1 . In response to the rumor that “80% of Tsinghua graduates go abroad”, Tsinghua University clearly stated: “NO!”

Data show that the proportion of 2023 graduates of Tsinghua University going abroad for further study is 8.0%. Among them, the proportion of undergraduate students (本科生) studying abroad is 15.6%, and the proportion of undergraduate students studying in China is 65.2%. The proportion of master students (研究生) going abroad for further study is 5.9%. The proportion of domestic advanced education was 6.9%. In addition, according to the “Tsinghua People” mini-program registration information of Tsinghua Alumni Association, most of the alumni (校友) who have studied abroad in the past 20 years have returned to work after completing their studies and play a backbone in all walks of life.

What industries do Tsinghua graduates go into? According to the statistics of Tsinghua University, 83.0% of the graduates of 2023 are employed in key units in important fields related to the national economy and people’s livelihood, covering many important industries such as national defense science and technology, manufacturing and energy industries, information communication and Internet, public administration and service institutions of higher learning and research institutes.

Where do Tsinghua graduates go? According to statistics provided by Tsinghua University, 53.8 percent of its 2023 graduates are employed outside Beijing. In the past 10 years, most graduates of Tsinghua University have gone to work outside Beijing, and the number of employment in the national defense and military industry and the western region has continued to rise.

The university also announced the most employable employers for the class of 2023. Among them, the top two state-owned enterprises are China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and State Grid Corporation, and the top two private enterprises are Huawei and BYD.

1. What percentage of Tsinghua undergraduate students studying abroad in 2023?

A．8.0%.

B．65.2%.

C．5.9%.

D．15.6%.

2. What is the “Tsinghua People” referred to in Paragraph 2?

A．An international school.	B．An application.
C．A charity organization.	D．A private enterprises.

3. What fields are most graduates of Tsinghua employed in according to the text?

A．Internet and energy industries.

B．Tea trade and public administration.

C．Gardening technology and national defense.

D．Pet rescuing and information communication.

4. How does the author prove that “80% of Tsinghua graduates go abroad” is no true?

A．List data.

B．Give examples.

C．Make comparisons.

D．classify facts.

2 . The aim of establishing school rules and regulations is to encourage good behavior, teach students self discipline (自律), and maintain a harmonious learning environment to match the image and reputation of our school. School rules and regulations are applicable to all students.

Role of the parents

The primary duty and responsibility of the parents is to educate their children by example to respect the dignity of others, They are also very influential in developing among their children the virtues of love, justice generosity, industry and honesty which are important to their lives.

Attendance and punctuality

School schedule: Students should be in their classrooms prepared to work by 7: 30 am. Regular attendance and punctuality are important for the academic progress of the students. Students must be regular in their attendance and have at least 80% attendance in order to sit for tests and examinations. Absence lasting for more than three days has to be accompanied by a medical certificate.

Language

English is the only language to be used by students in school (except during the other language lessons).

Discipline

One of the most important aspects of education is discipline, which is the training that develops self-control, orderliness, efficiency, and character. The basis of all discipline is the principle of respect — respect for one’s self，for others, and for all children.

In order to form proper habits and attitudes, the following rules for good conduct are expected to be followed by every student:

•Respect for all school property (所有物) and the school uniform;

•Observe silence in specific areas;

•During school hours, students are required to be in their respective (各自的) classrooms;

•Possession and use of cell phones are strictly prohibited in the school.

1. What will happen if a student misses more than 20% of the lesson?

A．He won’t take part in the exams.

B．He won’t take this class anymore.

C．He will have to receive extra classes.

D．He will receive physical punishment.

2. Which of the following is forbidden in the school?

A．Staying in areas for silence.

B．Throwing uniforms casually.

C．Speaking English in math classes.

D．Entering the classroom in free time.

3. Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A test guide.	B．An academic newspaper.
C．A school website.	D．An educational magazine.

3 . A six-month-old corgi being trained to become the first of his breed to work as a police dog in China, made his first public appearance recently at the open day of a police camp in Weifang, Shandong Province.

His appearance challenges the stereotype (固有模式) that “little short legs” cannot join the police force. Fu Zai,whose name means “Lucky Boy”, has made waves on social media with his iconic smile,short legs and wagging tail.

As a reserve police dog, Fu Zai faces a heavy workload. Training, scheduled for every morning and afternoon, involves a variety of subjects, such as obedience exercises, bomb searches and scent (气味) tracking. He began training when he was two months old and has stood out and outperformed many of his peers.

“His strong environmental adaptability, insensitivity, his desire to possess items and his fondness for food are particularly favorable in our training,” said Wang Yanan, head of the police dog base at the Weifang Public Security Bureau.

Following four months of training, Fu Zai can now take advantage of his short legs to go beneath cars and easily search tight spaces. He can also improve interactions between police dogs and the public because of his adorable appearance.

Fans on social media joked about Fu Zai. One of them wrote, “Corgis can be plainclothes police, for they attract less attention than German Shepherds.”

“Police dogs are not only cute, but trainers have made a lot of efforts to train them to be professional,” Wang said.

Fu Zai is still a fresh hand and must undergo a period of further training to adapt to complex environment before officially entering service.

1. What can be said about the training of Fu Zai?

A．It is conducted around the clock.

B．It aims at making Fu Zai a guide dog.

C．It has proved to be adventurous.

D．It involves multiple and challenging tasks.

2. What advantage does Fu Zai have as a police dog?

A．He is able to shoulder a heavy workload.

B．He excels at handling complex environment.

C．His short legs enable him to work in narrow places.

D．He will attract public attention when he is at work.

3. What does Wang Yanan say about the corgi?

A．He has some suitable qualities for training.

B．He is already a professional police dog.

C．His lovable appearance is advantageous.

D．His smiles improve interactions with the public.

4. What can we infer from the text?

A．Fu Zai has served as a police dog for half a year.

B．Fu Zai performs well because of his intelligence.

C．Fu Zai has been recognized around the world.

D．Fu Zai needs further training to be a police dog.

4 . Amsterdam is known for brownies and Van Gogh, but here are four unique museums in Amsterdam that should be on your radar.

Kattenkabinet

If it wasn't for the black-and-white sign hanging above the door of Herengracht 497, you might easily walk past the Kattenkabinet, a museum dedicated exclusively to the role of cats in art. Situated in a stately 17th-century house, the museum was founded by Bob Meijer. He purchased and renovated the mansion in 1985 and opened the museum five years later in honour of his cat.

Fashion for Good Museum

Fashion for Good is more than a museum. Opened in 2017 and situated on Rokin 102, it's a platform for innovation and collaboration seeking solutions to steer the fashion industry away from the "take-make-waste"pattern which has hugely impacted our environment. At their interactive studio, you'll even get the chance to design the world's most sustainable T-shirt.

Houseboat Museum

Originally built as a freighter in 1914 and moored (停泊) on Prinsengracht since 2007, the Houseboat Museum gives visitors an idea of what life is like on one of these floating homes. Step inside and marvel at the surprisingly spacious interior furnished with a charming wood burning stove and old-fashioned kitchenware.

STRAAT

Since its opening in October 2020,STRAAT,the world's biggest museum for street art and grafiti, has made it its mission to showcase the diversity of talents, backgrounds and stories of what can rightfully be called one of the century's leading art forms.

1. Which museum will interest people who are environmentally friendly?

A．Kattenkabinet.	B．Fashion for Good Museum.
C．Houseboat Museum.	D．STRAAT.

2. What do we know about the four museums?

A．STRAAT is the biggest museum in Amsterdam.

B．Houseboat Museum was opened the earliest.

C．Kattenkabinet houses cat-themed artworks.

D．Fashion for Good Museum organizes fashion shows.

3. Where is the text most probably taken from?

A．An art textbook.	B．A research paper.
C．An exhibition ad.	D．A travel brochure.

5 . Sporting events provide a fruitful ground for many ambitious journalists and writers to practice their craft. Here are four methods to help you get started.

●    1     You may have an editor assigning your topic, or you may be a freelancer (自由职业者) choosing your own. Regardless, be familiar with the most common forms of sports articles and determine which best matches your task. You can leaf through your local newspaper, favorite sports magazine, or go-to sports website and think about what makes certain articles stand out.

●Be familiar with the sport you are covering. When you're starting out, if you have the choice, cover the sport you know best. Sports fans are known for their passion and not necessarily for their patience.     2     If you make mistakes in your report, they will probably tune you out quickly.

●Go to the game, and make the most of being there. Watch closely.     3     Take note of interesting details, such as how the players celebrated at the end or the feel of the crowd that night.     4     You'll find passionate fans, eager participants, and a good environment for covering a sporting event from several angles there.

● Start with a great hook. News article writing relies on an “inverted pyramid” structure, where the most substantial elements are found at the top of the article, and the information becomes less weighty and important as one approaches the bottom. Readers always start but don't always finish an article.     5    

A．They are particular about sports articles.

B．Know the type of article you are writing.

C．Ask permission to record your interviews.

D．So make sure they get your best stuff up front.

E．Keep track of important plays, scores, and statistics.

F．They provide the most essential information of games.

G．Local sporting events are good places for sportswriters.

6 . We are no longer the only animal known to think ahead and prepare for two possible futures -chimpanzees can do it too. If you are unsure whether it will be sunny or raining later, you might grab sunscreen and an umbrella before you leave home. This ability to consider different eventualities, known as modal reasoning, is essential to human cognition (认知).

The previous study results weren’t accepted by all, though, because the study expected the chimpanzees to use behaviors that don’t come naturally to them, says Jan Engelmann at the University of California, Berkeley. To demonstrate chimpanzees’ competence, Engelmann and his colleagues have tried an alternative method relying on behaviour that comes more naturally to the animals.

Working at Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda, where the animals can roam in 95 acres of forest, the researchers put individual chimpanzees in front of two tilting (可倾斜的) platforms, each with a piece of food on it. The first version of the experiment used an opaque cylindrical tube (不透明的圆柱管) above one of the platforms, through which the team would drop a rock. If the chimpanzee didn’t intervene, the food would fall, but if it stabilized the platform with its hands, it would be given the food as a reward. In this experiment, the 15 chimpanzees only stabilized the platform they knew the rock would hit.

The second experiment used an opaque inverted (倒置的) Y-shaped tube with an exit above each platform. Not knowing which platform the rock was going to hit meant the chimpanzees would behave differently. Thirteen of the 15 were more likely to steady both platforms to protect both pieces of food.

“To my knowledge, they’re the first non-human animals who demonstrate competence in a task measuring the representation of alternative possibilities,” says Engelmann.

“The representation of alternative possibilities is fundamental to many cognitive capacities that humans are proud of, like creativity and morality,” says Engelmann. “It’s quite exciting to think that there might be an evolutionary history to this ability as well.”

1. What are paragraphs 3 and 4 mainly about?

A．The process of the experiments.	B．The background of the experiments.
C．The significance of the experiments.	D．The equipment of the experiments.

2. Why did the researcher drop a rock through the tube in the first experiment?

A．To attract the chimpanzees’ attention.	B．To keep the balance of the platform.
C．To see how the chimpanzees would react to it.	D．To prevent the chimpanzees accessing the food.

3. What does Engelmann think of the finding of the experiments?

A．Puzzling.

B．Thrilling

C．Embarrassing

D．Disappointing

4. What can we learn from the experiments?

A．Chimpanzees demonstrate the ability to think ahead.

B．Cognitive capacities matter in chimpanzees’ evolution.

C．Modal reasoning is an ability unique to human beings.

D．Chimpanzees have formed a sense of creativity and morality.

7 . Recently, a research team from Nanjing Agriculural University has rolled out Xunzi — a large language model (LLM)

Wang Dongbo, the leader of the research team, said that the large language model was named after Xunzi because Xunzi was not only an outstanding Confucian philosopher during the late Warring States Period (475 — 221 BC), but also a pioneer in presenting and explaining theories of linguistics in ancient China.

When asked why he and his team made the large language model, Wang explained, “Traditional Chinese characters, vertical layout (竖版), the absence of pausing and punctuation are all barriers that readers have to overcome when they read traditional texts.”

To create Xunzi the LLM,Wang and his team first needed to do a lot of research. Since 2013, his team has worked tirelessly to digitize Chinese classics like the Siku Quanshu.

“The hard work involves a large-scale corpus (语料库) of two billion Chinese characters, which has laid a solid foundation for the large language model,” said Wang. But their efforts seem to have paid off.

Now Xunzi the LLM can tag (标记), translate, punctuate, and understand scraps (片段) of ancient Chinese texts. It can even do part-of-speech analysis and retrieve (检索) specific information, such as names, events, and places from a text.

Through Xunzi's retrieval function,users can get more specifie cultural information. “The model can help us mine for more information hidden in our cultural legacy and find unnoticed models and connections,” said Wang. But Wang and his team aren't simply focused on target users in China. They are aiming at the rest of the world as well. They have shared the LLM on GitHub and other websites, allowing users to download and use it for free.

“Our team is committed to the philosophy of making our data and model globally accessible. We hope this will encourage more people to appreciate traditional Chinese culture,” Wang explained.

1. Why was the language model created?

A．To appreciate the philosophy of Xunzi.	B．To simplify traditional Chinese characters.
C．To help read ancient Chinese texts easily.	D．To digitize more ancient Chinese classics.

2. What can Xunzi the LLM currently do?

A．Establish a large-scale corpus.

B．Correct people's pronunciation.

C．Recommend the works of Xunzi.

D．Turn ancient texts into modern versions.

3. What does the underlined phrase “mine for” in paragraph 7 mean?

A．Dig out.	B．Look through.
C．Turn to.	D．Put forward.

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

A．Xunzi: An Influential Scholar in Ancient China

B．LLM Released for Ancient Chinese Book Research

C．Traditional Chinese Culture Regaining Attention

D．An Innovative Way to Know about Chinese History

8 . The hottest year on record is coming to a close, emissions of planet-warming gases are still rising globally, and the most ambitious climate goal set by world leaders is all but impossible to meet, according to a new analysis by the United Nations.

Between 2021 and 2022, global greenhouse gas emissions grew about 1%, the analysis finds. Emissions need to fall as quickly as possible to avoid catastrophic climate impacts such as uncontrollable sea level rise, unsurvivable heat in some areas and mass extinction of plants and animals.

Right now, the world is headed for at least 4.5℉ of warming this century compared to global temperatures in the late 1800s. It is assumed that countries will do everything they have currently promised under the Paris Agreement, including things that some governments have said they’ll only do if wealthy countries follow through on promises to help foot the bill, for example, helping to pay for renewable energy infrastructure in less wealthy nations. If such conditions aren’t met, the planet is headed for more than 5°F of warming, the analysis finds.

The new range is ever so slightly lower than predicted in last year’s analysis, which reflects the very slow progress that humanity is making on slowing emissions and controlling future warming. Even the lower end of the current projected temperature range — 4.5°F of warming — is extremely high. And the lower target is likely out of reach entirely at this point — a finding that is backed up by another recent study.

The new analysis emphasizes once again that controlling oil, gas and coal operations is key to controlling global warming. It finds that, if humans extract (提取) and burn all the oil, gas and coal currently in development worldwide, countries would collectively emit enough greenhouse gases to basically hit the higher temperature target under the Paris Agreement. That means all new oil, gas and coal extraction is essentially incompatible (对立的) with avoiding harmful warming later this century. Right now, many countries including the United States are still allowing new fossil fuel extraction.

1. What does the underlined word “catastrophic” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Limited.

B．Invisible.

C．Ruinous.

D．Controllable.

2. What is a worrying situation the world faces now according to the text?

A．Solutions to global warming aren’t clear.

B．The world is heading to a warmer future.

C．Countries are unwilling to make promises.

D．The temperature target is unrealistically high.

3. What is the author’s attitude towards the USA’s current move?

A．Indifferent.

B．Optimistic.

C．Cautious.

D．Critical.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．A new analysis is calling for all the countries to reach an agreement.

B．Fossil fuel extraction control is far from a solution to pollution.

C．The huge impacts of global warming are predictable but uncontrollable.

D．The world is far behind on controlling planet-warming pollution.

9 . Four Best Christmas Markets in Italy

Bolzano

Bolzano market is one of the largest in Italy and one of the first markets in the country. It is the ideal place to join the festive activities. You’ll find a large Christmas tree decorated with lights. Besides, there are little wooden houses filled with traditional gifts, candles, crafts and so much more which can give a medieval (中世纪的) feeling.

Turin

The market in Turin is a traditional Italian Christmas market and one of the first markets in the country. It is decorated with Christmas lights and decorations. Here you’ll find hand-made goods in a typical Piedmontese style as well as famous chocolates from Turin.

Venice

Piazza San Marco is home to Venice’s Christmas market. During this time the city turns into a small Christmas village with unique decoration, lights and lots of cheers. There are dozens of Christmas trees as well as little wooden shops and visitors from all around the world. Shops offer the best treats you’ll ever taste, traditional street food and hand-made goods.

Milan

One of the longest running Christmas markets in Milan, is a sight worth seeing. The market dates back to the 1500s when it was once an event to allow locals to pay their respects to Sant’ Ambrogio. Today, there are over 300 stalls (货摊) decorated with lights and selling hand-made goods.

There are so many Christmas markets to enjoy. Start planning your Italy escape today. Are you ready to get into the festive spirit?

1. What do Bolzano and Turin have in common?

A．Both are the earliest created markets in Italy.

B．Both make visitors feel in the Middle Ages.

C．Both provide hand-made chocolates.

D．Both sell gifts in wooden houses.

2. What is special about Venice?

A．Its history.	B．Its decoration.
C．Its traditional sea food.	D．Its local people.

3. Which place suits visitors who want to enjoy it for a few more days?

A．Bolzano.

B．Turin.

C．Venice.

D．Milan.