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。

Driven by a great passion for guqin,     1     is an ancient Chinese instrument, Li Xiangting, a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing     2     (devote) nearly 70 years to mastering and promoting it since his first encounter with it.

In 1958, Li became the only gugin major in the Traditional Chinese Instruments Department. Given that guqin was     3     (relative) unknown, Li was often ignored. Everyone considered it out of date,     4     he thought it deserved an important position and was determined to make it     5     (appreciate) by everyone.

In order to introduce it     6     a global audience, Li innovated while honoring the instrument’s rich traditions. Later, he also produced teaching videos,     7     (publish) books, and released albums, significantly boosting the instrument’s     8     (popular).

In the following years, more enthusiasts and musicians like Li worked on the art. With     9     (they) efforts, the UNESCO recognized the art as an intangible (非物质的) heritage of humanity in 2003. Moreover, his daughter, Li Pengpeng, has followed in her father’s footsteps,     10     (serve) as an ambassador in promoting traditional Chinese culture.

2 . Making tiny furniture is no piece of cake. In this course, join Amanda Kelly, who is now pursuing her Master’s degree of Fine Arts in Sculpture at Radford University, to learn how to create realistic furniture from the beginning. While students who have taken this course are highly encouraged to sign up, students of all levels are welcome!

Course Overview

This course includes five sessions, each lasting for 2 hours on five Tuesdays beginning on November 7.

Session 1 (Tuesday, 11/7, 7—9:00 PM) Foundations and Scale

Session 2 (Tuesday, 11/14, 7—9: 00 PM) Making the Side Table

Session 3 (Tuesday, 11/21, 7—9:00 PM) Making the Bed

Session 4 (Tuesday, 11/28, 7—9: 00 PM) One Person’s Waste Is Another’s Tiny Treasure

Session 5 (Tuesday, 12/5, 7—9:00 PM) Sharing Your Creations

Pricing Options

In addition to full-price tickets of $225, a limited number of no-pay tickets are available for this course. Please note that these tickets are reserved for those who would not otherwise be able to take this course and who expect to attend all sessions. No-pay tickets are distributed via a random drawing two weeks before each course begins. For more information and to apply for a no-pay spot, please click here.

What Else to Know

This is an interactive, small-group workshop. Students are encouraged to participate in discussions and work on assignments outside of class. Due to the interactive nature of this course, we strongly recommend students attend as many live sessions as possible. If students are unable to attend the live sessions, after each session they will receive access to a recording of the live session, which they can watch for up to two weeks after the course concludes.

1. In which session may students display their works?

A．Session 2.

B．Session 3.

C．Session 4.

D．Session 5.

2. What can students do if they miss a live session?

A．Reach out to other students.

B．Email the instructor immediately.

C．Make up for the class within 72 hours.

D．Watch the recorded class within 14 days.

3. What is the text?

A．A research paper.	B．A submission guide.
C．A course introduction.	D．A furniture brochure.

3 . 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。

Last year, 28-year-old Jane Bell moved to a suburb of Philadelphia for her newly found job and rent a house with a big yard in a village.

Jane had the habit of rising early for exercise. One cold morning, she was jogging through the nearby park when she spotted a weak husky lying by the path, seeming to have been deserted. She approached and checked it, only to find one of the dog’s legs severely broken. The pitiful dog looked at her with its sad blue eyes as if asking her for help. Blaming the dog’s previous owner for the selfish and irresponsible action, Jane, without hesitation, bent down and carried the dog home. Then she drove the dog to an animal clinic for a checkup and treatment, where a doctor told Jane it would take about 3 months before the dog got well.

Jane returned home with the dog, which she called Kobe. She made a comfortable den (窝) in the front yard and took great trouble to look after it. With time going on, Kobe gradually recovered and was able to get around with her. Every morning, Jane would take Kobe for a run. Every evening Jane came home from work, Kobe would welcome her, excitedly wagging (摇) its tail at her. Kobe kept Jane company and became her inseparable and loyal friend.

Jane’s furry companion was usually gentle and quiet. But one dawn Jane was woken up by Kobe’s loud barking and the constant noise of its pawing (用爪子抓) at the door. The moment she opened the door, Kobe pulled on her clothes with its mouth, attempting to lead her away from the yard. Initially dismissing it as typical dog behavior, Jane patted Kobe on the head to quiet it, saying firmly, “No, Kobe! Good boy, ca lm down!” However, the dog didn’t stop behaving strangely. It arched its back, its nose moving against a piece of ground in the yard anxiously. Jane was surprised and confused.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Then Kobe began to dig the ground with its paws.

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Soon gas workers came.

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4 . Rumeysa Gurbuz was at home asleep on February 6 in the city of Iskenderun on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast when a magnitude 7. 8 earthquake attacked the region. The quake caused ________ damage in Iskenderun. Fortunately, her beloved pet cat Leyla woke her up 15 minutes before the earthquake ________, enabling her to ________. When the quake hit, Gurbuz jumped out the window of her home, only ________ her legs.

“If I hadn’t woken up, I would have been in the ________, Gurbuz said in comments provided to Newsweek by animal welfare nonprofit Humane Society International (HSI). ”I ________ her a lot. We are alive, and there is ________.”

After being injured in the quake, Gurbuz was ________ to a hospital. But she posted an article on the Internet in a desperate attempt to ________ Leyla. HSI saw the ________ and began searching for the cat but finally was ________.

Kelly Donithan, HSI’s director of animal disaster response who was helping to ________ Leyla, asked Gurbuz to send her a voice message calling the pet’s name in an attempt to ________ the cat out. After a lot of ________, the trick worked and the ________ pet finally emerged from the ruins.

1.

A．potential

B．significant

C．some

D．possible

2.

A．struck

B．stopped

C．spread

D．accelerated

3.

A．help

B．shout

C．cry

D．escape

4.

A．protecting

B．cutting

C．injuring

D．losing

5.

A．shelter

B．ruins

C．house

D．square

6.

A．love

B．hurt

C．owe

D．cheat

7.

A．hope

B．time

C．family

D．home

8.

A．sent

B．returned

C．guided

D．released

9.

A．memorize

B．honor

C．find

D．miss

10.

A．notice

B．post

C．picture

D．letter

11.

A．unforgettable

B．shameful

C．satisfying

D．unsuccessful

12.

A．catch

B．await

C．expect

D．locate

13.

A．pull

B．attract

C．chase

D．frighten

14.

A．patience

B．advice

C．passion

D．warning

15.

A．happy

B．surprised

C．scared

D．sad

5 . Whatever the patient’s age or disease, a hospital stay can be stressful, especially for kids. Efforts like Ella’s are a(an)_________ spot during a tough time.

It began in 2018, when Ella celebrated her birthday in a _________ way — a gift drive. Since then, it has _________ each year in early October, a few weeks before her birthday. Along with a(an)_________ to her party, Ella’s friends get a list of gift ideas for kids at the hospital. For the youngest _________, gifts might include building blocks or stuffed toys. Then it’s time to share the gifts. “Seeing other people’s _________ — that’s all that matters to me,” Ella says.

After the first round, the number of donations _________ every year. But she doesn’t keep an exact count. _________, she judges by sight. “We measure how much of the carpet it covers in our living room,” Ella says. “Last year, it _________ the entire carpet.”

Allison, working at Brigham Children’s Hospital, has seen firsthand the __________ of Ella’s gift-giving. “She puts smile on the faces of these little patients in our hospital,” Allison says. “They are all amazed at her__________ at such a young age.”

Ella’s __________ to help kids in the hospital have inspired others to __________ in her footsteps. Friends have collected and __________ gifts for their birthdays too.

“__________ to others is a good feeling to have at the end of the day,” Ella says. “I want to keep doing this as long as I can.”

1.

A．independent

B．extra

C．free

D．bright

2.

A．new

B．private

C．fancy

D．natural

3.

A．worked out

B．kicked off

C．given out

D．thought up

4.

A．letter

B．recreation

C．invitation

D．cake

5.

A．workers

B．patients

C．parents

D．nurses

6.

A．happiness

B．recognition

C．behavior

D．admiration

7.

A．changes

B．grows

C．declines

D．maintains

8.

A．Thus

B．Somehow

C．Sometimes

D．Instead

9.

A．reached

B．included

C．decorated

D．covered

10.

A．excitement

B．effect

C．inspiration

D．feature

11.

A．generosity

B．exploration

C．ambition

D．progress

12.

A．promises

B．aims

C．efforts

D．proposals

13.

A．follow

B．engage

C．track

D．mix

14.

A．received

B．counted

C．gathered

D．donated

15.

A．Responding

B．Relating

C．Giving

D．Comparing

6 . The 13-year-old girl Anna Grace is a volleyball manager, a basketball manager, and a theater volunteer, but perhaps her greatest_________is the fact that she has beaten cancer twice.

Anna was first diagnosed（诊断）with a rare type of_________in December of 2019. A softball player at the time, she told her parents she was experiencing muscle _________ in her left arm, only lifting it about eye-level. She had to_________ surgery on her left arm.

For the following weekends after the surgery, doctors scanned her_________to make sure she was cancer-free and then in August of 2023, doctors_________a spot on her lungs. She had another_________on September to remove it. Anna said later the first time with cancer, it felt like a learning stage. The second time around, it was a little _________to accept the news.

And throughout all of this, Anna has had to_________school work and hospital life. Her sufferings with cancer forced her to really__________herself because she was out of school for quite a while. Now she has__________and has straight As. Anna’s father, Eric Bartel, said her journey has inspired him to __________ every moment, enjoying time with his loving daughter.

Anna is doing well these days though. She’s__________in theater and is a coach’s assistant. “When you’re on__________you have to keep fighting, ”Anna said. “Always live life to the fullest each day. You’re loved. Your life   __________ .”

1.

A．excitement

B．achievement

C．devotion

D．ambition

2.

A．pain

B．cold

C．cancer

D．fever

3.

A．weakness

B．growth

C．recovery

D．relief

4.

A．perform

B．have

C．attend

D．refuse

5.

A．briefly

B．occasionally

C．partly

D．regularly

6.

A．noticed

B．erased

C．ignored

D．marked

7.

A．assessment

B．appointment

C．examination

D．operation

8.

A．harder

B．easier

C．stranger

D．better

9.

A．solve

B．connect

C．abandon

D．balance

10.

A．apply

B．control

C．convince

D．forgive

11.

A．caught up

B．held back

C．dropped out

D．blown up

12.

A．spare

B．appreciate

C．imagine

D．create

13.

A．active

B．graceful

C．dominant

D．cautious

14.

A．vacation

B．trust

C．treatment

D．duty

15.

A．declines

B．suffers

C．matters

D．waits

7 . Risks of Overtraining

Getting in shape and training for an event such as a marathon requires long-lasting and intense physical commitment.    1     But the truth is, sometimes the very acts we do to get healthy can actually push us past our physical limits.

Specifically, overtraining is a set of signs that occur when your body is not able to recover sufficiently before going into your next workout.     2    People tend to ignore them. Over time, the cycle of starting the next training session before allowing recovery causes breakdown of the very parts of the body that you work so hard to build up.

The structures and systems of your body adapt to the demands you have placed on them before the rest time. If your workout slightly goes beyond your current ability, it will adapt toward what you did in a positive way.     3    

Two main factors are necessary in recovery: nutrition. and rest. Good nutrition, including water and protein intake, is extremely important, especially within 40 minutes of your workout.     4    Your body uses the nutrients you have given it during the rest time. especially sleep, to strengthen.

One of the best ways to prevent overtraining is to focus on your morning resting heart rate.     5    Generally, you will detect an increase in your heart rate before the other signs show up. Tracking it in a log can be a great way to monitor your recovery.

A．It's easy to measure and track.

B．Allowing time for recovery is also essential.

C．The problem is that they show up very gradually.

D．Below are the signs and symptoms of overtraining.

E．Listening to your body will assure you of your fitness goals.

F．If far beyond, it'll take longer to adapt and may cause injury.

G．We generally assume regular intense exercise good for our health.

8 . A new study reveals that pigeons (鸽子) can tackle some problems just like artificial intelligence, enabling them to solve difficult tasks that might challenge humans. Previous research has theorized that pigeons employ a problem-solving strategy, involving a trial-and- error approach, which is similar to the approach used in AI models but differs from humans’ reliance on selective attention and rule use. To examine it, Brandon Turner, a psychology professor at the Ohio State University, and his colleagues conducted the new study.

In the study, the pigeons were presented with various visual images, including lines of different widths and angles, and different types of rings. The pigeons had to peck (啄) a button on the right or left to indicate the category to which the image belonged. If they got it correct, they received food; if they were wrong, they received nothing. Results showed that, through trial and error, the pigeons improved their accuracy in categorization tasks, increasing their correct choices from about 55% to 95%.

Researchers believed pigeons used associative learning, which is linking two phenomena with each other. For example, it is easy to understand the link. between “water” and “wet”. “Associative learning is frequently assumed to be far too primitive to. explain complex visual categorization like what we saw the pigeons do,” Turner said. But that’s exactly what the researchers found.

The researchers’ AI model tackled the same tasks using just the two simple mechanisms that pigeons were assumed to use: associative learning and error correction. And, like the pigeons, the AI model learned to make the right predictions to significantly increase the number of correct answers. For humans, the challenge when given tasks like those given to pigeons is that they would try to come up with rules that could make the task easier. But in this case, there were no rules, which upsets humans.

What’s interesting, though, is that pigeons use this method of learning that is very similar to AI designed by humans, Turner said. “We celebrate how smart we are that we designed artificial intelligence: at the same time, we regard pigeons as not clever animals,” he said.

1. What is the purpose of the new study?

A．To test a theory.	B．To evaluate a model.
C．To employ a strategy.	D．To involve an approach.

2. What were the pigeons expected to do in the experiment?

A．Draw circles.

B．Correct errors.

C．Copy gestures.

D．Identify images.

3. What do pigeons and AI have in common according to the study?

A．They are of equal intelligence.

B．They are good at making rules.

C．They respond rapidly to orders from humans.

D．They employ simple ways to get things done.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Pigeons’ trial-and-error method is revealed

B．Pigeons outperform humans in tough tasks

C．“Not smart” pigeons may be as smart as AI

D．AI models after pigeons’ learning approach

9 . When my father was a teenager, he had been declared a prodigy (天才) by his art teacher. He ________ to become an art teacher and had some ________ of his paintings. But when my mother got ill, his creative life ceased.

I remembered my father’s ________ for art. One day, I asked whether he was interested in drawing a cartoon. My father was not much of a ________. When learning to drive, I had asked if it was more important to ________the cars ahead or those behind. “Both.” Then he was ________ for the next three miles.

He gave no ________ answer to my query (询问). I asked again the following day. Still no real ________. I ultimately ________ the idea. I understood he had enough on his p late already. But a week later, I received an email from my father — with a(n)________. I downloaded the file and there was the cartoon I had asked him to draw!

We began to draw cartoons. The process of creating gave hi m ________. As he built his art muscles back up, his teenage self’s enthusiasm ________.

He is now painting, drawing and talking so much I have to ________ I’m getting a call to escape his ________. If he were to ask me whether I was prouder of the cartoon or of him turning his life around, I would say, “________.”

1.

A．went on

B．agreed

C．seemed

D．happened

2.

A．records

B．copies

C．exhibits

D．celebrations

3.

A．choice

B．love

C．skill

D．idea

4.

A．talker

B．teacher

C．painter

D．thinker

5.

A．drive off

B．rush through

C．look into

D．concentrate on

6.

A．careful

B．silent

C．impatient

D．polite

7.

A．definite

B．relevant

C．simple

D．clever

8.

A．channel

B．response

C．message

D．word

9.

A．dropped

B．failed

C．forgot

D．regretted

10.

A．list

B．present

C．budget

D．attachment

11.

A．freedom

B．safety

C．purpose

D．trust

12.

A．grew

B．returned

C．appeared

D．mixed

13.

A．pretend

B．state

C．joke

D．mention

14.

A．excitement

B．disappointment

C．embarrassment

D．amusement

15.

A．Myself

B．You

C．Neither

D．Both

10 . Hiring processes can be thought of as a battle between integrity and dishonesty. You might imagine this is a simple fight between truth-seeking firms and self-promoting candidates, and to a certain extent it is. But companies themselves are prone (有倾向的) to bend reality out of shape in ways that are self-defeating.

Start with the obvious wrongdoers: job applicants. When it comes to writing the resume (简历), they tend to massage (美化) reality into the most appealing shape possible. Everyone beyond a certain level of experience is a transformational leader personally responsible for generating millions income; the world economy would be about 15 times bigger than it actually is if all such claims were true. The average British spends four and a half hours a day watching TV and online videos. But each average job candidate is an enthusiast for public welfare, using their spare time only for worthy purposes, like volunteering in soup kitchens.

But the tendency to stretch the truth infects companies as well as applicants. The typical firm will write a job description that invariably describes the work environment as fast-paced and innovative, and then lays out a set of improbable requirements for the “ideal candidate”, someone who almost by definition does not exist. Sometimes, the requirements include an ability to go back and change the course of history.

Too few firms offer an accurate account of what a position actually involves in their job previews, which are supposed to give prospective employees a genuine sense of the negatives and positives of the job, as well as a clear idea of the company’s corporate culture. One effective strategy is to lay out in text or video, what a typical day in the role would look like.

Such honesty can be its own reward. Research has long suggested that realistic job previews lead to lower turnover and higher employee satisfaction. A paper in 2011 by David Eamest of Towson University and his co-authors concluded that favourable perceptions of the organisation’s honesty are the best explanation for why. So a process designed to uncover the truth about job applicants would run a lot more smoothly if firms were also honest about themselves.

1. Why are “leader” and “enthusiast” mentioned in paragraph 2?

A．To present a rule.	B．To clarify a fact.
C．To make a comparison.	D．To explain a phenomenon.

2. What does the underlined word “stretch” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Overstate.

B．Overturn.

C．Overlook.

D．Overestimate.

3. What are job previews expected to be like in paragraph 4?

A．They show a position as it is.	B．They are made either in text or video.
C．They are favorable for bigger firms.	D．They mainly contain negatives of a job.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．Pains and gains of employees.	B．How to get the lying out of hiring.
C．How to be more appealing in hiring.	D．A wrestle between applicants and companies.