1 . “Learning about one’s own culture, as well as the culture of others, is important,” says Sanam Akhlagh, who set up Pardis for Children. Located in New York City, the nonprofit brings Iranian-American families together and offers after-school programs for children to learn about their heritage. Classes explore Iranian music, art, and history, among other topics.

Akhlagh has always been interested in education, kids, and culture. But she felt a void (空虚) before setting up Pardis in 2011. She hadn’t been able to get together with friends who share her Iranian heritage periodically. She also thought her children needed that community.

“I want kids to know their culture and language,” Akhlagh said, “So if they’re Iranian, they actually know what that means.”

But she also wants them to create a bond. “I want them to build a community that they’ll hopefully keep, and stay fiends together for years to come,” she said, “want them to have a beautiful, positive memory (回忆) related to Iranian culture and the Persian language.”

Learning about your own culture and language, and understanding other cultures from around the world, Akhlagh explained, makes you a richer and more tolerant (宽容的) person. It also makes you appreciate other people’s way of life.

“The exchange of cultures is of great importance,” Akhlagh said. “It is much harder to call people of certain countries or cultures your enemy when you actually know them. When you eat their food, or when you dance to their music together, when you read their literature, it becomes more real, and you start appreciating everyone.”

When asked her advice for young people, Akhlagh encouraged exploration and discovery. “If you have the opportunity, always be curious to make friends,” she said. “Get to know people from different cultures and be curious. Always try to know more and travel.”

1. What is the purpose of Pardis for Children?

A．To enrich children’s social life.	B．To improve children’s artistic abilities.
C．To educate children on Iranian culture.	D．To develop children’s love for their country.

2. What does the underlined word “bond” mean in paragraph 4?

A．Custom.

B．Program.

C．Relationship.

D．Schedule.

3. What does Akhlagh think of the exchange of cultures?

A．It is a way of life.	B．It can promote peace.
C．It is a chance to grow.	D．It increases your wealth.

4. What is Akhlagh’s advice for young people?

A．Caring more about their friends.	B．Being open to different cultures.
C．Taking every opportunity to study.	D．Feeling confident about making friends.

2 . Most readers probably feel worried about climate (气候) change. There’s so much information about what’s gone wrong, and everything that has to change, and how quickly we need to do it. If you don’t know where to start, the book Things You Can Do can help you!

About Eduardo Garcia

The book is written by reporter Eduardo Garcia. Garcia is a firm believer in the power of individual choices to effect change.

About this book

The book opens with a story about a small bird that is trying to put out a forest fire. The other animals say it’s useless, but the bird replies, “I’m doing the best I can.” Garcia follows up on this, writing, “If each one of us reduces the carbon emissions (排放) elated with our lifestyles, it’ll go a long way toward fighting climate change.”

The book starts with talking about weather, climate, and greenhouse gases, and what could cause them. Then the second chapter looks at energy production, explaining and comparing different sources of heating and electricity Food is the next topic, with a brief overview of industrial agriculture’s too many emissions, followed by things you can do to eat a more climate-friendly diet.

Next, a discussion about transportation and how we need to get out of cars and into buses, bicycles and our own two feet. Garcia writes, “The best solution is often the simplest. Half of all car trips are less than 3 miles long. That means that we often take the car when walking or biking will do just fine.”

The last chapter covers different goods that finally get thrown away. Garcia has suggestions for going zero waste at home. He provides advice on how to deal with things and encourages reducing, repairing, and reusing.

1. What touches us the most about the small bird?

A．Doing seemingly useless things.	B．Trying its best to do what it can.
C．Caring less about others³opinions.	D．Trying hard to reduce the carbon emissions.

2. Which chapter might tell you how to choose green foods?

A．Chapter 1.

B．Chapter 2.

C．Chapter 3.

D．Chapter 4.

3. What does Garcia advise readers to do?

A．Lead an environmentally-friendly life.	B．Look for the simplest solution
C．Take care of our surroundings	D．Try to get closer to nature.

3 . A circle dance is a type of dance wherein people dance around in a circle without having a particular partner. It is said to be one of the oldest forms of dance. It is often accompanied (伴奏) by a few musical instruments like the drums.     1     Thus, the circle dance can be considered a universal (普遍的) symbol.

The origin (起源) of the circle dance is uncertain.     2     A drawing done on a rock of girls dancing around in a circle has been discovered in Egypt. The drawing is said to be dated probably at around 3000BC.

Some accounts say the dance is a way of imitating (模仿) how the planets move around the Sun, or around the Earth. This imitation could be to honor the Sun, Earth, or other bodies seen in the sky. Another purpose of circle dances could be to show a group of people are quite united, and to improve their relationship.     3    

A circle dance usually doesn’t require a specific number of dancers. But it can include lots of people. These dancers may hold hands, probably to further show their sense of togetherness. The dance can also have several “circles” .     4     There can also be an object that’s set up at the center around which the dancers dance.

    5     Jewish Mayim Mayim dance is performed in a circle to celebrate Jews’ discovery of water in the desert after many years of search. Native Americans also have their own type of circle dance, performed for purposes like preparation for war. The Scottish Sacred Circle Dance is another type of circle dance.

A．However, it’s surely very ancient.

B．It’s a dance popular among young people

C．The dances can also be done to wish good health.

D．The biggest circle is around the other smaller circles.

E．It is performed in different cultures around the world.

F．Put simply, it’s one with people’ dancing around in a circle.

G．There are many different examples of circle dances worldwide

4 . 短语填空（用下列短语将句子补充完整）

a wide range of, fade away, fell in love with, with relief, was absorbed in in addition, be satisfied with, get through, along the street, aim at

1. He ________________ Mozart’s classical music when he sang for the university choir.
2. He laughed ________________.
3. For the next two hours she ________________ the film.
4. This book ________________ attracting the serious reader.
5. I tried to call her but couldn’t ________________.
6. The students running ________________ are from No. 3 Middle School.
7. Festivals are celebrated all around the world. They have ________________ origins, such as the seasons of the year, religions, famous figures, and important events.
8. She ________________ her son’s progress.
9. ________________, I will participate in a range of after-class activities, ranging from playing football to playing the piano.
10. Those sweet memories will not ________________ within a short period.

5 . A British botanist (植物学家) , Daniel Emlyn-Jones, grows Gympie-Gympie in his home garden. It is one of the most ______ plants in the world. It'd be ______ to touch it. Daniel keeps it in a protective cage (笼子) so that others won't get ______. Contact with the plant does not ______ death, yet the leaves have small hairs which, when ______, cause a very. strong pain. What is more ______ is that the plant hairs can stay on our body for up to six months.

What in the world is Daniel's ______ of keeping the plant at home? When we think about the reasons, the first good reason for ______ this plant is scientific studies. ______ Daniel just thought it would add a bit of _____ to his gardening. In an interview, he said that common plants sometimes ______, him although he loves plants.

Daniel ______ “I got the seed (种子) from an Australian company and the ______ of buying seeds is that they can spread throughout the garden, so you have to be ______. I keep it potted in my front room and I'm doing it very ______. ”

1.

A．beautiful

B．interesting

C．dangerous

D．common

2.

A．fun

B．crazy

C．rude

D．difficult

3.

A．caught

B．hit

C．trapped

D．hurt

4.

A．lead to

B．hold up

C．speed up

D．put off

5.

A．moved

B．touched

C．gathered

D．stirred

6.

A．shocking

B．encouraging

C．embarrassing

D．confusing

7.

A．goal

B．way

C．opinion

D．chance

8.

A．protecting

B．growing

C．testing

D．selling

9.

A．Thus

B．However

C．Moreover

D．Anyway

10.

A．significance

B．balance

C．decoration

D．drama

11.

A．challenged

B．troubled

C．bored

D．worried

12.

A．agreed

B．replied

C．suggested

D．added

13.

A．result

B．importance

C．risk

D．advantage

14.

A．aware

B．patient

C．responsible

D．careful

15.

A．easily

B．directly

C．safely

D．differently

6 . 短语填空（用下列短语将句子补充完整）

adapt to be aware of was stuck in Now that gone through make fun of Due to stir up out of work make out

1. ________ we’ve come to Beijing, let’s pay a visit to the Palace Museum.
2. This couple had ________ a lot of difficulties before they successfully set up their own business.
3. Through the activity, we will ________ the importance of preserving traditional Chinese culture.
4. The region has also been hit hard by financial crisis, which has left thousands of people ________.
5. He had to ________ the new working environment after he got transferred to a different department.
6. I ________ traffic jam for over an hour on my way to work this morning.
7. ________ his hard work, he was promoted to manager.
8. I couldn’t ________ what the road sign said.
9. To ________ great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.
10. His singing was so terrible that nobody could help but ________ him when he tried to sing karaoke.

7 . Getting rid of(丢弃) old tyres(轮胎) has long been a problem. Every year many tyres are thrown. Some of the ways might be better than getting rid of them, but they are not especially green.

Energy recovery(回收利用) is one common way. This includes burning tyres to produce electricity, or as a way to provide heat for other industrial processes. But that produces planet-warming pollution. Tyres can be whole or broken in construction projects, such as repairing roads. There are, however, worries about chemicals from the tyres coming out and polluting the ground.

So some companies have begun exploring another pleasing idea. Since tyres are mostly made from hydrocarbons(碳氢化合物), it should be possible in principle to turn old tyres into environmentally friendly materials which can be used to run some cars they came from. One of the most thoughtful companies is based in Oslo, Norway. Later this year the company will start building a huge tyre-reused factory in Sunderland in northeastern England. In a couple of years, when the factory is fully operational, it will be able to turn 8 million old tyres into new products.

The process works by dividing a tyre into its three main parts. One is steel, which is used to support the structure of a tyre and which can be easily reused. The second is powder used to improve the continuous use of the tyre. The third is rubber. Some of that will be natural rubber from the rubber trees. The carbon black can be reused to make new tyres. That is of interest to tyre makers because it helps efforts to become carbon neutral(碳中和).

1. What is the disadvantage of energy recovery of tyres mentioned in the text?

A．It is unpractical.	B．It produces pollution.
C．It costs a lot.	D．It produces less electricity.

2. How is paragraph 3 organized?

A．By giving an example.	B．By making questions.
C．By following time order.	D．By comparing differences.

3. Which of the following best describes the huge tyre-reused factory?

A．Costly.

B．Useful.

C．Dangerous.

D．Short-lived.

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

A．Tyres can be divided into three parts

B．A company built a tyre-reused factory

C．Energy recovery can deal with old tyres

D．Old tyres can become environmentally friendly materials

8 . Today, many people spend a lot of time reading online. Whether reading news or e-books, people are spending more time eyeballing (盯住) screens. While online reading opens up a great deal of knowledge to people, there are some disadvantages too, such as eyestrain, headaches, as well as difficulty in focusing on the text. Now a new reading system, Bionic Reading, developed by Swiss typographic designer Renato Casutt, can help people overcome these issues, and most importantly, it aims to help people read faster online and develop a more in-depth understanding of written content.

The reading system improve the reading process by guiding the eyes through text with artificial fixation points. To make it short: some parts of the words are displayed in bold (粗体). As a result, the reader only focuses on the highlighted letters and lets the brain center complete the rest. Your brain can “read” faster than your eyes, so by essentially reducing the number of letters your eye needs to look at, you can read faster while still preserving the full context.

Cassult discovered the system by accident. He was working on designing a book in a foreign language and realized he could read it if he sectioned it off. He worked for six years to develop Bionic Reading and is still working to adjust it.

A preliminary (初步的) study was conducted by the Swiss Institute InnoSuisee, but more research is needed before it can be definitively shown that the system improves reading. Some people with ADHD (多动症) prove that Bionic Reading helped them focus and comprehend what they are reading. Other people don’t seem to notice a big difference compared to regular text. There’s also no evidence to suggest Bionic Reading is any better than regular text. The best way to know if the Bionic Reader helps you read better online is to try it yourself.

1. What is the main purpose of Bionic Reading?

A．To point out people’s reading problems.

B．To teach people necessary reading skills.

C．To reduce readers’ screen time and eye stress.

D．To improve people’s reading speed and comprehension.

2. What does the underlined phrase “artificial fixation points” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Words displayed in capital letters.	B．Useful expressions.
C．Difficult sentences in the text.	D．Bold letters.

3. What do some people with ADHD think of the system according to the text?

A．It is complex.	B．It can be beneficial.
C．It needs to be improved.	D．It has little effect on them.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．A reading project for ADHD.	B．A research on language learning.
C．A system to help with online reading.	D．A tool for treating reading disability

9 . 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。

Cui Zhenshuo and Yang Bo discovered that because of the far location of most paper workshops and lifestyles of the paper-making craftsmen, their products are unable to reach the market     1     (easy). Therefore, Cui and Yang came up     2     the idea of establishing their own studio that could serve as a bridge to connect far workshops with buyers to advance     3     (tradition) Chinese handmade paper.

Chu is a kind of tree.     4     (it) bark (树皮) is a common material that was used in papermaking in ancient times. Han Yu, a famous     5     (write) during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) called paper Mr. Chu in his work Biography of Mao Ying. Since then, it     6     (use) as a nickname (昵称) for paper by Chinese scholars. In 2019, Cui and Yang named their own studio “I am Mr. Chu.”, and they focused on     7     (run) it.

Du Weisheng, an expert in the restoration (修复) of ancient books at the National Library of China, told them that, in     8     1990s, many Chinese paper relics needed to be repaired with handmade paper that allowed people to find information on various paper styles.

The two began to create the series of handmade paper products from 2021. Each volume is made up of thirty types of handmade paper, each of     9     is sourced from its place of origin. At present, two volumes of the series have been produced, and they plan     10     (make) ten volumes.

10 . The last time my husband and I went out for a dinner in a restaurant, the server came and recited (背诵) a long list of specials and detailed descriptions of how the food was made. As she spoke. I became almost more interested in how she could remember all those descriptions than thinking about the food, Meanwhile. I couldn’t remember where I’d put my keys before we left for the restaurant.

Objectively (客观地) speaking, not remembering where you put your keys is generally not a sign of dementia (痴呆). And on the other side, being able to remember a long list of restaurant specials isn’t necessarily a sign of surprising mental ability, either.

While most of us are afraid about developing dementia. fewer than 10% of adults age 65and older will end up with dementia such as Alzheimer’s. “For them, developing a condition like Alzheimer’s is a part of normal aging,” says Joel Salinas MD, an expert at NYU Langone Health. And, he adds. “There are areas that actually improve with age, like vocabulary and wisdom.”

“Memory is all these different brain networks working in concert with each other,” says Dr. Salinas. While genetics and family history play some role in the risk of memory problems. so do plenty of other reasons, For example, some medicine and alcohol can cause memory problems, especially for older people.

The brain might be the place that memory is stored, but it doesn’t exist in the air. The health and efficiency of the brain depend a lot on the general health of the body. In short, what’s good for the body is good for the brain. Many of the lifestyle factors that can improve memory are the same that have a positive effect on general health, such as, exercising properly. having a balanced diet, and sleeping well.

1. Why does the author mention her experience in paragraph 1?

A．To show her interest in the specials.

B．To introduce the topic of the text.

C．To invite more customers to the restaurant.

D．To express her regret about losing her keys.

2. What is Salinas’ attitude towards aging?

A．Objective.

B．Worried.

C．Supportive.

D．Doubtful.

3. What can improve our memory according to the text?

A．Reciting details	B．Working with others.
C．Exercising properly.	D．Sleeping a lot.

4. This text may probably be seen in ________.

A．a research plan	B．a health magazine
C．a business magazine	D．a book review