1 . 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。

As we all know, every sentence we speak    1     (reflect) something about who we are as humans. Even people    2     (speak) the same language have distinct dialects( 方 言 ) that     3     (root) in their history and culture. Language also throws light on    4     (connect) between us and our natural environment. Plants and animals that are given names    5     any language are generally     6     that are relevant to people who are speaking the language.   While we might think of language as having     7     fixed set of words and rules that we learn in school, in fact language is always evolving. New words begin to emerge     8     others fall out of use and pronunciation changes over time. Languages are as diverse as the communities     9     speak them and there are about 7,000 languages around the world. Yet, as many as half of them could go    10     (silence) by the end of this century.

2 . Why Does Food Taste Bad On Airplanes?

How many times have you complained about airline food being tasteless? According to popularly accepted studies, the reason might be a change in our ability to perceive taste.    1     Let’s get into the actual details before you get offended.

The Cabin Air is 15% Drier Than the Air on the Ground

To maintain the pressure inside the cabin, airlines must closely regulate the air inside, involving changing its composition. The air inside airplane cabins is far more dry than the air we breathe on the ground.    2    In an environment like this, your powers of taste and smell begin to drift away.

The Pressure Inside the Cabin is Lower Than on the Ground

In the pressurized cabin a passenger’s bodily fluids will move upwards and the nasal cavities (鼻 腔) swell. The swelling messes with our taste buds, making the food taste unappealing. You might know how dining in such conditions feel, since we’ve all fought colds in the past.    3    

    4    

Bad food can’t be blamed merely on the in-cabin conditions too. It’s also possible that the food is actually bad. Due to food safety standards, all meals must be cooked on the ground and unbreakable. Such requirements for mass production definitely ties down the chef’s hands.

What can be done?

    5    Apparently, chefs have been trying to adapt recipes in how food tastes at high altitudes. Everyone needs to be patient until better solutions for mass food production are found.

A．The method of food production is different.

B．The mass production of food is to blame.

C．In some cases, it’s even drier than certain deserts.

D．A sick person is far from the best judge of food quality.

E．That makes it our body’s fault, rather than the airlines.

F．But that doesn’t mean meals served on airplanes can’t taste just as good.

G．Basically, we can’t use the same recipes for airline meals that we would use on the ground.

3 . It was midnight, and I was on my knees, burying head in my hands. I struggled to________the sobs that threatened to wake my two tiny children. The call came just hours ago—I got the job. After five interviews and three presentations, I received a generous ________, one that needed my answer by tomorrow.

To others, the decision was ________—live the dream, with its security. But to me, taking the job would_______ compromise my heart.

Exhausted, I rose to my feet, and made my way upstairs to check on my children, finding each curled up in a________sleep. I heard their breathing, soft and even I became one with the moment. And in that breathtaking silence, I heard a voice:________your heart. The words echoed through my soul.

The decision, indeed, was simple. I would ________ somebody else's dream job and keep my own. I felt a great ________ lift off my shoulders. I pursued my options for working for myself. I started to write and edit, ________pages of scripts. I stretched myself and discovered that I could learn anything if I ________ some time to it.

To be sure, I lost a number of business opportunities. But I was available to ________the simple moments with my children. On sunny days, we'd ________ to the zoo with my backpack of work projects. Each night, when I tucked my kids into bed, my ________ was full. Over time, as my kids grew, my business did, too.

Now I have no regrets. I am ________ for the life that I have, a cherished closeness with my now adult children and a variety of fulfilling, passion-filled work. I'm glad I trusted my inner ________.

1.

A．put out

B．jump at

C．turn down

D．hold back

2.

A．card

B．offer

C．letter

D．essay

3.

A．simple

B．smart

C．casual

D．cautious

4.

A．carefully

B．nervously

C．critically

D．eventually

5.

A．light

B．sound

C．fresh

D．hard

6.

A．relax

B．follow

C．rescue

D．inspire

7.

A．decline

B．change

C．respect

D．accept

8.

A．honour

B．backpack

C．weight

D．project

9.

A．publishing

B．preserving

C．exploring

D．accumulating

10.

A．devoted

B．connected

C．limited

D．donated

11.

A．imagine

B．report

C．embrace

D．adjust

12.

A．adapt

B．refer

C．turn

D．head

13.

A．heart

B．room

C．mood

D．book

14.

A．anxious

B．grateful

C．ready

D．famous

15.

A．design

B．hope

C．worry

D．voice

4 . The popularity of Facebook has caused a shift in how people realize themselves: the “like” button has become nothing more than a self-esteem (自尊) booster.     1     It can take years and years, but there are shortcuts you can use to achieve it.

    2     You’re not arrogant (自大的) if you love yourself. In fact, arrogance is often the foundation of low self-esteem and insecurity. Try this exercise: stand in front of the mirror and tell your reflection everything you love about yourself. Accept what you don’t like about yourself. This may feel uncomfortable at first, but change often does.

Do you socialize with negative people?     3     This may seem unfair, but those negative people will simply strengthen what you don’t like about yourself. People like to socialize with happy, positive people. The happiest people in life are the ones that look at what they have, not what they don’t have.

There are a lot of people who aren’t aware they have a negative voice in their head.

    4     Whenever you hear a negative comment, immediately replace it with a positive one. Your brain is like a computer: whatever command you input, it responds, so if you ask it a question like “why do I always mess up?” your brain will find plenty of examples to support it.

Celebrating your successes is another good way. We’re often so busy in life that we seldom take the time to stop and really reflect on what we’ve achieved. Take the time once a day to ask yourself what you’re proud of having achieved that day.     5     Remember that it’s not the outcome that’s always important, but the process.

A．Learn to love yourself.

B．Catch your negative self-talk.

C．Appreciate how far you’ve come.

D．If so, consider finding new friends.

E．When self-esteem is high, we lose our fear of envy.

F．Of course not, few people like socializing with negative people.

G．But what’s important is to develop high self-esteem from inner.

5 . Gaining work experience is key for boosting your employability, especially as a business student.That’s why, after my second college year, I ________ to intern (实习) for a part of the summer.

I ________ a six-week internship at a local bank, called Rawbank. At the start of each week, we were sent to a new department where we were ________ about work process and then given an experienced employee to ________. During the process, we mostly took notes and were given small tasks. After two weeks I was ________ to a “permanent”position at the front desk, where I ________ small daily operations such as check deposits, withdrawal slips and such.

In short, for four weeks I was treated and ________ like a regular employee of the bank. I had to be there at 7:30 every morning, and ________ to have positive interactions with clients at all times, no matter how I was feeling personally.

During my internship there, the ________ was working the front desk the morning of pay day. I had to deal with an endless stream of impatient and demanding ________, but just seeing my colleagues supporting each other, and heading out together to socialize after work, made it all ________.

My six weeks there allowed me to ________, and it also helped me to gain new skills and experience that I did not ________ have. Most importantly, I gained a new sense of professionalism and a clearer ________ of what it meant to be in the professional world.

So I would advise everyone to take the opportunity and do all internship, ________ it is not necessarily in the industry that you wish to work in.

1.

A．promised

B．required

C．chose

D．hesitated

2.

A．undertook

B．offered

C．noticed

D．launched

3.

A．assessed

B．consulted

C．briefed

D．recognized

4.

A．contact

B．shadow

C．train

D．respect

5.

A．led

B．devoted

C．attached

D．assigned

6.

A．dealt with

B．set down

C．looked into

D．took over

7.

A．looked

B．sounded

C．dressed

D．acted

8.

A．eager

B．scared

C．annoyed

D．ready

9.

A．quality

B．benefit

C．highlight

D．value

10.

A．students

B．clients

C．coworkers

D．employees

11.

A．worthwhile

B．different

C．right

D．possible

12.

A．grow

B．work

C．learn

D．serve

13.

A．normally

B．previously

C．obviously

D．literally

14.

A．sight

B．view

C．image

D．memory

15.

A．now that

B．unless

C．even if

D．when

6 . As a result of COVID-19 precautions, many of us are part of this secondary epidemic: people who really need a hug. A survey conducted in 112 countries said more than 50% of the people didn’t get enough such physical interaction as cuddling (拥抱). And that was before the pandemic set in. As the COVID-related lockdowns are taking effect, that number increases to 60%, according to a study published in the Medical Research Archives of the European Society of Medicine. Health-care professionals have given a name to this condition — touch starvation.

Touch starvation may sound emotional in the most literal sense, but the idea is supported by hard-core biology. It starts with hormones. “Cuddling increases levels of oxytocin, the bonding hormone, and decreases levels of cortisol, the stress hormone,” says Lina Velikova, an immunologist.

A recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences have found that this very act can help ease pain, especially if the person you are touching is someone you feel close to personally. “Even minor physical contact can be beneficial to both of you,” says Romanoff, PsyD, a clinical psychologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

Physical touch is an essential part of how human beings communicate. Part of the power of physical touch comes from the very fact that it does not involve spoken language. Body language is often harder to fake. The act of cuddling authentically communicates trust and safety in ways people can’t speak.

Not all cuddling is created equal, and there’s no one right way to do it. If one way doesn’t feel right, try something else. Foot rubs, head rubs, back rubs, hand-holding laying your head on someone’s chest sitting on a lap or side by side on the couch with legs touching — all these things count. For people who aren’t fully comfortable with physical touch and are not accustomed to giving or receiving physical affection, it’s important to start slowly, both in the quantity and quality of physical contact.

1. What is touch starvation?

A．A demand for food.

B．A need for physical contact.

C．A shortage of care and love.

D．A feeling of loneliness in crisis.

2. What is mainly talked about on touch starvation in Paragraph 2?

A．Its cause.

B．Its function.

C．Its meaning.

D．Its influence.

3. What plays a key role in physical touch?

A．Quantity.

B．Quality.

C．Closeness.

D．Genuineness.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Cuddling contributes to our health

B．Epidemic brings about health problems

C．Physical touch improves medical condition

D．Touch starvation harms interpersonal relationship

7 . In the paper Diversity, Constance Woodman, a doctoral graduate student of Texas A & M University, and Professor Donald Brightsmith shared their findings from a project with Chris Biro, a globally recognized free-fight trainer, which included documenting Biro’s training process step by step so that conservationists can apply his methods when releasing birds into the wild.

Biro has trained 400 students on how to free-fly their birds, but his process was only captured by video previously.

“We have colleagues raising and releasing birds, but their main objective is conservation and they have no chance to write up a lot of the science,” Brightsmith said. “A & M’s role in this project is to ensure this information gets put into a format so others can read, criticize, use and improve it. If information hasn’t made it into scientific literature, it’s not improving future parrot (鹦鹉) conservation.”

Woodman and Biro spent years training three flocks (群) of multiple parrot species using Biro’s techniques, thoroughly documenting every step. These 37 birds, which collectively spent 500 months in free-flight, were hand-raised from chicks to build a strong bond with the trainer before being gradually taught new commands and introduced to increasingly complex environments to learn the skills necessary to safely fly in open, uncontrolled areas. They learned to recognize and even frighten natural enemies, and avoid unsafe situations.

Traditionally, attempting to release hand-raised parrots has resulted in birds that show little fear of humans, increasing their chances of being trapped by hunters. Biro used a “kernel flock”, human-socialized birds trained in free-light, to teach survival behaviors to other parrots. This technique being applied to establishing new bird flocks in the wild allows conservationists to release wild birds without having to train them themselves, cutting the difference when human socialization is not desirable in wild birds.

After the “kernel flock” trains the non-socialized birds, it could be recalled and moved to another location, leaving behind a well-established settlement of wild parrots.

“The work we’ve done—spending years working with a group to learn how they do what they do and then translating that into something useful for scientists—is critical to moving conservation forward,” Woodman said.

1. What’s the main task of A & M in the project?

A．Shooting training videos.	B．Protecting hand-raised birds.
C．Monitoring experimental data.	D．Forming scientific literature.

2. What’s the top priority before training the 37 birds?

A．Getting familiar with their behavior.	B．Establishing emotional ties with them.
C．Instructing them to follow commands.	D．Teaching them to identify natural dangers.

3. What’s the point of using a “kernel flock” in wild birds?

A．It prevents them settling in open space.

B．It allows them to socialize with humans.

C．It frees people from training them in person.

D．It guarantees consistent intervention in them.

4. According to Woodman, what can they offer to scientists in parrot conservation?

A．Lessons of failure.	B．Valuable references.
C．Global cases of reintroduction.	D．Advanced evaluation systems.

8 . 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。

The Battle at Lake Changjin has made the China’s top-grossing (票房最高的) film. The development mirrors the advances of Chinese films in both quality and     1    (popular) in recent years.

Set during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, it tells the story of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army (CPVA) fighting bravely in     2    (freeze) weather in a vital campaign at Lake Changjin in 1950. Most of the winter uniforms     3     (intend) for the CPVA never arrived, leaving the soldiers with canvas (帆布) shoes and little more than thin cotton scarves to wrap     4     (they) in. Many people showed respect for the heroes     5     lost their lives. It also received millions of favorable reviews and clicks on several of the     6    (country) most popular social media platforms.

The landscape of China’s box office is now much different from what it was years ago — in the early 2010s and earlier — when many of the yearly top earners     7    (be) Hollywood titles. With a steady improvement in quality, domestic titles now account     8     a large majority of China’s yearly box-office income. The Battle at Lake Changjin even remained the highest-grossing title of the year     9    (global). A report shows that 42 percent of Chinese moviegoers made their first movie theater visit of 2022 during the Spring Festival holiday,       10     The Battle at Lake Changjin II was their first choice.

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。

Time was literally flying faster than you could blink. It was already dark. Poor George still scratched every inch of his head for some spark of inspiration. Their teacher had asked every student to write a composition. The title was An Unforgettable Weekend. A both interesting and boring topic.

Just as George was wrestling with his composition, there came a knock on the door. It was Eric,his father.“George, since tomorrow is Saturday, we will go and see your grandparents!“ he beamed.“Williams and Jenny? I really miss them!” George jumped with joy, dumping his pen on the desk.After all, George hadn’t been reunited with his grandparents since the outbreak of Covid- 19 in 2020.

Early next morning they began their long journey. George’s grandparents lived in a remote countryside. As Eric was driving, George couldn’t help recalling his past experience staying in his grandparents’. The memories of dusty tracks, some shabby houses and the smelly river still hurt painfully.“Dad, was your hometown beautiful when you lived there?“ George asked curiously.“You bet it! Our life wasn’t good, but the scenery was definitely like a picture,”Eric responded with noticeable pride. But what George worried about was that instead of having an unforgettable day, he would be greeted with unforgettable gray, He had been deeply scared by the smog there.

With a soft brake, the car stopped, pulling George from the edge of a sweet daydream.“Here we are! Home, sweet home!” Eric said, bouncing out, happy as a kid. Out of the car, what George saw was really unforgettable. The old and small house had been replaced by a new and big one, solid and strong. Just as George was wondering what happened, the door opened and his grandparents strode out, wearing big smiles. Approaching George, Williams gave him a tight embrace. Jenny talked eagerly with Eric. Inside the house, they provided updates on each other.

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。
Lunch over, Williams took George to pick strawberries in the field.
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George set out to write the composition.
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10 . Perhaps you know two people would get on well—if only they would speak to each other. Your shy friends aren’t intentionally avoiding one another; it is just not in their nature to strike up a conversation. You can help things along by greasing (润滑) the wheels of social interaction.     1     In fact, they might both be grateful that you helped them get past the initial awkwardness.

Make Introductions

The first step to getting two shy people to talk to one another is to offer an introduction.     2     If you see two shy people sitting together but not talking, walk over and offer an ice breaker. A brief introduction with a piece of information that ties the two shy people together will be most helpful.

Ease Anxiety

    3     As they talk, an inner thought tells them that they are not good enough, smart enough or funny enough. They think that everyone else is judging them and that they never measure up. You may be able to help two shy people overcome this social hurdle by building their social confidence and belief that they are mutually (相互地) liked.

Find Mutual Interests

Give your shy friends a reason to talk. Figure out what they have in common and let them know about it. For example, if Josh and David are both into watching the UFC, make an introduction and a comment about the latest fight.     4     But once the two shy people are absorbed in their favorite topic, you can quietly slip away.

Get Active

Shy people have trouble living in the moment. They tend to think about past weaknesses or worry about future social obstacles rather than focus on the current situation. Put your shy friends in a situation that forces them to stop thinking so much and have a little fun. Ideally, your shy acquaintances should have to work together to overcome an obstacle—similar to what happens at company party.     5    

A．Some shy people are their own worst critics.

B．Most shy people are hesitant to offer a handshake or a name.

C．You might need to include yourself in the conversation at first.

D．Don’t worry that your shy friends will feel that you are interfering.

E．Promote the conversation by easing the anxiety shared by your shy friends.

F．They will come away with a shared experience and hopefully a tighter bond.

G．Getting to know the likes and dislikes of your shy friends will make this easier.