1 . 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。

An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow (乌鸦) landed on their window.

The father asked his son, “What is this?” The son replied, “It is a crow.” After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is this? The son said, “Father, I told you just now. It’s a crow.”

After a little while, the father asked his son the same question for the third time, “What is this?” At this time, some expression of anger was felt in the son’s tone when he said to his father. “It’s a crow, a crow.” A little while later, the father again asked his son for the fourth time, “What is this?”

This time his son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again although I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A CROW’? Are you not able to understand this?”

A minute later the father went to his room and came back with a diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page: Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa when a crow suddenly landed on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I didn’t at all feel angry, but instead felt affection for my innocent son.

Paragraph 1:

After reading the diary, the son was filled with tears and began to reflect on the days when he used to sit together with his father.

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Paragraph 2:

Feeling ashamed, the son got down on his knees before his father.

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2 . In the rich countries of the West, the electric vehicle revolution is well occurring. Climate-conscious consumers drive Teslas or Polestars for reasons of morality (道德) and fashion. Poorer countries are also experiencing a wave of electrified trend. In Bangladesh, electric three-wheeler taxis, known as tuk-tuks, are rapidly replacing gas-powered ones on the streets. Such electric vehicles are climate friendly, cost effective, and help reduce air pollution.

Yet a glance under the hood (引擎盖) of these vehicles shows a poisonous secret: each tuk-tuk runs on five massive lead-acid batteries (铅酸电池), containing almost 300 pounds of lead (铅) in total. Every year and a half or so, when those batteries need to be replaced and recycled, about 60 pounds of lead leaks into the environment. Battery recycling, often at small-scale unregulated factories, is a highly profitable (高利润的) but deadly business.

Lead is dangerous, and any exposure to it is harmful to human health. Lead that has entered the environment hurts people on an unexpected scale. The numerous ways lead enters air, water, soil, and homes across the developing world and the enormous damage it does to human health, wealth, and welfare cause one of the biggest environmental problems in the world yet receives little attention.

The World Bank estimates that lead kills 5.5 million people per year, making it a bigger global killer than AIDS, malaria, diabetes, and road traffic deaths combined. On top of the shocking deaths, the social burden of lead poisoning is heavy, as is its contribution to global inequality — our research on the cognitive (认知的) effects of lead poisoning suggests that it may explain about one-fifth of the educational achievement gap between rich and poor countries.

But unlike many challenges faced by developing countries, lead poisoning is a problem that can be resolved through financial investment (财政投入). Better monitoring, research, and rules can help protect children all over the world from the unpleasant effects of lead poisoning and reduce the massive global costs it brings.

1. How does the author describe the lead problem in paragraph 2?

A．By listing some numbers.	B．By analyzing hidden causes.
C．By making an interesting comparison.	D．By explaining its working principle.

2. What can we learn about lead’s harm from the text?

A．Lead enters poor countries in one way.

B．Lead leaking has been avoided in all the countries.

C．Lead will definitely not harm anymore.

D．Lead poisoning may make poor societies poorer.

3. What can be done to solve lead poisoning in developing countries?

A．Fixing these used batteries.	B．Reducing the cost of recycling lead.
C．Ignoring the illegal use of lead.	D．Putting certain effort and money.

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

A．The Impacts of Lead Poisoning on Man.

B．The Global Lead Poisoning Problem.

C．The Ways to Solve Lead Problem.

D．The Benefits of Using Electric Vehicles.

3 . In 1959, Handler changed how toy dolls were made when she introduced “Barbie” to the world. With her mature figure, Barbie was one of the first “grown-up” dolls to hit the retail market.

Handler wanted to create a toy that was different from the baby dolls that occupied little girls’ toy boxes. She wanted a doll that girls could show their future dreams upon and allowed for limitless outfit (全套服装) and career choices. Inspired by paper dolls of the time, Handler, to much disagreement, made sure Barbie had the body of a grown woman.

“My own idea of Barbie,” Handler wrote in her autobiography, “was that through the doll, the little girl could be anything she wanted to be. Barbie always represented the fact that a woman had choices.”

There’s even a Barbie for cancer patients — Brave Barbie — a partnership between Mattel and CureSearch that sends a bald (光头的) Barbie to families affected by cancer. “Gifting my daughter a Barbie who suffered from cancer was wonderful,” Michelle, a cancer survivor said, “We would play with that Barbie together and I’d heartbreakingly watch her pretend to take the doll to the hospital for chemo (化疗), or place its long wig (假发) on top of its head and tell the doll that it’s time to be beautiful again.”

Bald Barbie was super brave and went on awesome adventures after chemo. Sometimes she felt sick and needed to sleep, but would feel much better after a rest. Bald Barbie always beat the cancer and went on to live a long and happy life with her family. That Barbie became so much more than a plastic doll — she was a means of communication and a coping mechanism (应对机制) during an extremely unhappy time for little families.

1. Why did Handler create Barbie?

A．To make a hit in the women’s retail market.

B．To appeal to boys with her various clothing.

C．To inspire girls to make choices as they wish.

D．To do a research on women’s career choices.

2. How might Michelle feel when watching her daughter with Brave Barbie?

A．Interested yet proud.	B．Sad yet comforted.
C．Delighted and ashamed.	D．Heartbroken and regretful.

3. What does Brave Barbie mean to Michelle’s family?

A．A reliable emotional support.	B．A glue for broken relationships.
C．An effective practical treatment.	D．A secret medium of argument.

4. Which newspaper section is the text probably taken from?

A．Medicine.

B．Sports.

C．Story.

D．Environment.

4 . 假定你是校学生会主席李华，在国际志愿者日(International Volunteer Day)到来之际，请你写一封倡议信，号召大家到红星社区做志愿工作。内容包括：
1. 倡议目的;
2. 具体工作;
3. 呼吁大家积极行动。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear fellow students,
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the Student Union

5 . 阅读短文内容，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Le Le arrived at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport from Singapore on Tuesday evening, becoming the first overseas-born giant panda     1     (come) to China this year. According to an agreement     2     (reach) by China and Singapore, Le Le was required to be sent to China this month. Singapore Airlines stated that to ensure Le Le’s safe journey,     3     Boeing 747-400F plane was used for the flight,     4     experts accompanying the panda.

During the flight, the cabin temperature     5     (keep) at 12 to 16 degrees Celsius, and efforts were made to avoid turbulence (气流), offering and     6     (ensure) a slow takeoff and landing to prevent any discomfort for Le Le. In addition, the aircraft carried 50 kilograms of fresh bamboo, bamboo shoots, carrots, apples     7     other food to meet Le Le’s dietary needs during a four-and-a-half-hour trip.

Unlike other overseas-born giant pandas which have been sent to China, Le Le won’t undergo quarantine (检疫) at the bases in Ya’an or Wolong. The China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center said that the center’s     8     (facility) (设施) are not sufficient for the recent     9     (arrive) of overseas-born giant pandas coming into the country, so Le Le will use the quarantine equipment at the Huaying Mountain base.     10     (current), Le Le is in good health.

6 . I am employed in an educational institution. Following the ________ of the students each day, a pleasant young woman named Claire often arrives to clean the classrooms and offices. Once a week, I ________ after school, doing some extra work. So I often chat for a few minutes with her. She always makes me feel good because she’s a good listener and willing to talk about her children happily. Our ________ are always enjoyable.

However, last week, she seemed unlike her ________ self. She sadly told me that her husband had been ________ , leaving them worried about their financial ________ . Later that week, while I was in a department store, my attention was drawn to the shelves lined with sunglasses. After ________ various pairs, I discovered the ideal sunglasses. As I admired my ________ in the mirror, it occurred to me that Claire would look great while wearing them. ________ with my current pair, I purchased the sunglasses for Claire.

Eager to surprise her, I placed them in an elegant bag and ________ put them in her closet for her discovery. The following day, Claire was chatting with a coworker as she ________ the closet. Upon ________ the bag and taking out the sunglasses and a Smile Card, her face lit up with joy. She expressed that it had been days since she had reason to smile and that this act of kindness ________ her spirits.

She penned a note expressing her thanks for my heart-warming ________. Choosing to ________ her the sunglasses brought me much satisfaction. I eagerly look forward to creating more moments of joy.

1.

A．option

B．queue

C．guidance

D．exit

2.

A．survive

B．remain

C．leave

D．vote

3.

A．trips

B．lectures

C．arrangements

D．conversations

4.

A．appealing

B．calm

C．usual

D．concerned

5.

A．fired

B．comforted

C．blamed

D．recognized

6.

A．aid

B．equipment

C．safety

D．career

7.

A．wearing out

B．trying on

C．belonging to

D．putting aside

8.

A．decision

B．absence

C．mode

D．image

9.

A．Bored

B．Content

C．Familiar

D．Patient

10.

A．actually

B．secretly

C．originally

D．absolutely

11.

A．monitored

B．closed

C．approached

D．removed

12.

A．finding

B．resolving

C．receiving

D．decorating

13.

A．lifted

B．struck

C．restore

D．maintained

14.

A．preparation

B．comment

C．award

D．action

15.

A．urge

B．appreciate

C．gift

D．interpret

7 . Digital reading (数字阅读) appears to be destroying habits of “deep reading”. Astonishing numbers of people with years of schooling are in fact illiterate (文盲). This month’s Ljubljana Manifesto (宣言) explains: “The digital field may promote more reading than ever in history, but it also offers many attractions to read in a casual and scattered (零散的) manner— or even not to read at all. This increasingly endangers higher-level reading.”

That’s frightening, because “higher-level reading” has been necessary to civilization. It made the understanding and an international increase in empathy (共鸣). Without it, we would suffer a lot. As the Ljubljana Manifesto notes, “as much as one-third of Europeans struggle even with lower-level reading skills.” More than one-fifth of adults in the US “fall into the illiterate/functionally illiterate category”. Separately, post-pandemic (后疫情时期) reading scores for American13-year-olds are the lowest in decades. And the Washington-based Center for Global Development recently estimated that literacy (读写能力) in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa among those with five years of schooling has decreased by 10% this past half century.

Experts in the Ljubljana Manifesto record the demerits of digital reading: “Recent studies of various kinds indicate a decline of thoughtful reading, slow reading and long-form reading.” When you read a book on paper, you can be entirely inside the experience, absorb hundreds of pages of details thoroughly and begin to catch the world’s complexity. Online, says Maryanne Wolf of UCLA, we are “skimming, scanning and scrolling”. The medium is the message: doing deep reading on your phone is as hard as playing tennis with your phone. Recently, a bright 11-year-old boy told me I was wasting time on books: he absorbed more information faster from websites. He had a point. But digital readers also absorb more misinformation and seldom absorb fine opinions.

In short, as professors from Northwestern University predicted in 2005, we are returning to the days when only an elite (精英) “reading class” reads long texts, which is worrying.

1. What can we learn about digital reading from paragraph 1?

A．Digital reading has weakened the practice of deep reading.

B．Digital reading has solved the problem of illiteracy.

C．Digital reading has made deep reading accessible to wider readers.

D．Digital reading has caused a greater appreciation for deep reading.

2. What’s the second paragraph mainly about?

A．Digital reading’s great popularity.	B．The importance of deep reading.
C．American students’ reading skills.	D．The lowering of the level of literacy.

3. What does the underlined word “demerits” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Functions.

B．Depths.

C．Shortcomings.

D．Features.

4. What might be talked about in the following paragraph?

A．Advantages of digital reading.	B．Measures to practice deep reading.
C．Ways to encourage digital reading.	D．Benefits of lower-level reading.

8 . China now has 53 sites included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Let’s have a look at four of them, which may give you some advice on your next travel plan.

Huangshan Mountain

Huangshan, known as “the loveliest mountain of China”, lies in the south of Anhui Province in eastern China. The scenic area covers 154 square kilometers, and is famous for its peaks, rocks, pines, clouds and springs.

Longmen Grottoes

The Longmen Grottoes (石窟) lies in the south of Luoyang city, Henan Province. It includes the largest collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang dynasties, and show the achievements of Chinese stone carving (雕刻).

Gulangyu Island

Located on the entry of the Jiulong River, The island is a popular tourist destination known for its natural scenery, rich history and unique architecture. It was occupied by at least a dozen countries, including Great Britain, France and Japan. With such a harmonious mixture of Western music and Eastern culture, Gulangyu is naturally referred to as the “island of music”. It is famous for its outstanding musicians and musical instruments.

Ancient villages in southern Anhui

Lying in southern Anhui, Xidi and Hongcun have a high historical and artistic value in architecture. The villages show the architectural features of the Huizhou-styled living houses in the period of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Xidi and Hongcun were added onto the list on November 30, 2000.

1. What can be seen in Huangshan Mountain?

A．Sculptures.

B．Waterfalls.

C．Temples.

D．Pines.

2. In which place can you admire the western music according to the writing?

A．Gulangyu Island.	B．Huangshan Mountain.
C．Longmen Grottoes.	D．Ancient villages in southern Anhui.

3. Who will probably choose the Ancient villages in southern Anhui to visit?

A．A couple who want to see natural scenery.

B．A professor who likes the Huizhou-styled architecture.

C．A college student who loves the history of Tang.

D．A family who want to experience different cultures.