1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why did Carla change the way she worked?

A．She didn’t enjoy the work she did.

B．She had health problems.

C．She spent very little time at home.

2. What changes does Carla make to her exercise routine?

A．She does a new kind of exercise now.

B．She exercises at a different time of day.

C．She does more exercise than she used to.

3. Which time-saving idea does Carla find efficient?

A．Making a to-do list.

B．Having a lot of similar clothes.

C．Checking emails on the way to work.

2 . How long does it take to become an elite (精英) in your field?     1     That’s what John Hayes, a cognitive psychology professor at Carnegie Mellon University, wanted to know.

For decades, Hayes has been investigating the role of effort, practice and knowledge in top performers.     2     The research focused on people like Mozart and Picasso-to determine how long it took them to become world-class at their craft.

Let’s talk about what Hayes has discovered about world-class-performers. And more importantly, let’s discuss how you can use these insights to achieve your goals and become your best.

    3     He analyzed thousands of musical pieces produced from 1685 to 1900. The central question that drove his work was, “How long after one becomes interested in music is it that one becomes world-class?” Eventually, Hayes developed a list of 500 pieces of “masterworks” in the field, which were created by a total of 76 composers.

text, Hayes mapped out the timeline of each composers career.     4     What he discovered was that virtually every single “masterwork” was written after the tenth year of the composer’s career. Not a single person produced incredible work without putting in a decade of practice first. Even a genius like Mozart had to work for at least ten years before he produced something that became popular.     5    

In follow-up studies, Hayes found similar patterns among famous painters and popular poets. These findings have been further confirmed by research from professors like K. Anders Ericsson, who produced research that revealed that you needed to put in “10, 000 hours” to become an elite or expert in your field.

A．It takes time to achieve your goals.

B．And what do people like doing in their spare time?

C．He has studied the most talented creators in history.

D．Hayes started his research by examining successful composers

E．Professor Hayes began to refer to this period as the “ten years of silence”.

F．And what do the successful people do differently than the rest of us?

G．And then he calculated how long they had been working before they created their popular works.

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What does the speaker mainly talk about at first?

A．The type of rock climbing.

B．The requirements for rock climbing.

C．The popularity of rock climbing.

2. What do we know about rock climbing?

A．Its safety factor is higher than people think.

B．It’s the most popular outdoor sport in the world.

C．It has very high requirements for participants.

3. Which type of climbing should a beginner choose?

A．Free Soloing.

B．Traditional climbing.

C．Sports climbing.

4. Why is traditional climbing considered “green climbing”?

A．The equipment it needs is environmentally friendly.

B．It will not do harm to the natural rock wall.

C．The climbers don’t use any equipment at all.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What do the speakers mainly talk about?

A．Energy production.

B．Information safety.

C．Smart cities.

2. Which is among the man’s research focuses?

A．Traffic release.

B．Equality promotion.

C．Data management.

3. What does the man mean in the end?

A．Personal information can be secured.

B．Data leakage will never happen.

C．Greater security can be achieved.

4. Who might be the woman?

A．A professor.

B．A journalist.

C．A scientist.

5 . The human voice is delicate. The vocal cords (声带) can easily get damaged by stress, infections, or overuse. According to a 2005 study, 30%of the population will experience a voice disorder at some point in their life.

In a study published in the journal Nature Communications this week, a group of bioengineering researchers from the University of California have put forward an attractive solution. They have designed and tested a soft patch (贴片) that can be stuck onto a person’s neck, where it will pick up muscle movements when speaking, process the signals and translate them into speech.

Even though the team’s device is an early prototype, it has the potential to offer a great improvement on current alternatives. When a person loses their voice today, the easiest fix is to type, text, or write notes to communicate. Typing can be slow and inconvenient, says Jun Chen, the paper’s lead author, and writing is only possible in good lighting. A patch would theoretically clear all these hurdles.

When the throat muscles move under the silicone (硅酮) patch, the resulting magnetic-field variations can be converted into electrical signals. In a test with eight participants, the researchers captured the signals arising as the subjects spoke and lip-sounded five different sentences. They then trained a machine-learning model to recognize the distinct shapes of the electrical signals associated with each sentence. This device then predicted which of the five sentences the participants spoke with more than 90%accuracy, whether aloud or in silence.

In addition to stretchiness, the patch remains sticky on sweaty skin, and can be used continuously for 40 minutes without heating up.

For now the device can only recognize the five phrases it was trained on. Plus, individual difference in vocal cords means the algorithm has to be personalized to each user. To make it practical at scale, the researchers will need to collect a lot more data.

1. What is the attractive solution to voice disorder?

A．Transplanting a patch into the human throat.

B．Strengthening the muscle through exercise.

C．Sticking a patch on the neck to produce sounds.

D．Reproducing sound through an artificial throat.

2. What does the underlined word “hurdles” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Barriers.

B．Conveniences.

C．Devices.

D．Memories.

3. What was the machine-learning model trained to do?

A．To turn the words on the patch into sound.

B．To predict the meaning of the sentences.

C．To produce an answer from its word banks.

D．To predict the sentences from electric signals.

4. In which direction will the research on the patch go?

A．To improve its work efficiency.

B．To get it to work automatically.

C．To expand its scale of coverage.

D．To seek its possible alternatives.

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the speaker give this talk?

A．To discuss English learning methods.

B．To give examples for English learning.

C．To share something about accents.

2. What percentage of British speakers speak in RP according to the latest studies?

A．Around 3%.

B．Around 5%.

C．Around 40%.

3. What is the problem of learning a language according to the speaker?

A．Incomprehension of different accents.

B．Fewer opportunities to live in another country.

C．Uncertainty of mastering a foreign language.

4. What does the speaker offer at last?

A．A specific request for English learners.

B．A useful solution to a problem.

C．More support for the previous point.

7 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Javon was the shortest kid in the class. He’d had to ask to get his gym locker changed so that he didn’t have to strain (拉紧) so much to reach it. But he didn’t care about his height? Either he would grow or he wouldn’t — there was nothing he could do about it, so why let it bother him?

That was Javon’s attitude about most things. He didn’t like to get all worked up about stuff, especially stuff he had no control over.

The one exception was school work. Javon had worked hard. He was one of the top kids in the class. He was still the shortest, but now he also got called one of the smartest.

For Javon, math used to be easy. He figured that since he had ten fingers, he could do most of it. However, when Mr. T started a new unit and threw letters into his math problem, Javon could not wrap his mind around using these letters. Although Mr. T explained over and over again, he still didn’t understand. Soon the day when the class had to take the chapter test arrived. The test was brutal (残酷的).

Hard as Javon tried, he hadn’t finished all of the problems: The day came when the class finally got their papers back. D. 64%. Written in red ink on the corner of Javon’s paper. The worst grade he had ever got. In the seat next to him, Tyler got a red 72% on Tyler’s paper. Javon was surprised that Tyler, who is dyslexic (阅读障碍), got a higher grade than him.

“How did you get such a grade?” asked Javon. “I get extra time on tests. Because of my —” Tyler said. “You got extra time?” Javon cried out.

At this point, Mr. T appeared at the corner. Javon walked up to him and said, “Mr. T, why Tyler could get extra time for this test? Plenty of people didn’t finish, including me. It’s unfair!”

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1: Mr. T was astonished, and then started to explain.

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Paragraph 2: “You asked for a different locker in the gym.” said Mr. T.

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8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When did people first celebrate books?

A．In 1922.

B．In 1926.

C．In 1930.

2. How often is the UNESCO World Book Capital selected?

A．Once a month.

B．Once a year.

C．Once every two years.

3. Which city was chosen to be the second UNESCO World Book Capital?

A．Alexandria.

B．New Delhi.

C．Madrid.

9 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

When I was a kid, my parents and I lived near the forest. They often told me that our family was a team that needed to work together for the household to function smoothly. There was always an abundance of work to do — cooking, cleaning, and walking dogs. I volunteered to walk our dog, Max, who had been adopted one month before. I never dared let this giant dog off the lead (牵狗绳), just in case he took off.

One morning, we were walking along in the forest when Max started pulling on the lead. At first, I was able to hold on despite the wet ground from a recent shower. But the more I tried to stop him pulling, the more it turned into a tug of war. And thanks to the slippery ground, I lost.

Pulling his lead, Max shot off like a bullet, leaving me screaming behind. I chased him but lost my footing and fell face-first into some mud. I stumbled (踉跄) to my feet, but looking ahead, I found him running back towards me. I thought he was going to stop and give me his “Sorry” look. But instead, the dog shot past me and returned after a while.

As soon as we got home, my mother immediately attended to Max with a warm towel and a doggy treat. I thought seeing me stumbling and covered in mud, I would also get a warm cup of tea and a motherly kiss. Instead, I got a very loud lecture about letting the dog loose in the forest.

I felt frustrated. It wasn’t fair that she didn’t understand how difficult it was to control Max. I fought back, “Stop lecturing me! Why is everything my fault?” With these words, I stormed into my bedroom and slammed the door shut.

In the evening, I heard my mother call Max and take him out. It wasn’t long before I heard my mother screaming and the door opening again.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I walked out of my room.

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Dad stepped in, suggesting that we work together to train Max.

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10 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Alicia, a high school student known for her artistic talents and compassionate nature, was working on a painting in the school courtyard when she noticed a new student named Leo sitting nearby, looking curious yet lonely. Curious, Alicia approached Leo and carried on a conversation.

“Hi, I’m Alicia. What brings you to the courtyard today?”

“I’m Leo. I like to sit here and observe. It helps me feel a bit more connected to this new place.”

Alicia listened intently (专心地), her heart going out to him. She knew first hand how challenging it could be to adjust to a new place. After learning that Leo had a passion for art, Alicia smiled warmly, “Well, if you’re interested, I’m part of the art club. It’s a really welcoming group, and we’re always looking for new members.”

“But I’m not sure. I’m a bit shy when it comes to sharing my art.”

“There’s no pressure to share if you’re not comfortable. But, I think you’d really enjoy it.It’s a safe space where creativity is celebrated.”

He agreed to come to the next art club meeting, his heart filled with hope.

At the art club meeting, Alicia introduced Leo to the other members, a diverse group of students who shared a love for art and creativity. They welcomed Leo with open arms, and soon he felt like he had found a second home.

Inspired by Alicia’s kindness, Leo started to share his art work with the group. His pieces were a reflection of his innermost thoughts and feelings, touching everyone who saw them.

One day, as Alicia and Leo were walking home from school, they came across a mural (壁画) that had been ruined by graffiti (涂鸦).

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Alicia felt saddened by the sight, but Leo saw an opportunity.

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The community art project was a huge success.

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