1 . Behind last year’s Zibo’s sudden fame ______ the efforts and services of the local government, as well as a good reputation of local businesses.

A．is

B．are

C．were

D．was

2 . Folk tunes and lyrics in his regional dialect were ______ made singer-song writer Zhang Gasong’s music stand out.

A．what

B．that

C．how

D．where

3 . Celadon (青瓷) produced in Longquan, Zhejiang province, a technique passed down for more than 1,600 years, ______ a typical example of craftsmen’s pursuit of the perfect green glint (闪耀).

A．are

B．being

C．were

D．is

4 . She noted that cultural integration has always been a proposition (主张) of the Maltese government, and ______ cooperation between the two sides should be based on equality.

A．the

B．what

C．which

D．that

5 . ______ many difficulties in the US, Qian eventually returned to China in 1955.

A．To overcome

B．Having overcome

C．Overcoming

D．Overcome

6 . Many stores make cloth shoes using machines, but Qiang sticks to the technique of making shoes entirely ______ hand.

A．with

B．in

C．by

D．at

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。

Chinese comedienne and actress Jia Ling, known for her bubbly persona and her bright smile,     1     (be) pretty low-key in the past year-and-a-half. The plus-sized star recently revealed that she was losing weight for    2     upcoming role during her gap time.

Jia Ling has lost 100 kilograms for her new movie YOLO. From the exposed photos, Jia Ling looks like a    3     (whole) different person. In the early teasers for YOLO,     4     follows a complete homebody who takes up boxing, audience caught glimpses of Jia Ling's dedication    5     her role as a boxer. However, it wasn’t until the movie's release    6    viewers truly got to witness the extent of her transformation.

This version of Jia Ling is both familiar and unfamiliar. She still has that familiar dimple smile, but now she possesses strength and resilience that she has never had before. Her defined abdominal muscles are clear and beautiful, making     7     hard to imagine that this is the same Jia Ling we once knew.

    8     (slim) down from 100kg to 50 kg can’t be achieved overnight. Jia Ling has proven through her actions that if you can't bear the pain of discipline, you will have to accept the mediocrity of yourself. She is unwilling to settle for mediocrity and has chosen to challenge herself,     9     (determine) to exchange sweat and effort for her glamorous transformation today. Her path to success has been filled with hardships and challenges, but she has never given up on her demands and pursuits for herself.

She shows us through her actions that regardless of the circumstances, as long as you have determination and    10     (perseverant), you can definitely achieve success. She not only brings us laughter and touches our heart but also conveys a positive and uplifting energy.

8 . The next time you’re at an airport or hotel, you might notice a traveling group that consists of young kids, parents, and grandparents vacationing together.     1    But more and more families tend to bring multiple generations with them.

    2    In larger groups, for example, child-care responsibilities can be shared across family members, allowing parents to take a break. But the real value of these trips might be how they give relatives an opportunity to freshen their perception of the people they’ve known for perhaps their entire life. Travel can take us out of our familiar contexts and offer people a chance to see one another differently.

The shift toward multi-generational travel has a few explanations. For one, grandparents today stay healthy later in life, allowing them more energy for travel.     3    Plus, the average U.S. household has become more multi-generational. Americans are not just traveling with grandparents in order to spend time with them, they are traveling with them because they are more likely to live with them in the first place.     4    Americans are taking fewer vacation days than they did in the 1970s. They might want to make the most of that time by including as many people as possible.

Whatever the reason for its popularity, a multi-generational trip can be a rare time when younger and older generations can glimpse the complex people they have each become. Away from the family home, older generations get to see their adult children as responsible parents. Kids get to see their grandparents encounter a new environment.     5    

A．Another explanation is time pressure.

B．The benefits of multi-generational trips are numerous.

C．Decades ago, only wealthy families vacationed together.

D．A scene like this would have been rare a few decades ago.

E．Multi generational family travel tops the list of travel trends.

F．Everyone gets to break out of their family roles and figure out how to be together.

G．Also, big-group accommodation has become more affordable through online platforms.

9 . The specific cultural values of a country may determine whether concern about environmental issues actually leads individuals to engage in environmentally friendly behaviors, according to research published in Psychological Science.

Kimin Eom, a psychological scientist of the University of California, Santa Barbara, was inspired to investigate the links between culture, environmental concern, and environmental action after noticing that both public discussion and academic research on environmental behavior typically focus on people from Western countries. It is worth noticing because Western countries tend to have cultural values that prioritize individuals’ own attitudes and beliefs and encourage expression of them.

“The theory seemed to be that once individuals are led to believe in the urgency of environmental issues and have stronger concerns about sustainability (持续性), they will change and act to address the issues,” explains Eom. But this relationship might not hold for individuals living in more collectivistic (集体主义的) societies, which place more emphasis on social harmony and uniformity than on self-expression, Eom and his team assumed.

To examine what drives environmental action in individualistic and collectivistic cultures, the researchers conducted a study with participants from the United States (an individualistic culture) and Japan (a collectivistic culture). They found environmental concern was closely connected with environmental behavior — in this case, choosing environmentally friendly products — but only among American participants. On the other hand, believing that a large percentage of people engage in environmentally friendly behaviors was associated with making eco-friendly choices among Japanese participants, but not American participants.

The findings suggest that personal concerns are more likely to motivate people to take environmental action if they live in individualistic countries, while social norms (准则) are more likely to drive people to engage in environmentally friendly behavior if they live in collectivistic countries.

“Getting citizens actively engaged is critical to addressing urgent social challenges, such as climate change,” says Eom. “Our research suggests that scientists, policymakers, and activists need to understand how culture shapes the psychological factors of action to develop policies, campaigns, and interventions (干预) that address important social issues.”

1. What does Eom find about previous research on environmental behavior?

A．Its study participants are too limited.

B．Its results need a while to be achieved.

C．It prioritizes individuals’ attitudes and beliefs.

D．It draws much evidence from public discussion.

2. Under which condition will a Japanese man most likely take environmental action?

A．If he sees many others do so.

B．If he is affected by collectivistic values.

C．If he moves to an individualistic country.

D．If he worries about the environment personally.

3. What does Eom say about their research in the last paragraph?

A．It fails to take participants’ psychological factors into account.

B．It encourages scientists and policymakers to make joint efforts.

C．It has a further study direction towards urgent social challenges.

D．It provides insights into promoting public engagement in social issues.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Social Norms Play a Part in Addressing Pollution

B．Environmental Issues Originate from National Cultures

C．Motivating Eco-Friendly Behaviors Depends on Cultural Values

D．More Environmental Concerns Usually Mean More Green Action

10 . Zhang has recorded and learned music from folk musicians he met while travelling, as ______ means to preserve endangered folk music styles.

A．the

B．these

C．a

D．those