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。
An exhibition (展览), presenting significant projects from the past 20 years by Ma Yansong and his company MAD Architects (建筑师)
The exhibition aims
With 79 models and nearly a thousand examples of work
For young architects or anyone in any professional field looking to challenge tradition, Maoffers this advice, “I’m not challenging tradition,
2 . Have you ever left a movie theater with a mixed feeling about what you just watched? No? Well, you definitely haven’t seen the movie “Nope(不)”. This 2022 movie is a sci-fi horror. But despite having the amazing director Jordan Peele and the wonderful actors, this film still manages to be the worst I’ve ever seen.
In the movie “Nope”, it shows us a western 1998 setting where we follow a brother, OJ, and a sister, Emerald Haywood. Emerald is a fun and entertaining woman, while OJ is shy but outspoken when necessary. They run a large horse farm. They observe something mysterious in the sky, which they later learn is a UFO. This UFO is eating people who are watching horse races. To help their horse farm, they try their best to beat the monster.
Daniel Kaluuya is a good actor and has experienced playing in horror movies. In the movie, he did a good job at playing the role of OJ until he took a turn for the worse, going from a shy person to a hero who leads his group to success without any visible (可见的) growth. That makes his character challenging for the audience to understand. I love Keke Palmer’s humor and energy in the movie, but it gets to a point where she is too active, which makes her character Emerald unpleasant.
Many scenes in the movie are extended not to create suspense (悬念) but simply to add screen time. That makes the two hours feel like four. There are many storylines that end as quickly as they begin, with seemingly no point. The film is a far cry from horror and suspense. It is just an alien story with some seeming scares in between. Jordan Peele tried to make the movie symbolic, which made him blind to the idea that movies are supposed to be entertaining to watch. This movie is not for you if you are a true suspense and horror fan. If you ask me if you should watch it or not, I’d say “Nope.”
1. What do you know about the movie?| A．It is a western film. | B．It is the worst movie. |
| C．It is set in ancient times. | D．It is popular with horror fans. |
| A．The response of the audience. | B．The suggestion on the acting. |
| C．The comparison of the actors. | D．The opinion on the characters. |
| A．The long period | B．The wrong director |
| C．The worthless plots | D．The old-fashioned theme. |
| A．“Nope” is a nope for me | B．What an entertaining film! |
| C．Jordan Peele’s new movie | D．Should a horror be horrible? |
3 . In his 1936 work How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie wrote: “I have come to the conclusion that there is only one way to get the best of an argument — and that is to avoid it.” This distaste for arguments is common, but it depends on a mistaken view of arguments that causes problems for our personal and social lives — and in many ways misses the point of arguing in the first place.
Carnegie would be right if arguments were fights, which is how we often think of them. Like physical fights, verbal (言语的) fights can leave both sides bloodied. Even when you win, you end up no better off. You would be feeling almost as bad if arguments were even just competitions — like, say, tennis tournaments. Pairs of opponents hit the ball back and forth until one winner comes out from all who entered. Everybody else loses. This kind of thinking explains why so many people try to avoid arguments.
However, there are ways to win an argument every time. When you state your position, formulate (阐述) an argument for what you claim and honestly ask yourself whether your argument is any good. When you talk with someone who takes a stand, ask them to give you a reason for their view and spell out their argument fully. Assess its strength and weakness. Raise objections (异议) and listen carefully to their replies. This method will require effort, but practice will make you better at it.
These tools can help you win every argument — not in the unhelpful sense of beating your opponents but in the better sense of learning about what divides people, learning why they disagree with us and learning to talk and work together with them. If we readjust our view of arguments — from a verbal fight or tennis game to a reasoned exchange through which we all gain respect and understanding from each other — then we change the very nature of what it means to “win” an argument.
1. What is the author’s attitude toward Carnegie’s understanding of argument?| A．Critical. | B．Supportive. | C．Tolerant. | D．Uncertain. |
| A．They lack debating skills. | B．They may feel bad even if they win. |
| C．They fear being ignored. | D．They are not confident in themselves. |
| A．Defend. | B．Explain. | C．Conclude. | D．Repeat. |
| A．Sense of logic. | B．Solid supporting evidence. |
| C．Proper manners. | D．Understanding from both sides. |
4 . London will see thousands of people join together for one of the biggest Chinese New Year celebrations outside Asia. Here's everything to expect on the big day.
When and where The parade (游行) will begin at 10 a.m, with activities starting in Trafalgar Square from 11 a.m. The parade will start on Charing Cross Road, heading north to Shaftesbury Avenue, before turning into the heart of Chinatown. |
How to get to Chinatown For anyone brave enough to try and drive in, there is a large Q-Park in Chinatown itself. That said, the train to Charing Cross or Piccadilly Circus will likely be your best choice. Follow the official @TfL on Twitter for real time service updates and be sure to check before you travel. |
What is on Throughout the day there will be plenty of live performances. Martial artists will perform in Trafalgar Square and many food stands will line the streets. People looking for entertainment designed for children can head to Lecester Square, where they'll likely find amazing activities, including sugar painting and dressing up opportunities. |
Where to eat In Chinatown there are plenty of top options. Dumplings’ Legend on Gerrard Street and Gold Mine on Wardour Street are best for excellent dumplings. |
What to wear Many will wear red for the day as this means good luck for the coming year— particularly so this year as the Rabbit is the luckiest of all the 12 zodiac signs (生肖). |
| A．On foot. | B．By train. | C．By bus. | D．By car. |
| A．Leicester Square. | B．Piccadilly Circus. |
| C．Trafalgar Square. | D．Wardour Street. |
| A．To introduce a celebration. | B．To recommend zodiac signs. |
| C．To describe a fun event. | D．To recall a Chinese festival. |
5 . There has been much discussion of the concept of quiet quitting — meaning, essentially, doing the bare minimum at work. And perhaps that’s not surprising: When you’re exhausted and overwhelmed, it feels like something needs to be given up — and for many, that seems to be the pursuit of excellence at work. But is taking your foot off the gas the answer?
As a writer focused on time management, I’ve come to realize that the opposite of burnout isn’t doing nothing, or even scaling back. As counterintuitive as it seems, adding energizing activities to your schedule just might make life feel more double.
That’s what I found when I ran a time-satisfaction study with more than 140 busy people. At the beginning of my project, they spoke of feeling worn out. “Life feels very chaotic with so many different balls in the air,” one person told me.“ My work to-do list is never-ending,” another said.
Over the course of nine weeks, some time-management strategies were introduced. Instead of subtractive changes, participants incorporated regular physical activity and made room for small adventures. And when it came to leisure activities, I asked them to put “effortful before effortless”. For example, even something as simple as reading a novel is better than binge-watching a TV show. I also introduced them to the principle of taking “one night for you”— committing to doing something you enjoy, apart from work and family. As with quiet quitting, this might sometimes mean leaving work a little earlier than usual, but the point is not to do less; the idea is that joining a choir, a softball team or anything else with expected attendance pushes you to figure out the logistics, arrange the child care if necessary and go — even if life seems too busy to think about such a thing.
Over the course of nine weeks, participants’ satisfaction with how they spent their time overall rose 16 percent from the beginning of the project to the end. When asked about how they spent their leisure time “yesterday” after nine weeks, participants reported that their satisfaction rose 20 percent. They even reported making more progress on their professional goals — pretty much the opposite of quiet quitting — as their increased energy and engagement spilled over into all areas of life.
We each have the same 168 hours every week. But time is also all about the stories we tell ourselves. When life is full of have-to-dos, with only brief periods of downtime in between, we can feel beaten down by responsibilities. The key is to incorporate energizing activities into our lives so that our inner narrative can be changed, making life feel less like a chore.
1. What can we learn from the passage?| A．People who quit quietly feel the need to pursue excellence. |
| B．Scaling back can help energize those exhausted from work. |
| C．Leisure events that require action are more recommended. |
| D．Going home earlier for a rest can effectively refresh people. |
| A．Reductive. | B．Extensive. | C．Enormous. | D．Gradual. |
| A．Introduction of the background. | B．Intervention in the experiment. |
| C．Principles of new strategies. | D．Suggestions based on the findings. |
| A．To introduce a finding in a psychological study. |
| B．To compare different time-management strategies. |
| C．To analyze the causes and effects of quiet quitting. |
| D．To argue for a new way to live a more fulfilling life. |
1. 活动内容：
2. 活动反响。
注意：写作词数应为100词左右；
参考词汇：诗意青春poetic youth 诗歌朗诵poetry reading
A poetry reading competition
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Grandma tried to straighten out her fingers. “Jessica, I think I am done knitting (编织),” she said. “My fingers just won’t do what I tell them any more.” I looked at Grandma’s hands, remembering that she had taught me how to knit gloves for my dolls since I was little and that her hands had been sure and strong whatever she had knitted. Grandma had always said that I was very good with her knitting needles and balls of yarn (纱线).
But this winter she could hardly bend her fingers. The doctor said Grandma had arthritis (关节炎), suggesting she should keep her hands warm. I made her cups of tea to hold and moved her chair closer to the fire. However, her fingers were still difficult to move.
I wasn’t used to seeing Grandma’s hands so still. In the morning, her hands were still in her lap. In the evening, her quiet hands even made her voice stay still. I tried to help her find her voice. “Grandma, tell me about when you were a little girl like before,” I begged, knowing she loved to tell interesting stories of her nine brothers and sisters and herself during their childhood. “That was so long ago, Jessica,” whispered Grandma. “I can barely remember.”
This winter there were no hats with matching gloves or soft sweaters knitted by Grandma. But I missed her voice more than those. What about her sister Olga giving their snowman a bath in hot water? What about her brother Peti cutting off her doll’s beautiful hair and then hiding it? Were those words still moving silently in her head?
After dinner, Grandma fell asleep in her rocking chair. Mom sorted through our knitting items, among which an old pair of gloves caught my attention. The gloves were Grandma’s favorite ones with the names of Grandma and her nine brothers and sisters on the fingertips. Each time she wore them, all her happy childhood memories would become very interesting stories in her mouth.
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。
The gloves gave me an idea.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________“Grandma, shall we knit a new pair of gloves?” I asked hopefully.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8 . Concerned by the recent economic hardship, BG Cares, on Saturday, gave out food to poor Nigerians in Yaba, urging well-meaning Nigerians to be their neighbors’ keepers.
BG Cares, which led a group of
A statement by BG Cares
The yearly“ Jollof to the Street” charity ride has become a
BG Cares expresses heartfelt appreciation to all their
| A．bikers | B．teenagers | C．experts | D．officials |
| A．pressure | B．pride | C．kindness | D．strength |
| A．stopped | B．themed | C．changed | D．taught |
| A．investigating | B．recognizing | C．helping | D．concentrating |
| A．hopefully | B．doubtfully | C．surprisingly | D．actually |
| A．energetic | B．unique | C．satisfying | D．bad |
| A．compared | B．read | C．ignored | D．remembered |
| A．in need | B．in addition | C．in advance | D．in secret |
| A．tradition | B．performance | C．aspect | D．scene |
| A．sudden | B．digital | C．common | D．adventurous |
| A．comment | B．experiment | C．pressure | D．encouragement |
| A．difference | B．mistake | C．wish | D．choice |
| A．athletes | B．supporters | C．scientists | D．programmers |
| A．lecture | B．schedule | C．debate | D．success |
| A．forces | B．warns | C．enables | D．prefers |
1. Why does the speaker organize the activity?
| A．To prepare for Children’s Day. |
| B．To celebrate the end of the school year. |
| C．To welcome children in the neighborhood. |
| A．Looking for the hidden gifts. |
| B．Hiding around the center. |
| C．Having a group discussion. |
| A．Find the flags. | B．Write their names down. | C．Stay together with their parents. |
| A．The preschool children. | B．The third-grade children. | C．The fourth-grade children. |
1. How does the man feel about the woman’s suggestion?
| A．A bit disappointed. | B．Very satisfied. | C．Greatly surprised. |
| A．Go shopping. | B．Eat out. | C．Pick up their children. |
