1 . 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。

1. What does the woman think of electronic music?

A．It is clever.

B．It is loud.

C．It is modern.

2. How old was the woman when attending a classical concert?

A．16.

B．17.

C．18.

2 . What are the speakers talking about?

A．Polite greetings.

B．Table manners.

C．Body language.

4 . Finland’s education system is considered one of the best in the world. Finland (芬兰) is not only the top European country but also competes with Asian giants like Shanghai, Singapore and South Korea. But what makes the educational system in this small country so different from others in the western world?

Until the 1960s Finland’s school system had been influenced largely by its neighbor, the Soviet Union. Most students left school after six years; some went on to private (私人的) schools. Only the wealthy ones got a better education. In the middle of the 1960s the Finnish government saw the need to reform and modernize (使现代化) their education system if they wanted to be internationally competitive.

Most of Finland’s schools get their money from the government. The people who are in charge of the education system, from teachers to officials are trained teachers, not politicians like in other countries.

Teachers work with their pupils in school as much as possible. When teachers are not with the pupils, they spend a lot of time in schools working on the curriculum and new projects.

All Finnish children, whether they come from the city or the country, whether from a rich or poor family, have the same chances in education. There are not so many differences between the wealthy and poor, as in America or other western European countries. Education experts say that there is very little difference between very good and the worst students. Two thirds of Finnish pupils move on to higher education, the highest rate (比率) in the European Union.

1. What did the Finland government do in the middle of the 1960s?

A．They encouraged students to go to private school.

B．They lengthened preschool education.

C．They reformed the school system.

D．They learned modern education from neighboring countries.

2. We can learn from the text that ________.

A．the children in Finland attend preschool at the age of six

B．the children in Finland are educated equally

C．the school system in Finland is better than that in Singapore

D．the school equipment in Finland doesn’t meet international standards

3. The author mentions Shanghai, Singapore and South Korea to show ________.

A．the school system in Finland has been very successful

B．Asian countries are successful in school education

C．students in these places are better than those in European countries

D．the educational system in Asia is different from that in the western world

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

A．What Differences European Schools Have	B．Why Finland’s School System Has Changed
C．What Good Schools Provide Students With	D．Why Finland’s School System Is Successful

5 . I fell into love with shopping at the age of 10. After a short time being just a buyer, I wanted to sell something. I had many things around the house from my childhood that I no longer needed. I knew, with the help of my father, I could make money. I enjoyed myself by selling things on my dad’s account (账户).

On December 9, 2022, I opened my own account and began to start my own business. Things were going great and then I realized that selling things around house wasn’t making me the kind of money that I wanted to make, so I decided to turn my business into a resale (零售) shop. I went around to the garage sale (旧货出售处) and bought items at low prices and sold them at higher prices.

Last November, I went to a garage sale that was a little bit different. A single lady had many nice items that I knew I would sell quickly. I went up to her and started a conversation with her. Through the conversation, I knew she was jobless at the moment and needed money to support her family. I decided to sell any of her things for her to help her out. She looked at me for a moment and then broke into tears. I took away some of her things and over the next month I made over $1,500 for her! She was so thankful for all of my help.

I have never felt so happy to help someone in my life. I felt as if I had made a difference in this world and that my skills could be used to help someone who would really need it.

1. At first, __________ helped her make money by selling things.

A．the girl’s father	B．the girl’s mother
C．the girl’s teacher	D．a single lady

2. The writer went to the garage sale to __________.

A．meet single ladies	B．buy things for her resale shop
C．help others	D．sell things she no longer needed

3. The author decided to help the lady sell her things because __________.

A．the lady’s items were nice	B．the lady’s items were of good quality
C．the lady lived a hard life	D．the lady asked the author for help

4. The lady felt so __________for what the author had done for her.

A．disappointed

B．amazed

C．proud

D．appreciative

6 . Dogs may have the title of our best friends through their interactions with humans, but now researchers say these social skills could be present shortly after birth rather than being learned.

To better understand the role of biology in dogs’ abilities to communicate with humans, the researchers studied 375 eight-week-old service dogs. They looked at how these dogs performed in a series of tasks designed to measure their communication skills. The puppies were still living with their littermates (同窝出生者) and had not been sent to live with a volunteer puppy raiser, making it unlikely that they had learned about his or her behavior.

In the first task, a person hid a treat beneath one of two overturned cups and pointed to it to see if the puppy could follow the gesture. Since dogs are good at using noses to find things, a treat was also taped to the insides of both cups. In the second task, puppies watched as the researchers placed a yellow block next to the correct cup, instead of pointing to indicate where the puppy should look for the food.

The third task was designed to observe puppies’ tendency to look at human faces. The researchers spoke to the puppy in a voice people sometimes use when talking to a baby. They then measured how long the puppy fixed a stare on the human. In the last task, researchers sealed a treat inside a closed container and presented it to the puppy. They then measured how often the puppy looked to the human for help in opening the container.

The study found that while many of the puppies were responsive to humans’ physical and verbal cues, very few looked to humans for help with the unsolvable task. Researchers said, “This suggests that while puppies may be born knowing how to respond to human-initiated communication, the ability to initiate (发起) communication on their own may come later.” The next step will be to see if specific genes that may contribute to dogs’ abilities to communicate with humans can be identified.

1. Why were eight-week-old service dogs chosen for the study?

A．They were cute and safe to deal with.

B．They were the best age to learn.

C．They had had little contact with humans before.

D．They were unlikely influenced by their mates.

2. What is the researchers’ purpose in taping food to both cups?

A．To provide clues for the puppies’ final decisions.

B．To make comparisons between different conditions.

C．To check the puppies’ preference for a particular color.

D．To prevent the puppies from making use of their smell.

3. What can we know from the study?

A．Puppies can understand our body language.

B．Puppies are good at asking humans for help.

C．Puppies are born to initiate communication with humans.

D．Puppies need specific genes to communicate with humans.

4. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Dogs are born to be able to learn.	B．Dogs are born to understand humans.
C．Dogs are talented performers.	D．Dogs are humans’ best friends.

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。

Zhang Meng, from Zhejiang Province, was offered a high-paid job in Beijing in a large company. The promising job     1     (give) her a fairly comfortable life, but deep down she     2     (actual) felt that something was missing.

After many nights of     3     (think) about the purpose of her life, the 33-year-old decided to leave the city and return     4     her hometown. She gave up the lifestyle     5     only centers on working to become a     6     (profession) farmer.

Zhang and several like-minded     7     (friend) rented (租用) a piece of land on an island in Chongming, on the outskirts of Shanghai, to grow crops (作物).

She now grows organic sweet potatoes, long beans     8     other crops on the rented piece of land. For Zhang, it’s about enjoying a healthy and peaceful life. She is now trying     9     (get) a long-term lease (租约) on a farm of her own in rural Zhejiang Province near Shanghai. She hopes to plant her first crop in the spring.

“I jumped out of my comfort zone and went to a(an)     10     (certain) place, and it has been very important,” she said.

8 . We discovered a dog at an animal shelter center several years ago while looking for a companion (同伴) for our dog, Zhaocai. This dog seemed to be meant for us and we ________ him, so we took him home. We thought the name for the________ new dog was Wangcai, and so it was.

Wangcai would wake me up every morning at 4:30 a.m. to go for a ________. He’d touch my face with his nose and I would soon ________ . I once had to ________ for two days after an illness. My wife got up to ________ him for his morning walk. He held a sit-down strike (罢工) next to me and ________ to move. It worked.

Wangcai felt it was his ________ to help all who needed it, no matter where he went. One day, I took Wangcai to the dog park. We had just started our walk when a small dog was barking (吠叫) for ________. We could see a big dog cornering him. Wangcai went into ________, placing himself between the two, facing the big dog. I shouted, “Wangcai! This is not your ________!” But he refused to let anything ________ until the owners were able to take control.

One winter, I was playing with Wangcai in the snow. Across the street, an elderly lady ________ on a block of ice. Wangcai ________ me, ran across the street, and sat right against her side. She used his collar (项圈) to pull herself up. Two days later, she came to our door with dog goodies to ________ Wangcai.

1.

A．lost

B．saved

C．loved

D．remembered

2.

A．perfect

B．popular

C．real

D．short

3.

A．show

B．walk

C．test

D．swim

4.

A．change

B．worry

C．return

D．awake

5.

A．stay

B．wait

C．rest

D．practice

6.

A．ask

B．take

C．meet

D．punish

7.

A．forgot

B．feared

C．continued

D．refused

8.

A．duty

B．chance

C．promise

D．ability

9.

A．praise

B．food

C．assistance

D．reply

10.

A．training

B．game

C．treatment

D．action

11.

A．mistake

B．business

C．answer

D．question

12.

A．disappear

B．occur

C．stop

D．follow

13.

A．felt

B．stood

C．played

D．fell

14.

A．left

B．accepted

C．saw

D．protected

15.

A．attract

B．catch

C．thank

D．guide

9 . Sitting inside the Shenzhou XVI spacecraft, Gui Haichao, the first Chinese civilian on a spaceflight, together with the other two astronauts,     1     (launch) by a 20-story-tall Long March 2F carrier rocket,     2     took off at 9:31 am on May 30, 2023 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Born in 1986, Gui’s     3     (enthusiastic) for science has been developing since childhood. He had a set of encyclopedias (百科全书) from which he gained a lot of basic space knowledge. Years later, Gui Haichao attended Beihang University,     4     (major) in spacecraft design and engineering.

Gui then pursued postdoctoral research overseas and published about 20 SCI academic papers in top international journals. After returning to China, he received Beihang’s invitation to teach     5     an associate professor.

In the spring of 2018, Gui was told that China’s manned space authorities had made a decision     6       (select) the third group of astronauts, including the first spaceflight engineers and science payloads specialists. “I have been     7     fan of space exploration for many years and sometimes dreamed about doing my research in space. So excited was I on hearing this news     8     I signed up without much thought. Eventually I was     9     (successful) admitted following several demanding rounds of     10     (profession) tests,” he recalled.

10 . The Children’s Museum of Manhattan Exhibitions Beginning in 2024

Adventures with Dora and Diego (Ages: 3-6 years)

Join Diego on a series of animal rescue missions. Learn facts about animals and their habitats by helping Diego rescue animals in trouble. Explore a cave, a beach and the rainforest or rub animal footprints, even build a Bear’s nest! By helping Dora and her friends, kids will learn problem-solving skills, and gain a greater appreciation and awareness of Latin American culture.

Inside Art (Ages: 4-10 years)

The exhibition continues our tradition of providing families with access to beautiful, complex, and challenging art, as well as access to working artists and opportunities for art making. Come to celebrate art as a vehicle for building healthy communities and explore ideas of home and identity.

PlayWorks (Ages: birth years)

We’ve designed every aspect of PlayWorks^TM to help families prepare children to enter school. By combining hands-on games and learning, PlayWorks^TM creates a fun and rewarding experience for children.

For adults, PlayWorksn^TM provides an opportunity to observe each child’s unique learning style and appreciate how play creates a strong foundation for later learning. This innovative environment includes Alphie — a giant talking dragon who “cats” letters! Come to get more resources to support your child’s language development.

Superpowered Metropolis: Early Learning City (Ages: 2-6 years)

The exhibit invites children and their grown-ups to feel like heroes, building their learning brain skills together. These skills, known as executive functions, include self-control. working memory, and mental flexibility. Children practice these learning “superpowers” with Zip, Zap, and Zoom, who guide families on a series of city adventures exploring the subways, parks, music, travel, tree houses, and more.

1. What is a child expected to learn after attending Adventures with Dora and Diego?

A．Draw a map of city subways and parks.	B．Learn more about nature and culture.
C．Graduate with a specific qualification.	D．Get resources for language learning.

2. Which exhibition is suitable for a boy aged 3 who is learning spelling?

A．Adventures with Dora and Diego	B．Inside Art
C．Superpowered Metropolis: Early Learning City	D．PlayWorks

3. What do the four exhibitions have in common?

A．They provide kids with hands-on experience.	B．They are only participated by kids.
C．They improve kids’ academic performance.	D．They are free of charge for kids.