1 . 假设你是李华，你校上周在黄山进行了一次主题为“an eco-friendly study trip”的研学旅行。你的朋友Bob对此很感兴趣，写信询问你相关情况，请你给他回信告诉他：
1.研学旅行的目的，时间，地点及参与者；
2.你对此活动的感受。
注意：字数在80词左右。
Dear Bob,
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Yours,

Li Hua

2 . 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。

It took 25 long years, but 52-year-old Xie Kefeng was finally reunited with his son, who had been snatched as a baby. The power of technology,     1    (specific)a facial comparison algorithm played a major role in bringing about the happy outcome.

In 1998, Xie’s wife stepped out of home to buy groceries, leaving their three-month-old second son, Xie Qingshuai, on the bed     2     the door unlocked. When she returned 10 minutes later, the child     3    (disappear). The couple reported the incident to the police, but the child could not be found.

In late November this year, Xie Kefeng received a call from the police informing him that a facial comparison had led to Xie Qingshuai     4    (find). A DNA comparison confirmed that it was indeed his long-lost son.

Xie Qingshuai, who now     5    (prove)outgoing, positive and diligent, was reunited with his family for the first time. Unknown to his family, he had been sold to a couple     6     lived in Xingtai as well. After the man he knew as his father died, his wife remarried and moved away, leaving Xie Qingshuai to be brought up by his adoptive grandparents.

On Sunday, Beijing DeepGlint Technology Co,     7     artificial intelligence technology company, announced that a facial comparison algorithm developed by it had played a vital role in the reunion.

    8    (base)on the principle that facial features among relatives tend to be similar, the company’s algorithm can identify highly relevant potential     9    (match), significantly improving the     10    (efficient)of the search process.

3 . In an era where data centers are becoming increasingly vital for our digital society, China has begun a groundbreaking endeavor to push the boundaries of innovation and sustainability.

Nestled off the coast of Sanya, Hainan province, China is in the process of constructing the world’s first commercial underwater data center. This project aims to revolutionize the industry by using the power of the ocean depths while saving a significant amount of energy and land. With the potential to equal the computational (计算的) abilities of about 6 million conventional personal computers, this underwater data center is bound to be a game-changer.

The data center modules (模块) of China’s underwater facility are being carefully installed on the seafloor at depths of around 35 meters. Designed to withstand the harsh underwater conditions, these modules are expected to operate sustainably for up to 25 years. Each watertight storage module weighs an impressive 1,300 tons and boasts the capability to process over 4 million high-definition images every 30 seconds. When combined, the entire facility is projected to match the computational power of surprising 6 million conventional PCs working together.

The construction of the underwater data center is a result of collaboration between Sanya officials and several Chinese tech firms. With the initial deployment of one storage module in April and the recent addition of a second module, the project is well underway. The ambitious plan aims to have a total of 100 modules fully operational by 2025, marking a significant milestone in sustainable data center development.

The motivation behind this pioneering project extends beyond technological advancement. By choosing an underwater data center, China is actively addressing the challenges of land conservation. Traditional data centers can occupy vast amounts of land, often equal to the size of multiple soccer fields. In contrast, this underwater marvel takes up minimal dry space, preserving land for other essential purposes. Additionally, the use of natural seawater cooling reduces the strain on traditional energy sources, leading to a significant reduction in carbon emissions. This environmentally conscious approach agree with global sustainability goals and sets an example for the industry to follow.

1. Why does China start the data centre project?

A．To push the boundaries of the country.	B．To innovate the digital field.
C．To use the power of the ocean depths.	D．To save a significant amount of energy and land.

2. Which statement is right according to para 2 and paragraph 3?

A．China has successfully constructed a data center.

B．The whole underwater facility weighs 1300 tons.

C．The facility is more powerful than a conventional data centre.

D．All the modules are not equipped.

3. What does the underlined word “collaboration” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Cooperation

B．Conflict

C．Compromise

D．Conclusion

4. How does the author support his opinion in the last paragraph?

A．By analyzing the fact.	B．By providing reasons.
C．By making comparison.	D．By giving examples.

4 . Italki works with Emmersion and Oxford Online Placement Test to provide online language tests for language learners.

Test contents:

Italki Language Test is powered by Emmersion, which offered two kinds of test contents, Emmersion Speaking test and Emmersion Grammar test. The Emmersion Speaking test is available for 7 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Portuguese and Italian, and is mostly designed to use neutral accents and not focus on a specific dialect. However, the Spanish test uses a Latin American accent, and the Portuguese test leans towards a Brazilian accent. The Emmersion Grammar test is available for 5 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, and Italian.

OOPT, Oxford Online Placement Test includes an English Grammar test.

Expiration (有效期):

1. OOPT is valid for a year from the purchase date.

2. Italki Language test is valid for 1 year after purchase. You can take up to 4 times tests within one purchase. To take the test, you need to activate (激活) it to start. Italki Language Test won’t limit you to activate the same language for these 4 tests. You can choose any available language you want to activate each time.

What should I prepare before taking the Italki Language Test?

A stable internet connection.

An updated internet browser. Chrome is recommended, but here, you’ll find a list of compatible (可兼容的) browsers and equipment, including mobile devices and computers: https://support.emmersion.ai/support/solutions/articles/60000703287-device-and-browser-requirements.

A quiet environment with little or no background noise.

A headset with a built-in microphone (Optional).

How long will the test take?

The test will ask you 40-45 questions, which should take 15 minutes to 30 minutes.

However, it depends on you. The computerized adaptive testing adapts to the examinee’s level. There isn’t a set number of questions, and the questions won’t always be the same. For the OOPT test, please make sure that you click “submit” to complete your test within the one-hour time limit. Otherwise, you won’t get a score as the exam didn’t finish in time.

1. How many foreign languages are available for a Spanish student in an Emmersion Grammar test?

A．one

B．four

C．five

D．seven

2. Which is a must for a Italki Language test?

A．A quiet environment.

B．The Chrome browser.

C．A computer.

D．A headset with a built-in microphone.

3. What else should you pay attention to when taking a test?

A．Accents are not acceptable in the test.

B．You should stick to one language for tests within one purchase.

C．The numbers of questions in the test are not fixed.

D．You should click “submit” within 45 minutes in an OOPT text.

5 . Is there a friend of yours who always sings out of tune (曲调) but never realizes it? Don’t be so hard on them — they may have amusia — the inability to tell the difference in tunes.

Apart from singing out of tune, people with amusia may also find it hard to recognize music they’ve heard before without the help of song lyrics. Besides, people who suffer from Amusia can have difficulty in recognizing melodies and a total inability to tell between different musical sounds, according to Live Science. However, people with amusia can recognize common environmental sounds as well as the high and lows sounds in human voices, meaning that this inability can be specially related to music.

In many cases, people who have amusia are born with it, as 46 percent of these individuals’ family members were found to have similar conditions, according to a 2017 study. Brain imaging shows that their brains receive and respond to music pitch (音高) information, but it is not reaching conscious awareness, meaning that the mind can’t understand the information.

Scientists at the University of Otago in New Zealand also think that amusia is related to people’s special processing skills. They invited people with amusia, musicians and students from non-musical backgrounds to perform a task related to spacial imagination. They were asked to decide whether pairs of images are the same object moving around or mirror images.

The result showed that the amusia group made more mistakes than the other two groups. Amusia might be related to the way brain stores information about the high and low sounds in songs, according to the study.

Although those who aren’t confident about their singing skills often say they’re “tune-deaf”, people with amusia only make up about 1.5 percent of the population, as shown in the 2017 study. “Like dyslexics (诵读困难者) can learn how to read, those with amusia should be able to better their ability to recognize tunes if they start early enough,” Isabelle Peretz, a professor of psychology from the University of Montreal in Canada, told Live Science.

1. According to the article, what is the main difficulty faced by people with amusia?

A．Recognizing tunes.	B．Identifying human voices.
C．Understanding song lyrics.	D．Noticing common sounds in nature.

2. What did the 2017 study tell us about amusia?

A．Amusia is common among children.

B．Amusia is a result of brain damage.

C．Many individuals with amusia are born with it.

D．Those who are tune-deaf often suffer from amusia.

3. What did the study by scientists at the University of Otago show?

A．People with amusia have strong spa cial imagination skills.

B．People with amusia struggle to decide the shape of images.

C．Amusia may be affected by one’s level of music education.

D．Amusia may be related to how the brain stores sound information.

4. How can people with amusia improve their musical ability, according to Peretz?

A．Go for medical treatment.	B．Sing frequently with friends.
C．Learn how to read earlier in life.	D．Start to explore and learn music early.

6 . How was your sleep last night? As is known to us all, sleep habits have a significant effect on our health.     1    

Jump scares from alarms

A young woman recently shared online that she felt dizzy and threw up after her loud alarm woke her up.     2     The body changes during sleep, making people vulnerable in the early hours, Chris Idzikowski of the Edinburgh Sleep Center told Daily Mail. During the later part of the night, the nervous system is less active and most of the body processes slow down. When a sudden noise occurs, blood pressure, heart rate and breathing will react more rapidly.

Waking up suddenly is not desirable, but it’s difficult for most people to wake up by themselves naturally.     3     Another way can be leaving the curtains half open before sleep-the sunshine in the morning can slowly wake you up.

    4    

Although valuing the 8-hour golden rule of sleeping, some young people may go to bed late and then get up late, such as sleeping from 2 am to 10 am. However, this can be problematic since human bodies can tell the time.

“Environmental cues such as temperature and light levels tell the body what time it is,” expert Nerina Ramlakhan wrote in a book about sleep. Ramlakhan added that waking up late the next day could also lead to sleep inertia, which is a state between sleep and waking.     5    

The habit may turn into a disorder called delayed sleep phase syndrome if it is serious enough to affect a person’s study, work and other aspects of life. Special treatments have already been developed to treat the disorder, such as using light to gradually change sleeping patterns.

A．Sleep late, get up late.

B．Early to bed, early up.

C．Here are ways that can help us develop some good sleep habits.

D．This is why, after oversleeping, people may feel even more tired.

E．A more mild alarm may be helpful, giving the body some time to adjust.

F．Let’s check out some sleep habits that may accidentally harm your health.

G．It was because the blood supply to part of her brain was shortly blocked, according to her diagnosis record.

7 . “I never thought that I would beat the tumor.” says a cancer patient in Lanzhou in Northwest China’s Gansu province. The man adds that he is particularly grateful for heavy ion therapy he received, at a follow-up visit following several rounds of treatment revealing that his cancer cells had disappeared.

A research team from the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed the country’s first medical heavy ion accelerator with independent intellectual property rights, and put it into clinical application. Cancer treatments employing heavy ion accelerators can bombard a target with high-energy electrons to kill cancer cells. Compared to traditional therapy such as radiation, heavy ion treatment is considered to be more balanced, exposing healthy cells to less radiation. The treatment period is shorter and the therapy can more effectively control cancer cells.

In 1993, researchers proposed to carry out basic research on heavy ion cancer treatment during an academic conference held in Tianshui, Gansu. In 2006, China followed the United States, Japan and Germany to become the fourth country to successfully carry out heavy ion clinical treatment, when four cancer patients participated in preliminary clinical trials for heavy ion therapy. In 2015, China’s first such accelerator, with independent intellectual property rights, rolled off the production line in Wuwei, in Gansu. On March 26, 2020, the accelerator was put into operation, and by the end of June this year, more than 750 patients completed their therapy at Wuwei’s heavy ion treatment center, with remarkable curative effects. The follow-up statistics showed that the three-year local tumor control rate reached 84 percent among 46 clinical trial participants.

Heavy ion therapy is highly effective in treating a wide range of solid tumors and can be used in cases where surgery is not possible or unsuitable, when a patient is sensitive to conventional radiation therapy, or prone to relapse following such therapy. This includes tumors located in the central nervous system, head, neck, skull base, chest and abdomen. So far there have been several cases where people have recovered from cancers by the therapy.

1. Why is the man in para.1 mentioned?

A．To celebrate a successful treatment.	B．To bring up a new kind of therapy.
C．To show his cancer cells had disappeared.	D．To show the man is brave and lucky.

2. What can we learn about the heavy ion treatment according to paragraph 2?

A．China is the first country to carry out heavy ion clinical treatment.

B．In 2006, the United States, Japan and Germany successfully carried out heavy io n clinical treatment.

C．Heavy ion cancer treatment is more beneficial to patients than traditional therapies such as radiation.

D．Heavy ion cancer treatment is of great help in treating a certain kind of tumor.

3. What is the author talking about in paragraph.3?

A．The time of the heavy ion cancer treatment.

B．The reason why researchers develop heavy ion cancer treatment.

C．Persons benefiting from heavy ion cancer treatment.

D．The development of heavy ion cancer treatment in China.

4. What will the author probably do in the following paragraph?

A．To give some successful examples of the new treatment

B．To explain the process of the new treatment.

C．To show the difficulty of the new treatment.

D．To conclude the value of the new treatment.

8 . Whenever we are planning to buy something online, most of us prefer to look at the reviews first. We imagine that they have been left by shoppers like us who want to share their knowledge with others, so the reviews would be of great value to us.     1     Some of them are writing positive review s in return for a payment or gifts from the maker. How do we know this?

A careful study of thousands of reviews on a popular shopping website showed that a surprisingly large number of reviewers gave either four-or five-star ratings to the product. Two-or three-star ratings both accounted for less than ten percent of the total, which looked suspicious (可疑的).     2     Not everything being sold on the shopping website could be first class! We all know that some false information is provided. Some products that you buy on shopping website can be terrible. You would expect therefore to see a variety of scores.     3    

It seems that anyone who writes a large number of good review s is given a special treat by the shopping website.     4     How should a shopper reply to all these “wonderful” reviews? The best thing to do is to have access to a website run by some organizations such as Which in the UK. The Which product evaluation is based on strict tests carried out by experts and then on reviews by trusted shoppers who are Which members. They are not allowed to take free gifts from makers.

    5     So, a good and responsible organization seems to be the best answer.

A．So why are most reviews positive?

B．Reviews differ from person to person.

C．However, not all reviewers are like this.

D．So how can we tell true review s from false ones?

E．These “top” reviewers are then given free products.

F．Shoppers need protection from misleading reviews.

G．If those reviews were true, a broader spread of ratings would be given.

9 . As a child, I used to visit my grandfather’s shirt shop in Milan. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized how _________ he was in the city. Working behind his table he was cutting the most beautiful shirts that Milan ever saw.

I remember the shop being filled with _________ of all colors and patterns and the sound of the sewing machine. The smell of _________ cut cloth filled the air, and I couldn’t help but feel a _________ of warmth and comfort.

Our afternoon play was to choose the fabric and the tie that would _________ it. Not easy. We could not be too classic, neither too weird; it was a mix of _________ and modernity. We would spend hours trying to get it just right, and I loved every moment of it.

As I grew older, I began to appreciate the value of the matching game, and I found myself _________ to the world of fashion. I pursued a career in _________, using the skills and knowledge that my grandfather had passed down to me.

Now, as I walk through the streets or _________ online shops, I can instinctively tell what’s right. My grandfather’s taste never __________ me.

Looking back on those __________ spent with my grandfather, I realize that it wasn’t just about choosing the perfect shirt or tie. It was about learning how to appreciate beauty and __________ in all its forms. I am forever __________ for the time that we spent together in his shop.

He will always be a(n) __________ to me, and I will forever __________ the memories that we created together in his shop in Milan.

1.

A．troubled

B．cozy

C．popular

D．comfortable

2.

A．papers

B．fabrics

C．instruments

D．machines

3.

A．previously

B．casually

C．carelessly

D．freshly

4.

A．waste

B．result

C．sense

D．limitation

5.

A．fight against

B．go with

C．cope with

D．draw on

6.

A．taste

B．touch

C．sound

D．smell

7.

A．drawn

B．deserted

C．forced

D．urged

8.

A．education

B．advertisement

C．entertainment

D．design

9.

A．surf

B．establish

C．purchase

D．decorate

10.

A．impressed

B．left

C．impacted

D．attracted

11.

A．mornings

B．decades

C．afternoons

D．seconds

12.

A．sportsmanship

B．craftsmanship

C．membership

D．friendship

13.

A．grateful

B．responsible

C．eager

D．prepared

14.

A．performer

B．cheat

C．inventor

D．inspiration

15.

A．lose

B．search

C．cherish

D．decline

10 . Not only does the weekend give you a chance to kick back and relax, it’s also likely going to be packed with activities that improve your wellbeing.     1    .

    2    .

There’s nothing quite like a little escape from the school-and research shows your health is a lot better for it. Not only do weekends make you happier, research shows they also help you accomplish more once you’re back at your desk.

Spending time in the sun can improve your wellbeing

Soak up a little vitamin D—it’s good for your soul. Studies suggest the sunlight can boost happiness.     3    . Just don’t get too carried away: Too much sun exposure can damage your skin in the long run and put you at the risk of burns, heat stroke and other scary effects.

Being by the ocean can make your mind in peace

If you’re lucky enough to hang on the water this weekend,     4     Experts say and research suggests a little Vitamin Sea can put the brain in a meditative state and help give the mind a break from over stimulation.

Seeing family has psychological benefits

There’s no better time to hang with the people you care about most than a nice weekend. Research shows hanging with family can help beat stress. Pack a bag and head to see your family or just spend a little extra time with your friends.     5    .

Making food for a picnic could give you a boost

Psychologists say there are benefits to baking for other people, from mindfulness to a sense of altruism. Caring about others has its own added wellbeing benefits.

A．It can also help lower your blood pressure

B．You’ll end the weekend feeling a lot more relaxed

C．Relaxing on the weekend will bring more freedom

D．you’ll acquire some benefits from those waves

E．you’ll feel the strong desire to dive into it instantly

F．Taking the break from study will boost your productivity

G．So not only are you having fun, you’re boosting your health in the process