1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is Zuriel Oduwole?

A．An educator.

B．A filmmaker.

C．A doctor.

2. What made Zuriel Oduwole the woman’s role model?

A．Her efforts to get rid of her inner fear.

B．Her support for African girls’ education.

C．Her capability of succeeding at a young age.

3. What quality of Zuriel Oduwole inspires the man most?

A．Patience.

B．Honesty.

C．Courage.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What did the speakers do last week?

A．They sent the Smiths to hospital.

B．They visited the Smiths’ daughter.

C．They expressed thanks to the Smiths.

2. Where is Lily now probably?

A．At the hospital.

B．At school.

C．At home.

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。

China’s two elite science and technology institutes on Wednesday announced their results for the new academicians, offering 133 top scientists and scholars nationwide the    1    (high) academic title in the country. The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has selected 59 new academicians     2    the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) has selected 74.

The new academicians are from various fields,    3    (cover) subjects from space technologies to geology, and from medical and life sciences to agriculture and petrochemicals. The average age of the 59    4    (new) elected academicians of the CAS is 54.7 years old,    5     90 percent of them below the age of 60. Five of the 59 academicians are female scientists. Among the 74 academician newcomers at the CAE, 81 percent are below the age of 60.

Yan Ning, head of the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation and a renowned structural biologist     6    works at Tsinghua University’s School of Life Sciences, was selected as    7    CAS academician. Yan, 45, also    8    (write) as Nieng Yan in professional circles,    9    (be) a scientist on the rise in recent years after she left Tsinghua in 2017 to become a professor at Princeton University in the United States where she received her PhD, and returned last year to Tsinghua. She was the youngest professor and PhD     10    (advise)at Tsinghua.

4 . “But I want that blue car!”

The blue car didn’t make it through our checkout line. The tears_________up and streamed down this four-year-old face. I was overwhelmed with_________by the noisy scene we created. I wanted more than anything to_________this screaming child and charge out of there, child under my arm, marching him straight out of the_________and into the car. But I couldn’t do that.

A car accident in my teens left me paralysed (瘫痪) from the chest down. From sixteen on I was_________to create a life with my wheelchair. I relied heavily on my stubbornness and will to do things _________I even accomplished more than I would have done in my long-lost _________world.

It wasn’t until having children that my abandon to independence was forced to_________reasonable and cautious behavior. It was no longer just me that had to own up to the _________of my actions. So like any good Darwinian, I have forced myself to__________.

Kneeling down, I tried my hardest to__________that we were buying groceries and not race cars, but __________.Whether you are Mother Teresa or Judge Judy, sometimes you will not__________a four-year-old over. The kicking and screaming __________with the growing line of shoppers behind.

Becoming a__________, who uses a wheelchair comes with its bumps and bruises(磕磕碰碰) .__________, I’ve learned how to navigate with love and adaptation and be a great__________ to my children.

So, I tried again with a smile. I touched my now __________child’s forehead, from all of the rage and exhaustion of the moment. His wet eyes looked at me like I was the__________person on the planet. But his outburst stopped. And, I__________to get him out the store doors and into his car seat.

1.

A．broke

B．welled

C．went

D．joined

2.

A．embarrassment

B．disappointment

C．fright

D．amusement

3.

A．hand over

B．hold on to

C．pick up

D．throw away

4.

A．nursery

B．office

C．store

D．hospital

5.

A．permitted

B．recommended

C．expected

D．forced

6.

A．repeatedly

B．casually

C．cautiously

D．independently

7.

A．panic-stricken

B．able-bodied

C．carefree

D．misshaped

8.

A．refer to

B．conflict with

C．keep away from

D．make room for

9.

A．consequences

B．availabilities

C．courses

D．intentions

10.

A．approach

B．apologize

C．adapt

D．follow

11.

A．reflect

B．explain

C．admit

D．contradict

12.

A．in detail

B．on demand

C．on agreement

D．in vain

13.

A．win

B．take

C．watch

D．get

14.

A．worked

B．continued

C．faded

D．returned

15.

A．mom

B．babysitter

C．shopper

D．victim

16.

A．Meanwhile

B．Moreover

C．However

D．Otherwise

17.

A．experience

B．example

C．partner

D．leader

18.

A．aggressive

B．lovely

C．sweaty

D．cheerful

19.

A．most desperate

B．most caring

C．greatest

D．worst

20.

A．promised

B．struggled

C．prepared

D．managed

5 . We asked dental professionals to answer five basic questions about how to care for our teeth and keep them healthy. Here’s what they had to say.

How often should I really brush my teeth?

    1    Brushing helps remove plaque, which is the accumulation of biofilms containing microorganisms stuck to your teeth. By brushing each tooth slightly with your brush at a 45-degree angle, you’ll be able to remove plaque particles.

    2    

Brush your teeth first in the morning, before eating breakfast. It breaks up the biofilm and gets it ready to re mineralize(使再矿化) your teeth. Immediately after meals, you can rinse or drink water to remove acids and sugars from the mouth.

Do I really need to floss(剔牙)?

You may not want to hear it, but the answer is yes.    3    Flossing gets to all the areas where toothbrushes don’t. You can’t do one or the other. Floss before brushing to open up areas you may not be able to clean with just the toothbrush, like in between your teeth.

How do I whiten my teeth?

There are all kinds of products and methods to help whiten your teeth. But dental professionals say you should be cautious.    4    Instead, the ideal way to whiten your teeth is to ask your dentist for professional advice.

Do I really have to go to the dentist?

While proactive care at home can help keep your teeth healthy, yes—you still have to see a dentist. There are a lot of factors to deal within your dental health—but you don’t have to do it alone.    5    

A．You should floss at least once a day.

B．That’s what your dental appointments are for.

C．Do I need to brush my teeth immediately after meals?

D．Is there an ideal time of day when I should brush my teeth?

E．Don’t use home solutions like brushing teeth with lemon juice.

F．You should brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes at a time.

G．They can make your teeth sensitive and potentially wear your teeth down.

6 . Ask any business leader what big challenges they face and it’s likely that skills and labor shortages will be high on their list. They’re concerned about how to develop the skills they need for the jobs of tomorrow. According to the World Economic Forum’s latest Future of Jobs Report 2023, organizations across all industries identify skills gaps and an inability to attract talent as the key barriers preventing industry transformation.

There’s a potential solution to all of this: a “skills-first” approach. The new report, Putting Skills First: A Framework for Action, launched during the World Economic Forum’s Growth Summit, finds that switching to a skills-first mindset can directly benefit over 100 million people globally who’re currently under-utilizing their existing skills, because they’re under-employed in their current job or because they’re unemployed. The analysis, which covers 18 economies, finds workforce under-utilization ranges from 4% of the working population in Thailand, to 7% in the US, 13% in France, 27% in Brazil and 43% in South Africa.

A skills-first approach focuses on a person’s skills and competencies rather than on their qualifications or job history, so that what someone can do becomes far more important than which university they went to. Crucially, this focus on skills continues long after the worker has been hired, with an emphasis on continually developing their abilities right through their career.

Making skills a priority is fairly advantageous. For businesses, taking a skills-first approach dramatically increases the potential pool of talent from which they can draw on. For individuals, it provides access to good jobs that offer skills building, career progression and higher earning potential which they’d otherwise have been excluded from without the right qualifications.

Delivering such ground-breaking change requires more than simply the involvement of HR teams. It’ll require the commitment of CEOs and policy-makers at the highest level to drive it through. So far a company in UK has introduced a range of degree apprenticeship (学徒制) programs which enable applicants without a degree to gain one while working at the firm. The organization is also developing new career paths to ensure it has the right skills to meet the changing needs of the economy.

1. What plays a key role in industry transformation?

A．Working environment.	B．Employees’ job history.
C．Employees’ competence.	D．Business leaders’ management.

2. What do we know about the new report according to paragraph 2?

A．It was launched by 18 economies.

B．It focuses on a skills-first mindset.

C．It shows the decline of global economy.

D．It points out employment trends.

3. What does the last paragraph convey about the skills-first approach?

A．Further research needs to be done.

B．It depends on global cooperation.

C．Some measures are already underway.

D．It is well accepted around the world.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．A skills-first approach.

B．A more inclusive society.

C．Developing new career paths.

D．Creating a framework for job markets.

7 . Heart in your throat. Butterflies in your stomach. Bad courage feeling. These are all phrases many people use to describe fear and anxiety.

You have likely felt anxiety inside your chest or stomach, and your brain usually doesn’t hurt when you’re scared. Many cultures tie weakness and bravery more to the heart or the guts than to the brain. But science has traditionally seen the brain as the birthplace and processing site of fear and anxiety. Then why and how do you feel these emotions in other parts of your body? Research confirms that while emotions do begin originally in your brain, it’s your body that carries out the orders. While your brain gradually changed and developed to save you from a falling rock or speeding man-eating animals, the anxieties of modern life are often a lot more abstract. Fifty-thousand years ago, being rejected by your tribe could mean death, but not doing a great job on a public speech at school or at work doesn’t have the same consequences. Your brain, however, might not know the difference.

There are a few key areas of the brain that are heavily involved in processing fear. Amygdala (杏仁体) is a small area of the brain located near your ears which detects obvious features, or the emotional connection of a situation and how to react to it. Threat search is a vital part of this process, and it has to be fast.

The hippocampus (海马体) is near and tightly connected to the amygdala. It’s involved in memorizing what is safe and what is dangerous, especially in relation to the environment — it puts fear in conditions.

The prefrontal cortex (前额叶皮质), located above your eyes, is mostly involved in the realization and social aspects of fear processing. For example, you might be scared of a snake until you read a sign that the snake is not poisonous or the owner tells you it’s his friendly pet.

As is described by a singer in his song “Lose Yourself”, the reason his hands sweated, his knees got weak and his arms became heavy was that his brain was nervous.

1. What can we learn from paragraph 2?

A．Emotions can lead to reactions in the body.

B．The brain keeps up with the pace of modern life.

C．Fear and anxiety do much damage to the brain.

D．Nowadays people have more anxieties than before.

2. Which of the following relates to the hippocampus?

A．Receiving outside information.

B．Storing memories.

C．Identifying different features.

D．Adjusting emotions.

3. Why is the song mentioned in the last paragraph?

A．To show the singer’s love for music.

B．To present a common phenomenon.

C．To illustrate the singer’s physical condition.

D．To explain physical discomfort originates from brain.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．The response to fear and anxiety

B．A study about sense of fear

C．What negative emotions affect your body

D．What is the root of fear and anxiety

8 . I grew up in Florida, surrounded by my extended family, but we can trace our ancestry back to Texas when it still belonged to Mexico. Our language, customs and even the names my ancestors called themselves have since largely been lost to forced assimilation (同化). Yet our oral traditions, expressed through storytelling, poetry and jokes, persist.

My grandmother and mother taught me, a lovely girl, that the natural world around us has stories to tell if you listen closely. After all, language is not unique to humans. One of my earliest memories is sitting on my grandmother’s cracked concrete porch watching one of the many doves she had nursed back to health land in her raised hand after she called out to it. When dark storm clouds gathered over the half-finished roof, my mother would take a steak knife from the kitchen to the outside of the house, pointing it to the sky to cut the rain away. My friends thought it was magical how nature seemed to bend to my mother’s will.

It makes sense that I became an author. My life is built around stories. When I lived in New York and Los Angeles, I’d have to hike very far to find a piece of nature to be in—the rare tree in downtown Los Angeles, or the ginkgoes near Inwood Hill Park in New York City. Now in East Tennessee, I walk a few steps past my porch, into my garden—two small pieces of land that borders my two-story white and greenish-blue farmhouse. When I first moved here, non-native European grass blanketed the thirsty clay, red as dried blood. I dug up eight garden beds in the middle of that grass, filling them with plants native to my region: cone flowers and aromatic aster, bee balm and Virginia blue bells. I tried growing squash peppers, yellow watermelon and white eggplant but the plants languished. My land seems to want nothing but flowers. So I am trying my hand at planting zinnias, cosmos and dahlias instead.

If I am creatively blocked, I walk barefoot on the earth, no matter what the season, allowing stories to feed the roots of my entire body. If I have a plot hole I need to fix, I visit my lemon and lime basil, keeping my fingers with their sweet scents (气味).

1. What plays a role in keeping traditions alive in the author’s view?

A．A close family relationship.	B．The practice of storytelling.
C．The values of society members.	D．An atmosphere of growth.

2. What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?

A．How the author became a gardening expert.

B．How the author fed himself with stories.

C．How the author connected with nature.

D．How the author was inspired by stories.

3. Which can best replace the underlined word “languished” in paragraph 3?

A．Stood out.

B．Survived.

C．Developed.

D．Faded away.

4. What can be inferred about the author from the text?

A．She’s a very responsible person.

B．She’s a nature-loving writer.

C．She’s a passionate traveller.

D．She’s a professional gardener.

9 . Here are some musicals on Broadway.

Back to the Future

When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he accidentally changes the course of history. Now he’s in a race against time to fix the present, escape the past and send himself back to the future. It’s recommended for ages 6 and up.

How to Dance in Ohio

At a group counseling center in Columbus, Ohio, seven autistic(患孤独症的) young adults prepare for a spring formal dance—a rite of passage that breaks open their routines and sets off heartbreaking encounters with love, stress, excitement, and independence. It is a story about people standing at the turning point of the next phase of their lives, facing their hopes and fears, ready to make a very big first move and dance. It’s based on the award-winning documentary.

Mother Play

Outside of D.C., Phyllis is supervising her teenage children, Carl and Martha, as they move into a new apartment. Phyllis has strong ideas about what her children need to do and how to succeed, and troubles the child faces when finding their own path. Combining flares of imaginative theatricality, surreal farce, and deep tenderness, this beautiful rollercoaster ride reveals timeless truths of love, family, and forgiveness.

I Need That

Sam doesn’t get out at all, opting instead for the safety of his house in the company of his many things. But when a notice from the government arrives alerting Sam that he must cleanup hi property or face eviction(驱逐), he’s forced to deal with what’s trash, what’s treasure, and whether we can ever know the difference between the two.

1. What can be learned about Back to the Future?

A．It is kid-friendly.	B．It is based on the history.
C．It explores the value of time.	D．It encourages people to connect more.

2. What does Mother Play focus on?

A．Parenting.	B．Family relationships.
C．Mother’s troubles.	D．Fiction and reality.

3. Which musical is adapted from true stories?

A．Back to the Future.	B．How to Dance in Ohio.
C．Mother Play.	D．I Need That.

10 . A sugar replacement called erythritol (赤藓糖醇) has been linked to blood clotting (血液凝固), stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study.

“The degree of risk was not modest,” said lead study author Dr. Stanley Hazen. People with existing risk factors for heart disease will be twice as likely to experience the risk if they have the highest levels of erythritol in their blood. Erythritol appears to be causing blood platelets (血小板) to clot more readily. Clots can break off and travel to the heart or the brain, causing a heart attack or a stroke.

Erythritol is a sugar alcohol, a carb found naturally in many fruits and vegetables. However, artificially manufactured in massive quantities, erythritol has become an extremely popular additive to low-carb products.

The discovery of the connection between erythritol and cardiovascular issues was purely accidental. Hazen’s research had a simple goal: find unknown chemicals or compounds in a person’s blood. To do so, the team analyzed 1,157 blood samples. “We found this substance that seemed to play a big role, but we didn’t know it was erythritol, a sweetener until later,” said Hazen. To confirm the findings, the team tested another two batches of blood samples and found that higher levels of erythritol were connected to a greater risk of heart attack, stroke or death within three years.

“This certainly sounds an alarm,” said Dr. Andrew Freeman, director of a hospital inDenver. “Science needs to take a deeper div e into erythritol and in a hurry, because this substance is widely available right now. If it’s harmful, we should know about it.”

Hazen agreed,“I normally don’t get up on a pedestal (崇高地位) and sound the alarm, but this is something that I think we need to be looking at carefully.”

1. About the risk, what does Hazen’s word in paragraph 2 mean?

A．It is not worth considering.	B．It is removed by erythritol.
C．It should not be underestimated.	D．It is just present in people with disease.

2. What do we know about erythritol?

A．Its quality is uncertain.	B．It has been used widely in food.
C．It is manufactured by artists.	D．It mainly exists in fruits.

3. What can be concluded from the last two paragraphs?

A．Erythritol is not available to people.

B．Hazen likes warning people about potential dangers.

C．People have realized that erythritol is dangerous.

D．Further research should be done on erythritol.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．The Accidental Discovery of a New Sweetener

B．The Potential Health Risks of Erythritol Uncovered

C．The Rise of Erythritol as a Popular Sugar Substitute

D．The Surprising Benefits of Erythritol in Diet Products