1 . 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 culture is full of wonders. The reason why human culture can be exchanged and spread is       1     the civilization itself has deep value.

On October 12, 2022,     2     Italian astronaut released photos of China from space with sentences from Lantingji Xu, a famous article     3     (write) by Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher from the Eastern Jin Dynasty in China. The post received a lot of praise for the beauty of classical Chinese literature. But this is not the first time that it       4     (be) a focus of attention outside China.

In the 19th century, missionary Angelo Zottoli included the article in his Cursus Litteraturae Sinicae and considered it an       5     (essence) piece.

The prophet(先知) Muhammad is known for a saying     6     (wide) circulated in many parts of the Middle East: “Seek knowledge even if you have to go as far as China.” This expresses the desire of the Arab people     7     ( seek) knowledge from China.

British writer Oscar Wilde, in an article, shared his insights about Chuang Tzu(庄子369B.C.－286B.C.), “ He is one of the Darwinians     8     Darwin(达尔文1809－1882): He traces man from the germ, and sees his unity with nature.”

Some Turkish sinologists(汉学家) say that The Art of War contains Chinese wisdom; some Kazakhstan sinologists say they have a special     9     (fond) for Confucian wisdom; some Russian sinologists say they love translating Chinese poetry. From the moment they began to “re-examine” Chinese philosophy, everything was just a matter of       10     (reveal) the mysterious veil(面纱).

2 . Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. A royal home and fortress (堡垒) for more than 900 years, it remains a working palace to this day, and is the official residence of The King.

What to see?

Your ticket to Windsor Castle allows entry to the State Apartments, decorated with the finest works of art in the Royal Collection. Spot masterpieces on display by Holbein, Rubens and Van Dyck, Sèvres china and delicate English and French furniture. Admire Queen Mary’s Doll’s House—the largest dolls’ house in the world—and St. George’s Chapel, where Queen Elizebeth II was laid to rest in 2022.

The Moat Room gives an overview of the castle’s 950-year history, with three largescale bronze (青铜) models showing how the castle looked at different moments in time.

Time your visit for the Changing the Guard ceremony. It takes place at 11 am on select days throughout the year (weather permitting).

Tickets

Tickets must be booked in advance. Alternatively, book onto one of the many day trips to Windsor Castle that include entry to the castle plus stops at other attractions and towns, including Stonehenge, Bath, Oxford, Lacock, Salisbury and Hampton Court Palace.

If you’re short on time, join an afternoon coach tour from London to Windsor Castle, giving you enough time to look around before returning in the evening. You can even combine London’s two royal residences on a Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle Tour.

Prices

Child ticket: £15.50

Young Person ticket: £18.00

Adult ticket: £28.00

Under 5s free. Discounts for families and groups of at least 15.

Opening Times

Monday, Thursday to Sunday.

March to October: 10 am to 5:15 pm (last admission 4 pm).

November to February: 10 am to 4:15 pm (last admission 3 pm).

1. What can tourists do in Windsor Castle?

A．Buy dolls from Queen Mary.	B．Learn about the history of the castle.
C．Admire artworks in St. George’s Chapel.	D．Visit the daily Changing the Guard ceremony.

2. How many routes to Windsor Castle are recommended to tourists?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

3. When can tourists be admitted into the castle?

A．11:35 am, Feb 24, Friday.	B．10 am, May 15, Wednesday.
C．4:15 pm, Saturday, November.	D．5:00 pm, Monday, October.

3 . 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。

In Ning’er county, Pu’er city, Yunnan province, when the spring tea crop is about to be picked, a favorable sunny day is chosen to worship the god of tea. People show their gratitude to the god for providing them with the ideal weather conditions     1     (make) a living by making Pu’er, a variety of fermented (发酵) tea in Yunnan.

China boasts more than 2,000 tea products,     2     (main) divided into the following categories—green, yellow, dark, white, oolong, and black and reprocessed teas such as those with a floral scent. Pu’er     3     (fall) under the dark tea category. But debate has arisen over     4     this tea should be placed in     5     new category as it is different in many ways compared with dark tea.

Li Xingchang, 68, is the     6     (eight) inheritor in his family. They make quality Pu’er tea, which once     7     (supply) to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) court     8     a tribute tea, namely, gong cha. In 2009, to fulfill his promise to pass this craft on, Li established a training center for     9     (local). “Nine local people have since won prizes in     10     (nation) tea- making competitions,” said Li, adding that more than 2000 people have been trained to make Pu’er tea at the center and elsewhere over the years.

4 . A major benefit of growing your own tomatoes is variety. If you visit a garden center, you will find seeds and small starter plants for yellow tomatoes, purple tomatoes, huge tomatoes, and even very small tomatoes.

    1    . The most important things are to give the plants plenty of water, well- draining soil, heat and light. It is best to grow tomatoes in a place that receives at least six hours of sunlight each day. Removing weeds will keep pests and diseases away while giving the plants enough nutrients to produce fruit.

Tomatoes grow best in soil with a pH level between 6.0 and 6.8. If the pH reading is lower than 6.0, you can add about 2 cups of dolomitic lime (石灰) into the soil for each plant.

If you want to grow really big tomatoes, try following these seven tips from expert growers: Select tomato seeds with names like Big Zac or Bull’s Heart.     2    .

Start seeds early indoors and re-plant them into larger containers several times before moving them outdoors.     3    , removing leaves from the bottom one- third of plants and burying stems up to the next set of leaves. This will produce stronger plants.

Remove new flowers that develop at the top of the plant when older fruits near the bottom begin to grow.     4    . Pay close attention! Observe the plants daily for posts and diseases. React quickly to prevent problems.

Remove the small growths where the plant’s stems and branches meet. This will prevent them from taking away nutrients and shading developing fruit under them.

    5     instead of letting them develop into a shorter, wider shrub (灌木).

Finally, water, fertilize and weed!

A．Plant them deep each time

B．Rich soil benefits the growth

C．Tomatoes are not difficult to grow

D．Skills are demanding in growing tomatoes

E．Cut back the plants to keep only one main branch

F．They are all genetically designed to produce large fruit

G．This will force the plant to produce fewer but larger tomatoes

5 . 根据下面两幅图片，请你以北极熊的身份向人类写一封求助信。

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1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Humans,
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Your forever friend,

a polar bear

6 . I was born two months premature with underdeveloped lungs and a heart condition. The doctors said I wouldn’t live long enough to ________ it out of the hospital. As the days went by, doctors couldn’t ________ I was still alive. They told my mom I was defying (克服) the odds. With each new day came new struggles and challenges, but also more ________. Everybody began to see I was a ________. I exceeded (超越) everyone’s expectations and was ________ from the hospital one month later.

Years went by and I was pretty much just like every other kid, though I went to the doctor once a month for ________ and that became part of my normal ________. However, things started to ________ when I was in twelfth grade. I had a constant ________ in my chest and I’d have to start a treatment program right away. The program was very ________ to the chemotherapy cancer patients go through. Should I do the treatment and ________ not graduating with class for missing too many days of school or should I put it off till the summer and possibly cause irreversible (不可逆转的) damage? I thought back what my grandpa always told me, “There’s always an exception, and you’re usually it”, then I had my ________.

I finished all the work brought to me while I was ________ in bed. Once again I defied the odds; I was the ________ to the rule. Just like that baby in the hospital all those years ago, I ________— even to this day — to have that same fight in me…that will to not only survive, but to succeed in everything I set my mind to as well.

1.

A．put

B．make

C．leave

D．get

2.

A．expect

B．tell

C．believe

D．suspect

3.

A．luck

B．trouble

C．regret

D．hope

4.

A．victim

B．survivor

C．fighter

D．patient

5.

A．released

B．deserted

C．protected

D．saved

6.

A．checkouts

B．checkups

C．callbacks

D．callins

7.

A．routine

B．activity

C．duty

D．business

8.

A．go alright

B．go downhill

C．show up

D．build up

9.

A．care

B．attention

C．tension

D．pain

10.

A．similar

B．helpful

C．effective

D．urgent

11.

A．try

B．admit

C．allow

D．chance

12.

A．way

B．desire

C．decision

D．feeling

13.

A．awake

B．stuck

C．sleeping

D．lying

14.

A．witness

B．winner

C．exception

D．servant

15.

A．plan

B．work

C．happen

D．continue

7 . 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。

When Someone Believes in You

When Marco was a boy, he tried everything to get his father’s love and attention. He worked hard to earn excellent marks; he tried to be obedient (顺从的), he chose inspiring friends and always tried to behave well.

Sensitive and shy, he always wore turtleneck shirts. He hid behind his hair, which he wore long around his face and ears. To make it worse, Marco was naturally shorter than the other kids. And because his good marks had allowed him to skip second grade — he was younger than everyone else. This added nothing to his already low self-confidence.

When Marco was eight his parents divorced, and Marco was sent to a boarding school. Six years later, he and his young sister Sandra moved in with their dad and his new wife in St-Léonard, a French Canadian and Italian neighbourhood on the east side of Montreal. Between his work and his new young wife, it felt to Marco that his father had little time for him and Sandra. Except for his demands around housework after school, there was no communication. It seemed to Marco the only time his dad ever spoke to him was to be demanding or critical. But his dad really did love him and wanted the best for him. It was his own insecurity that made him react to anything that might threaten his son’s future.

Marco sank further into his low self-respect and was overwhelmed with feeling unappreciated, inadequate, depressed and confused. He felt desperately alone and lonely. He began to fear coming home from school every day.

One day, his aunt called him. To Marco, this seemed like a miracle. Aunt Ginette usually only called once a year, on his birthday. She said she had just seen some young teenagers participate in a public speaking contest called Gala Personnalité sponsored by Club Optimiste — and she thought about him. She thought he should give it a try. She told him she firmly believed he could perform on stage like the other kids, since she had seen him do skits (小品) for the family at Christmas.

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1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Him? On stage? In a public speaking contest?

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Four months later, the big night arrived.

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8 . A book called Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations has been published in the United States since the 1850s. It started with John Bartlett, the owner of a bookstore near Boston, Massachusetts. He selected words, or quotations, from famous people, including Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine and John Keats for the book.

Geoffrey O’Brien is the current editor of the 170-year-old book. He said it is hard to keep up with so many quotations because of “the speed of events” in modern times. “No matter when we went to press, we would be cutting off in the middle of the story,” he said.

The 19th edition of Bartlett’s just came out. It is the first publication since 2012 and the second under O’Brien. “With the Internet and cable news, you have the constant manufacturing of statements of one kind or another,” O’Brien said. So, he tried to choose quotations that have staying power beyond current news events.

In the early days, the book was mostly made up of quotations from white men. But recently, the book includes words from the singer Beyoncé and the track and field athlete Usain Bolt. It even has thoughts from other languages such as Russian and Navajo, a Native American language.

With so many new quotes, some older ones had to be removed. O’Brien said he was sad to drop comments by John Dryden, one of his favorite poets.

O’Brien also needs to keep the book to about 1,400 pages. So, once very well-known American comedians like Bob Hope and Johnny Carson are not in the latest book. Also gone are quotes from former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle and actor Sally Field.

O’Brien said the goal of the book is to be “representative” but not like an encyclopedia (百科全书). Not everyone can get in. He said he was sad to not be able to include a comment from U.S. civil rights activist and politician John Lewis, who died in 2020.

1. What is the main challenge the editor faces?

A．Whether to keep pace with times.	B．What to take into the book.
C．How to deal with new statements.	D．How to remove the quotes.

2. How did O’Brien tackle the challenge?

A．He included more languages.	B．He reset the goal of the book.
C．He kept the pages of the book.	D．He used power-lasting quotes.

3. What can we learn about the book?

A．It has evolved as time changes.	B．Famous stories are selected for it.
C．The 19th edition is the second publication.	D．Only quotes from white men were included.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Content of a Famous Book	B．Development of a Quotation Book
C．Editors Try to Publish More Books	D．Quotation Book Struggles to Keep up

9 . One school night this month I quietly approached Alexander, my 15-year-old son, and patted him on the cheek in a manner I hoped would seem casual. Alex knew better, sensing by my touch, which remained just a moment too long, that I was sneaking (偷偷地做) a touch of the beard that had begun to grow near his ears. Suddenly he went stormily to his computer screen. That, and an angry look of his eyes, told me more forcefully than words: Mom, you are seen through!

I realized I committed a silly behavior: not showing respect for my teenager’s personal space. “The average teenager has strong feelings about his privacy,” said two young women experts. Ms. Frankel and Ms. Fox, both 17, are the authors of Breaking the Code, a new book that seeks to bridge the generational divide between parents and adolescents. It is being promoted by its publisher as the first self-help guide by teenagers for their parents, a kind of Kids Are From Mars, Parents Are From Venus that de-mystifies the language and actions of teenagers.

Personally, I welcomed insights into teenagers from any qualified experts, and that included the authors. The most common missteps in interacting with teenagers, they instructed me, result from the conflict between parents maintaining their right to know what goes on under their roof and teenagers striving to guard their privacy. When a child is younger, they write, every decision centers around the parents. But now, as Ms. Fox told me, “often your teenager is in this circle that doesn’t include you.”

Ms. Fox and Ms. Frankel acknowledge that teenagers can be quick to interpret their parents’ remarks as negative or authoritative and respond with aggressiveness that masks their defenselessness. “What we want above all is your approval,” they write. “Don’t forget, no matter how much we act as if we don’t care what you say, we believe the things you say about us.”

1. In the second paragraph, Kids Are From Mars, Parents Are From Venus is mentioned because ______.

A．it disapproves of opinions in Breaking the Code

B．it shares the same theme with Breaking the Code

C．it employs the same language style as Breaking the Code

D．it ranks right after Breaking the Code among self-help guides

2. With their book, Ms. Frankel and Ms. Fox ______.

A．declare teenagers’ rights	B．remind parents of teenagers’ missteps
C．help parents know teenagers better	D．arouse much disagreement from the public

3. What often leads to conflicts between parents and teenagers based on the passage?

A．Teenagers’ defense of their privacy.

B．Parents’ striving to instruct teenagers.

C．Teenagers’ refusal to follow experts’ advice.

D．Parents’ dislike in teenagers’ attitudes to life.

4. What can be learned from the last paragraph?

A．Teenagers always rush to judgement on others.

B．Parents often seek to create an authoritative image.

C．Parents’ opinions about teenagers matter much to them.

D．Teenagers feature good comprehension and defenselessness.

10 . Peter and Minke van Wingerden have created something wild: a herd of cows floating on the sea. The Dutch husband-and-wife team’s experiment on sustainable agriculture, called Floating Farm, can be found in the port of Rotterdam. The modernist structure houses 40 cows, who collectively produce some 200 gallons of milk a day. In addition to helping nourish (滋养) the local community, the waterborne farm is playing a part in the global conversation about how the climate crisis is pushing farmers to reconsider how—and where—they produce food.

Floods, extreme heating, droughts and even rising night temperatures have sent the food system off balance. The race to outsmart the constant attack of extreme weather has made the world of farming unrecognizable from what it was only decades ago. A team of scientists in Mexico is developing wheat types that can adapt themselves to different climates, while Jack’s Solar Garden in Longmont, Colorado, is a testbed for the emerging method of solar farming.

Rotterdam has already established itself as one of the most climate-adaptive places in the world. Everything from office buildings to entire neighborhoods are built on water in the city, which is 90% below sea level. The Wingerdens’ Floating Farm was a new but necessary attempt. Should a weather crisis arise, a waterborne farm isn’t necessarily stuck in place. A former property developer with a background in engineering, Peter found his inspiration for the Floating Farm in a climate disaster in New York City, where Hurricane Sandy prevented the delivery of fresh food to millions.

The Wingerdens’ model is ripe for reproduction—which is exactly what the Floating Farm’s team of 14 are working on now. Plans are under way for a floating vegetable farm to move into the space next to the current Floating Farm. Permit applications are also out for similar structures in Dubai, Singapore and the Dutch cities of Haarlem and Arnhem.

The new projects will apply lessons learned from Floating Farm. “You need to build a house in order to know how to build a house,” Peter says. The biggest obstacles he sees ahead, however, are not financial or physical, but rather political and administrative. “One of the biggest challenges we come across worldwide is regulations. Cities need to have disruptive thinking, cities need to have disruptive departments, and cities need to have areas where you can say: OK, this is the experimental zone.” Because what Peter and his team are pulling off is of a different order than the typical sustainability measures. “We are not innovative,” he says. “We are disruptive.”

1. Which of the following is TRUE about the Floating Farm?

A．It is the first modern farming attempt to fight climate change.

B．It is a model of new agriculture in the age of climate crisis.

C．It has outsmarted other forms of farming like solar farming.

D．It copies a similar structure in Dubai ready for reproduction.

2. It can be inferred from the passage that ___________.

A．90% of the population in Rotterdam live below the sea level

B．The New York City is working hard to fight climate change

C．The local community will not be fed without new farming

D．Waterborne facilities are necessary to the future of Rotterdam

3. The phrase “disruptive thinking” in the last paragraph means “thinking __________”.

A．in a daring and unusual way	B．in a focused and logical way
C．in a careful and detailed way	D．in a rude and unpleasant way

4. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A．Is Rotterdam Built on Water?

B．Can Floating Farming Survive?

C．Are Cows at Sea the Future of Farming?

D．Is Extreme Weather Affecting Agriculture?