

6.

A．concern

B．surprise

C．puzzle

D．guilt

7.

A．suggested

B．recognized

C．claimed

D．guaranteed

8.

A．complaint

B．debate

C．preparation

D．resistance

9.

A．went

B．worked

C．behaved

D．reacted

10.

A．slid

B．threw

C．rolled

D．sank

11.

A．ignored

B．ensured

C．robbed

D．disturbed

12.

A．left out

B．pointed out

C．reached out

D．passed out

13.

A．approaches

B．disciplines

C．assumptions

D．patterns

14.

A．permanently

B．potentially

C．smoothly

D．thoroughly

15.

A．passion

B．freedom

C．strength

D．effort

5 . 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。

There are many folk stories in China. A more generally     1     (accept) legend goes that humans were created by a goddess named Nüwa,     2     had a human head but the body of a snake. As she traveled     3     earth, Nüwa began to feel lonely. So she took some yellow earth,     4     (mix) it with water and formed a human. This new person immediately began dancing about and shouting in     5     (happy). Nüwa was pleased so she continued to form other people     6     the world was full of humans.

Later, GongGong, the god of water, and Zhu Rong, the god of fire, had a great fight,     7     (create) a mess in the heavens and on the earth. In the end, Gong Gong lost. He was so angry that he hit his head     8     Buzhou Mountain, which was holding up the sky, and the mountain fell. As the sky began to fall, all the planets and the stars started to move to the northwest, leaving a hole in the sky. Worried that her humans would be killed, Nuwa took stones of five different colors, melted them and then used them to cover up the hole in the sky.     9     (keep) the sky from falling, she put a turtle’s leg at each corner to hold it up. In this way, humans     10     (save).

6 . Strategically adding weak points along microscopic chains called polymers (高分子聚合物) actually makes them harder to tear, researchers report in the June 23 Science. Polymers are used in car tires, and therefore the findings could help reduce plastic pollution as tires wear down over time.

When tires rub against the road, they drop microplastics of rubber and plastic polymers, which pollute waterways and air. Every year, tires release an estimated 6 million metric tons of these microplastics into environment. Stronger polymers that break apart less easily could limit the amount of particles shed annually.

To make such tough materials, Stephen Craig, a chemist at Duke University, and colleagues added molecules called cross-linkers to the polymers. These cross-linkers connected these polymer chains to their many neighbors, and they were specifically designed to break apart easily. At the microscopic scale, the polymers act like a tangle (乱团) of spaghetti with the cross-linkers holding them all together and helping them keep their shape, says Craig’s collaborator Shu Wang, a chemist at MIT. When the team stretched the polymer spaghetti, the individual cross-linkers broke easily, as expected. But the larger tangle material required more force to break than they expected.

The secret to the increased toughness lies in the path the tear has to take, Craig says. The tear goes through the easy-to-break cross-linkers rather than through the tougher polymer chains. Each broken connection follows the path of least resistance but avoiding the long polymer chains means breaking many cross-linkers, which requires more stretching force overall.

This isn’t the first time researchers have used weak connectors to make polymers stronger. But unlike in similar materials, the increased toughness doesn’t come at the expense of other beneficial properties like stiffness (风度). Craig says he hopes the findings will help extend the lifetimes of car tires and plastics, potentially limiting annual microplastic pollution.

1. What benefit does the new material bring?

A．It meets the road standard.	B．It weakens plastic polymers.
C．It releases less microplastics.	D．It reduces the cost of car tires.

2. What can we know about the tangle material?

A．It follows the pattern of spaghetti.	B．It is designed to fall apart easily.
C．The polymers help keep its shape.	D．The larger tangle is harder to break.

3. What is the primary factor that contributes to the increased toughness?

A．The weakness of the cross-linker.	B．The strength of the polymer chains.
C．The number of the cross-linkers used.	D．The path the tear takes through the material.

4. What can we learn about the finding?

A．It initially uses weak connectors.	B．It sacrifices stiffness for toughness.
C．It lengthens the lifespan of car tires.	D．It removes annual microplastic pollution.

7 . Bill Bryson’s phenomenally popular books are a great success of amateur enthusiasm over scholarly expertise. In the highly reviewed Shakespeare (2007), he raced us through the playwright’s life and works in 222 pages; A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003) was his 624-page analysis of “everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilisation” — and it remains the best-selling science book of the 21st century so far. Can he make it again with A Really Short Journey Through the Body, which promises us a “head to toe” tour in 138 pages?

In his books for adult readers, Bryson’s success has lain in an ability to turn vast, complex subjects into an easy and pleasant narrative, filled with tiny facts and odd stories. His latest book, which follows his adult title The Body (2020), is aimed at children as young as eight, for whom this proven writing style works well.

“No doubt about it, the human body is a truly remarkable thing,” Bryson writes, and it’s the remarkable facts that interest him the most. Did you know that you bl ink 14,000 times a day? Or that it takes seven billion billion billion atoms to make you? And that if you formed all your DNA into a single line, it would reach 10 billion miles across the solar system?

Fresh doctors might find some of the entries frustratingly brief. The tongue, for example, receives only a paragraph, while, a chapter, entitled ‘Poo and Farts’, is relatively detailed: “In your life, you’ll probably po o the weight of 5 cars but you’ll have eaten the weight of 60. So that’s not a terrible result.”

Biology books can be heavy weather, but Bryson’s skill, as ever, is to turn the story of the human body into a thoroughly digestible read.

1. What do Bryson’s latest book and The Body (2020) have in common?

A．They are easy to read.	B．They are both about physics.
C．They are intended for adults.	D．They are both best-selling books.

2. What is the purpose of Paragraph 3?

A．To analyze the structure of the book.	B．To illustrate the attraction of the book.
C．To show the scientific value of the book.	D．To display the main contents of the book.

3. What does the underlined phrase “heavy weather” mean in the last paragraph?

A．Packed with facts.	B．Weather-related.
C．Hard to understand.	D．Popular and readable.

4. What is the text?

A．An introduction to a book.	B．An essay on biology.
C．A news report on science.	D．A biography of a writer.

8 . Waking up at the crack of dawn and going for a run might feel awful when you start trying to make it a habit. Weaving a significant new activity such as this into your regular routine obviously takes determination and time.     1    

One popular idea suggests that it takes 21 days to solidify a habit. People tend to feel extra motivated to start a new habit or kick an old one.     2     Yet every January 21 very few people can boast that they have kept their resolutions.

Everyone has a unique habit-building timeline.     3     Experts suggest various individualized ways to practice frequently, which eventually turn a task into an unconscious habit.

    4     Teaching yourself a completely new skill or process obviously takes longer than remembering to drink more water in the morning. A 2015 study found that new gym-goers had to exercise at least four times a week for six weeks in order to develop an exercise habit. The results showed that creating a handwashing habit took a few weeks.     5     Anyway, handwashing is less complex and offers more opportunities to practice.

The researchers also suggested that habit formation depends on the effort that a person puts into practicing an activity and on the presence of environmental cues that would remind them to carry out the behavior.

A．The type of activity is also a factor.

B．The strategies of activity impact the way.

C．People want to form a habit of exercising regularly.

D．But how much time is really needed to make that habit stick?

E．It might sound easily reachable to make a resolution on New Year’s Day.

F．By comparison, it took half a year for people to develop an exercise habit.

G．However long it is for any individual, repetition is the key to making it work.

9 . Ever feel disconnected during a stressful event? That could be your brain protecting you. During traumatic (痛苦的) situations, people might experience an unexpected wave of emotional indifference or feel like they’ve separated from reality and are having an out-of-body experience. These symptoms of disconnect describe dissociation, a defense mechanism that separates threatening feelings and ideas from the rest of someone’s mind. But why do our minds sometimes dissociate when we’re experiencing stressful events?

Typically, the sympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for our “fight or flight” response, activates when a person is in upcoming physical danger. Mammals, including humans, evolved to have this response, as it pushes them to survive by fighting or escaping from danger. Dissociation is another way the nervous system is ready to respond to trauma when fight or flight appears to be too dangerous or impossible.

Dissociation can protect someone in the moment so that they are mentally separated from a situation causing physical pain, emotional pain or both. Oftentimes, victims of abuse report dissociation during the event or having foggy memories of an event after the fact due to dissociation.

Nevertheless, problems can arise if people continue to dissociate even once they’re separated from the intense trauma, as opposed to relying on other coping mechanisms, for example, help from a professional. Many people who continue to dissociate often struggle with daily stress, like meeting work deadlines or speaking with peers. Many feel disconnected in their relationships and may find themselves unconcentrated during what used to be usual interactions or tasks.

But the goal of addressing long-term dissociation isn’t to do away with it. After all, it can be a useful strategy to help survive a dangerous situation. But memories of the traumatic event are often disruptive and painful, so having some distance from that could mean a better quality of life after the trauma.

1. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

A．It defines what dissociation is.

B．It emphasizes the value of dissociation.

C．It lists different symptoms of disconnect.

D．It explains why we experience stressful events.

2. How does dissociation work on victims of abuse?

A．By erasing their memories.

B．By getting rid of their emotional pain.

C．By protecting victims from physical pain.

D．By distancing the victims mentally from the reality.

3. What might happen if people continue to dissociate?

A．Failing to focus on tasks.

B．Meeting work deadlines.

C．Having a better quality of life.

D．Relying on other coping mechanisms.

4. Which of the following might the author agree with?

A．Traumatic events are avoidable.

B．Dissociation needs to be handled properly.

C．People’s well-being is based on the distance.

D．There’re enough coping strategies for traumas.

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。

The Shanghai Museum celebrated the Lunar New Year with new exhibition in February, Longing for Spring: A Celebration of the Year of the Dragon.

The dragon, or long in Chinese, is the only mythical creature among the 12 Chinese zodiac     1    (sign). It has been present in legends for thousands of years, and recognized as a national totem (图腾) and has     2     long-held spiritual importance in Chinese culture.

Dragons can     3     (find) throughout ancient Chinese art. There are many objects bearing the image of the dragon in the Shanghai Museum’s collection, among which the jade Jue dragon     4     (date) back around 7,000 years. It has a large head, with     5     (point) ears and protruding (伸出的) jaws. Jue objects are widely believed to be the earliest images of the dragon, and archaeologists have speculated that the image could     6     (original) have been based on a pig, bear or even a silkworm. Another one is a flat vase from the reign of Emperor Qianlong. It is a blue-and-white vase     7     two handles, and depicts a red dragon in clouds     8     four feet spread as if it is dancing, looking especially lively.

This is the sixth time that the museum has presented a Lunar New Year exhibition,     9     (feature) zodiac animals. They hope that visitors will find the various     10     (represent) of the dragon in Chinese culture imperial and solemn (庄严), as well as vivid, attractive and lovable.