1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When will the swim classes begin?

A．On May 1st.

B．On April 30th.

C．On April 29th.

2. How many swim classes are being offered?

A．10.

B．15.

C．20.

3. Who must come to the swim skill show?

A．Those who have no Level 3 certificate.

B．Those who want to pass the skill level test quickly.

C．Those who have never attended Community Pool classes.

4. Who will rate the students’ skill levels?

A．The speaker.

B．The instructors.

C．The local community.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the speaker doing?

A．Hosting a radio program.

B．Chairing a meeting.

C．Conducting an interview.

2. In which country did blind boxes first become popular?

A．China.

B．Japan.

C．Thailand.

3. How much will the blind box market be worth by 2024?

A．1.14 billion yuan.

B．7.4 billion yuan.

C．30 billion yuan.

4. Why is Wang Ke fond of blind boxes?

A．To get a surprise.

B．To gain comfort.

C．To reduce stress.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why is the man going to Vietnam?

A．To travel.

B．To work.

C．To study.

2. What does the man know about spiders from the handbooks?

A．They have killed plenty of tourists.

B．They are often eaten by other animals.

C．They like to make their webs everywhere.

4 . 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 Cassandra Ridder picked up her son Brody from school, the boy wasn’t his usual happy-go-lucky self.

Cassandra said that the sixth graders didn’t want to talk about his day and only wanted to listen to music. To lighten his mood, she asked him about his yearbook (毕业纪念册). Earlier that day, the mom had received an email, informing parents that students would be bringing their class yearbooks home. She was curious if Brody got lots of signatures.

But when she brought it up, her son got really sad. He said, “No, Mom, no one really signed my yearbook. I asked people and they either told me no or that they would do it later, and that they were too busy for me.”

When Brody handed over his yearbook, Cassandra’s heart sank. The page was almost empty, except for a couple of messages from his teachers and two students’ names. To fill in the space, Brody had written a note to himself that read “Hope you make some more friends”, and had signed his own name.

“I tried to make him feel better,” said Cassandra. “I told him that it might have just been a busy day, and to give people the benefit of the doubt. I told him that things will get better and to stay positive, and that no matter what, I would always be his friend.”

Upon discovering what happened with Brody’s yearbook, Cassandra decided to do something. That night, she wrote a post on the Internet for parents. She wanted to let the other parents know this was happening at the school and remind them they should talk to their kids about being kind to one another.

“My poor son feel sad. Despite Brody’s asking all kinds of kids to sign it, two teachers and a total of two students wrote in his yearbook, her post read.” So Brody took it upon himself to write to himself. My heart is broken.

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。

Cassandra didn’t expect too much from the post.

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The headmaster Mr Rudd also knew of Brody’s story.

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5 . With low or no-carbohydrate diets rising in popularity in recent times, the potato is now regularly overlooked in favour of other vegetables. In fact, research literature has previously indicated potatoes may have a detrimental effect on health, such as increasing the possibility of developing Type2 diabetes(糖尿病).

However, new research done by Edith Cowan University (ECU) has shown while potatoes may not have all the same benefits as some other vegetables, such as lowering risk of Type 2 diabetes, health issues associated with potatoes may actually be due to how people are preparing them and what they’re eating them with.

A recent analysis of this study led by Dr Nicola Bondonno from ECU’s Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute found people who consumed the most vegetables were 21 percent less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those who consumed the least amount of vegetables. PhD candidate Pratik Pokharel carried out work on the analysis and said while potatoes didn’t have the same impact on Type 2 diabetes, they also didn’t have any negative effect.

“In Denmark, people consume potatoes prepared in many different ways. In our study, we could distinguish between the different preparation methods. When we separated boiled potatoes from mashed potatoes(土豆泥), fries or crisps, boiled potatoes were no longer associated with a higher risk of diabetes: They had a zero effect,” said Pokharel.

“In our study, people who ate the most potatoes also consumed more butter, red meat and soft drinks-foods known to increase your risk of Type 2 diabetes,” said Pokharel. “We should separate potatoes from other vegetables in regard to messaging about disease prevention but replacing refined grains such as white rice and pasta(意大利面食)with potatoes can improve your diet quality because of fibre and other nutrients found in potatoes.”

1. What does the underlined word “detrimental” in paragraph 1 mean?

A．Magical.

B．Protective.

C．Fantastic.

D．Negative.

2. What may contribute to the bad reputation of potatoes according to ECU’s research?

A．The effects they have caused.	B．The ways they are consumed.
C．The places where they are planted.	D．The results previous studies have shown.

3. Which of the following have little effect on Type 2 diabetes?

A．Fries.

B．Crisps.

C．Boiled potatoes.

D．Mashed potatoes.

4. What is Pokharel’s attitude towards potatoes?

A．Critical.

B．Opposed.

C．Indifferent.

D．Objective.

6 . 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。

Shen Kuo was an excellent scientist of the Northern Song Dynasty. He was an all-round scholar of astronomy, literature, physics, chemistry, calendars, geology, meteorology     1     medical science. He was also an outstanding engineer and excellent military strategist. He even made a great contribution     2     art and literature. So Shen Kuo was well known for being     3    (knowledge) in ancient China.

Meng Xi Bi Tan, Shen Kuo’s famous scientific work,     4    (complete) between 1086 and 1093. In the book, he wrote a lot about the animals and plants he had seen when     5    (travel) through the country, such as giant clams in the South China Sea, crocodiles in Chaozhou, Chinese wolfberries in the northwest of China and jerboas in the desert of northern China. The book also introduced     6    (method) of killing insect pests.

Shen Kuo pointed out in Meng Xi Bi Tan that human beings had pharynxes(咽)and larynxes(喉), with pharynxes for food and larynxes for ventilation (换气). He also     7    (have) great knowledge about fossils(化石). When visiting the Taihang Mountain,     8     is located in Shanxi Province, he discovered fossilized seashells and noted the presence of stones like those often     9    (find) on the seashore, leading him to conclude that Shanxi had been located by the sea in the distant past.

Meng Xi Bi Tan was     10    (wide) regarded as an important scientific work in ancient China.

7 . Dillon Reeves is a student in Michigan. He was honored as a hero for preventing his school bus from _________ after the bus driver lost consciousness (知觉).

On April 26, 2023, the bus driver was taking students home from the school when she began to experience a faint (昏厥). She attempted to _________ but didn’t make it._________ she lost consciousness.

The bus began to turn to oncoming traffic._________, Dillon took action. Dillon, who was _________ about five rows back, got up from his seat, ran to the front of the bus,_________ the steering wheel (方向盘) and brought the bus to a stop in the middle of the road in _________.

In a video released by authorities at the news conference, Dillon was seen taking _________ of the steering wheel and then shouting at the other passengers to call 911.

The police and fire departments responded quickly to the scene to _________ to the driver and the students were loaded onto another bus to be __________ taken home. No injuries to the children on the bus were reported.

The city was very __________ of the hero! The little boy reacted quickly when his school bus driver experienced a __________ emergency, bringing the bus to a stop and __________ a very severe accident. Dillon has been a hero.

“Dillon has really been a __________ guy” , his mother said. “However, to do something like that really makes my heart stop __________.”

1.

A．crashing

B．stopping

C．slowing

D．speeding

2.

A．get up

B．pull over

C．come back

D．fade away

3.

A．Barely

B．Slightly

C．Eventually

D．Possibly

4.

A．Actually

B．Personally

C．Entirely

D．Immediately

5.

A．faced

B．fixed

C．tracked

D．seated

6.

A．set

B．destroyed

C．caught

D．turned

7.

A．curiosity

B．panic

C．sorrow

D．regret

8.

A．control

B．care

C．advantage

D．charge

9.

A．refer

B．lead

C．attend

D．stick

10.

A．obviously

B．safely

C．calmly

D．typically

11.

A．worthy

B．short

C．proud

D．aware

12.

A．communicative

B．professional

C．moral

D．medical

13.

A．claiming

B．reflecting

C．avoiding

D．identifying

14.

A．great

B．frightening

C．joyful

D．suitable

15.

A．moving

B．beating

C．dancing

D．bleeding

8 . Tomato plants are adaptable to less-than-optimal conditions, but meeting their preferred conditions yields the juiciest and most delicious fruit.

Light.     1     In extremely hot conditions, the morning sun and light afternoon shade are sufficient. Although the plants can grow in mainly shady areas, the production of fruit will be severely limited.

Soil and water. Tomato plants grow best when they have fertile soil and consistent moisture (水分). If it rains less than 25.4 millimeters per week, you need to water them yourself.     2     Placing much around your tomato plants discourages weeds, maintains soil moisture, and prevents diseases from splashing off the soil onto the leaves when it rains. Aim for a 3-to 4-inch-thick layer of organic covering, such as straw, chopped leaves or finely shredded wood chips.

Temperature and humidity (湿度).    3     Wait until the soil warms in spring before setting out plants. Tomato plants grow well when the temperature is about 25℃. Although they love the sun, when the temperature rises above 40℃, they will stop growing. Tomatoes like a relatively high humidity level of 65 percent to 85 percent. Levels higher than this range negatively affect the plants.

    4     Tomato plants grow best when fertilized at two specific times during the growing season: right after planting and just before the fruit develops. Apply balanced liquid plant food to them.

Pruning (打杈). Tomato plants don’t have to be pruned. However, removing any side shoots (新枝) growing between the main stem and a branch is a good idea.    5    

A．Fertilizer.

B．The planting area.

C．Tomatoes are warm-weather fans.

D．In general, tomato plants require the full sun.

E．However, to prevent diseases, avoid wetting the leaves.

F．To make them grow better, water them as often as you can.

G．They can influence the growth of main branches growing fruit.

9 . Inspired by living systems, researchers at Aalto University have developed a new material that can change its electrical behaviour based on previous experience, effectively giving it a basic form of adaptive memory. Such adaptive materials could play a vital role in the next generation of medical and environmental sensors, as well as in soft robots or active surfaces.

Responsive materials have become common in a range of applications, from glasses that darken in sunlight to drug delivery systems. But existing materials always react in the same way: Their response to a change doesn’t depend on their history, nor do they adapt based on their past.

This is fundamentally different from living systems, which dynamically adapt their behaviour based on previous conditions. “One of the next big challenges in material science is to develop truly smart materials inspired by living organisms. We want to develop a material that would adjust its behaviour based on its history,” said Bo Peng, an academy research fellow at Aalto University, who was one of the senior authors of this study.

The researchers synthesized(合成)micrometre-sized magnetic beads(磁珠)which were then stimulated by a magnetic field. When the magnet was on, the beads stacked up to form pillars. The strength of the magnetic field affects the shape of the pillars, which in turn affects how well they conduct electricity.

“With this system, we coupled the magnetic field stimulus(刺激)and the electrical response. Interestingly, we found that the electrical conductivity depended on whether we varied the magnetic field rapidly or slowly. That meant that the electrical response depended on the history of the magnetic field. The electrical behaviour was also different if the magnetic field was increasing or decreasing, explains Peng. In the future, there could be even more materials that are algorithmically(在算法上)inspired by life-like properties, though they won’t involve the full complexity of biological systems. Such materials will be central to the next generation of soft robots and for medical and environmental monitoring.

1. What is the author’s purpose of writing paragraph 1?

A．To introduce the topic of the text.

B．To give a definition to the new material.

C．To make a comparison with existing materials.

D．To stress the importance of the Aalto University’s research.

2. What does Peng’s words in paragraph 3 mean?

A．They want to develop better materials.

B．They depend on previous conditions too much.

C．They are facing challenges from other universities.

D．They can’t make truly smart materials from history.

3. What does the author want to show in the last sentence?

A．The method of making the new material.

B．The application of the new material.

C．The way of making the new material.

D．The complexity of biological systems.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．Responsive materials that have become common

B．Next generation material that adapts to its history

C．The next big challenge that faces material science

D．The electrical behaviour that depends on the magnetic field

10 . Geoff Banks and Celesta Byrne met as part of an educational project to put British and American students in contact and they still keep in touch with each other.

Centenarians (百岁老人), Geoff Banks from Devon, Britain, and Celesta Byrne, from the US, started writing to each other at the age of 16 in 1938. The former engineer Geoff even kept in touch with Celesta during WWII. They, now, can talk to each other on the Internet.

They recently had their first call giving Geoff a break from putting pen to paper that he said he found difficult at his age. Despite having chatted for decades, the pair have only ever met twice-first in 2002 while Geoff visited New York at the age of 80, and then again two years later. Celesta was living in New Jersey at that time, and then she moved to live near family in Texas.

Geoff said, “I had worked abroad for a number of years but had not been to the US for some time. Celesta was in New Jersey, so we decided to meet up in New York for a short Christmas trip. We just talked about daily lives and our families. In one of my early letters, I sent her a copy of a British paper in 1953 which had Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation (加冕) on the front of it.”

Despite having such a special relationship, the pair deny there was ever any romance there. Both have been married, with Geoff’s wife having passed away in 2011. Geoff is now a great grandfather, having sadly survived his daughter but still having three sons scattered across the world and many more grandchildren.

They felt grateful to the educational project, which gave them the chance of being friends. They are friends, like people who live next door. They value their friendship and think it’s nice to hear friends’ voices.

1. How did Geoff know Celesta?

A．By a friend.	B．By joining in a party.
C．By surfing the Internet.	D．By an educational program.

2. What was Geoff before he retired?

A．A teacher.

B．A mechanic.

C．An engineer.

D．A soldier.

3. Where did Celesta live when she met Geoff for the second time?

A．In New York.

B．In New Jersey.

C．In Texas.

D．In Devon.

4. Which word can best describe the friendship between Geoff and Celesta?

A．Lasting.

B．Odd.

C．Complex.

D．Ordinary.