1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When did Beckham start his professional career?

A．At age 13.

B．At age 19.

C．At age 17.

2. What happened in the year 1997?

A．Beckham got married.

B．Beckham met Victoria Adams.

C．Beckham was a finalist for Player of the Year.

3. According to the talk, what is Beckham’s wife famous for?

A．Her singing career.

B．Her modeling career.

C．Her fashion designs.

2 . Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Getting There

The easiest way to get to Amboseli is by air. Airkenya has daily flights from Wilson Airport in Nairobi and Mombasa Air Safari to Amboseli from Mombasa, Malindi and Diani on the Kenyan Coast. The drive from Nairobi is 4 hours. The road is paved to Namanga but the remaining 75km to Amboseli’s Meshanani Gate is over a rough dirt road. It takes roughly 2.5 hours to cover the 94km between the Chyulu Gate in Tsavo West and Amboseli. The passage on this road should be undertaken only in the presence of an armed convoy. A four-wheel drive vehicle is highly recommended.

When to Travel

The best time to visit Amboseli National Park is the dry season from January through April and June through October when vegetation is thin and animals congregate at the water holes making them easy to spot. The long rains are in April and May and short rains in November and December.

Health & Safety

Amboseli lies in a malaria risk area and travelers’ diarrhea is a common ailment affecting tourists in Kenya. When packing your suitcase don’t forget to include neutral colored, long-sleeved shirts and trousers, DEET insect repellent and high factor sunscreen. Sleep under a treated mosquito net or in a screened or air conditioned room.

Admission & Fees

An entrance fee is charged and, in general, is included in the rate of the safari lodge or camp.

Things to Keep in Mind

Road transfers should be undertaken during the day rather than at night. Be aware and be weary of both small and large tricks.

1. What may be the best choice if we go to Amboseli National Park by land?

A．Going in a group on foot.	B．Going alone with enough food.
C．Going by car with guards.	D．Going by car with a family.

2. When do we have to avoid going to Amboseli National Park?

A．In February.

B．In May.

C．In July.

D．In October.

3. Which kind of clothes are suitable for visitors when they are in the park?

A．Dark-colored coats.	B．Multicolored sweaters.
C．Light-colored T-shirts.	D．neutral colored, long-sleeved shirts.

3 . I was ten years old at that time. It was a hot, summer afternoon and I decided to _______ by swimming in the river where the water was cold. After a while I grabbed my _______ and headed back up to the house. I knew that _______ would be ready soon.

I _______ in slowly and saw my grandmother busy cooking. Two freshly baked loaves of Italian bread smelled wonderful. My grandmother was _______ her special sauce (调味汁) without noticing my arrival. It had been slowly _______ for hours. Potatoes, pieces of chicken, and meatballs had been quietly cooking in it. Grandma _______ a wooden spoon, stirred the sauce and brought up a bit for a _______. She made a face and shook her head. Something wasn’t quite _______. She added some salt. Then she shook in a little more garlic powder. She ________ stirred the sauce for a while longer. ________ she took another taste. This time her ________ widened and she nodded her approval of her ________. I smiled too. I knew it was going to be another ________ dinner.

Looking back I think grandmother was such a ________ cook because she not only seasoned (给……调味) her food with the right ________ but also seasoned it with her love. She was a true ________ when it came to cooking and truly wise when it came to living. I still ________ her every single day and I am so thankful for all the ________ she taught me. Life is so much tastier when you ________ it with joy. Be the chef of your own life then.

1.

A．set out

B．cool off

C．turn back

D．work out

2.

A．towel

B．guitar

C．camera

D．phone

3.

A．paperwork

B．soup

C．dinner

D．blame

4.

A．rode

B．debated

C．rushed

D．walked

5.

A．focusing on

B．speaking of

C．pulling off

D．searching for

6.

A．bending

B．growing

C．assisting

D．cooking

7.

A．bought

B．took

C．watered

D．received

8.

A．drive

B．drink

C．taste

D．moment

9.

A．right

B．ready

C．smooth

D．huge

10.

A．suddenly

B．slowly

C．sadly

D．coldly

11.

A．Obviously

B．Still

C．Then

D．Again

12.

A．wrinkles

B．shoulder

C．surface

D．smile

13.

A．idea

B．vehicle

C．creation

D．dream

14.

A．annual

B．delicious

C．simple

D．formal

15.

A．great

B．slim

C．fat

D．humorous

16.

A．vinegar

B．container

C．vegetable

D．sauce

17.

A．artist

B．housewife

C．waitress

D．chef

18.

A．recognize

B．miss

C．comfort

D．expect

19.

A．lessons

B．stories

C．activities

D．wises

20.

A．guide

B．copy

C．prepare

D．imagine

4 . The world’s coral reefs do more for the planet than provide underwater beauty. They protect shorelines from the effects of hurricanes. An estimated 500 million people earn their livelihood from the fishing stocks and tourism opportunities reefs provide. The tiny animals that give rise to reefs are even offering hope for new drugs to treat cancer and other diseases.

Despite their importance, warming waters, pollution, ocean acidification, overfishing, and physical destruction are killing coral reefs around the world. So now scientists around the world are looking for all kinds of ways to protect and maybe even revive(复苏) corals. In the Bahamas, Ross Cunning, a research biologist at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, is focusing on corals with genes that could make them natural candidates for restoration projects. He recently published a study of two Bahamian reefs, one that seemed to survive an intense 2015 heat wave, and one that didn’t.“It sets the stage to find out which genes are responsible for thermal tolerance,” says Cunning, adding that he hopes discovering those genes will help scientists one day breed more heat-tolerant coral.

In Massachusetts, Cohen’s research has found two key elements that seem to protect corals. The first: internal(内部的) waves beneath the ocean’s surface that bring cooler currents to heat-struck corals, essentially air-conditioning them as temperatures rise. The second: adaptation, a quality that corals found in Palau’s warm lagoons(环礁湖) seem to display.On average, these lagoons submerge(淹没) coral in water that is two degrees Celsius warmer than the water outside the lagoons. “We think the fact that they can deal with these higher temperatures is built into their genetics and allows them to deal with the heat waves.”

She’s also found evidence of corals evolving more quickly in the past two decades to withstand rapidly warming temperatures. The big question scientists are now enquiring into, says Cohen, is whether there’s a cap on how much more heat corals can adapt to. Cohen calls these regions with heat-adapted corals as “super reefs,” and like Friendlander, advocates for using marine reserves to protect them.

1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．The protection for coral reefs

B．The great value of coral reefs.

C．The benefits for tourism from coral reefs.

D．The relationship between animals and coral reefs.

2. What can be inferred from Cunning’s coral research?

A．Cooling down the waters is the key to their success.

B．Some corals have been genetically improved successfully.

C．He expects to identify the genes of the heat-tolerant corals.

D．Some corals that survived 2015 heat wave surprised people.

3. What is the focus of the study to save corals according to Cohen?

A．How corals survive in the warm lagoons.

B．What are the key elements to protect corals.

C．How they can use natural reserves to protect corals.

D．What is the high temperature limit of the surviving corals.

4. Which section is the text probably taken from?

A．Science.

B．Environment.

C．Animal.

D．Climate.

5 . Even if we’ve never laid eyes on a certain person, the sound of their voice can relay a lot of information: whether they are male or female, old or young, or perhaps an accent indicating which nation they might come from. While it is possible for us to randomly deduce someone’s facial features, it’s likely that we won’t be able to clearly piece together what someone’s face looks like based on the sound of their voice alone. However, it’s a different matter when machines are put to the task, as researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have discovered in developing an AI that can vividly reconstruct people’s faces with relatively impressive detail, using only short audio clips(音频片段) of their voices as reference.

Named Speech2Face, the neural(神经的) network — a computer that “thinks” in a manner similar to the human brain — was trained by scientists on millions of educational videos from the Internet that showed over 100,000 different people talking. From this dataset, Speech2Face learned associations between vocal cues(声带) and certain physical features in a human face, researchers wrote in a new study. The AI then used an audio clip to model a photorealistic face matching the voice.

However, the tool was far from perfect. Speech2Face turned out “mixed performance” when confronted with language variations. For example, when the AI listened to an audio clip of an Asian man speaking Chinese, the program produced an image of an Asian face. However, when the same man spoke in English in a different audio clip, the AI generated the face of a white man, the scientists reported.

Thankfully, AI doesn’t know exactly what a specific individual looks like based on their voice alone. Voice privacy otherwise would be a concern like face recognition for us. The neural network recognized certain markers in speech that pointed to gender(性别), age and ethnicity(种族), features that are shared by many people, the study authors reported.“As such, the model will only produce average-looking faces,” the scientists wrote. “It will not produce images of specific individuals.”

1. What can best replace the underlined word “deduce” in Paragraph1?

A．Mistake.

B．Guess.

C．Record.

D．Search.

2. What can we learn about Speech2Face?

A．It produces the results with great accuracy.

B．It allows thousands of people to talk at the same time.

C．It has learnt the connection between speech and appearance.

D．It can tell the differences between the Chinese and the Europeans.

3. What’s the author’s attitude to the AI tool according to Paragraph4?

A．Skeptical.

B．Confused.

C．Favorable.

D．Worried.

4. What can be the best title of the text?

A．MIT’s New Discovery Give a Surprise to People.

B．AI Generated Your Faces by Listening to Your Voices.

C．Your Voice Could Give Away Your Nationality with the AI Tool.

D．Speech2Face: Neural Network Recognized You Behind a Picture.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Lynn Colwell is a mixed-media artist in Redmond, Washington. In primary school, a teacher told her she     1     (have) no artistic talent and Lynn believed her. Until 2015, that is, when she retired, looking to start     2     new interest, she took a year-long online painting class.

She started painting striking portraits of women’s faces,     3     (combine) with short messages of hope. In five years, she’s completed about 1,000 paintings. Lynn gives her paintings away. She started with friends, but that only went so far. Then she read about a     4     (move) called Art Abandonment,     5     encourages artists to leave their art in public places for anyone to pick up. That gave her the idea of     6     (put) her work into the hands of strangers through Facebook.

Nearly every day, Lynn posts a painting on her Facebook page. Five years later, she’s still     7     (amaze) at the results. So far, her paintings     8     (raise) more than $57,000 for nonprofits such as animal rescue centers, homeless shelters     9     food pantries (食品分发处) as well as for people who have lost     10     (they) jobs or been overwhelmed with medical bills.

7 . The following are some good shows on Netflix right now. Figuring out what to watch this month has never been easier.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Fans of the beloved book series will have a great deal of fun out of this three-season Netflix Original Series, which follows the unlucky Baudelaire children through their misadventures with the greedy Count Olaf. Dark, strange and frightening but not quite scary, this is a great show on Netflix for the whole family to see in the fall, and book fans will appreciate how loyal the show is to the books.

Good Girls

Come for the big-name stars — Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman as the good girls — and stay for the drama, action, and comedy, which seem to come in equal measure through all two seasons currently available on Netflix. You’ll laugh, will feel the pain of being a middle-class mom with a tight income, and will be shocked at the funny manners these women get into.

Outer Banks

It may only be one season long (for now), but this fresh Netflix Original Series is supremely worth seeing. It was in the top-10 ranking of the most popular movies and shows on Netflix for weeks after its release for good reason: The show follows a band of teens treasure hunting, fishing, surfing, and occasionally avoiding bullets in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. If the action-packed drama, charming characters don’t get you, the beautiful coastal scenery and warm-weather atmosphere will.

1. Who are probably the target audience for A Series of Unfortunate Events?

A．Students.	B．Detectives.
C．People of all ages.	D．The elderly.

2. What is Mae Whitman?

A．A director.	B．An actress.
C．A producer.	D．A heroine.

3. What will surely make audience impressive in Outer Banks?

A．Charming characters.	B．The ranking.
C．Action design.	D．Coastal scenery.

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where is Story Time held?

A．In the Children’s Room.

B．In the Meeting Room.

C．In the Reference Room.

2. When does Family Movies take place now?

A．On Thursdays.

B．On Saturdays.

C．On Sundays.

3. What will the man probably do on Friday night?

A．Give a speech.

B．Listen to a lecture.

C．Read stories to children.

4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．Movie nights.

B．Library events.

C．Weekend activities.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the woman decide to do something special?

A．To spend a meaningful weekend.

B．To celebrate Earth Day this year.

C．To save some recycling materials.

2. What does the woman plan to do?

A．Throw away old materials.

B．Start a shopping campaign.

C．Make useful items for daily use.

3. When will the man probably arrive at the entrance?

A．At 7:50 am.

B．At 8:00 am.

C．At 8:10 am.

10 . A good workout app is like having a training assistant in your pocket-it can help you push harder, lift heavier, and eat better. But with so many different apps to choose from, knowing which will help you reach your goals can be a challenge in itself. To help simplify your workout routine, we’ve hand-picked some of the best workout apps to use in 2022.

Nike Training Club
SPECIFICATIONS: Price: Free
REASONS TO BUY: + Content completely free
+Classes labeled by intensity
+ Home workouts
REASONS TO AVOID: —Nike removed certain training programs from app

With the update, Nike removed some of their training programs. It’s not perfect, but for a free app, there’s plenty to keep you moving here.

Centr
SPECIFICATIONS: Price: $29. 99 per month, annual subscription $10 per month
REASONS TO BUY: +Training programs
+Home and gym workouts
+ Meal plans
REASONS TO AVOID: —No option to play your own music

Centr offers daily workout videos covering a variety of disciplines. It features a 7-day free trial.

Strava
SPECIFICATIONS: Price: Free/$5 per month or $59. 99 per year
REASONS TO BUY: + Allows tracking for multiple sports
+Community surroundings
+30-day free trial of subscription
REASONS TO AVOID: —A lot of in-depth analysis features are behind paywall

The paid version gives users suggestions and plans based on other runners’ data.

Peloton
SPECIFICATIONS—Price: $13 per month; 30 days free for trials
REASONS TO BUY: + A wide range of motivational classes
+Easy to stack and save classes for later
+Live classes to join with friends
REASONS TO AVOID: —If you don’t have access to an exercise bike or treadmill (跑步机), you won’t get the most out of this platform.
1. What might be one reason why app users choose Nike Training Club?

A．Easy operation.	B．Outdoor programs.
C．Updated content.	D．Intensity-based classes.

2. Which app best suits people who enjoy outdoor sports?

A．Nike Training Club.	B．Centr.
C．Strava.	D．Peloton.

3. What is the common advantage of the four apps?

A．Users can enjoy live classes.	B．They provide further analysis.
C．Users have various choices to make.	D．They provide training classes.