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。

If you ask Chinese young people today what their dream job is, they may answer with    1    number of new occupations you have probably never heard of before, such as virtual artist, shopping assistant or sleep hotline operator. Besides being relatively new, these jobs give people much    2    (flexible)to enjoy life’s many other pursuits.

Jobs like package delivery people    3    (be)all new and unfamiliar to job hunters dozens of years ago, but now have become common. The same will happen with these new professions.

“I didn’t realize I had such potential    4    my friends once randomly mentioned that my voice was really good for doing ASMR(自发性知觉经络反应),” said Mingo, who tries to help clients fall asleep. “I think this job suits me because I’m really into sociology and I like to listen to people’s stories. It has developed my ability    5    (understand)people’s problems and find the root cause behind them.”

Li Xiaorong, 35, who struggled at a traditional Internet company, found new life as a professional organizer    6    helps get people s homes in perfect order. When    7    (face)rooms containing thousands of things messily stacked in piles, Li is able to    8    (rapid)come up with an organization plan and, after a few days, these messy rooms become    9    (organize), giving the entire apartment a completely new look.

The trend toward flexible employment has broadened the possibilities for young people to achieve work-life balance and also fits in    10    their view toward what makes a successful career.

2 . Philipp Kessler and his wife Karin in Austria quit their jobs and planned their around-the-world adventure, but then the pandemic hit the world. They had to quickly_________their plans as borders started closing. “_________taking the train from Russia over Mongolia to China and_________more of Asia, we had to start in Europe. You can’t always_________your plans,” Phillip said.

After travelling across Europe, the_________found themselves in Mexico, where every day became a(n)_________for Philipp to immerse(使……沉浸于)himself in the Spanish language and culture. He began each day_________Spanish grammar and vocabulary and taking chances to put everything he learned into_________.

Everyday_________, like grocery shopping, taking a bus or getting a haircut, became__________experiences for Philipp. When a local market vendor(小贩)__________him about the fruits that he’d never seen before, Philipp realized how rewarding it was to connect with__________in their language. He also__________the barbershop so that he could tell the hairdresser__________what he would like his hair to look like. Philipp said, “People are happy to see you at least__________to speak their language.”

Philipp added, “My Spanish was__________when, recently, we decided to take the second class bus from Oaxaca to Puebla. At the bus station, there was no information about our__________. I had to ask... In Mexico, you often have to ask for information because you don’t always__________it on the Internet.”

After the__________, Philipp has shared advice on learning foreign languages: Whether travelling abroad or at home, find chances to have__________with others in the language you’re learning.

1.

A．make

B．change

C．postpone

D．share

2.

A．Due to

B．Instead of

C．Apart from

D．As for

3.

A．mentioning

B．describing

C．rescuing

D．exploring

4.

A．stick to

B．turn off

C．check out

D．cut down

5.

A．employees

B．crowd

C．guides

D．pair

6.

A．opportunity

B．tendency

C．decision

D．agreement

7.

A．creating

B．resisting

C．studying

D．canceling

8.

A．trouble

B．practice

C．doubt

D．order

9.

A．traditions

B．recipes

C．recreations

D．tasks

10.

A．energy-consuming

B．eye-opening

C．time-saving

D．heart-breaking

11.

A．asked

B．challenged

C．taught

D．warned

12.

A．translators

B．visitors

C．locals

D．experts

13.

A．established

B．frequented

C．sponsored

D．monitored

14.

A．randomly

B．honestly

C．exactly

D．virtually

15.

A．try

B．continue

C．pretend

D．promise

16.

A．elegant

B．embarrassing

C．helpful

D．complex

17.

A．exchange

B．performance

C．stay

D．departure

18.

A．advertise

B．record

C．post

D．find

19.

A．experience

B．lecture

C．test

D．disaster

20.

A．conversations

B．bargains

C．contests

D．quarrels

3 . Many people tend to peel(削皮)fruit and vegetables when preparing them. But often, it’s not necessary.    1    What’s more, discarded(被丢弃的)fruit and vegetable peels cause climate change.

Fruit and vegetables are rich sources of vitamins, minerals, fiber and many phytochemicals that protect your cells from harm.    2    In 2017, the World Health Organization reported that around 3.9 million deaths a year worldwide were linked to people not eating enough fruit and vegetables.

Eating 400g of fruit and vegetables a day, as the WHO recommends, is difficult to achieve for many people. So could consuming fruit and vegetable peels help with this issue by adding important nutrients to people’s diets?    3    For example, nutritionally important amounts of vitamins, such as vitamin C, and minerals like iron and zinc, are found in the peel of root vegetables like wild carrots, sweet potatoes and white potatoes. And the US Department of Agriculture shows that unpeeled apples contain 15% more vitamin C than their peeled equivalents.

    4    According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, uneaten food, including peel, generates 8%—10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. New Zealand alone reports an annual wastage of 13,658 tons of vegetable peels and 986 tons of fruit peels.

Given the nutrient content of peel and its contribution to food waste, why do people peel fruit and vegetables? Some must be peeled for different reasons. For example, their outer portions are uneatable, don’t taste nice, are hard to clean or cause harm. Also, peeling may be a necessary part of the recipe, for example, when making mashed potato(土豆泥).

Are you still confused about whether to peel fruit and vegetables?    5    

A．They can certainly contribute.

B．There are important nutrients in the peel.

C．Sometimes, it’s necessary to peel fruit and vegetables.

D．Actually, if many peels are eatable, don’t peel them if unnecessary.

E．With a little creativity, you can increase your fruit and vegetable intake.

F．Another reason for not discarding peels is their effect on the environment.

G．Not consuming enough of these nutrient-rich foods leads to an increased risk of deadly diseases.

4 . On TikTok, “#Selfcare” has 28.2 billion views, while the hashtag (主题标签) can be found on over 66 million Instagram posts. Also, books about self-care often top many people s shopping lists.

On the surface, it makes complete sense. Who wouldn’t like the idea of making oneself feel better and taking care of their mind, body and soul? Yet, we have to be careful not to view self-care as a cure-all solution to our problems. Self-care pursued without awareness of your specific needs and consistent evaluation can cause emotional, financial, mental and physical consequences.

According to Zishan Khan, a psychologist with Mindpath Health, self-care can lead to a person becoming overwhelmed (不知所措的) when met with a sea of advice, emerging everywhere from podcasts to self-help books. “So don’t allow what others suggest to cloud your internal voice,” says Khan. “Self-care can only benefit a person if it’s consistent with their goals and values.”

Khan further emphasizes the danger of unregulated physically-centered self-care advice, such as from influencers. “Their content often overly focuses on beauty and improving one’s looks. This can unintentionally lead to body image concerns and thus actually worsen one’s mental health,” she says.

Another danger can come when self-care actions reach the level of obsession or addiction, says Melissa Boudin, a psychologist of Choosing Therapy. “When you spend a large amount of time thinking about or practising a certain self-care behavior, this may be a sign that self-care has gone from beneficial to harmful,” she says, using the example of self-care through healthy eating and then going so far as to develop an eating disorder.

Lena Suarez-Angelino, a licensed clinical social worker, recommends creating a list of activities that make you feel better but don’t overextend you. Worthwhile and beneficial self-care may include anything from time with loved ones to walking. If you can’t really afford to buy dinner for the fifth time this week, that’s not it.

1. What does paragraph 1 mainly suggest?

A．Self-care pursuit needs restricting.

B．Online interaction becomes popular.

C．Awareness of personal needs matters.

D．People attach much attention to self-care.

2. What can do harm to the self-care practice in Zishan Khan’s opinion?

A．Being open to new self-care ideas.

B．Always keeping your goals in mind.

C．Taking up too many responsibilities.

D．Caring too much about others’ advice.

3. Why does Melissa Boudin mention the example about eating in paragraph 5?

A．To prove addiction to self-care actions can be harmful.

B．To warn physically-centered self-care advice is useless.

C．To show how to make yourself feel better in a right way.

D．To tell the reason for people’s worry about others’ views.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To introduce the dangers of self-care advice.

B．To encourage us to read more self-help books.

C．To remind us to be cautious to pursue self-care.

D．To discuss some ways to make ourselves better.

5 . The next time you find yourself in nature, away from the crowded urban environment, take a deep breath of the fresh and clean air. That refreshing breath is made possible by the trees around you.

Today, our cars and machines fill the air with carbon emissions. But scientists imagine a future, where vehicles will clean the air as efficiently as trees do. Euro News reports that the electric car, designed by Dutch students at the Eindhoven University of Technology, is capable of removing a small amount of carbon from the air.

The car’s sporty frame is nearly entirely composed of recycled plastics run through a 3D-printer and the engine is powered by an electric lithium-ion (锂离子) battery. By using 3D printing, the team could produce parts in the exact shape needed, with very little waste. Since nearly 2 billion tires end up in the trash yearly, the students also teamed up with Black Bear Carbon to source recycled black carbon for the tires. Moreover, solar panels fitted to the car’s roof allow it to act as an external solar power source for a house.

According to Reuters, electric vehicles produce near-zero CO₂ emissions as they drive. The drawback of these batteries, however, is that the process needed to create the battery cells for electric cars is still highly polluting. To offset the harmful effect of creating the lithium-ion batteries, the team fitted the car with two filters (过滤器), which can capture (捕获) two kilograms of CO₂ every 18,000 miles or so. That might not sound like a lot, but the team is confident they can make sure the two filters will capture more CO₂.

The team is now on tour in the US to promote their model, which they call ZEM for Zero-Emission Mobility, and to share their vision for the future. They picture electric car charging stations also fitted with the capacity to empty CO₂. “Our end goal is to create a more sustainable future,” said Jens Lahaijie, a member of the team that produced the car.

1. What can we know about the electric car?

A．It is a completely 3D printed product.

B．Its design is environmentally-friendly.

C．It is still dependent on traditional fuels.

D．Its task is to protect trees in urban areas.

2. What will the Dutch students do with their electric car?

A．Equip it with more filters and solar panels.

B．Increase its driving speed in a short time.

C．Reduce its dependence on lithium-ion batteries.

D．Improve its filters’ capability of capturing CO2.

3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．The electric car hasn’t come to market in the US.

B．Electric car charging stations are common.

C．The future of electric cars turns out uncertain.

D．The electric car model has won great favor.

4. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Carbon Capture Technology Is Used

B．Eco-friendly Cars Are in Great Need

C．An Electric Car Helps to Clean the Air

D．A Sustainable Future Is Shared Together

6 . A boy won people’s hearts after he came up with a heartwarming use for his birthday money: launching a food bank service from his garden shed (棚屋). Isaac Winfield, who was born with a rare chromosome (染色体) disorder, started the initiative in 2020 after learning that his new school didn’t accept food donations.

The boy’s mother, Claire, said, “We’d always donated to food banks and during the pandemic he would take food parcels into school which would be given to people in need. When Isaac moved from a mainstream school to a specialist school, he was left confused as to what he was going to do with his food parcels.”

“Being determined, Isaac said, ‘It’s alright; I’ll give them food at my house.’” the 42-year-old continued. “So I doubled the money I gave him normally for food parcels and he went off to Aldi. With a little bit of help, he put all the food he bought in a little greenhouse with some lights and started offering it from there. Someone spotted it and put it on one of those Facebook community sites, and then people came with donations. The greenhouse lasted four weeks before he had to get a shed because we ran out of room.”

“In 2021, we were funded a bigger shed. Isaac ran his little shed and his big shed on the big driveway,” she added. Today, well-wishers can donate food or ask for supplies by contacting Isaac via his Friend’s of Isaac Food Bank Facebook page. The boy fills bags of groceries that have been donated and hands them out to the needy around his hometown. Those in need can also directly visit his food bank sheds and help themselves to whatever they require.

This year, Isaac asked his family and friends to make food bank donations instead of buying him gifts for his 11th birthday. “Isaac has always been kind-hearted,” said Claire. “I think he has been doing something great by helping others. He can’t read or write but he can fundraise.”

1. What directly made Isaac Winfield launch his food bank service?

A．The difficulty of getting enough food parcels.

B．His school’s refusal to accept food donations.

C．His desire to get on well with others at school.

D．The spread of the pandemic in his new school.

2. What does the underlined word “Aldi” in paragraph 3probably refer to?

A．A school.	B．A shed.
C．A supermarket.	D．A food bank.

3. What plays a key role in the expansion of Isaac Winfield’s food bank?

A．The social support.	B．His increasing savings.
C．His school’s encouragement.	D．The growing demand for food.

4. How does the author mainly organize the text?

A．By listing Isaac’s moving life stories.	B．By using Isaac’s mother’s statements.
C．By making a list of Isaac’s daily routines.	D．By referring to comments on Isaac’s deeds.

7 . Four Top Poetry Book Clubs

Poetry Talk

Founder Tim Burris leads Poetry Talk out of its location in Indianapolis, Indiana. Today, the book club has over 150 active members. It focuses on reading, sharing and discussing poetry. No matter what form of poetry you might be interested in, whether it is shorter poems or longer anthologies(选集), Poetry Talk is a place where you can meet others who also share an interest in poetry. Book club meetings happen every two weeks on a Wednesday evening, are held online, and always welcome new members.

The Living Poets Society Poetry Book Club

Run out of Boulder Bookstore, it is a book club where members discuss a shared book of poetry. People who are interested in poetry and connecting with individuals who also enjoy reading and having conversations about poetry are welcome. Book club meetings take place online on the second Tuesday of every month.

The club has looked at Constellation Route by Matthew Olzmann and Luxury by Philip Schultz. And the latter is the first one the club has shared.

Books to Change Your Life Chicago Book Club

The book club has been active since 2020 and now has over 1,000 active participants who read and discuss a range of different books, including poetry. In addition to enjoying engaging and insightful discussions about poetry, book club members can get to learn more about books of other genres(类型), including economics, philosophy and classic literature. Book club meetings are held online and take place weekly on Mondays.

The poetry the club has read includes Homer’s classic The Odyssey.

Poetry Meetup

It is a great place for anyone interested in reading, talking about, or even performing poetry. Book club meetings are usually held once a month. Specific dates and locations of book club meetings are available on its Meetup. com web page.

The Sea and The Mirro by W. H. Auden and St. Sebastien by Dali are two poems that book club meetings at Poetry Meetup have gone over.

1. Whose poem was shared by The Living Poets Society Poetry Book Club first?

A．Tim Burris’s.	B．Matthew Olzmann’s.
C．W. H. Auden’s.	D．Philip Schultz’s.

2. What can the members do at Books to Change Your Life Chicago Book Club?

A．Take courses on classic literature.

B．Discuss books of more than one type.

C．Get free poetry books on Mondays.

D．Perform poetry on stage every month.

3. How is Poetry Meetup different from the other clubs?

A．It is managed by a local bookstore.

B．It focuses on discussions about poetry.

C．It requires its members to meet offline.

D．It gets its members together once a week.

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When was Lou Ottens born?

A．In 1927.

B．In 1960.

C．In 1964.

2. What was the problem of the old tapes?

A．They were not large enough.

B．They were heavy and expensive.

C．They produced low-quality sound.

3. Where did Lou Ottens become the head of new product development?

A．In Hasselt, Belgium.

B．In Duizel, Netherlands.

C．In Philips headquarters.

4. How did Lou Ottens make the cassette tape a worldwide standard?

A．He sold it at a very low price.

B．He advertised his product very well.

C．He advocated licensing the format for free.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A．Old flatmates.

B．Schoolmates.

C．New classmates.

2. Why did the woman choose West Village University?

A．It was fairly close to her house.

B．It provided her with a scholarship.

C．It was recommended by her parents.

3. What did the man’s brother major in at college?

A．Psychology.

B．Engineering.

C．Business.

4. What are the speakers going to do tonight?

A．Eat out.

B．Meet professors.

C．Share living fees.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the woman come to the man?

A．To purchase a new car.

B．To look for a car camera.

C．To get her old car repaired.

2. What is the advantage of the SUV over the first car?

A．It is a few inches shorter.

B．It can seat more persons.

C．It consumes much less gas.

3. What will the woman do next?

A．Pay the bill.

B．Call her family.

C．Take a test drive.