1 . While socializing comes naturally for some, it can be a struggle for others. Shyness is a normal, common personality trait (特征).     1    . If you’re often hesitant to engage in social situations, you may interact with those around you in a more comfortable way. We outline four strategies for overcoming shyness in life.

Get Excited About A New Adventure

You may have been shy most of your life.     2    . Working through shyness and developing increased confidence may seem like a discouraging task for you, but viewing the journey as an exciting adventure to parts unknown can be exciting and, in turn, may boost your self-esteem.

Pay Attention To Your Words

    3    . Talking to yourself in a negative way when describing yourself can damage your self-confidence. Consider replacing phrases like “I am shy” with “I am learning to be more comfortable” in social situations. This can go a long way toward moving from shyness to confidence.

Practice Mindfulness (正念)

Mindfulness involves drawing your attention to the present and being aware of your thoughts, feelings, and surroundings.     4    . In one study, participants in a mindfulness program experienced an improved view of their self-worth.

Take Small Steps

Getting started can be the hardest part of learning how to be more social for those who are shy.     5    . You can start out small. Try chatting with the teller at the bank or the person ahead of you in the checkout line. This can help you build confidence and work your way up to more difficult challenges.

A．If so, that’s a part of you that you’re used to

B．Sometimes the best path toward addressing a fear is exposure

C．Mindfulness can help reduce symptoms of social anxiety disorder

D．Taking time to tend to your appearance can make a big difference

E．How we communicate and characterize ourselves can be powerful

F．However, shyness can make it hard for people to connect with others and achieve their goals

G．But engaging with people doesn’t have to be practiced as an important work presentation

2 . Volunteer at the EcoTarium! We simply could not offer the programs and special events that make the EcoTarium a unique resource to our community without our diverse and dedicated corps of volunteers. To be considered for a more specific position, look through the volunteer listings below, and submit an application.

Zoo Ambassador Volunteer

Our zoo ambassador volunteers will assist the Zoology Department to connect with guests through engaging educational experiences about our animal residents. We are looking for volunteers who are passionate about animals and excited to interact with guests of all ages. Volunteers may also complete behavioral studies on numerous animals within the care of the EcoTarium to help enhance the welfare for our animals!

Animal Care Volunteer

Animal care volunteers will aid in all areas of husbandry (农牧业), including feeding, cleaning, record keeping, training animals, and behavioral observations. They will work with a variety of animals under our care, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects. The position is physically demanding and requires working in all weather conditions.

Education Program Volunteer

Through conversations and hands-on activities, education program volunteers help visitors make meaningful connections to our exhibits, encourage curiosity and scientific inquiry, and challenge visitors to dive deeper into the concepts explored at our museum.

Collections Volunteer

The EcoTarium seeks volunteers who are interested in making a contribution to science by uncovering lost specimens (标本) in the EcoTarium collection! Photograph, measure, and take notes on birds, eggs, seashells, or pressed flowers. This is an excellent position for a high school or college student considering a career in biology or lab science. It is also appropriate for citizen scientists of any age. It offers an opportunity to see examples of rare or extinct plants and animals.

1. What can an animal care volunteer do?

A．Collect lost specimens.

B．Learn to feed and clean animals.

C．Finish some studies on the exhibits.

D．Help elderly visitors interact with animals.

2. Which position most suits a biology major?

A．Collections Volunteer.	B．Animal Care Volunteer.
C．Education Program Volunteer.	D．Zoo Ambassador Volunteer.

3. What is the main purpose of the text?

A．To list the advantages of volunteers.

B．To spread knowledge about volunteers.

C．To train more people to become volunteers.

D．To introduce some positions about volunteers.

3 . 假设你叫李明，你看到某校（校长Mr. Wang）要招聘一名体育教练，你对此工作很感兴趣。请根据提示写一篇自我介绍，词数不少于60，开头已给出。
要点：
1. 想得到这份工作，自我形象介绍；
2. 你的能力：会说流利的英语，擅长运动，如游泳、篮球等；
3. 你的经历：2014 年在一所中学教体育。
Dear Mr. Wang,

I read in a newspaper that you want to find a coach (教练) for your school.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Ming

4 . ( Andy and Henry are talking in the school. Andy = A, Henry = H )
A: Look! There’s a photo competition in the newspaper.
H:     1       I’d like to have a try.
A: Well, you have to take a nice animal photo.
H:     2     I can choose one.
A: No, it must be an animal that doesn’t live with you.
H: I see.     3    
A: Good idea! There are lots of birds and wild ducks there.
H:     4    
A: No, I don’t. What about you?
H:     5     It doesn’t work for a week.
A: Oh! Let’s go to ask Mr. Lee for help.
A. Mine’s broken.
B. I agree with you.
C. Sounds interesting!
D. I don’t like animals.
E. Do you have a camera?
F. Let’s have a look by the lake.
G. I have many photos of my cats!

5 . English people don’t care about what they eat, but they care about the place where they eat.     1    English people like to eat out. The rich go to big restaurants.     2    There are also a lot of other restaurants, such as Italian, Chinese, Indian, Japanese and so on.     3     Waiters in good restaurants wear uniforms and are friendly. When you are eating, you might hear light music.     4     Small restaurants or fast-food restaurants are not quiet but clean, too.     5     People bring baskets of sandwiches and sit on the grass in the park, enjoying the sun. Some English kids’ favorite food is pizza, and most kids don’t like vegetables. Some of them like eating the most popular English food, fish and chips.

A．So the good restaurants are quiet.

B．A good restaurant is usually big and clean.

C．The poor go to small ones or fast-food restaurants.

D．In summer, English people like eating outside.

E．Rich families usually have a nice dinning room.

F．There are a lot of foreign rest.

G．In winter, people in England like to stay at home enjoying delicious food.

6 . Wang Xiaojun is twelve years old. He lives in the country in Hunan. Today is his birthday. His parents prepare a nice dinner for him, but the boy says, “I won’t have the dinner, today is over, and my parents are going to Shenzhen tomorrow. I don’t want to let them go.”

Wang Xiaojun has the birthday with his parents for the first time in the past three years. Three years ago, his parents went to Shenzhen to work. They stayed and worked there for three years. Tomorrow they have to go back to Shenzhen. Wang is not the only stay-at-home child. In the country of China, there are many children staying at home without their parents. Stay-at -home children have a lot of problems. Most of them stay with their grandparents. Some of them don’t study well because their parents can’t help them with their study. The Chinese government (政府) now is trying to solve their problems.

1. When was Wang Xiaojun born?

A．In 2010.

B．In 2011.

C．In 2012.

D．In 2013.

2. Wang Xiaojun won’t have the birthday dinner because ___________.

A．there isn’t a birthday cake	B．the food isn’t delicious
C．his parents are going to Shenzhen tomorrow	D．he doesn’t like the dinner

3. The “stay-at-home child” means ___________.

A．爱家儿童

B．顽皮儿童

C．留守儿童

D．离家儿童

4. The stay-at-home children can’t get help for study from their parents, so some of them ___________.

A．don’t study well	B．don’t like to stay with parents
C．don’t love their parents	D．don’t have dinner with their parents

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．There are a lot of children like Wang Xiaojun in China.

B．The Chinese government is trying to solve these problems.

C．Wang Xiaojun’s parents go to Shenzhen to make money.

D．Stay-at-home children don’t have any problems.

7 . I often cycle (骑自行车) around Australia and plan to cycle the Nullarbor to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis (MS, 多发性硬化症). I have MS myself, but cycling is a pain-free activity for me. I feel quite relaxed after cycling. But a not-so-kind person stole all of my bikes when I was travelling.

Since this happened, the human kindness I have been shown makes me feel very surprised. A kind lady bought a mountain bike for me to continue riding. A gentleman donated (捐赠) another bike to me to continue training on roads. It was almost impossible to find a bike in my size, because the bike I had before was very short. And it required an extra-small frame (框架). I was quite lucky. My hometown got behind me to raise some money. With this money, I have bought a bike that is just the right size for me.

So far people have offered me places to stay, welcomed me into their warm homes. They made sure I have enough water when riding so long. They also put money in my hands in the street to help me reach my goal. The stolen bikes turned into an interview with ABC Radio and papers in Tasmania.

My point is that there are so many good and kind-hearted people out there. My experience is that people are mainly kind and beautiful. I could never doubt (怀疑) the fact that the world holds more good and kind people than unkind people. That, in itself, is hope! I’m happy that I will cycle on the road again soon, and do my best to give back kindness.

1. The passage is probably a ________.

A．travelling note

B．volunteer poster

C．fiction

D．science survey

2. What does the underlined phrase “got behind” in Paragraph 2 imply (暗指)?

A．Many people followed him.	B．A gentleman caught up with him.
C．His hometown supported him.	D．Other friends fell behind him.

3. Put the things happened to the writer in correct order.
a. Some kind people bought bikes for him.
b. He’ll try to give back kindness.
c. All of his bikes were stolen.
d. Radio and papers interviewed him.
e. Some people served him well.

A．b-d-a-c-e

B．c-d-a-e-b

C．a-e-d-b-c

D．c-a-e-d-b

4. What is the writer’s purpose according to the passage?

A．To encourage us to be born with kindness.

B．To tell us how to take care of our things during the trip.

C．To show us kind people are more than unkind people in the world.

D．To teach us to be happy.

5. How did the writer’s feelings change?

A．relaxed-happy-sad-excited	B．relaxed-surprised-lucky-happy
C．thirsty-nervous-excited-afraid	D．surprised-sorry-excited-upset

8 . Here are some interesting places for you to enjoy yourself while you are staying in Beijing.

Here is the timetable of science activities in the Children’s Palace

Timetable
Monday (4 weeks) 19:00 — 21:30 Space and Man Dr. Thomas West. Would you     like to know more about the outer space?	Tuesday (5 weeks) 18:30—20:30 Photography Mr. Brown from Italy. Learn   to take good pictures, please bring your own camera.	Wednesday ( 12 weeks) 18:30 — 21:00 Computer Science Prof. Harry Morison from Oxford University. Learn how to use Windows 2000.
Thursday (4 weeks) 19:00 — 21:00 Modern Medicine Prof Lucy Green. Would you like to know medical advances?	Saturday ( 16 weeks) 14:00 — 17:00 Technical English Prof. Rose Beet. Do you want     to learn the technical words and articles?	Sunday (2 weeks) 8:30 — 11:30 Exhibition of Personal Inventions You can see many inventions by the students; you may also bring your own inventions.

1. The teacher who teaches photography is from ______.

A．China

B．Italy

C．America

D．England

2. The computer science class may last for about ________.

A．4 weeks

B．16 weeks

C．5 weeks

D．12 weeks

3. If you want to learn technical English, you should go to the Children’s Palace on ______.

A．Sunday

B．Saturday

C．Thursday

D．Wednesday

9 . 请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，并将其填到答题卡的相应位置，每个词限用一次。

popular   know       like          difficulty        course       their        how        ability        early        get          new

Social media posts (上传) about a cooking    1     for school kids, as part of a life skill program carried out in 2022, are increased. They become     2     on the Internet and cause a lot of discussion.

According to a(n)     3     document on compulsory education (义务教育), first and second graders should learn     4     to peel fruits and make tea and get basic knowledge of nutrition (营养). Besides, they also need to develop the     5     to take part in basic cooking at home. Students in grades five and six are expected     6     basic cooking skills such as boiling. They are also required to be able to prepare a good meal for     7       own families.

Many people     8     the life skill program. “This should have been done     9    . Children nowadays are short   of physical activities and none of my students     10     the difference between wheat and rice,” said a user on the Internet. “Life is about learning. Children’s wisdom and character are shaped (塑造) as they face       11       again and again,” another user said.

10 . —How delicious the salad is!
—It ________ by my sister.

A．makes

B．made

C．was made

D．will be made