1 . Never ______ forget the days when______ together with you.

A．shall I; I lived

B．shall I; did I live

C．I shall; I lived

D．I shall; did I live

2 . ______ the Atlantic Ocean crosses the equator, the trade winds cause a flow of water to the west.

A．That

B．When

C．Where

D．Though

3 . More than 200 people were killed and 900 others injured in a major accident Friday evening involving three trains in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, officials said on Saturday.

At least 233 people ____ and about 900 were injured in the ____, and the number of death is ____ to increase further.

According to officials, the Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai, hit the Yashwantpur-Howrah Express, which derailed (脱轨). A cargo train was also said to be ____ in the accident.

Officials said the ____ of the collision was so ____ that carriages of the two trains climbed atop each other, ____ deaths and injuries to passengers. A large number of passengers were ____ inside the derailed coaches.

____ after the accident, rescue teams, health officials, police, and fire services rushed to the ____. A large crowd of locals ____ reached the spot to help the injured.

All the health facilities nearby were ____ alert. Meanwhile, the injured were ____ to the hospital throughout the night.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ____ grief over the ____ of lives in the accident and condolences (吊唁) are pouring in from various quarters.

1.

A．recovered

B．died

C．attended

D．failed

2.

A．content

B．course

C．accident

D．position

3.

A．pleasant

B．proud

C．likely

D．similar

4.

A．involved

B．visited

C．interested

D．required

5.

A．solution

B．impact

C．expression

D．struggle

6.

A．lucky

B．large

C．words

D．severe

7.

A．cloning

B．saving

C．raising

D．causing

8.

A．belief

B．trapped

C．luck

D．concern

9.

A．Undoubtedly

B．Gradually

C．Immediately

D．Secretly

10.

A．spot

B．location

C．station

D．hospital

11.

A．besides

B．also

C．however

D．therefore

12.

A．put on

B．put up

C．put out

D．put off

13.

A．admitted

B．addicted

C．devoted

D．applied

14.

A．reward

B．persuade

C．expressed

D．inspire

15.

A．motto

B．remark

C．lesson

D．loss

4 . —When will you leave for Paris for a visit?
— ______ next month.

A．Until

B．After

C．At

D．In

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Taylor Swift is ending her year with another honor. The pop superstar     1     (name) Time magazine’s 2023 “Person of the Year,”     2     (beat) out Barbie and King Charles III. “While her popularity     3     (grow) across the decades, this is the first year     4     Swift, 33, achieved a kind of nuclear fusion (核聚变): shooting art and commerce together     5     (release) an energy of historic force,” the magazine said. Time said Swift was selected     6     she found a way to give people around the world hope in some seriously dark times. “No one else     7     the planet today can move so many people so well,” Time said in its profile, “    8     giving too much credit to     9     star ignores her skill and her power.” The magazine also interviewed Swift, with the artist revealing that “this is the proudest and happiest I’ve ever felt, and the most     10     (creative) fulfilled and free I’ve ever been.”

6 . There are thousands of languages in the world. But which language is the oldest? Experts use different methods to find out the age of a language.

Finding the oldest language is a challenging task, according to Danny Hieber, an expert in the study of endangered languages. “If we think that most languages can date back to an original human language, all languages are equally old,” Hieber said. However, it’s impossible to find out such language —the direct ancestor of every language in the world. Accordingly, some experts believe that the “oldest language” should belong to one with a well-established written record.

Many of the earliest recorded examples of writing come from languages that used cuneiform script (楔形文字). Among these languages are Sumerian and Akkadian, both dating back at least 4,600 years. Experts have also found Egyptian hieroglyphs that date to around the same historical period. These hieroglyphs, which can be translated into “He has united the Two Lands for his son, Dual King Peribsen,” are considered the earliest complete sentence ever discovered.

Experts generally agree that Sumerian, Akkadian and Egyptian are the oldest languages with a clear written record. All three are extinct, meaning that they are no longer used and don’t have any living followers which can carry the language to the next generation.

As for the oldest language that is still spoken, several competitors appear. Hebrew and Arabic stand out among such languages for having timelines that experts can reasonably find, according to Hieber. Although these earliest written languages only date back around 3,000 years, Hieber said, “both of them belong to the Afroasiatic language family, whose roots date back to 18, 000 to 8,000 B. C. E. , or about 20,000 to 10,000 years ago.” Even with this wide period of time, it is widely accepted that Afroasiatic is the oldest language family. But the exact point in time when Hebrew and Arabic separated from other Afroasiatic languages is heavily debated among experts.

1. How do experts determine the age of a language?

A．By studying its spoken dialects.	B．By analyzing its basic grammar.
C．By examining its written records.	D．By comparing it to other languages.

2. What is the value of the Egyptian hieroglyphs?

A．They’re an example of cuneiform script.	B．They belong to the Afroasiatic language.
C．They provide evidence of the oldest language.	D．They’re the earliest-known complete sentences.

3. What does the underlined word “extinct” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Gone

B．Ancient.

C．Outdated.

D．Active.

4. What is the main disagreement among experts regarding Hebrew and Arabic?

A．The reason for their standing out.	B．The exact time of their separation.
C．The appearance of their competitors.	D．The roots of earliest written languages.

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。

Tai Chi is par of China’s traditional culture. It is a unique type of Chinese kung fu marked with slow and gentle movements    1     are designed for self-protection, strengthening of body and prevention of diseases. Tai Chi’s movements with deep breathing and relaxation can help promote inner peace and calm, so it is suitable    2     people of different ages.

Tai Chi    3    (date) back as far as 2, 500 years. It is said that Zhang Sanfeng, a 13th-century Taoist, invented Tai Chi after watching     4     fight between a snake and a bird. However, more people tend to believe that Tai Chi     5     (develop) on the basis of martial arts skills by Chen Wangting, a l7th-century master of Chinese martial arts.   

In general, it is believed that Tai Chi can slow down aging, strengthen muscles, and aid in the treatment of heart disease, skin diseases and many other    6     (illness). Besides, Tai Chi can improve mood if people are worried or depressed. According to some studies,     7    (practice) Tai Chi on a daily basis can also help people get a     8     (good) sleep. With so many benefits of Tai Chi, more and more people begin to pick up this     9     (amaze) Chinese traditional sport to improve the quality of     10     (they) life.

8 . 选择合适的短语并用正确的形式填空

donate... to...,       stir up,       refer to,       on hand,       date back,       prevent... from...,       in ruins

1. I always keep a pen______ ______ in case I need to write something down.
2. This ancient vase ______ ______ to the 12th century.
3. If you have any questions, please ______ ______ the instruction book.
4. The fence will ______the dog ______escaping.
5. His speech ______ ______ a lot of debate among the audience yesterday.

9 . Not all birds sing, but some species(物种)do it a lot. They sing to protect their place and impress possible mates (配偶). “Why birds sing is relatively well-answered,” says Iris Adam, a behavioral neuroscientist at the University of Southern Denmark. The big question was:Why do birds sing so often?

In a new study, Adam and her team members offer a new explanation, suggesting that songbirds may have to sing a lot to give their vocal (声音的) muscles the regular exercise they need to produce top-quality song. These findings could be related to human voices too. “Anytime you stop speaking, you might experience a loss in vocal performance,” said Adam, “songbirds one day could help us improve how we train and restore our own voices.”

To figure out whether the muscles that produce birdsong require daily exercise, Adam designed a set of experiments on zebra finches.

One of her first experiments was about taking males at the top of their game, and cutting off the connection between their brains and singing muscles. “After two days, they had lost some of their performance,” she said. “And after three weeks, they were back to the same level when they were young and never had sung before.”

Next she prevented the birds from singing for a week by keeping them in the dark almost around the clock. After a week, the birds’ vocal muscles lost half their strength. When she played it for a group of female birds, six out of nine preferred the song that came from a male who’d been using his singing muscles daily.

Adam’s finding is that “songbirds need to exercise their vocal muscles to produce top-performance song. If they don’t sing, they lose performance, and they get less attractive to females.”

It’s a good rule to live by, whether you’re a bird or a human — practice makes perfect, at least when it comes to singing one’s heart out.

1. What’s the focus of Adam and her team members’ study?

A．How birds train their vocal muscles.

B．The effect of music on birds’ behaviour.

C．The relationship between brain function and birds’ song.

D．Whether birds need to sing often to keep their singing ability.

2. What was the effect of preventing the birds from singing for a week?

A．Their vocal muscles became stronger.

B．They became more attractive to females.

C．Their vocal muscles lost half their strength.

D．They didn’t show any change in singing performance.

3. How did the female birds react to the male bird using vocal muscles daily?

A．They did not show any preference.

B．Most of them preferred his song.

C．They found his song less attractive.

D．None of them were interested in his song.

4. What’s the main message conveyed by the study?

A．Birds need to sing to impress possible mates.

B．Birds sing to mark their place and attract females.

C．Regular exercise is for keeping birds’ singing performance.

D．Human singing performance can be improved by studying songs.

10 . 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。

Every weekend, Yang Jie spends at least a morning at a book house by the 6,300 km-long Yangtze River, reading while enjoying a cup of coffee. The book house that Yang Jie often visits     1     (call) Pipa Pavilion, inspired by a famous poem Pipa Xing. Shaped like     2     pipa from a bird’s eye view, Pipa Pavilion     3     (stand) as a cultural landmark in the Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park.

Pipa Pavilion offers more than 5,000 books free     4     reading, as well as a coffee shop and a tearoom. These     5     (facility) are part of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park, which aims to pass on the cultural history of Yangtze River, the     6     (long) and most iconic river in China.

Similarly, China is building cultural parks centered around the Great Wall, the Grand Canal, the Long March and the Yellow River, all of     7     are defining symbols of Chinese culture. By     8     (set) up these parks, China proudly displays     9     (it) diverse culture. More importantly, it shows how cultural and     10     (environment) protection coexist in harmony, offering a sustainable legacy (遗产) for generations to come.