1 . One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his __________ (同事) to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)

2 . As a little girl, I’d sit in the kitchen and watch my mother cook, but I didn’t really get into cooking. When I graduated from college and moved lo Washington DC, I left all of my friends behind. There were no new roommates. I was on my own and felt lonely. Home-cooked meals were my best attempt at changing my condition.

So, I started calling my mom and asking for the recipes (食谱) for my favorite dishes. It turned out that my mom didn’t have any recipes. She couldn’t give me a single measurement (计量) for any dish. She grew up in the kitchen with her mom too, and my grandma shared her knowledge through oral (口头的) tradition. Then it was my turn. My mom taught me how to “measure with my heart” when cooking. I learned to cook by tasting and feeling my food. And my food was pretty good. Soon enough, everyone was asking me for the recipes. That was why Bun Bo Bae, my cooking blog, came into being in 2019.

Bun Bo Bae was a space for me to put what I learned into writing. I didn’t want all of the secret knowledge behind dishes like my mom’s noodles and my dad’s tomato soup to disappear if the oral tradition ended one day. I wanted to write down every piece of advice I was given in detail.

These days, I experiment more. I’m not as strict with myself about recreating the dishes exactly as I remember about eating them. I use seasonal food materials when I can’t find some items. My food blog and flower count grew, and so did my confidence in the kitchen.

Bun Bo Bae also increased my confidence at work and gave me a space to write about what I love. It has connected me to countless new Internet friends.

Most importantly, writing for Bun Bo Bae has taught me that celebrating my culture doesn’t have to be about perfectly recreating my parents’ tradition. It’s about mixing what I’ve been taught with my own experiences, and cooking up something entirely new.

1. Why did the author begin her home-cooked meals?

A．To lead a healthy lifestyle.	B．To get rid of her loneliness.
C．To try out her mother’s recipes.	D．To improve her cooking skills.

2. What do we know about the author’s early effort at cooking?

A．She had trouble creating new recipes.

B．She followed strict measurements in cooking.

C．She made tastier dishes than her mom and grandma.

D．She mastered cooking skills under her mom’s oral guidance.

3. Why did the author create her cooking blog?

A．To bring her family members together.

B．To discuss local fine foods with followers.

C．To keep a record of her family’s cooking tradition.

D．To encourage people to develop healthy eating habits.

4. What has the author realized from her cooking experience?

A．It’s important to learn a basic living skill,

B．It’s necessary to share her food knowledge online.

C．It’s better to understand different cooking cultures.

D．It’s wise to connect traditional cooking methods with new ideas.

3 . More people are increasingly biking to commute (上下班往返), for exercise, or just for fun. Bicyclists should observe bicycle safety rules to help reduce deaths and injuries on the road.

Wear a helmets

Every bike ride begins with putting on a helmet. Your helmet can best protect you. For the most comprehensive list of helmet sizes according to manufacturers, click here to visit the Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute (BHSI) website.

Avoid crashes

There are two main types of crashes: the most common (falls) , and the most serious (the ones with cars). Regardless of the reasons for the crash, prevention is the key point.

Be alert (警惕的)

Be alert to the road and all traffic around you; anticipate what others may do before they do it. This is defensive driving — the quicker you notice a potential conflict, the quicker you can act to avoid a potential crash.

Pay attention to road signs and road conditions

Obey street signs, signals, and road markings, just like a car. Look ahead for risks or situations to avoid what may cause you to fall, like potholes (坑洼) and train tracks. No texting, listening to music or using anything that distracts you by taking your eyes and ears or your mind off the road and traffic.

Ride in the same direction as traffic

This way, if the sidewalk ends, you are already riding with the flow of traffic. If crossing a street, motorists will look left, right, left for traffic. When you are to the driver’s left, the driver is more likely to see you. Slow and look for traffic (left — right — left and behind) when crossing a street from a sidewalk; be prepared to stop and follow the pedestrian signals.

1. What is the most important aspect of avoiding crashes?

A．Putting on a helmet.	B．Cycling slowly.
C．Reacting quickly.	D．Prevention in advance.

2. What is the correct order to cross the street from the sidewalk?

A．Behind — left — right and left.

B．Left — right — left and behind.

C．Left — behind — left and right.

D．Right — left — right and behind.

3. Where is the text most likely from?

A．A website.	B．A local radio station.
C．A popular magazine.	D．A manufacture instruction.

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

Not Without My Mama

Thirty-eight. That was how many stray cats (流浪猫) I had been feeding on the street where I lived. I loved them all, but I did have a favorite. A gigantic yellow cat with blue eyes had seized my heart.

I named him Butterball. Often, Butterball would try to jump in my car when I arrived home or come inside my house. I wished that I could bring him inside, but it was not allowed where I lived.

Week after week, I fed the large group of cats. Mostly, none of them wanted to be touched. They would eat in a hurry and leave, but not Butterball. He would stick around for head scratches (抓挠), purring (发出呼噜声) loudly. I noticed that he was always in the company of a small Calico cat.

Though not as friendly, she was touchable.

One day, my dream came true—I bought my own house. The cats, especially Butterball, watched anxiously as I started moving my things to my new home. I began to be away longer as I set up the new place, but I never forgot to go back and feed them every night. Butterball would jump in my car and try to get in extra hugs.

Sometimes, I found him amongst the boxes in the back when I came out with another load. As I packed up the very last load and set out the cats’ nightly dinner, I paused before leaving.

The nights were starting to get cold, and soon winter would be upon us. Upstate New York winters can be bitter. Butterball seemed to know I was leaving for good. I peered into his blue eyes and told him, “I will come back for you.” He turned away as if he didn’t believe me.

The next day, I returned with a group of friends. We set out a bunch of humane traps and caught the strays one by one. We transported them to a no-kill shelter. All, except Butterball.

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1. 续写词数应为150词左右;
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I intended to take Butterball to my new home.

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Surprisedly, I followed him to the bush and found Calico.

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5 . As much as I love the rides in theme parks, my favorite part of the experience is the live entertainment. Whether it’s a parade, stage show, “streetmosphere”, or even an impressive nighttime show, I just love the energy that a live performance can bring to a space. It is not uncommon for me to visit a theme park and go on one ride and spend the rest of the time just enjoying the atmosphere.

No matter how many times I ride an attraction, I’m having the same experience. But with live entertainment, it constantly changes. Different performers bring their own touch to the show. Even when things go wrong in a live situation, I find it fascinating to see how it is covered. There is an impressive art to fixing an error, or sometimes even making it a comedic moment.

But because these live performances aren’t bolted (固定) to the ground and are easily influenced, they are often the first thing to get removed from the parks when there is a shortage of money. As much as I understand this business decision, it feels shortsighted. The parks simply don’t feel alive when live entertainment is missing. Without it, a theme park is just a group of people walking quickly from one ride to the next.

We are certainly living in an unprecedented time, but I’m happy to see that theme parks have found creative ways to make sure there is some sort of live entertainment put on safe. Most parks are having their characters and performances visible from a distance.

One of my favorite examples of this was shared by @Attractions on Twitter, where Winnie the Pooh was frolicking around Epcot and trying to catch a butterfly. This is such a great example of what can be done with characters and live entertainers in a time when the “norm” isn’t possible, I honestly hope that these special moments remain once it’s safe for the meet-and-greets and close-up interactions to return.

1. What does the author like best in a theme park?

A．Joining its parades.	B．Observing its visitors.
C．Trying its various rides.	D．Enjoying its live shows.

2. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The error.

B．The show.

C．The reason.

D．The attention.

3. What does the author think of the business decision in paragraph 3?

A．It will bring theme parks more business.

B．It will make theme parks easily influenced

C．It will make theme park rides more popular.

D．It will take away the liveliness of theme parks.

4. Why does the author mention Winnie the Pooh?

A．To explain what theme parks can do to stay

B．To show its popularity among theme park visitors.

C．To explain what characters can do to get closer to visitors.

D．To show the influence special times can have on theme park.

6 . Get your boots muddy with our Ranger Team!

Muddy Boots volunteer activities

Do you live nature and want to help us? Looking for an opportunity to get outdoors again and get your boots muddy?

Our Muddy Boots volunteer activities will start again in June 2022, and we are creating more opportunities for you to join in at our three green flag sites. We welcome all ages. Become a Muddy Boots volunteer and meet new people. Muddy Boots events are free. Don’t forget your boots!

Each site will host a regular Muddy Boots Volunteer Group to support the rangers (护林员) with their practical management and conservation work. On top of this we are also looking for volunteers to help with projects, litter picking, events, site monitoring and more.

We would love to hear from anybody interested in helping us to look after these very important local woodlands, ensuring that they are safe & welcoming for both the public who visit them and the wildlife who call them home.

Holt Country Park
Every Wednesday 10 am-12 pm
Starting June 15^th
Pretty Corner Woods
Every other Thursday 10 am-12 pm
Starting June 16^th
Sadlers Wood
Last Tuesday of Month, 10 am-12 pm
Starting June 28th

To register your interest, or to find our more information please email us on countryside@north-norfolk.gov.uk.

1. What can we learn about the volunteer activities?

A．They will be done on three sites.

B．They provide boots for volunteers.

C．They are specially intended for teenagers.

D．They will be held in June for the first time.

2. What are volunteers required to do during the activities?

A．Put our wildfires.

B．Finish projects on their own.

C．Keep an eye on local woodlands.

D．Organize visitors picking up litter.

3. When can people volunteer at Pretty Corner Woods?

A．On June 15th

B．On June 23rd

C．On June 28th

D．On June 30th

7 . “How can you be okay with living in a country so far away and so different?” “The language is so hard. How are you going to be able to find your way around?” These are the most common questions I heard after I told people I was going to study abroad in China, a country that seemed so far away. Why risk dealing with that when Paris or London would be so much more accessible?

But a part of studying abroad is about embracing (欣然接受) the inaccessible. I took Chinese in high school and fell in love with it. Ever since I started college, I was determined to study in China. Three years later, I made it happen.

Of course, it was not easy. At the airport, people spoke English so I didn’t worry too much about finding my way around. And then I met other foreign students who would become my best friends for five straight months. But once leaving the airport and downtown areas, we were fully immersed (沉浸) in China. I lived in a more suburb-like (类似城郊的) area, more residential than the rest of Shanghai. People always looked at us curiously as we went about our days and few of them spoke English. It was awkward at first. Slowly, as we got more used to the language, people talked with us. Of course, they wanted to know the differences between living in America and living in China.

My roommate studied abroad in Ireland last semester while I was in China. There is nothing wrong with going to Europe, but if you want to broaden your horizons, I would suggest looking elsewhere. Living in a place that is so different from what I am used to gives me valuable experiences I can’ t get any other way. My Chinese teacher was so amazing and patient with us, and my other Chinese friends helped me through the difficult part of feeling out of place in the unknown. In a strange way, not being able to express everything I want brings me closer to people.

1. How did people feel when knowing the author’ s decision?

A．Excited.

B．Puzzled.

C．Appreciated.

D．Disappointed.

2. When did the author fall in love with Chinese?

A．When she started college.	B．When she was in high school.
C．Three years after she went to college.	D．The third year she studied in China.

3. What do we learn about the author’ s experience in China?

A．She failed to get on with other foreign students.

B．She once had difficulty finding her way to college.

C．She spent little time sightseeing in the rest of Shanghai.

D．She was uncomfortable with people’ s curious stares at first.

4. What might the author agree with according to the last paragraph?

A．Language won’t be a problem for making friends.

B．It isn’t wise for her roommate to study in Ireland.

C．Her English-speaking friends make China a place of comfort.

D．Nations need to clear up misunderstandings between each other.

8 . 你会发现晚餐已为你准备好了。(汉译英)

9 . 屠呦呦和她的团队成员甚至坚持在自己身上测试药物，以确保它是安全的。(汉译英)

10 . We like to think words are what matters. But in communicating with other people, what we do is at least as important as what we actually say. American professor Albert Mehrabian is one of the leading researchers on this topic. His study shows that within the first four minutes of meeting a stranger, our facial expressions make up 55 percent of the impression we make. In comparison, only seven percent of that impression comes from our actual words, with the rest of the information coming from the tone (语气) of voice.

We may also like to think body language cannot be read like a book. It has no systematic grammar like that of a spoken / written language. And it seems less formal and exact. But scientists have found body language does have its own rules and can be exactly examined like a book written in your native tongue. For example, researchers Paul Ekman and Wallace Friesen have identified about 3,000 different expressions and their meanings. They created the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), a tool for collecting meaning from expressions.

But it’s also easy to misunderstand body language. The rules may fit most people but not everyone. Communication expert Carol Kinsey Goman once gave a report at a company in New York. The CEO sat at the table with his arms closely crossed, without smiling or nodding encouragement. In the end, he simply said “thank you” without making eye contact and left the room. Goman was shocked when the man’s secretary told her that he’d been favorably impressed by her. If the CEO hadn’t liked what he’d heard, the secretary explained to Goman, ”he would have gotten up right in the middle of your report and walked out“.

You can train yourself to control your body language, and even use it to make your communication more effective. Communication expert Theresa Zagnoli, suggests a simple but useful approach. The technique (方法), called mirroring, involves studying the facial expressions, body movements, and the tone of voice used by the person to whom you’re talking, and then using them too. But make sure it’s done in a relaxed and normal way, Zagnoli says.

1. How much of the impression comes from our tone according to Albert’s research?

A．7%.

B．15%.

C．38%.

D．55%.

2. What does the example in Paragraph 2 show?

A．Body language can be systematically studied.

B．It is hard to understand human body language.

C．The grammar of body language is very difficult.

D．Expressions have thousands of different meanings.

3. What did the CEO’s body language mean in Goman’s eyes?

A．He had a lot of work to do at the time.	B．He showed little interest in her report.
C．He was a little surprised at her report.	D．He wanted to give her a good impression.

4. What does Zagnoli advise you to do when talking?

A．Use more body language secretly.	B．Copy others’ body language naturally.
C．Compare your body language with others’.	D．Improve your body language by learning experts’.