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1. What is the relationship between the speakers?
| A．Friends. | B．Neighbors. | C．Police and witness. |
| A．When he drove on his way to work. |
| B．When he walked on his way home. |
| C．When he took a walk in a park. |
| A．Blue jeans. | B．A yellow hat. | C．Brown shoes. |
| A．The weapons he had. |
| B．The color of his clothes. |
| C．His figure. |
1. Why did the zoo build a new monkey park?
| A．It was too small for the additional monkeys. |
| B．It needed a treehouse to be more interesting. |
| C．The zoo needed to change its park to get more visitors. |
| A．Watching the turtles. |
| B．Feeding the monkeys. |
| C．Feeding the turtles. |
| A．In the park. | B．In a car. | C．In the zoo. |
4 . I grew up in an age of delayed gratification (满足), when I had to wait for almost everything.
The mail came once a day. Classic movies were shown on television.
And then there was money. The banks did business on weekdays only. They opened at 9 and closed at 4.
Such was the world as recently as the 1970s. Everything seemed to operate on a strict clock, and the words "on demand" had no meaning, for there was no force on earth that could change the US Mail’s schedule, or get the bank to stay open a minute past.
And then, seemingly overnight, everything changed. ATMs, movies on DVD and, of course, the personal computer, meant that we could have almost anything we wanted, when we wanted it.
However, I am not charmed by what we have gained.
| A．Most stores were closed on Sundays. |
| B．In this way the virtue of patience is practiced. |
| C．Instead, I am gently fascinated by what was lost. |
| D．This was the way things worked, and it was all we knew. |
| E．If I can have something this fast, why can’t I have it faster? |
| F．You needed money but didn’t make it to the bank on time? |
| G．And, of course, one had to be home at the appointed time to watch them. |
5 . It was our first Thanksgiving in the new house, and I wanted everything to be perfect. However, my husband just got a new job in retail, so our family “plan” for everyone to take part in the necessary prep work had been torpedoed. To make matters worse, a key project for me that week had claimed two days of planned vacation. John Lennon was right: Life is what happens while you are making other plans.
By Wednesday night, while my husband was selling camping equipment as Christmas gifts, my children and I were at home and into full-blown vacuum mania (吸尘狂潮). I was thankful that a kid’s pocket money did not make up salary as I put my six and eight-year-old to work, going against all child labor laws. For my part, I was as busy as a bee in the toilet bowl, heading for a breakdown.
I don’t remember what my son asked me as he was trying his best to finish the vacuuming, but I do remember twisting into that mean-and-tight mom face before barking out a rude answer. Instead of dashing out of view, my second-grader turned off the vacuum and walked the whole way around the stairwell to face me. He never said a word. He just wrapped his arms around me for a hug that made me feel ashamed of myself to this very day. My son took a risk to teach me that sometimes we need a hug most when we are least huggable.
It was the perfect Thanksgiving. The people I loved gathered around my table where a pumpkin covered up last year’s gravy stain (肉汁污渍). We dined on just one choice of pie, and my dad used a mismatched dinner fork without complaint. My daughter drew a picture of us on a paper plate where no one had their eyes closed.
I learned a lot from an eight-year-old that holiday, and I’ve tried hard to remember it. If you find a person complaining about her job or her dress size, give her a hug. It just might be what she needs most.
1. What does the underlined word “torpedoed” in paragraph 1 mean?| A．passed | B．scheduled | C．targeted | D．ruined |
| A．confident | B．humorous | C．alarmed | D．concerned |
| A．She shouted at him impatiently. | B．She hugged him right away. |
| C．She responded to him politely. | D．She continued vacuuming delightedly. |
| A．Careful planning: the route to an unforgettable Thanksgiving Day |
| B．Family happiness: the result of balancing work and life |
| C．Thanksgiving surprises: imperfect perfection and unexpected hugs |
| D．Holiday letdown: common psychological and emotional experiences |
1. Who mentioned in the speech use camels in their sports?
| A．Americans | B．The Arabs. | C．Chinese people. |
| A．Volleyball. | B．Basketball. | C．Running. |
| A．Less than 200 years. | B．About 300 years | C．Over 1, 000 years. |
| A．Friendship | B．Indignity. | C．War. |
1. In which place did Lisa find the wallet?
| A．In a park. | B．In a parking lot. | C．In a shopping mall. |
| A．A photo of a person. |
| B．Some paper and an ID card. |
| C．Some money and business cards. |
| A．A businessman | B．An old lady. | C．A school boy. |
| A．By calling on him. |
| B．By ringing him up. |
| C．By waiting where she found the wallet. |
1. Whose house is the girl going to on Sunday?
| A．Mary’s | B．Susie’s | C．Jenny’s. |
| A．See a movie. | B．Go shopping. | C．Watch a basketball game. |
| A．Her backpack is lost. | B．Her backpack is broken. | C．Her backpack is full of books. |
9 . Packaging can play a greater role in keeping produce and other foods fresh, therefore minimizing food waste — especially if consumers can better understand those packaging technologies. That’s among the takeaways of research led by Michigan State University (MSU)’s School of Packaging, detailed in a recently released white paper.
In the United States, food waste in landfills doubled from 1990 to 2020, according to data shared by the US Environmental Protection Agency this year. Researchers cited data showing 40% of the food supply is wasted each year, with 43% of that happening at the consumer or household level.
Ameripen, the only organization exclusively focused on US public policy for the entire packaging industry, and the Environmental Research & Education Foundation funded research that included a survey of more than 1,000 people in the United States. Ameripen said it wanted to know what role packaging could play in reducing household food waste as well as understand consumer awareness of food packaging’s value and functions.
The survey asked consumers about their understanding of packaging forms and willingness to pay more for packaging designed to reduce food waste, among other areas.
The study found that whole fruits and vegetables, particularly bananas and lettuce, are the foods most wasted by households, with dairy products, prepared packaged foods and leftovers also common culprits (罪魁祸首). “Half-eaten packaged food products and food without packaging that went bad before it was eaten are the two primary reasons for food waste in American households, indicating there is opportunity for improved packaging design to help consumers with extending shelf life, reuse and size,” the white paper states.
Researchers reported that while consumers’ current understanding of packaging technologies was “limited”, they indicated “they would pay more for food contained in packaging that extends freshness and shelf life.”
“There’s a need to design packaging for produce that is currently not packaged; that most of the produce in this study was wasted is because there is no packaging at all,” MSU’s Korey Fennel said during the webinar (网络研讨会), also noting the importance of “intelligent packaging” that could indicate the shelf life of food products.
1. What does the underlined word “minimizing” in the first paragraph mean?| A．Showing. | B．Continuing. | C．Recovering. | D．Reducing. |
| A．Summarize the previous paragraph. | B．Provide some advice for the readers. |
| C．Add some background information. | D．Introduce a new topic for discussion. |
| A．By making observations. | B．By asking questions. |
| C．By carrying out experiments. | D．By referring to former studies. |
| A．Cautious. | B．Unclear. | C．Critical. | D．Favorable. |
10 . Estefanía Rebellón was once a migrant (流动的) child. She was 10 when her family fled Cali, Colombia, because of death threats to her father, who had been forced into hiding. They settled in Miami. Despite the challenges she faced as a migrant child, she was lucky to have teachers who advocated for her and guided her along the way.
Rebellón moved from Miami to Los Angeles when she was 21 to pursue an acting career. In 2018, she was so moved after volunteering in migrant camps in Tijuana that she put her career on hold. “There were no schools set up to help these kids. They were walking around the camps barefoot,” she said.
Rebellón and her partner Kyle Schmidt used about $1,000 of their savings to buy tents and supplies and set up a makeshift (临时的) school at the border. They enlisted volunteer teachers to provide learning opportunities in the camps. In the months that followed, when those families living in the camps were moved to shelters, Rebellón and Schmidt wanted to continue offering educational services.
“I thought, ‘Why don’t we turn a bus into a mobile classroom, and we could take it to all the different shelters?’” Rebellón said. Over the next year, Rebellón and Schmidt bought and transformed a bus, partnered with shelters, and drove the bus over the border.
In 2019, she co-founded the Yes We Can World Foundation, a nonprofit organization that believes every child has the right to education and safe spaces regardless of their location, current legal status or economic background.
Rebellón’s organization hires professional teachers and tailors their curriculum (课程) to the specific needs of each student. “The program has been officially approved by the education secretary in Mexico and serves children aged 3 to 15 — a crucial period for education,” Rebellón said.
Today, the Yes We Can World Foundation educates 250 — 300 kids a day through its four school locations along the border and three mobile school buses. “Since 2019, the group has served more than 3,100 migrant children from 10 countries,” Rebellón said.
1. What can be learned about Rebellón from the first paragraph?| A．She received death threats. | B．Her teachers helped her a lot. |
| C．She was forced into hiding. | D．Her acting career began early. |
| A．She should value her hard-won life. |
| B．Children could be happy in any environment. |
| C．Migrant kids lacked opportunities for schooling. |
| D．She was lucky to have the ability to help others. |
| A．To set the scene for her show. |
| B．To realize her childhood dream. |
| C．To give full play to the value of a bus. |
| D．To offer children convenient access to education. |
| A．It’s far-reaching. | B．It’s predictable. |
| C．It’s short-lived. | D．It’s unidentifiable. |
