1 . When you want to buy or rent a house, you are expecting not only the good quality of the house but also the nice neighbours who live near you. Almost everyone agrees that it is helpful to live with some good neighbours. However, the standard of good neighbours is different from people to people. In my opinion, a good neighbour should be someone who respects your life, is ready to help others and concerned about the environment in the neighbourhood.

First of all, it is very important for your neighbour to respect you life. Just imagine, if you have a neighbour curious (好奇的) about you, especially your personal life, and tries to know more about it by whatever means, what will you feel? What is more, he or she may also talk with others about your life. Do you want to live with him or her anymore? The answer is definitely negative. You will feel very uncomfortable to have such kind of people in your neighbourbood and you may move as soon as possible.

Next, what you should consider is that a good neighbour is always willing to give you a hand when you need him or her. For example, if you are not at home and someone suspect (可疑的) tries to unlock your door, your neighbour who sees it should call 911, and it will help you to protect your property (财产).

Finally, a good neighbor should be concerned about the environment, especially around your neighbourhood. He or she should throw all the rubbish into garbage and keep the place clean, because a good environment can make people who live in it comfortable and relaxed all the time.

1. The following are the qualities(素质) of a good neighbour EXCEPT       .

A．respecting others’ life	B．being kind to others’ pets
C．being willing to help people	D．being responsible for the environment

2. If a curious person is your neighbour, you’ll       .

A．feel happy	B．know more about him / her
C．become his / her friend	D．not be comfortable

3. As the text mentions,         can make people relaxed.

A．a good neighbor	B．a clean home
C．a good environment	D．a deep sleep

4. What’s the best title of the text       .

A．The qualities of a good neighbour

B．The differences between good neighbours

C．The importance of a good environment

D．How to get along with our neighbours

2 . COVID-19 shutdowns forced people out of work and pushed tens of millions into poverty worldwide. Governments tried hard to provide aid. It was easy in a small country, but difficult for a country with large population and vast rural areas.     1     Doing a detailed, nationwide, house-to-house survey takes people time and money. Luckily, satellites can see poverty from space.

Researchers have been finding ways to identify areas of wealth and poverty in satellite images. Through some satellite data and aerial images of one town or another, you can sort of tell whether it’s wealthy or not. Wealthier homes tend to have metal roofs while poor homes tend to have thatched roofs. Wealthier neighborhoods have paved roads and bigger plots of lands, more spaced out.     2     The researchers trained artificial intelligence (AI) to recognize these patterns.

    3     The researchers put AI to work studying patterns of mobile phone use in those regions. Rich people will make just more phone calls than poor people. They also might make more expensive international calls. They might use more mobile data because they have smartphones.     4    

The researchers use the system to identify about 60,000 people to receive benefits. The advantage of the satellite imagery and phone data approach is that it’s extremely fast and very convenient.     5     In shocks like climate disasters where there’s no time or way to get detailed information on the ground, satellites mobile phones and AI could help deliver aid quickly to people in need.

A．It was opposite in a big country.

B．How do they locate the neediest people?

C．So there’s a lot of information in the images.

D．Most importantly, it’s very cheap to carry out.

E．Worse still, it’s not so economical as a house-to-house survey.

F．However, in general, poorer people will just have feature phones.

G．What the researchers did next was to target the neediest people in those regions.

3 . 4 Projects to Bring Fresh Inspiration into Students

PetWise Award

The PetWise Award project is a fun, free educational resource (资源) aimed at primary-aged children, although anyone is welcome to take part. It not only teaches students how to keep their pets happy and healthy but also about careers where they can work with animals. It includes four easy-to-follow levels, each with its own downloadable resources, which can be used in everyday lessons. Visit pdsa.org.uk.

The Link

The Link is the only specialist speech and language magazine written for schools. Posted free of charge, termly, to every UK primary school to share with students and teachers, the magazine provides professional and helpful knowledge about speech, language and communication skill. Visit speechandlanguage.info.

Fiver Challenge

The Fiver Challenge aims to help young people to develop a wide set of skills using real-life contexts. Pupils are encouraged to use their creativity by developing an idea that helps them to engage with (与……有密切关系) their local communities and develop new financial (金融的) skills through practical learning opportunities. The project’s free resources can be used flexibly (灵活地), offering students the ease and confidence to develop business knowledge. Visit fiverchallenge.org.uk.

Encounter Edu Live

Encounter Edu live lessons create “wow moments” in the classroom. Bringing new knowledge and a changing planet direct to thousands of children, Encounter Edu’s free classes have travelled to farms, the deep ocean and even outer space. Encounter Edu believes that live lessons bring book learning to life and improve traditional learning. Visit encounteredu.com.

1. Which website should you visit if you are an animal lover?

A．pdsa.org.uk.

B．speechandlanguage.info.

C．fiverchallenge.org.uk.

D．encounteredu.com.

2. What can students do with the help of The Link?

A．Experience farm work.	B．Offer community services.
C．Improve communication skills.	D．Get knowledge about pet care.

3. What do the listed projects have in common?

A．They offer free resources.	B．They are very popular worldwide.
C．They are designed for college students.	D．They have got great support from local schools.

4 . 假如某英文杂志将举办“中学生一日行”征稿活动，请你写一篇英文日记来参与这项活动。大概内容：2022年9月18日，星期日，你和同学们一大早就赶到了西潮公园泛舟，后来你们在湖边捡到一个精美的背包，内有照相机、护照及一大笔钱。在警察的帮助下，用了两个半小时你们才找到失主——一位外国朋友(Mr King)。要点包括：
1.时间和地点；
2.事情经过和结果；
3.你的感受。
注意：1.不要逐字翻译，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2.100词左右。
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5 . To save their educational and intellectual heritage, the three universities joined together in Kunming as National Southwest Associated University, ________(亦，另) known as Lianda. (根据汉语提示拼写单词)

6 . I was about 13 when an uncle gave me a copy of Jostein Gaarder’s Sophie’s World. It was full of ideas that were new to me, so I spent the summer with my head in and out of that book. It spoke to me and brought me into a world of philosophy (哲学).

That love for philosophy lasted until I got to college. Nothing kills the love for philosophy faster than people who think they understand Foucault, Baudrillard, or Confucius better than you — and then try to explain them.

Eric Weiner’s The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers reawakened my love for philosophy. It is not an explanation, but an invitation to think and experience philosophy.

Weiner starts each chapter with a scene on a train ride between cities and then frames each philosopher’s work in the context (背景) of one thing they can help us do better. The end result is a read in which we learn to wonder like Socrates, see like Thoreau, listen like Schopenhauer, and have no regrets like Nietzsche. This, more than a book about understanding philosophy, is a book about learning to use philosophy to improve a life.

He makes philosophical thought an appealing exercise that improves the quality of our experiences, and he does so with plenty of humor. Weiner enters into conversation with some of the most important philosophers in history, and he becomes part of that crowd in the process by decoding (解读) their messages and adding his own interpretation.

The Socrates Express is a fun, sharp book that draws readers in with its apparent simplicity and gradually pulls them in deeper thoughts on desire, loneliness, and aging. The invitation is clear: Weiner wants you to pick up a coffee or tea and sit down with this book. I encourage you to take his offer. It’s worth your time, even if time is something we don’t have a lot of.

1. Who opened the door to philosophy for the author?

A．Foucault.	B．Eric Weiner.
C．Jostein Gaarder.	D．A college teacher.

2. Why does the author list great philosophers in paragraph 4?

A．To compare Weiner with them.

B．To give examples of great works.

C．To praise their writing skills.

D．To help readers understand Weiner’s book.

3. What does the author like about The Socrates Express?

A．Its views on history are well-presented.

B．Its ideas can be applied to daily life.

C．It includes comments from readers.

D．It leaves an open ending.

4. What does the author think of Weiner’s book?

A．Objective and plain.

B．Daring and ambitious.

C．Serious and hard to follow.

D．Humorous and straightforward.

7 . 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。

Xiao long bao (soup dumplings), those amazing constructions of delicate dumpling wrappers, encasing hot,     1     (taste) soup and sweet, fresh meat, are far and away my favorite Chinese street food. The dumplings arrive steaming and dangerously hot. To eat one, you have to decide whether     2     (bite) a small hole in it first, releasing the stream and risking a spill (溢出),     3     to put the whole dumpling in your mouth, letting the hot soup explode on your tongue. Shanghai may be the     4     (recognize) home of the soup dumplings but food historians will actually point you to the neighboring canal town of Nanxiang as Xiao long Bao’s birthplace. There you will find them prepared differently — more dumpling and less soup, and the wrappers are pressed     5     hand rather than rolled. Nanxiang aside, the best Xiao long bao have a fine skin, allowing them     6     (lift) out of the steamer basket without tearing or spilling any of     7     (they) contents. The meat should be fresh with     8     touch of sweetness and the soup hot, clear and delicious.

No matter where I buy them, one steamer is     9     (rare) enough, yet two seems greedy, so I am always left     10     (want) more next time.

8 . What comes into your mind when you think of British food? Probably fish and chips, or a Sunday dinner of meat and two vegetables. But is British food really so uninteresting? Even though Britain has a reputation for less-than-impressive cuisine, it is producing more top class chefs who appear frequently on our television screens and whose recipe books frequently top the best seller lists.

It’s thanks to these TV chefs rather than any advertising campaign that Britons are turning away from meat-and-two-veg and ready-made meals and becoming more adventurous in their cooking habits. It is recently reported that the number of those sticking to a traditional diet is slowly declining and around half of Britain’s consumers would like to change or improve their cooking in some way. There has been a rise in the number of students applying for food courses at UK universities and colleges. It seems that TV programmes have helped change what people think about cooking.

According to a new study from market analysts, 1 in 5 Britons say that watching cookery programmes on TV has encouraged them to try different food. Almost one third say they now use a wider variety of ingredients (配料) than they used to, and just under 1 in 4 say they now buy better quality ingredients than before. One in four adults say that TV chefs have made them much more confident about expanding their cookery knowledge and skills, and young people are also getting more interested in cooking. The UK’s obsession (痴迷) with food is reflected through television scheduling. Cookery shows and documentaries about food are broadcast more often than before. With an increasing number of male chefs on TV, it’s no longer “uncool” for boys to like cooking.

1. What do people usually think of British food?

A．It is simple and plain.	B．It is rich in nutrition.
C．It lacks authentic tastes.	D．It deserves a high reputation.

2. Which best describes cookery programme on British TV?

A．Authoritative.

B．Creative.

C．Profitable.

D．Influential.

3. Which is the percentage of the people using more diverse ingredients now?

A．20%.

B．24%.

C．25%.

D．33%.

4. What might the author continue talking about?

A．The art of cooking in other countries.	B．Male chefs on TV programmes.
C．Table manners in the UK.	D．Studies of big eaters.

9 . These next three years in senior high school may see many relationships coming to an end, a lot of drama between people, and especially a lot of stress (压力). During these next years, you’ll experience a lot, and hopefully, this advice could be of use to you.

First of all, high school is not how the movies show it to be. There are no life-changing things that make you popular, and there are no big parties where teens enjoy themselves together and new friends are made. The reality is that you’ll stay up till three in the morning doing homework, the food in the school isn’t the best, and you will cry about everything.

Just know walking through this next part of your life won’t be a simple walk in the park. You will go through difficulties, but at the end of the day, you’ll decide whether they’re going to influence you or not. While going through a difficult or unpleasant time, know that whatever happens these experiences don’t define (界定) you.

These next moments will be happy, mad, sad, etc. There will be amazing good days, and awful bad ones. Be yourself because many comments will be made about you, your friends, your attitude (态度), and everything in your life. Aside from those people that cause drama, make bad comments about you, and hurt you, there are people who love you and want the best for you. Learning this will take time and you’ll be hurt, but you will be okay. So, in a word, a high school is a work in progress.

High school only comes along once, so make the most of it because very quickly you’ll be shaking your principal’s (校长的) hand while they hand you your high school diploma (毕业证书).

1. What does the author stress about high school life in paragraph 2?

A．It has challenges ahead.	B．It is full of competition.
C．It is a time for making friends.	D．It offers chances to win popularity.

2. What helps high schoolers deal with troubles according to paragraph 3?

A．Regular exercise.	B．Enough patience.
C．Right attitude to life.	D．Support from school leaders.

3. What does the author want to tell new high schoolers in paragraph 4?

A．To avoid unfriendly people.	B．To be prepared for what will happen.
C．To work hard to make progress.	D．To try to protect those who love them.

4. Why does the author write the text?

A．To share his failures with new high schoolers.

B．To offer his suggestions to new high schoolers.

C．To tell new high schoolers how he managed stress.

D．To explain the importance of study to new high schoolers.

10 . When I was a child, my family went to the beach often. However, we _________ played in the sand or swam in the ocean. Nature was to be _________ far away, with the car windscreen in between. We would wave to the sea from our _________, watch the sunset and drive home. My parents were _________ in crowded and polluted cities. Their upbringing made them think maybe it was _________ for kids to stay inside. Without knowing it, I was _________ by their attitudes.

It was my own children who led me to another _________. They liked observing earthworms and jumping in mud. Their such _________ about the natural world allowed me to see it in a _________ way. On beach trips, I found myself __________ to dig into the sand with them and __________ its cool graininess (颗粒感) as they buried me in it.

Last summer, my love for __________ led to us buying a house in a farming town near a mountain. It’s something I wouldn’t have __________ as a city girl. I’ve found a deeper connection to nature and I’m grateful for it. There are miles of tracks around us that I __________ every day. I walk through snow, mud and rain, __________ my boots — which I bring straight into the house.

1.

A．still

B．never

C．always

D．sometimes

2.

A．transformed

B．evaluated

C．appreciated

D．greeted

3.

A．vehicle

B．tent

C．house

D．hotel

4.

A．hired

B．raised

C．involved

D．trapped

5.

A．warmer

B．happier

C．funnier

D．safer

6.

A．influenced

B．confused

C．bothered

D．reminded

7.

A．career

B．future

C．finding

D．path

8.

A．concern

B．doubt

C．curiosity

D．knowledge

9.

A．systematic

B．standard

C．general

D．different

10.

A．hesitant

B．astonished

C．anxious

D．disappointed

11.

A．shared

B．enjoyed

C．interpreted

D．showed

12.

A．shore

B．sand

C．farming

D．nature

13.

A．achieved

B．imagined

C．supported

D．acknowledged

14.

A．explore

B．notice

C．measure

D．preserve

15.

A．washing

B．cooling

C．dirtying

D．polishing