1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How much is the most popular ticket?

A．39.

B．43.

C．35.

2. Who started Madame Tussauds Museum?

A．A French king.

B．An art teacher.

C．A footballer.

3. Where is the fourth Madame Tussauds Museum?

A．In London.

B．In Amsterdam.

C．In Washington.

4. What is the speaker about to do?

A．Have a rest in a cafe.

B．Hand out some guidebooks.

C．Tour around the museum shop.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is broken in the sales department?

A．A light.

B．A copy machine.

C．An air conditioner.

2. What is Max going to do first?

A．Deal with other urgent repairs.

B．Entertain important customers.

C．Arrange a lunch appointment.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How many people are expected to attend the party?

A．About 250.

B．About 300.

C．About 350.

2. Why can't the party be held in the Pine Room?

A．There's not enough room.

B．The decoration isn't good.

C．It is a bit far.

3. What will Dr. Darren do next Friday night?

A．Listen to a report.

B．Take part in a party.

C．Work on a speech.

4 . Next time you’re with a loved one, consider trying an awkward experiment: Take a moment of silence and gaze into each others eyes. By the time you reach about four seconds, things will probably start to feel uncomfortable. Yet the precise reason why is tricky to pin down with a scientific lens.

“There’s something in that looking that has meaning, sustainable meaning,” says Joy Hirsch, a neuroscientist at Yale School of Medicine, “The mechanism for connection has never really been understood.”

Several years ago, her team figured out how to adapt an existing neuroimaging (神经成像) tool called functional near-infrared spectroscopy(fNIRS), for the purpose of analyzing the brains of two people during natural interactions. With these brain imaging tools, Hirsch is expanding the social neuroscience field into what she refers to as “the neuroscience of two.”

In the research, her teams have revealed a powerful region of the brain that is associated with eye contact. Specifically, fNIRS experiments have demonstrated that in-person eye contact seems to be connected to a brain part associated with language production and reception, as well as the primary sensory cortex (额叶), which is fundamental to processing sensations like physical touch, pain and temperature. In simple terms: “The eyes have privileged access to large parts of the brain,” says Hirsch.

Hirsch’s experiments have also revealed the unique tendency for two brains to synchronize (同步) during eye contact and communication. A research of Dartmouth College has similarly highlighted how expansion of pupils (瞳孔) can synchronize during a conversation to indicate “shared attention” between two people, according to a 2021 study. Interestingly, those researchers found that precise moments of shared eye contact actually decrease the pupil synchrony between two people, perhaps in a beneficial way.

Ultimately, each of these studies sparks just as many new questions as it answers - a reality that is perfectly fine with Hirsch.“Yes indeed, the old philosophers were right.” she says. “Faces and brains work together like locks and keys.”

1. What do we know about the awkward experiment from the first two paragraphs?

A．It will be a long time before you feel comfortable.	B．You can sense something from each other’s eyes.
C．Scientists have explained the reason for it clearly.	D．There is no link between eye contact and feelings.

2. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．Why the brain responds to eye contact easily.	B．How the language is produced in the brain.
C．What the function of primary sensory cortex is.	D．How the regions of the brain are shaped.

3. What does the synchronization of pupils mean during a conversation?

A．The interaction is fun.	B．The conversation is interrupted.
C．The two feel connected.	D．A new conversations to start.

4. Why does Joy Hirsch quote the philosophers’ words at the end?

A．To further prove her findings are quite true.	B．To emphasize the importance of their research.
C．To show the complexity of the phenomenon.	D．To stimulate people’s interest in further study.

5 . While most of us work hard to shine at the presentations and speeches we can prepare for, we may find impromptu (即兴的) communication scary. Actually, you just need to learn specific skills to communicate effectively when put on the spot. Here are a few pointers.

    1    What do you want your audience to know? How do you want them to feel, and what do you want them to do? Having a clear objective paired with an awareness of your audience will narrow your focus. Then you can prioritize what to say and choose your exact words more wisely.

Organize Your Thoughts. When making formal presentations, most people give a logical structure that audiences can easily follow. But few of us adequately organize thoughts in impromptu situations.     2     In fact, the best speakers maintain audience interest by demonstrating connections among specific points, ideas, for example.

Listen as well as you talk.     3     You should do the opposite: focus on listening so that you can better understand the in-the-moment needs and interests of your conversation partners and respond more effectively. Paraphrasing or asking open-ended follow-up questions can help confirm your understanding and provide extra time to think about your response.

Dare to be dull. Don’t feel you need to give a standout performance. One popular saying applies here, “    4    ” Listeners are more likely to trust and approve of you when you speak like a human being rather than an actor or a robot. Research shows that the most effective speech includes moderate use of fillers such as “um” and “uh”.

The real problem in impromptu communication isn’t an inability to communicate.    5    Fortunately, a measure of experimentation thought, and practice of the skills can make impromptu speaking opportunities your time to shine.

A．Identify a communication goal.

B．He knows most who speaks least.

C．Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

D．It’s being so nervous that we struggle with the talks.

E．We may assume that it’s impossible to do so on the fly.

F．A clear structure enhances comprehension and engagement.

G．Most people obsess over what to say during impromptu encounters.

6 . 读后续写

Mr. Thompson dragged his feet slowly down the hallway, burdened with the weight of a hundred ungraded papers on his shoulders. It was Teacher’s Day, and colorful posters were pasted around. Despite scattered (零散的) “Happy Teacher’s Day” greetings from some students along the way, Mr. Thompson felt a familiar emptiness settle in his heart. Teacher’s Day usually meant an apple and a chorus of “thank yous” from his own class. Today, he expected nothing different.

The morning had been quite tough, filled with a host of math problems and forgotten homework excuses. One troublemaker in the class had again “accidentally” set his biology project on fire(thankfully contained). By the time the lunch bell rang sharply in the air, Mr. Thompson felt like a deflated (泄气的) balloon, the air of enthusiasm slowly leaking out of him.

After lunch, he entered his classroom. The whole class was in chaos. The usual pre-class chatter sounded like a dull roar in his ears. All of a sudden, a scream cut through the air. Mr. Thompson’s heart was in his mouth. Fights were a rare, but terrifying occurrence in his classroom. He cast his worn leather briefcase onto his desk, the forgotten pack of papers scattering like frightened pigeons.

“What in the world is going on here?”

His voice hoarse (嘶哑的) from shouting, Mr. Thompson rushed forward, envisioning images of black eyes and bloody noses. He struggled to make his way through the desks, the classroom suddenly deathly quiet.

“Break it up! Now!” he shouted, trying to control the situation.

Finally, he reached the center of the apparent fight, only to find himself staring at...a far more delicate, fragrant affair. Ethan, the class clown, was on one knee with a bunch of sunflowers and smiling at him.

Para 1: The whole class looked at Mr. Thompson excitedly.

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Para 2: By the end of the day, Mr. Thompson’s voice was hoarse from laughter.

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7 . 语法填空

Zanhua Wei, known as “the garden on the head”, is a kind of flower headwear     1     (wear) by local women in Xunpu, a fishing village in Quanzhou, Fujian Province.

The production of it needs to go through multiple     2     (process), including cutting, laying, inlaying, coloring and so on. Main materials for making hair-pinned flowers are metal wires, jewelry stones and colored pearls,     3     (delicate) combined to form a variety of flower patterns.

Opinions vary about the origin of Zanhua Wei, with some saying     4     originated from the custom of Central Asian women wearing flowers and was brought back through the maritime Silk Road during the Song and Yuan dynasties,     5     Quanzhou served as one of the few leading trading ports on the southeastern coast of China. The ships carried spices and all kinds of     6     (value) goods to Quanzhou for trade, notably countless jewelry stones and pearls.

In 2008, the custom    7     (include) in the national intangible cultural heritage list. Besides    8     (use) as hair accessories (配饰), head-pinned flowers play     9     undeniable role in traditional Chinese culture. Zanhua Wei carries the emotions and memories of the fisherman’s family, reflecting the diligence and simplicity of Xunpu, as well as the    10     (expect) for a better life.

8 . North Rim to reopen on June 2 with limited services available

News Release Date: May 17, 2023
Contact: Joëlle Baird, 928-606-3154
Grand Canyon, Ariz

The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will open as scheduled, on June 2, with limited visitor services and water conservation measures due to a break in the North Rim water pipeline. A landslide from winter storms destroyed more than 300 feet of the North Rim water pipeline.

Visitor Services

The Grand Canyon Lodge will operate day-use services with limited food and beverage service beginning on June 2. No overnight accommodations will be available until at least July 23, 2023.

The North Rim Campground, managed by the National Park Service, will operate as scheduled beginning on June 9 with potable drinking water and toilets available. The public laundry and shower facilities will not be open at least through July 23, 2023.

The North Rim Visitor Center and Grand Canyon Conservancy’s bookstore open as usual, 8 am to 6 pm daily, with a variety of ranger programs offered.

Visitors exploring the North Rim this summer should be self-sufficient and should bring adequate food and water for the day as services are limited and may be subject to change. Nearby, accommodating is available at the Kaibab Lodge and food services and fuel at the North Rim Country Store. Year-round accommodating, food services and fuel are located 45 miles north of the North Rim at Jacob Lake. As a result of substantial winter rockfall and landslides, trail (步道) repair work on the North Kaibab Trail continues. There is a trail closure in effect on the North Kaibab Trail and it will officially reopen on June 16, 2023.

1. Which was not affected and opens as usual?

A．The public laundry.	B．The Grand Canyon Lodge.
C．The North Kaibab Trail.	D．The North Rim Visitor Center.

2. What can we learn about the North Kaibab Trail from the text?

A．It offers food service.	B．It is around Jacob Lake.
C．It is under repair now.	D．It opens all the year around.

3. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To warn visitors of the oncoming landslide.

B．To inform visitors of schedules of some attractions.

C．To appeal to more visitors to the Grand Canyon National Park.

D．To advertise the products of the Grand Canyon National Park.

9 . Trillions of evolution’s wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas (蝉) that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their bodies, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries. Crawling out from underground every 13 or 17 years, with a collective song as loud as jet engines, the periodical cicadas are nature’s kings of the calendar. These black bugs with bulging eyes differ from their greener cousins that come out annually. They stay buried year after year, until they surface and take over a landscape.

This spring, an unusual cicada double population is about to invade a couple of parts of the United States in what University of Connecticut cicada expert John Cooley called “cicada-geddon”. The last time these two broods (a group of creatures) came out together was in 1803. Thomas Jefferson, the then president, wrote about cicadas in his Garden Book but mistakenly called them locusts (蝗虫). Usually mistaken for hungry and unrelated locusts, periodical cicadas are more annoying rather than causing great economic damage. They can hurt young trees and some fruit crops, but it’s not widespread and can be prevented.

The largest geographic brood in the nation—called Brood XIX and coming out every 13 years—is about to march through the Southeast, having already created countless boreholes in the red Georgia clay. It’s a sure sign of the coming cicada occupation. “They emerge when the ground warms to 64 degrees, which is happening earlier than it used to because of climate change,” scientists said. “The bugs are brown at first but darken as they mature.”

Soon after the insects appear in large numbers in Georgia and the rest of the Southeast, cicada cousins that come out every 17 years will inundate Illinois. They are Brood ⅩⅢ. “And when you put those two together… you would have more than anywhere else any other time,” University of Maryland entomologist Paula Shrewsbury said. “These two broods may actually overlap—but probably not interbreed-in a small area near central Illinois.”

1. How are periodical cicadas different from their greener cousins?

A．They appear once a year.	B．They look more beautiful.
C．They have stronger muscles.	D．They have a longer life circle.

2. What is a common belief on periodical cicadas?

A．They are a type of locusts.	B．They have underestimated advantages.
C．They are Thomas Jefferson’s inspiration.	D．They only eat young trees and fruit crops.

3. What can be inferred about Brood ⅩⅨ?

A．The red Georgia clay is more beneficial to them.

B．Climate change may be confusing their schedules.

C．The adult ones only live 4-6 weeks before they die.

D．They are expected to be found throughout the world.

4. What can best replace the underlined word “inundate” in the last paragraph?

A．Strike out.

B．Give up.

C．Flood into.

D．Jump at.

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。

Butter arguably makes everything better — even tea. Yak (牦牛) butter tea, a traditional drink of China’s Tibetan ethnic group, is catching on with its     1     (salt) and unexpected flavor.

For Jason, who works at Café Himalaya in New York City,     2     butter in the cup of tea before him ideally comes from a yak.     3    , in New York yak butter is pretty hard to come by, so Jason, as well as anyone who orders it at Café Himalaya, has to make do with butter     4     a cow. Back in Tibet, yak butter is plentiful, yet no one knows exactly when yak butter     5     (add) to hot tea for the first time.

The     6     (introduce) of this hot butter tea to Tibet provided Tibetans with warmth and supplemented their meager (贫乏的) diet. Also known as Tibetan medicine, it is believed to be able to     7     (sharp) one’s mind and body. Today it is part of Tibetan hospitality to offer guests butter tea and refill the bowl again and again until it’s time for goodbyes — at which point a polite guest will drink up     8     is left.

To non-Tibetans, yak butter may taste strange at first as it makes for a very different taste than the sweet butter     9     (produce) by corn-fed cows. Some of them find it helpful     10     (think) of it as a sort of light soup rather than as tea.