1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the man?

A．A fresh graduate.

B．A software engineer.

C．A computer repairman.

2. What does the example of the man’s group project prove?

A．He has great leadership skills.

B．He is a good team player.

C．He pays attention to detail.

3. How does the woman describe the man?

A．Motivated.

B．Creative.

C．Industrious.

4. What will the woman most probably talk about next?

A．The employment situation.

B．The internal promotion.

C．The company culture.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who might the woman be?

A．A hostess.

B．A director.

C．An actress.

2. What does the woman think of the award­winning film?

A．It is her personal favorite.

B．It is worthy of the award.

C．It is terribly disappointing.

3. What is the man going to do next?

A．Call a meeting.

B．Watch a video.

C．Have a job interview.

3 . As in other countries, road safety is always a concern in America. Studies show that in 2022, 7,485 pedestrians (行人) were killed by vehicles in the U.S. That’s an increase of more than 65% since 2012. Even during COVID-19, when fewer people were driving, more pedestrians were hit and more died.

Researchers found that drivers took advantage of empty streets and pay little attention to traffic rules. Another factor is the increasing popularity of SUVs, pickups (皮卡) and vans. These kinds of vehicles are up to three times more dangerous than smaller cars when hit pedestrians. The more fault drivers believe they could bear for the hitting, the more likely they are to leave without giving any help. Younger male drivers are more likely to run away. So are those who get drunken or lack a driving license. Other factors include the age of the victim, as children and elderly people are less likely to be left alone. Also, with more witnesses around, the drivers are less likely to hit and run.

In the U.S. drivers run away from serious crashes with pedestrians about 20% of the time, and the rate is very different among different states.

In 2020, 6,519 pedestrians were killed in the U.S. Speeding driving were a major cause. While Florida “wins” the least number of deaths caused by speeding. These following states were reported to have the most dangerous road accidents.

Ten most dangerous states for pedestrians

1. What does the first paragraph tell us?

A．Road security worries Americans.

B．Pedestrian are on the rise over time.

C．COVID-19 caused more road accidents.

D．Vehicles have doubled since 2012.

2. Which kind of vehicles is the least dangerous in America?

A．Cars.

B．SUVs.

C．Pickups.

D．Vans.

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Young drivers are more likely to be honest.

B．Drunken driving is now allowed in America.

C．Children and the old are well protected in the U.S.

D．Drivers are more honest if witnessed by more people.

4. Which of the following states is the most suitable for tourists on foot?

A．New Mexico.	B．New York.
C．Florida.	D．South Carolina.

4 . Sammie Vance knows it feels bad to be left out. So she has been helping kids who feel lonely make friends.

Sammie is 14. When she was in the third grade, she started the Buddy Bench program. That was at her school, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Anyone who felt lonely could sit on the “buddy bench.” It showed others that someone needed a friend.

The bench brought kids together. “There was one little boy at school, younger than me,” Sammie told TIME for Kids. “He would see me in the hallway and give me a thumbs-up. That told me that what I was doing helped him.”

It costs money to build benches. Sammie decided to make them out of recycled materials. This lowered the cost. And the benches were eco-friendly.

Sammie gathered friends in her community. They collected 1,200 pounds of bottle caps. A company called Green Tree Plastics made three benches with the bottle caps.

Sammie has helped communities all over the country set up buddy benches. And she is spreading kindness around the world. “We recently got a bench in Ghana, Africa,” she says. “That was cool.”

Sammie reminds us that kids can help their community. Even small acts of kindness can be powerful. “You don’t have to be an adult to make a difference,” she says.

Sammie wrote a book. It is called Inspire the World: A Kid’s Journey to Making a Difference. It tells the story of her buddy benches. Sammie hopes her example will inspire others. “I used to be really, really shy,” she says. Building buddy benches gave her confidence. “I’m definitely more outgoing now.”

1. When did Sammie start the Buddy Bench program?

A．In the third grade.	B．In the fourth grade.
C．In the fifth grade.	D．In the sixth grade.

2. What does Sammie do to help lonely kids?

A．She helps them find a new hobby.

B．She introduces them to her friends.

C．She starts a program to help them make friends.

D．She gives them a thumbs-up to make them happy.

3. How did Sammie lower the cost of making benches?

A．She raised money herself.	B．She cycled to find materials.
C．She turned to her parents.	D．She used recycled materials.

4. What does Sammie hope to do by writing a book?

A．To inspire children to make differences.

B．To raise more money for her journey.

C．To build more benches for children.

D．To remind children to act like adults.

5 . — Excuse me, I want to complain about this soya milk.
—________

A．What’s wrong with you?	B．What’s the problem?
C．How do you like it?	D．I’m sorry to hear that.

6 . I was born near New Your City. My parents loved music. They weren’t rich but there was always ___________ in our home: jazz, folk and pop music.

By the time I was 12, I ___________ the words of hundreds of songs. I used to ___________ in front of my bedroom mirror and pretend that I was ___________ the guitar. One day, my father ___________, seeing me and laughing. I felt ___________. A few weeks later, however, father came home with a large parcel under his arm. “It’s ___________ you, Tommy.” he said. “It’s special ___________ for your 13th birthday.” That was my first electric guitar. I took it ___________ out of the parcel, with a big smile on my ____________.

By the time I was 15, I left school and started ____________ in night clubs because I could hear lots of different bands there. Later, I ____________ a job at a dance club and worked for two years. I was then writing my own songs. ____________, no one was paying any attention. One night, I gave a tape of ____________ songs to the man in charge of the music. He ____________ it and started playing it. After a while, people started to ask him to play my ____________. Then, a recording company offered me a contract (合同) to ____________ an album (唱片). ____________, one of the songs, “Turning Me On”, became ____________ in China, Japan and Singapore.

I don’t know why but I became a ____________ in Southeast Asia.

1.

A．music

B．paper

C．food

2.

A．discussed

B．mailed

C．knew

3.

A．jump

B．stand

C．run

4.

A．playing

B．buying

C．selling

5.

A．ran away

B．came in

C．set off

6.

A．embarrassed

B．hungry

C．tired

7.

A．behind

B．with

C．for

8.

A．map

B．gift

C．book

9.

A．slowly

B．angrily

C．sadly

10.

A．mouth

B．head

C．face

11.

A．sleeping

B．working

C．climbing

12.

A．got

B．missed

C．refused

13.

A．Besides

B．Instead

C．However

14.

A．her

B．your

C．my

15.

A．liked

B．lost

C．forgot

16.

A．cards

B．songs

C．games

17.

A．borrow

B．record

C．return

18.

A．Personally

B．Generally

C．Luckily

19.

A．popular

B．easy

C．boring

20.

A．doctor

B．star

C．worker

7 . Nisha Blackwell was putting herself through nursing school when she was laid off for the third time. To make matters worse, she couldn’t______ a gift after being invited to attend the birthday party of a close friend’s daughter just a few days later. “That’s______ I looked around and I said, ‘What do I have?’ I had a sewing machine still in a box,” she says.“ And 1 had this bag of clothes.’

Nisha had cloth and a sewing machine, but she didn’t______ know how to sew. So she turned to YouTube, and video by video, taught herself, “I was typing into YouTube: How to______a sewing machine...“ she remembers. I probably didn’t make the machine work______midnight and this was in the hot summer when my house didn’t have air conditioning. I remember just sting there, just sweating to death, but so______to make this thing for this party!”

She ______ making a box of hair bows(蝴蝶结发饰). She went to the party, restless, ______how people would receive the fact that they were handmade.“ It felt like it took forever to get to my gif,“ she says. “ I was so ______ because I kept imagining that these hair bows would just be like pieces of cloth that came out, and I felt like I must have done something wrong. But something ______happened. My friend _______the box out onto the high chair and I remember   all of the parents coming up to me saying, so ________! ‘Where did you get them? How did you do that? Can you make me some?’”

Nisha left the party with six customers and started getting _______ soon. She began training   other women from her______to produce the product.

“If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path. I make sure that I am looking back and helping, and make sure that I’m not just doing something that is only ______me.” Nisha says.

1.

A．receive

B．wrap

C．design

D．afford

2.

A．how

B．when

C．why

D．what

3.

A．actually

B．merely

C．necessarily

D．desperately

4.

A．charge

B．handle

C．tailor

D．apply

5.

A．since

B．by

C．until

D．after

6.

A．confident

B．determined .

C．courageous

D．committed

7.

A．ended up

B．took to

C．dug up

D．turned to

8.

A．deciding

B．identifying

C．assessing

D．wondering

9.

A．curious

B．sensitive

C．nervous

D．confused

10.

A．unhappy

B．unexpected

C．unusual

D．uncertain

11.

A．handed

B．laid

C．picked .

D．emptied

12.

A．primitive

B．amazing

C．complicated

D．inspiring

13.

A．supplies

B．funds

C．materials

D．orders

14.

A．community

B．factory

C．country

D．charity

15.

A．convincing

B．impressing

C．benefiting

D．challenging

8 . Hell comes to Pearl Harbor

It was Sunday, December 7,1941. As usual, the wake­up call came at 5:45 a.m. The men aboard the warship USS Arizona stretched and rubbed their eyes. Seaman Russell Warriner was awakened by Quartermaster Louis Conter. Russell made his bed and helped clean the huge, shared room. The men went to the washroom, dressed in their uniforms and sat down to breakfast. It looked like it would be a normal day on board the ship.

But nobody ate their breakfast: at that moment, there was a huge crashing sound from above. The ship shook violently and the men looked at each other in horror. Above their heads, hundreds of Japanese planes circled like eagles. They were diving down to drop bombs on Pearl Harbor. The scream of their engines was deafening. As bombs thundered all around, clouds of black smoke rose into the sky and hung over the sea. Russell felt his blood freeze, but he quickly came to himself and rushed up to the deck. Moments later, a bomb hit the USS Arizona and Russell was thrown more than 100 meters across the ship. He suffered serious burns on his hands, arms and legs, and watched many of his friends die.

Louis, meanwhile, also standing on the deck, was lucky not to be thrown into the sea. With only minor injuries, he was able to help others who were severely burnt and in terrible pain. After receiving the order to abandon ship, Louis saved more men from the water, dragging them into the lifeboat. In the chaos and confusion after the attack, the US Navy sent a message to his family that Louis had been killed in the attack. Luckily, he was able to get in touch with them before the message arrived. Despite his remarkable actions, Louis did not think that he was a hero. “The heroes are the ones that gave their lives that day,” he said.

Russell was saved from the water, but he was badly burnt, bleeding heavily. Fortunately, he was taken to hospital and survived. For many years, Russell refused to talk about what happened that morning, describing it simply as “hell”. His wife Elsa said, “When he opened up later on, he always mentioned the horror of it.”

Louis and Russell would never forget the terrible scene of the attack, but they were fortunate enough to be among the few survivors from the Arizona. Nobody had expected the bombing. Japan had hatched a plot to launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, so the attack began without warning and without declaring war on the United States. The attack destroyed nearly 20 American ships and over 180 airplanes. In total, more than 2,000 American people were killed and over 1,000 others were wounded that day. More than 1,000 people aboard the Arizona lost their lives. Out of 37 sets of brothers, Russell and his brother were the only full pair to survive the attack．

The surprise attack came as a great shock to the whole nation. The next day, President Roosevelt delivered his famous Pearl Harbor Speech, in which he described December 7 as “a date which will live in infamy” and asked that the US Congress declare war on Japan. In response to the attack and the president’s address, the United States joined the Second World War.

Today, the USS Arizona lies where it sank: in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Its location is marked with a memorial shaped like a bridge, which crosses the ship’s sunken remains . Each year, more than two million people visit the memorial. They come to see the shadow of the ship at the bottom of Pearl Harbor, to learn about the attack, to show respect for those who had lost their lives in the attack and to pray for world peace. Although about eight decades has passed, the attack on Pearl Harbor, one of the darkest episodes in American history, will never be forgotten.

1. When did Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor?

A．In the morning.	B．At noon.
C．In the afternoon.	D．At midnight.

2. What can we know about Russell and Louis from the passage?

A．Russell lost his hands, arms and legs in the attack.

B．Russell was seriously burned in the attack.

C．Louis’s family were sad to hear that he was killed.

D．Louis was proud of his remarkable actions.

3. Which of the following words can best describe Louis?

A．Kind and skilled.

B．Helpful and clever.

C．Brave and clever.

D．Brave and modest.

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to Paragraph 5?

A．Many American ships and airplanes were destroyed in the attack.

B．More than 1,000 people aboard the Arizona were killed.

C．2,000 Americans were killed and 1,000 others were wounded in the war.

D．Both Russell and his brother survived the attack.

9 . It's important to keep young children connected to the activities they love. Even if the children don't play sports, these great stories in the sports books about competition and dealing with difficulties are timeless and good for them.

Karate Kids
Holly Sterling

Come to join Maya for a karate class! Maya loves playing with her friends and showing her teachers how hard she has worked. But the most important part Maya expects is receiving the encouragement of friends and teachers, which makes her very excited.

（Ages：3-7）
How to Solve a Problem
Ashima Shiraishi

If you thought rock-climbing was only for adults, think again. Ashim Shiraishi is considered to be one of the best teenage climbers in the world. She started climbing rocks in the park when she was just six years old! Her story will encourage children to deal with any difficulty in their way, and to trust themselves and their own abilities-no matter what life throws at them.

(Ages:4-8)
Sports Star Mad Libs Junior
Roger Price

Dreaming of the time you can play with your team? Or perhaps, you're just feeling a little bored at home? If so, this book is the best choice for you！ Fill in the blanks（空白处）with the words you can think of and create funny sports articles that will give you great pleasure for hours.

(Ages:5-8)
The Zach & Zoe Mysteries All Star Collection
Mike Lupica

Although Mike Lupica might be best-known for his middle-grade sports writing, he hasn't forgotten beginners. In this four-book collection twins Zach and Zoe combine（使结合） their love of sports and solving mysteries（谜） to take readers on fun-filled adventures on the football field and basketball court.

(Ages:6-9)
1. What can children mainly learn from Ashima Shiraishi's story?

A．How to develop new abilities.	B．How to communicate with adults.
C．How to face challenges bravely.	D．How to give encouragement to others.

2. Which book will you choose if you want to make up stories to kill time?

A．Karate Kids.	B．Sports Star Mad Libs Junior.
C．How to Solve a Problem.	D．The Zach & Zoe Mysteries All Star Collection.

3. What do we know about The Zach & Zoe Mysteries ALL Star Collection?

A．It is written for twins.	B．It is pleasing to read.
C．It praises Zach's friendship with Zoe.	D．It teaches children about task planning.

10 . Daily Habits for Better Sleep

Good sleep starts long before bedtime. Many of the things you do during the day will affect the quality of your sleep.    1    .

Wake up at the same time every morning.

Our bodies follow a daily circadian(昼夜的) rhythm, and waking up at different times throws it out of order. It is best to keep your wake-up time consistent     2    . The less you deviate(偏离)from your normal wake-up time,the better you’ll sleep.

Get sunlight every morning.

Exposure to sunlight serves an important purpose:It shuts down the release of melatonin(褪黑素)，a hormone that promotes sleep.    3    ，it sends a signal to tell your brain to stop releasing the melatonin. Aim to get at least 15 minutes of sunlight as the first thing every morning.

Work out regularly.

The pandemic has led people to cut down on physical activity.    4     Studies have found that daily exercise, regardless of the type or intensity,helps people fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer. According to the Sleep Foundation, people with chronic insomnia can fall asleep about 13 minutes faster and gain up to 20 extra minutes of sleep per night by starting an exercise routine.

    5    

Caffeine has a half-life of six to eight hours and a quarter-life of about 12 hours. That means that if you drink coffee at 4p.m., you’ll still have a quarter of the caffeine floating around in your brain at 4a.m. . Avoiding caffeine in the evening is a no-brainer. But ideally you should avoid caffeine after 2 p.m., so that your body has enough time to clear most of it from your system.

A．When you step outside

B．Cut off caffeine at 2p.m.

C．When sunlight hits your eye

D．Avoid caffeine in your daily life

E．Don’t sleep in,even on weekends

F．So try these sleep-promoting habits

G．But exercise is the easiest way to improve sleep