1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What will happen to the speakers?

A．They will lose their jobs.

B．They will get a pay decrease.

C．They will work longer hours.

2. What is the woman currently doing for her students?

A．Creating books.

B．Making videos.

C．Searching for learning material online.

3. What will the man probably buy?

A．A camera.

B．A computer.

C．A phone.

2 . 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。

“Oh, no!” Jack shouted while looking at the likes and comments on his recent TikTok video.

“Why aren’t people reacting to my content as they used to?”

Jack was a 19-year-old strong and muscular man addicted to the gym. He loved recording exercise videos and posting them on his TikTok account. Initially, his video logs (vlogs) were popular, but his posts’ reach soon decreased.

Jack wondered why people had stopped sharing and liking his videos, “Maybe my audience is tired of watching me work out in the gym,” he thought, determined to change the location of his videos.

The following day, Jack went to the neighborhood park and began filming while walking on the track.“Hi, guys! How about we shake things up a little? I’m to work out in the park today!” he said excitedly, looking into the camera lens (镜头).

“Let’s look for a good spot to warm up,” he said as he walked towards a bench(长椅), on which sat an elderly lady. Jack thought the bench was the perfect place to film his video because of the light.

He put his tripod stand (三脚架) on the bench and set the camera, but he felt like he needed the full bench. He wanted to place his camera where the lady sat, so he gestured to her to move, but the woman didn’t seem to understand.

“Get out of my way!” he yelled.“Can’t you see I’m filming a video? You old fool!” Looking him up and down in surprise, the old lady didn’t argue over his disrespectful attitude and quietly walked towards another bench.

Jack set his camera up, pressed the record button and waved at his followers, ready to demonstrate exercises. Suddenly, he tripped on a loose stone, lost balance and fell down, his head striking the bench and bleeding heavily.

Crying in pain, Jack tried to get up, but he didn’t have the strength to rise. He collapsed on the ground, screaming desperately for help.

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There was nobody around but the elderly lady.

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To Jack’s joy, a net friend sent a message saying where the lady lived.

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3 . Wearing a caveman mask (面具), Dr. Marzluff walks across the camp at the university. Crows (乌鸦) circle and scream. They dive at him and then suddenly fly away.

Beneath the mask，he smiles. Days before, he and his students had _________ cavemen masks caught crows and _________ plastic bands on to their legs. Then they released the _________ birds.

“We always knew crows _________ us, but could we show it?” says Dr. Marzluff, a professor known affectionately as the Crowman.

When the researchers walked around campus without masks, the crows they had caught and banded didn’t _________ to them. But when the _________ humans walked by while wearing the masks, the crows scolded (责骂) loudly and dived at their “_________”. The birds had remembered their _________!

“Crows are constantly _________ us,” Dr. Marzluff says. “They look, they think, they eyeball you, __________ the situation.”

At first, only the banded birds reacted __________ to the people in masks. But in later tests, an increasing number of crows began scolding them, even when the banded birds were not around. The birds had __________ from one another. Dr. Marzluff and his team followed banded crows for a year and __________ that adults even pass this information to their __________.

Dr. Marzluff’s experiments led him to study how crows’ __________ work.

1.

A．picked out

B．put on

C．searched for

D．taken off

2.

A．dropped

B．stepped

C．pressed

D．tied

3.

A．unhappy

B．beautiful

C．black

D．rare

4.

A．hate

B．attack

C．recognize

D．contact

5.

A．wave

B．react

C．reply

D．turn

6.

A．friendly

B．unkind

C．different

D．same

7.

A．enemies

B．professors

C．owners

D．followers

8.

A．clothes

B．faces

C．organs

D．figures

9.

A．expecting

B．admiring

C．watching

D．tolerating

10.

A．estimating

B．changing

C．restoring

D．worsening

11.

A．rigidly

B．automatically

C．abnormally

D．threateningly

12.

A．resulted

B．heard

C．learned

D．benefited

13.

A．promised

B．identified

C．denied

D．clarified

14.

A．young

B．neighbor

C．partners

D．opponents

15.

A．wings

B．noses

C．legs

D．brains

4 . A Norwegian company has created what it calls the world’s first zero-emission(排放), autonomous cargo ship(货船). Developed by chemical company Yara International, the ship was designed to reduce emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases, and move goods away from roads to the sea.

The shipping industry accounts for between 2.5% and 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the International Maritime Organization. Nearly all of Norway’s electricity is generated by hydroelectric power, which is generally considered to have much lower carbon emissions than burning fossil fuels, despite the fact that it still produces greenhouse gases.

Capable of carrying 103 containers and with a top speed of 13 knots, it will use a 7 MWh battery, with about a thousand times the capacity of one electrical car. The ship will be charged near the port before sailing to container harbors along the coast and then back again, replacing 40,000 truck journeys a year.

As well as providing a greener option compared to conventional cargo ships, there is no crewman, which means it will be more cost-effective to operate. Initially, loading and unloading the ship will require humans, but gradually, all loading, discharging, and some other operations will also be eventually operated using autonomous technology. That will involve developing autonomous cranes(起重机) and carriers, which are the vehicles that place containers onto ships.

According to researchers, fully autonomous ships are the future. But there are many challenges to overcome before autonomous ships can be used for commercial long sea journeys. Navigating traffic in large ports could be a major barrier.

Without a crew aboard to carry out maintenance checks, autonomous ships would need built-in self-diagnosing systems with the ability to detect and fix problems, or call for human assistance.

Although Yara International has no plans to add more autonomous ships to its operations, we may see more elements of AI technology used on commercial ships in the future. Elements are already being used in shipping today when it comes to the voyage and we’ll see more partly autonomous elements added.

1. What’s the good news about the new ship?

A．It’s conventionally designed.	B．It has been fully marketed.
C．It’s environmentally friendly.	D．It is luxuriously equipped.

2. What plays a critical role in the ship’s successful operation?

A．The autonomous carriers.	B．The latest navigating traffic.
C．The burning of fossil fuels.	D．The massive battery capacity.

3. What can we learn from paragraphs 4-6?

A．Researchers are pessimistic about its future.

B．The new ship isn’t completely autonomous yet.

C．A lot more such ships will be in operation soon.

D．No human labor is needed to maintain the ship.

4. What is the author’s attitude to technology being applied to shipping?

A．Favorable.

B．Reserved.

C．Suspicious.

D．Disapproving.

5 . 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

6 . The Nobel Literature Prizes are awarded to the persons who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction. The followings are some famous female winners in recent years.

Herta Müller (from Germany)

The Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2009. Her works are rooted in her experiences as one of Romania’s German-speaking racial minority. Muller describes how dictatorship(独裁)causes a fear and sense of distance that stays in an individual’s mind. With precise language, she recalls images from the past.

Svetlana Alexievich (from Belarus)

The Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2015. Svetlana Alexievich represents life during and after the Soviet Union(苏联)through the experience of individuals. She uses interviews to create a picture of a wide range of voices. Her books are a combination of oral history and deeply psychological literature, composed of stories collected on a simple tape recorder.

Louise Glück (from America)

The Nobel Prize winner in Literature 2020. The prize committee stressed “Her unmistakable poetic voice with plain beauty makes individual existence universal”. Childhood, family life, the close relationships with family is a theme that has remained central to her. She seeks the universal, and in this she takes inspiration from myths and classical themes.

Annie Ernaux (from France)

The Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 2022. She usually describes the events in her life and the lives of those around her. “The courage and clinical sensitivity with which she uncovers the roots, separations and collective restriction of personal memory” is the reason she was awarded the prize according to Swedish Academy.

1. How does Svetlana Alexievich create her works?

A．By interview.	B．By biography.
C．By short stories.	D．By memoir.

2. What makes Gluck’s works popular according to the prize committee?

A．Her family life.	B．Individual existence.
C．Simple beauty.	D．Fictional structure.

3. What do the four winners’ works have in common?

A．They are rooted in life experience.

B．They create a lot of pictures for their books.

C．They bring light to the root of people’s memory.

D．They are focused on the relationship between individuals.

7 . Psychologists have long believed that personalities are relatively immune to changes following collective stressful events, such as natural disasters, but the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be an exception, said Angelina Sutin, a psychologist at Florida State University. Researchers from a new study analyzed answers from 7,109 adults in the United States, based on the Big Five personality traits: neuroticism (神经过敏), extroversion (外向), openness, agreeableness and dutifulness. The participants, aged 18 to 109, took multiple personality tests on their phones or computers measuring these traits before and during the pandemic.

In the first, “acute” phase from March 2020 to December 2020, personality traits remained fairly consistent with per-pandemic surveys, with only neuroticism slightly declining. By the second phase, defined as the “adaptation” period from January 2021 to February 2022, there were no overall shifts in neuroticism relative to per-pandemic levels, but adults had become less extroverted, open, agreeable and dutiful. Also, younger adults’ personalities changed the most, while the oldest group had no significant shifts. And no other age group saw an increase in neuroticism in the second phase, but adults under 30 did.

“The results don’t hold true tor each person. So its no surprise if you don’t see that same change in yourself or those closest to you,” Sutin said.

Although personality doesn’t directly control mental health, Sutin is advocating for more research into the impact that pandemic-related personality changes may have on well being, particularly for young adults. “We need to do what we can to help support younger adults as much as possible, so they can make better transitions into adulthood and reduce the stress that they face to help improve their mental health and long-term outcomes,” said Sutin.

Still, the study had a few downsides, said Brent Roberts, a psychologist at the University of Illinois Banana-Champaign. There was no control group of people who hadn’t experienced the pandemic, and other explanations weren’t explored, making it hard to assess if these personality changes were directly caused by the pandemic.

1. How may psychologists feel about the pandemic’s impact on personality?

A．Concerned.

B．Uninterested.

C．Unexpected.

D．Annoyed.

2. How did participants get involved in the study?

A．By responding to questions online.

B．By making some personal requests.

C．By analyzing their personality traits.

D．By recording their daily life with phones.

3. What did the findings of the research indicate regarding personalities?

A．Neuroticism remained consistent.

B．The two phases shared similar results.

C．Young adults underwent more changes.

D．The older people were, the more shifts they had.

4. What is the last paragraph intended to show about the study?

A．Its prospect.

B．Its limitations.

C．Its significance.

D．Its advancement.

8 . It has been an unwritten rule that those who become 30 years old must have already been in a stable (稳定的) place. _________, they might be considered a failure.

I am turning 30 tomorrow and I ask myself, “Should I _________ this deadline?” I am still renting an apartment, and living alone. This seems far from _________ for most, but it looks nice to me.

When I graduated years ago, I _________ worked as a journalist because I had been dreaming of writing stories for the _________ since childhood, and I thought I would stick to it forever. But as time flies, I realize that it will be unwise to _________ myself to just one path. Therefore, I decide to start my another pursuit—studying law.

Was I _________ before? No. I have learned that there is no single formula (公式) for _________ and happiness. Our lives are filled with _________ possibilities. While I really love my current career, I have also been interested in being a __________. So why should I __________ the dream to the end just because I am 30 already?

Turning 30 can also be a chance to do whatever you like. You needn’t care about how others will __________ your decisions. The most important part is that you are just being yourself and __________ it. Turning 30 is just like any other birthday. Stop feeling __________ about your age and try to __________ all the opportunities and surprises that life throws on your way.

1.

A．Moreover

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Otherwise

2.

A．fear

B．approach

C．determine

D．miss

3.

A．common

B．active

C．satisfactory

D．stressful

4.

A．strangely

B．immediately

C．previously

D．magically

5.

A．public

B．villager

C．customer

D．foreigner

6.

A．turn

B．compare

C．limit

D．confirm

7.

A．impressed

B．wrong

C．powerful

D．cheerful

8.

A．freedom

B．independence

C．existence

D．success

9.

A．obvious

B．reasonable

C．endless

D．practical

10.

A．lawyer

B．teacher

C．writer

D．journalist

11.

A．look for

B．think about

C．make up for

D．hold on to

12.

A．ignore

B．judge

C．recognize

D．respect

13.

A．observing

B．stressing

C．doubting

D．enjoying

14.

A．anxious

B．content

C．comfortable

D．exciting

15.

A．assume

B．accept

C．leave

D．ignore

9 . When we married in 2007, we promised to love each other “in sickness and in health”. Over the years I shared my_________ with you. But with my full schedule and then a son, Jack, in 2008, we were very_________. Then in December 2015, a big fall _________you with stroke (中风) and speech difficulties. “Whatever, I’m here,” I comforted you. It meant that life needed a _________.

“Is now the time to realize our dream to start fostering (领养), at last?” I asked you. “Let’s go for it,” you said. I quit my job and_________a fostering charity with bases across the country. “My husband is_________. Does that rule us out?” I asked the clerk. “Not_________,” I was told. Eight months after filling in the first forms, we finally got the_________news.

In July 2020, we_________our now 15-year-old foster daughter, Millie. She was so __________that the first day as we all sat in the garden, especially nervous around men. But you__________her over. Soon she was__________along with us at your jokes! Meanwhile, we made a__________while I did her hair or when we walked our dog. With time, Millie started to see our house as her home. Now, we’re on the path to __________ more foster kids.

Thank you for helping me share the love we’ve built with__________who need it most. We’ve turned a difficult time into something beautiful.

1.

A．sorrow

B．knowledge

C．victory

D．dream

2.

A．occupied

B．free

C．careful

D．curious

3.

A．helped

B．charged

C．left

D．rewarded

4.

A．rush

B．change

C．stop

D．risk

5.

A．founded

B．declined

C．discovered

D．funded

6.

A．shy

B．disabled

C．busy

D．humorous

7.

A．necessarily

B．importantly

C．merely

D．clearly

8.

A．interesting

B．depressing

C．shocking

D．amazing

9.

A．met

B．interviewed

C．lost

D．encouraged

10.

A．curious

B．anxious

C．confident

D．energetic

11.

A．took

B．covered

C．won

D．knocked

12.

A．aiming

B．striking

C．wondering

D．laughing

13.

A．wish

B．connection

C．mark

D．preparation

14.

A．break up

B．calm down

C．agree with

D．take in

15.

A．parents

B．pets

C．kids

D．patients

10 . I started playing the piano when I was around four years old—that was 15 years ago!—and since then, the longest I haven’t touched piano keys was probably two months. This was an enormous amount of devotion to something that I wasn’t even planning to make money off of—so there must have been something worth holding on to, right?

The easy guess is that I was always so purely in love with music and piano that I couldn’t bear to let them go. However, it’s a bit more complicated than that. I struggled a lot with piano. I felt pressure to improve, innovate, and be the best in order to prove something to others. The seed of my musical interest was grown with competition and doubt.

It’s difficult to learn to love something that you didn’t choose in the first place. But somehow, sometime, love grew. And by high school, it was strong enough that I found the strength to hold on tighter, dig further, and find something of my own to grow. In a way, I had to start over.

And so, I took a pause. I switched teachers, and got incredibly lucky with one who encouraged me and helped me tunnel into what I loved, not what I was told I should learn. Anything I had was good enough to be loved.

This summer, I started learning the guitar. I deliberately wanted to learn on my own—this was just for me, to form a new relationship to music. Even though my guitar skills are miles lower than my piano skills, I feel I can express myself even more wholly through strings than keys. There’s just something about doing it all for myself that has helped me heal the damages to my relationship to music.

The love and hate I’ve had for the piano were both planted and grown. If you too have learned to hate something you once loved—or something you never chose—remember that with dedication, it can be uprooted, and love can make a home in its place. There is always time. There is always room.

1. What can we learn about the author’s experience from Paragraph 1?

A．He probably spent two months in playing the piano.

B．He began to play the piano when he was 15 years old.

C．He thought it necessary to start playing the piano early.

D．He committed himself to the piano not for financial factors.

2. Which of the following words best describes the author’s relationship with the piano?

A．Bittersweet.

B．Harmonious.

C．Painful.

D．Passive.

3. What inspired the author to learn the guitar?

A．His teacher’s constant encouragement.	B．His desire for a new relationship with music.
C．His interest in strings rather than keys.	D．His talent for playing musical instruments.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Practice makes perfect	B．Love cannot be forced
C．Love is a thing that grows	D．There is no end to learning