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。

Did you ever imagine that one day we could enjoy the benefits of Traditional Chinese Medicine in a cup of coffee?

Traditional Chinese Medicine, or TCM, is    1    approach used to help people re-balance their health and mind. A typical way of making a TCM formula (配方) is to get a prescription from a    2    (license) doctor, shop for all the medicinal materials, and then brew(煎) them with water in a pot. These materials    3    (say) to have a restorative effect by re-balancing one’s natural energy, or Qi,     4    runs through series of invisible meridians (经脉) throughout the body.

But if you ask younger generations of Chinese, few visit TCM shops nowadays, let alone brew these time-tested remedies for    5    (they). However, social media has recently seen a type of coffee    6    (feature) goji berry juice get popular.

The concept of combining TCM herbs    7    popular drinks could make young people access TCM more easily. The key of TCM is    8    (prevent). By trying such drinks, young people can take more care of their health, and nip sicknesses in the bud. Most people, attracted in such a cafe by the”new TCM drinks“ at first, would also be offered other TCM products like dried herbs and teas, after which they stay    9    (learn) more about TCM.

As Traditional Chinese Medicine becomes more    10    (access) to young people, many are integrating these ancient drinks into their daily wellness routines.

2 . A future where insects make up a large part of the world’s diet is on the horizon. Despite the unpleasant nature of such cuisine, insects have been considered a delicacy in some parts of world for centuries. Their being low-fat and high-protein makes them a perfect choice for reducing hunger.     1    

Animal protein from livestock (家畜), such as cows, chicken and pigs, takes up 80 percent of the entire world’s farmland, despite only making up less than one-fifth of calories consumed globally.    2    Thus it would support a variety of biodiversity as nature intended.

Insects such as grasshoppers, meal worms and crickets are packed full of protein with much higher vitamin levels than pork or beef.    3    Greenhouse gas emissions through this process are also very little, with insect waste making excellent fertilizer (肥料) for agricultural soil.

It seems that insects are an ideal solution for many issues the world today is faced with.    4    Urban areas of Asia, Europe and North America are most likely to associate insects with dirt instead of as a tasty meal.

Times are changing. The European Union last year declared that meal worms were safe for human consumption. Cricket protein powder is also increasing greatly in popularity, with Canada rapidly becoming the largest market for the product.

    5    As we explore our solar system, efficient means of producing animal based-proteins will become vital. None are more efficient space-wise than insects. And the colonies of the future could well find themselves enjoying fried crickets with a pint of beer while watching the Martian sunset.

A．They also have a host of environmental benefits.

B．Insects reproduce quickly and have high growth rates.

C．Unlike agriculture, insects produce far fewer greenhouse gases.

D．They require little space, water and technology to raise compared to livestock.

E．However, making them a delicious cuisine can be a challenge in several cultures.

F．By freeing up livestock space, huge expanses of land could be returned to nature.

G．A future where insects will become invaluable to space exploration is also upcoming.

3 . Jim Quick grew up on a farm in Orchard Hill, Georgia. There he learned how_______bees are to the food we eat. When he was 11, his grandfather asked him to start a beehive to keep the_______growing strong.

“Forty-two years later, and I’m still_______,”Quick said in a recent interview. Before his retirement, the master beekeeper taught entomology (the study of insects) at the University of Georgia in Athens.

Quick is still learning about bees on the farm where he grew up. But he is worried: The bee_______is in danger. Nearly 40% of beehives in the United States were_______in 2021 alone. This_______Quick and other scientists because bees are essential to food_______.They pollinate (授粉) flowering crops and plants, _______the production of seeds and fruits.

The declining bee population can be_______by several factors, including parasites (寄生物) that kill or weaken the hives. Habitat loss,________, and climate change are also to blame. Pesticides get into the nectar (花蜜) of plants, which is essential to a bee’s________. Poisonous substances in the nectar harm the bees’ memory.

Scientists are searching for________to help the bee population. But Quick already has a(n)________.“Set up a beehive at school,” he said, “and learn more about pollinators.” Kids aren’t too young to________. After all, just at the age of 11 Quick________his first beehive. “We could grow more bees,” he said, “if we had more people to do it.”

1.

A．vital

B．friendly

C．addicted

D．sensitive

2.

A．bees

B．bushes

C．crops

D．roots

3.

A．trying

B．working

C．learning

D．teaching

4.

A．growth

B．migration

C．diversity

D．population

5.

A．lost

B．moved

C．collected

D．discovered

6.

A．disappoints

B．concerns

C．shocks

D．challenges

7.

A．safety

B．storage

C．flavor

D．production

8.

A．relying on

B．resulting in

C．speeding up

D．controlling over

9.

A．caused

B．identified

C．worsened

D．limited

10.

A．enemies

B．disasters

C．diseases

D．chemicals

11.

A．size

B．life

C．diet

D．memory

12.

A．clues

B．solutions

C．volunteers

D．donations

13.

A．job

B．idea

C．choice

D．schedule

14.

A．help

B．remember

C．decide

D．communicate

15.

A．decorated

B．designed

C．started

D．bought

4 . 2022年北京冬奥会很“中国”，许多元素向世界展现了中国文化或中国理念。请选取其中一二撰写一篇短文，参加China Daily举办的“China Meets the World”征文比赛。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：吉祥物mascot；二十四节气24 solar terms；一起向未来Together For A Shared Future；雪如意Snow Ruyi — the National Ski Jumping Center。
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5 . Being highly connected to a strong social network has its benefits. Now a new study is showing the same goes for trees, thanks to their underground neighbors. The study is the first to show that the growth of adult trees is linked to their participation in fungal networks living in the forest soil. Though past research has focused on young trees, these findings give new insight into the significance of fungal networks to older trees — which are more environmentally beneficial for functions like capturing carbon.

“Large trees make up the main part of the forest, so they drive what the forest is doing,” said researcher Joseph Birch, who led the study. When they live in the forest soil, fungal networks act as a sort of highway, allowing water, nutrients and compounds to flow back and forth among the trees. The network also helps nutrients flow to resource - limited trees like family units that support one another in times of stress.

Cores taken from 350 Douglas firs (花旗松) showed that annual tree ring growth was related to the extent of fungal connections a tree had with other trees. They had much higher growth than those that had only a few connections. The research also showed that trees with more connections to many unique fungi had much greater growth than those with only one or two connections. “If you have this network that is helping trees grow faster, that helps capture more carbon year after year. These networks may help trees grow more steadily even as conditions become more stressful, and could even help protect them against death.” said Birch.

Birch hopes his findings lead to further studies in different kinds of forests in other geographical areas, because it's likely that the connections among trees change from year to year. He said, “Knowing whether fungal networks are operating the same way in other tree species could factor into how we reforest areas after harvesting them, and it could inform how we want to plant trees to preserve these networks.”

1. In what way do the new findings differ from the previous ones?

A．They confirm the benefits of fungal networks.	B．They demonstrate a new way to capture carbon.
C．They clarify misunderstanding of fungal networks.	D．They reveal the value of fungal networks to adult trees.

2. How do fungal networks help trees?

A．By fighting against diseases.	B．By bettering forest soil conditions.
C．By acting as the center of family units.	D．By maintaining the balance of resources.

3. What does the underlined “They” refer to in Paragraph 3?

A．Tree rings.

B．Fungal networks.

C．Douglas firs.

D．Cores from Douglas firs.

4. Which field will most benefit from the study according to the text?

A．Geography.

B．Agriculture.

C．Reforestation.

D．Microbiology.

6 . 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。

Reuben sat on the bench during gym class, daydreaming. As his classmates fought comparatively up and down the basketball court, he was imagining a different game — one in which a group of colorful bricks turned around quickly and side-stepped and dunked (扣篮). At the center of this spinning circle he could see a giant basketball… made out of Lego bricks(乐高积木).

A few weeks earlier, he had built exactly that kind of huge Lego basketball. It was for a city-wide art contest that everyone was excited about: the prize was a $100 check for the student artist and a visit to the winner’s school by the world-famous basketball team — The Lakers. Since he had submitted his entry, Reuben kept dreaming about his creation, imagining it would show his classmates how good he was. at something!

Reuben was caught up in his basketball ballet, imagining the bricks move closer ... and closer ..Suddenly, a sharp whistle abruptly interrupted his thoughts, followed by an urgent shout from the teacher: “Reuben!”

Surprised, he jumped to his feet.

“Where is your attention, young man? I had to call you three times. Now go take Lamar’s place.” “Who, Reuben? He’s too busy building Lego things in his head,” Lamar yelled as their classmates laughed.

Of course Lamar was right. Worse still, Reuben was the tallest boy in his class, and his combination of his height, long arms, and wiry fingers screamed “basketball player”. Therefore, Reuben was expected not just to be good at basketball, he was expected to be great!

But he was neither. Chasing and shooting balls was not his thing. He was clumsy (笨拙的) on the court. He loved to build and design and draw things. Once, he even recreated a mouse trap, making it humane (人性化的).

“Why worry about mice?” mom complained. “They eat our rice!”

“But mice sing to communicate and feel empathy for other mice, Mom. And that some carry seeds to other parts of the environment, which helps things grow!”

“Huh,” his mom said, then frowned and replied, “Even so, mice are no use to no one.” “Mice matter too, Mom!” Reuben replied.

注意：
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。
Paragraph 1: Back on the court today, Reuben felt like an oversized mouse himself.
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Paragraph 2: Just after the gym class, an excited voice came over the loudspeaker.
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7 . 你校将在6月6日全国爱眼日到来之际，举行“健康用眼健康生活（Healthy Eyes, Healthy Life）”主题活动，请你写一则倡议书，发表在校英文报上。内容包括：
1.倡议原因和目的；
2.倡议内容；
3.呼吁参加。
注意：
1.词数80左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
2.可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear friends,

We are writing this letter to call on everyone to take part in the Healthy Eyes, Healthy Life campaign.

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With best wishes,

The Students’ Union

8 . Network-based technologies have become increasingly widespread, and they are now being used by countless individuals, professionals, and businesses worldwide. Despite their advantages, most network-based systems are highly at risk of malicious (恶意的) attacks.

The consequences of a malicious attack on network-based systems can be extremely harmful. For instance, an attack on a power plant network could leave millions of individuals and offices without electricity, while attacks on social media networks can lead to exposure of user information.

To overcome the weaknesses of network-based systems, computer scientists worldwide have been trying to develop advanced intrusion detection systems (IDSs) (入侵检测系统) that could help to identify malicious attacks, increasing a network’s safety. In recent years, machine learning (ML) algorithms (机器学习算法) have been found to be particularly promising for automatically detecting attacks and intrusions on a network’s functioning.

An important step in the development and training of ML-based IDSs is the selection of data features that a model can rely or focus on when making predictions. Ideally, by analyzing large datasets, researchers should be able to identify the most suitable features for solving a given task using ML tools, and this can also be applied to intrusion detection.

Researchers at Canadian University Dubai in the UAE have recently developed a new feature selection method that could enable the development of more effective ML-based IDSs. This method was found to perform remarkably well when compared with other commonly employed feature selection techniques. Using the features they identified as most important for intrusion detection, the researchers created a highly efficient ML-based detection system. This system was found to be capable of distinguishing between DDoS attacks and harmless network signals with 99% accuracy.

In the future, the feature selection method developed by the researchers and their findings could help the development of new, highly effective IDSs. In addition, the system they created using the features they identified could be applied in real-world settings to detect malicious attacks on real networks.

1. What does paragraph 1 focus on about network-based technologies?

A．Their targeted users.	B．Their popularity.
C．Their potential risk.	D．Their advantages.

2. How can IDSs increase the safety of networks?

A．By tracking malicious attacks.

B．By starting anti-virus programs.

C．By sorting out user information.

D．By recognizing malicious attacks.

3. What is the key to the development of ML-based IDSs?

A．Solving given tasks.	B．Selecting reliable data features.
C．Making accurate predictions.	D．Analyzing large enough datasets.

4. What’s the purpose of the text?

A．To introduce a new technique for IDSs.

B．To promote network-based technologies.

C．To raise people’s awareness of network safety.

D．To discuss ways to deal with malicious attacks.

9 . Massimo Bottura, a three-Michelin-Starred chef, has extended his culinary(烹饪的) empire globally. However, he says that the peak of all of his achievements is Milan’s Refettorio Ambrosiano and the following 12 global branches.

At Refettorio Ambrosiano, dinner guests are greeted by name. They dine on fine china at tables created by the country’s most sought-after furniture designers. The waiters are polite, and the chefs have been trained under the finest restaurateurs in the world. The set menu changes every day, depending on what comes in with the morning’s delivery.

This morning’s delivery contains dry arugula(芝麻菜), chicken close to its sell-by date and too-ugly-to-be-sold oranges. By dinner, however, the supermarket castoffs have been transformed into a three-course meal. The 100 or so diners — refugees, the homeless, and the unemployed — enjoy the meal with obvious pleasure, laughing with the volunteer waiters, praising the volunteer chefs, and forgetting, at least for an hour, the challenges of a life lived on the streets.

The brightest gems in Bottura’s culinary empire are not restaurants at all. He thinks of them as spaces that shine a light on the dignity of their guests while focusing attention on the food-waste problem by turning foods that were otherwise going to be headed toward rubbish bins into Michelin Guide-worthy meals.

Botura first thought of Refettorio Ambrosiano as a pop-up concept for the 2015 World Expo in Milan. The organizers had invited him to cook for the grand opening. Bottura proposed something different. He wanted to invite the world’s best chefs to cook with him for the city’s homeless,using leftovers. That idea soon got supported and turned into something more permanent.

Today, the Refettorio is “a movement,” Bottura says. “It is a model for fighting food waste and isolation on the front lines. And it starts by looking at an old carrot or a piece of hard bread and catching sight of gold.”

1. How do the Refettorio Ambrosianos differ from Bottura’s other restaurants?

A．The waiters are well-trained.

B．The tables are custom-made.

C．They are three-Michelin-starred.

D．Daily delivery decides the set menu.

2. Which of the following best describes the event at Refettorio Ambrosiano?

A．An evening gathering for local chefs.	B．A charity sale of supermarket castoffs
C．A wealthy meal for the less-fortunate.	D．A volunteer training for the homeless

3. What does Bottura think of the Refettorio?

A．It’s his best profitable restaurant.

B．It’s a good project for food safety.

C．It’s a pop-up concept to extend his business.

D．It’s win-win for the environment and society.

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

A．Less Waste, More Taste.	B．A Dinner of Dignity
C．Best Restaurant, Best Service.	D．The Power of Food

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。

Since the beginning of time, exploring the Universe has been a dream of humankind. Human     1     (curious) has fuelled interest in exploring and discovering new worlds, pushing the boundaries of     2     known, and expanding scientific and technical knowledge.

States and space agencies     3     (work) on space exploration since the first space launch. The first space launch led to the first human space flight,     4     led to the first moonwalk. Nowadays focus has shifted to joint human and robotic missions, near - Earth asteroids (小行星), Mars and destinations beyond our own solar system.

Space exploration and the innovation     5     (involve) in it are essential drivers for opening up new areas in space science and technology. That produces new partnerships     6     develops capabilities that create new opportunities for     7     (address) global challenges. Space exploration also motivates young people     8     (pursue) education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (the STEM disciplines).

Though the precise nature of future benefits from space exploration is not easily predefined (预先确定), current trends suggest that significant advantage may     9     (find) in areas such as new materials, health and medicine, transportation and computer technology. As the benefits of space exploration and innovation become     10     (well) known, increasingly more countries and non - governmental entities are interested in engaging in exploration and innovation.