1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A．The history of movie-popcorn relationship.

B．The reasons for moviegoers loving popcorn.

C．The significance of popcorn in movie-watching.

2. Why was popcorn prohibited in movie theaters at first?

A．It was only a street food.

B．It had no popularity then.

C．It might ruin the atmosphere.

3. Which contributes to the pairing of movies and popcorn?

A．The low price of popcorn.

B．The mass production of popcorn.

C．The rising reputation of popcorn.

2 . 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。

Mamianqun, also known as Horse-face Skirt, is one of the     1     (representative) of the ancient Chinese style skirt.     2     appeared in the Song Dynasty and grew popularduring the Ming Dynasty. Ever since, it has reserved its     3     (distinction) “horseface” structure and undergone a fascinating evolution.

This traditional skirt is composed of two overlapping panels of fabrics, each of     4     is identical and forms half of the skirt. With four openings, two in the front and two behind, the skirt is well-suited     5     women planning to go horseback riding. Typically, the decorative patterns of mamiangun     6     (divide) into individual and broad embroidery (刺绣) fabric patterns,     7    (carry) unique meanings respectively.

Up to now, Hanfu designers and enthusiasts     8     (develop) more modified andmodern-style mamianqun.     9     (additional), to bring new life to this historical cultural costume, Hanfu enthusiasts have integrated mamiangun with more casual clothes like T-shirts or blouses, presenting     10     more casual look.

3 . Glaciers are melting; children are facing violence; hatred is spreading. At times, it feels as if the world is reaching the bottom.     1     It’s one of the most powerful and essential human mindsets, and possible to achieve even when it feels out of reach. Chan Hellman, a psychologist, emphasizes that hope is a teachable and attainable mindset, not an inherent trait. How can we stay hopeful-even when it feels unattainable?

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As children, we were often warned against getting our hopes up. However, David Feldman, a professor studying hope, notes, “The truth is, whether or not we allow ourselves to hope, at some point we’re going to be disappointed. I think the solution is allowing ourselves to feel hopeful.

Set at least one meaningful goal

In the mid-1980s, the psychologist Charles Snyder identified three crucial factors forming the basis of Hope Theory, a model researchers still rely on today: First, people must think in a goal-oriented way. More on the other two elements, pathways and agency.) Make it a point to always be working toward at least one goal that’s meaningful by nature, Feldman advises.     3    .

Brainstorm solutions

    4    . Feldman explains it as having clear and feasible strategies for goal attainment. If you’ve set a goal that’s meaningful to you, but you can’t figure out a way to achieve it, you’ll probably feel pretty hopeless. People who are high in hope, meanwhile, tend to have an alternative at the ready.

Call your support team

According to Snyder’s research, people who are hopeful tend to have a lot of “agency”, which means the motivation to actually achieve their goals. Getting a good night’s rest, following a healthy diet, and meditating can all promote agency, Feldman says.     5    . However, sometimes the strongest source of agency is other people. When Feldman is feeling low, he calls his father, who’s his biggest cheerleader.

A．Seek for hope in loneliness

B．Give yourself permission to be hopeful

C．The cure for any despair might be hope

D．Surround yourself with supportive people

E．So can tapping into our own positive beliefs about ourselves

F．Another key element of Snyder’s Hope Theory is “pathways”

G．It shouldn’t be something you have to do but something you want to do

4 . Imagine living in an apartment in Manhattan. When Covid-19 hits, you have nowhere to escape. Instead, you go up to the rooftop, where, to your surprise, other renters have come, too. After some awkwardness, everyone starts meeting nightly, drinks in hand, to share stories about themselves. This is the background setting of Fourteen Days, a “collaborative novel” edited by Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston. In addition to these two, 34 authors of varied backgrounds contributed to the book. It is one of a growing number of new works, which are written together in some way.

AI services, such as ChatGPT, have started to become co-authors, too. Such models are also conversational machines, which can suggest phrases, give feedback and answer questions. “Cyborg authorship” is what MrRettberg of University of Bergen calls this. He published a book with Cyborg authorship, in which ChatGPT is tasked with generating reviews of famous works in the style of well-known authors — think Jane Austen writing about William Burroughs’s Naked Lunch.

Writing with collaborators, be they human or artificial, will only become more common. But individual authors will still dominate creatively. That is because collectively written books rarely make for great literature. Many contributions to Fourteen Days are cleverly woven together. But the book does not work quite well. Then there is authorial ego (自我价值感). Getting all 36 authors of Fourteen Days to agree on the text was a challenge, with some writers taking issue with how their story ended up being framed and referred to by other contributors later. And AI is not yet fully accepted in literary circles. Recently KudanRie, the winner of Japan’s top prize for literature, admitted she used ChatGPT to write around 5% of her science-fiction novel Tokyo Sympathy Tower. Such honesty is rare because most would never admit using AI. A new sort of “ghost writing” may be having a moment, but many writers will never want to name ChatGPT as their co-author.

1. Who created Fourteen Days?

A．New Yorkers suffering from Covid-19.	B．Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston.
C．Renters of a Manhattan apartment building.	D．Separate writers from different walks of life.

2. What is ChatGPT’s contribution to MrRettberg’s book?

A．Generating phrases.	B．Giving feedback.
C．Writing book reviews.	D．Improving language fluency.

3. What is the main reason for the dominance of individual authors?

A．Collaborative writing is becoming less common.	B．Individual authorship makes creative literature.
C．Most authors reject to cooperate with AI.	D．Individual writing improves efficiency.

4. What is the author’s attitude towards collaborative writing?

A．Favorable.

B．Negative.

C．Cautious.

D．Optimistic.

5 . 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。

As I unzipped my lunchbox, the whole place was turned into a spicy curry (咖喱) dream. I immediately hid it under my seat, hoping no one would take notice.

Mom had really outdone herself with masala — our family’s all-time favorite dish back in India. But today, it wasn’t just about me and my lunch. A warm smile on his face, Ricky invited me, a new transfer student from India to New York city, for lunch.

“Ava, come sit here!” Ricky called out, gesturing towards a vacant seat.

As I made my way over, memories of those awkward lunchtimes when I studied in Kansas, one of the most conservative states, flooded back. I could still recall how everyone would wrinkle their noses and stare curiously when I unpacked my Indian food. It always made me feel like an outsider, like I didn’t belong.

Therefore, before my first day in this school, I had demanded my mom pack “normal” western-style food for me. I still remembered the look on her face upon hearing it, as she signed in disappointment and confusion, “Isn’t there a moment when you feel proud of your origin?” That was hurting, but not more hurting than others’ giggles and whispers. Honestly, long queues were common in Indian restaurants in New York city, a cultural melting pot, but I wouldn’t take that risk.

Unfortunately, this morning, Mom had forgotten to make sandwich or any “normal” food, so I had to bring leftovers from our dinner. At the thought of the possible oh-no-second (社死), I felt like being thrown into darkness.

However, before I came back to reality, Ricky noticed my sneaking (躲躲藏藏). “What do you have for lunch?” he asked, his eyes twinkling with interest. I tried to brush it off (搪塞), claiming I wasn’t hungry. But Ricky wouldn’t let it go, and before I could protest, he had the lid of my lunchbox open and I prepared myself for such familiar responses as “Ew” or “What is that?”

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。

However, I did not get what I was expecting.

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After school, I found Mom preparing sandwich for tomorrow’s lunch.

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6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A “White Box” Digital Transition Model for Education

Liu Xinsheng, a student in a rural school in Zibo, Shandong province,     1     the English teaching resources are limited, has been learning English through a small terminal (终端机) on a     2     (day) basis.     3     textbook-sized smart terminal, nicknamed “white box”, has become the most important tool for improving Liu’s English-speaking skills.

Technology enhances education and     4     (bridge) the gap effectively in educational resources between rural and urban areas. Students in the school can not only correct their     5     (pronounce) but also receive real-time feedback. Additionally, after submitting assignments through the device, they immediately receive corrections for certain tasks.

The AI-enabled rural education in Linzi district is just an example of how Zibo is     6     (true) promoting a digital transition in its education sector. By the end of last year, 97 percent of primary and secondary schools in Zibo     7     (complete) the digital transformation, with 295 schools establishing smart campuses     8     (equip) with multimedia classrooms.

Sun Yingtao, head of the Zibo Bureau of Education, said that     9     (ensure) that children enjoy high-quality education is the original intention of promoting digital education. “Digital education in Zibo has just begun and there are still many new situations, problems and challenges to deal     10    . In the future, we will accelerate the innovation of digital education application prospects and make every effort to strengthen the city’s digital education ecosystem,” Sun said.

7 . In Oceanside, a coastal suburb about 40 miles north of San Diego, the palm trees wave and the temperature is almost perfect. Teenagers watch surfers ride glassy waves. Every day it feels like the most perfect summer day. There is just one problem: The sand is disappearing.

While many visitors, and even lifelong Californians in the industrial state, might see wide areas of sand as part of the state’s natural beauty, the reality is that over decades, the coast has become a highly engineered wonder. Millions of cubic yards of sand dug from other parts has been added in the last century to build the postcard-worthy beach like the one in Santa Monica.

But a range of forces have shrunk beaches all along California’s coastline. California could lose as much as 75% of its beaches by 2100, given the sea level rise related to climate change. Over time, beach sand gets s wept up into the water. Some of it moves towards other beaches. Besides, dams and concrete canals have reduced the amount of river sediment (沉淀物) flowing downstream that could help fill beaches as a supplement (补充). If the shoreline were allowed to evolve without human intervention, the beaches could continue to exist as we know them. But in California, the development in many places along the coast has created a hard barrier, disturbing that natural evolution.

Over the years, local governments worked together on a few major sand supplement projects. But those, still, have proved to be fleeting solutions. “Everything we do is a short-term fix,” said Gary Griggers, a professor specializing in coastal science. In recent years, as the sand’s disappearance grew more extreme, longtime Oceanside residents formed an organization called Save Oceanside Sand. A beach town cannot exist without a beach. Leaders here launched some international design competitions, aiming at finding new ways of getting and keeping sand on the city’s beaches.

“It’s really a race. I think there’s absolutely nothing we can do to hold back the Pacific Ocean,” said Gairy Griggers.

1. What does the author mean by mentioning the engineered wonder?

A．Most visitors are engineers.	B．California is an industrial state.
C．It’s the perfect holiday vacation.	D．The beach is artificially maintained.

2. What is a reason for the crisis of beaches along California’s coastline?

A．Sand supplement has been added.	B．Sea level rise results in climate change.
C．Much river sediment is flowing downstream.	D．Human intervention blocks the natural evolution.

3. What does the underlined word “fleeting” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Efficient.

B．Temporary.

C．Sustainable.

D．Complex.

4. Which of the following was done to preserve Californian beaches?

A．Design contests were held.	B．Dams and canals were built.
C．Man-made beaches were expanded.	D．Sand-themed postcards were published.

8 . Juleus Ghunta is a published children’s author and award-winning poet. But when young, he could ________ read.

He grew up with his three sisters in rural Western Jamaica, raised by their single mother. Life was tough, and proper schooling was out of the question due to ________ resources.

When Ghunta finally went to school, he couldn’t ________ on reading. Not only had he been kept home from school as a child, but he had not been ________ to books.

By sixth grade, he could spell his name, but still couldn’t make out words or read with ________. He struggled in school with a deep sense of ________ and worthlessness.

At age 12, a young teacher-in-training ________ a special reading program for ________ students. Ghunta was the first to join. That teacher, whose name he does not ________ now, became Ghunta’s unsung hero — the person who changed his life.

The teacher was incredibly kind to him. Under her guidance, Ghunta’s reading skills saw marked improvement, and his sense of inadequacy began to ________.

“She had left me with the gift of literacy,” he said. “And a deeper ________ of my talent.”

After Ghunta’s experience with the teacher, his life course ________. He graduated with academic ________ and is now the author of two children’s books, including “Rohan Bullkin and the Shadows.”

Years later, Ghunta returned to his old school and asked the principal and teachers if they knew her ________, but none did. Carrying this memory, however, he still hopes to find and thank her for seeing his ________ and being a source of light and hope in his life.

1.

A．merely

B．barely

C．totally

D．simply

2.

A．abundant

B．public

C．limited

D．financial

3.

A．give up

B．fall behind

C．miss out

D．catch up

4.

A．exposed

B．drawn

C．adapted

D．devoted

5.

A．reference

B．hesitation

C．caution

D．understanding

6.

A．awe

B．loss

C．guilt

D．wonder

7.

A．started

B．submitted

C．downloaded

D．forwarded

8.

A．disappointing

B．struggling

C．advanced

D．qualified

9.

A．type

B．spell

C．distinguish

D．recall

10.

A．disappear

B．peak

C．form

D．spread

11.

A．appreciation

B．waste

C．memory

D．source

12.

A．risked

B．approached

C．shifted

D．determined

13.

A．skills

B．honors

C．courses

D．efforts

14.

A．occupation.

B．identity

C．age

D．name

15.

A．drawback

B．reflection

C．potential

D．ambition

9 . In modern life, stress has become an unwelcome companion for many. According to a survey conducted in 2023, 91 percent of adults reported experiencing high or extreme levels of stress.     1     One alternative gaining popularity is wellness tourism, praised as the fastest-growing sector in the travel industry.

The change of scenery and adventurous nature of an active holiday can lead to an overall change in the dominant chemicals in our brain, triggering releases of dopamine (多巴胺).     2     We often see dopamine travel as a complete distraction from everyday life, which promotes meaning or growth. Besides, such a form of travel has been proven to increase feelings of well-being, as well as increases in general activity level.     3     This is particularly present for outdoor trips such as mountaineering or skiing where a sense of accomplishment can lead to long lasting increases in self worth and confidence.

    4     Oliver Brendon, CEO of Attraction Tickets.com adds: “The dopamine travel trend is centered on immersing yourself in exciting landscapes, which is why the brightly-colored theme parks such as Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando Resort make such popular destinations.”

For more mindful moments, surrounding yourself in nature can create a sense of adventure and escape unlike traditional wellness getaways.     5     Going sailing on the tranquil lazy river at Discovery Cove is another wise choice.

A．Consider choosing experiences like swimming with sea life.

B．Try riding the popular roller coaster at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

C．These benefits have been reported as lasting up to a long post-holiday time.

D．This effect of certain holidays has coined a new travel trend — dopamine travel.

E．As we struggle with this stress, promoting our well-being has become most significant.

F．It’s evident that we are increasingly seeking comfort and refreshment in holiday experiences.

G．Just as other dopamine trends encourage bright colors, our environments also play a, vital role.

10 . Going to a gallery can be really enriching for children, but how to get them through the door? According to a psychologist Michael Atar, there’s an art.

With digital distractions everywhere, the thought of taking your kids to an art gallery — and they actually enjoy it — seems a huge challenge. It’s commonly thought that art galleries are anything but child-friendly places — they are usually described in popular media as stuffy and serious, demanding intense and extended periods of concentration for meditation in the backstory and meaning locked within each golden frame.

That common view depressingly makes galleries the least-visited heritage attractions for British families. Research has found that trips each year to theaters and castles far outnumber those to galleries, with a survey revealing that 35 percent of families have never been there at all. This is a crying shame as being exposed to art holds profound significance for the development of young minds, both intellectually and emotionally.

Beyond simply offering aesthetics (美学), art galleries serve as invaluable educational and instructional resources, fostering creativity, critical thinking and empathy. Here, children have the opportunity to engage in diverse perspectives, cultures and moods, with each painting, sculpture or photograph telling a story, inviting young viewers to interpret and connect with the artwork, and offering them different ways of seeing the world. But how can we get them engaged?

First, dispose of the idea of galleries being old-fashioned, outdated institutions to the dustbin. Similarly, see engagement with art being far wider than a collection of dry facts about the artist and history. Rather than trying to make kids “fit in” with fixed labels of a gallery, instead make the art gallery fit in with kids, defining their encounters on their terms. Besides, what really matters is that children build a connection with art. To encourage this, you can make it into a game, either with or without a reward, with simple quizzes such as, “Who can guess the artist?” or, “Who can identify the period it was made?” Also, don’t spend too long in the gallery for children naturally have shorter attention spans than adults, limiting your visit to 45 minutes in a gallery is perfect for stopping boredom creeping in.

1. What is the author’s attitude towards the common view on art galleries?

A．Critical.

B．Supportive.

C．Tolerant.

D．Uncertain.

2. Why should a kid be exposed to art galleries?

A．They lift children’s moods.	B．They foster educational excellence.
C．They give opportunities to create artworks.	D．They offer diverse ways to perceive the world.

3. What does the author recommend parents to do?

A．To define artistic terms.	B．To emphasize tradition.
C．To link kids with art by games.	D．To make kids fit in with galleries.

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

A．Make Art Fun	B．Take Kids to Art Galleries
C．Art Galleries Won’t Die Easily	D．Kids Say No to Art Galleries