1 . Discovering your passion is a journey of self-exploration and understanding. It involves delving into your innermost thoughts and feelings to find what truly ignites (点燃) your spark.
Reflect on your experiences
Look back on your life and identify moments that have brought you joy, fulfillment, or a sense of purpose. Think about the activities, people, or causes that have excited you in the past.
Experiment with new hobbies, skills, or activities. Try something that piques (激起) your curiosity or that you’ve always been interested in but never had the chance to explore. This could be anything from learning a new language to taking up a sport or trying an artistic medium.
Listen to your emotions
Surround yourself with supportive people
Seek out individuals who are passionate about their lives and who can inspire and encourage you. Surround yourself with a supportive network of friends, family, or mentors who can provide guidance and encouragement on your journey.
Embrace failure and setbacks
Discovering your passion isn’t always a smooth process.
| A．Explore your interests |
| B．Take an active role in developing your habits |
| C．You may encounter failure, setbacks, or even doubts |
| D．Find something that can really piques your curiosity |
| E．The following are tips to help you discover your passion |
| F．Pay attention to the emotions you experience throughout your day |
| G．These experiences can provide clues to what might ignite your passion |
2 . The title of “Aaron’s younger brother” was given to me at the age of six. It was a label stuck to me and all people had to do was to refer to the imaginary label and they would know how to address me. I wanted to defeat Aaron, whose fame had reduced me to a nameless tennis player. Then the day eventually approached.
As I shook Aaron's hand at the start of the match, I stared at him with determination. “I’m going to beat you today.” I gathered the confidence to claim over the outcome of the match. Aaron laughed carelessly as he turned his back towards me. For a brief moment, I regretted that display of over-confidence.
I nervously shifted my weight from one foot to the other. The tennis court seemed to stretch out further than usual. My sweaty hands tightened around my racket (球拍) — the fifth one passed down to me from Aaron.We entered into a heated fight. I was persevering as expected, and I was not sure how long it would take before I withdrew. We were down to the last round, neck and neck in points. I made a mistake, then Aaron leaped up, stretching his arm out. The sun cast his image over me, reminding me that I would always be walking in his shadow if I couldn’t prove myself.
I readied myself for the finishing blow, images of Aaron’s past matches flooding through my mind. I recalled the habit of his hit in the World Tennis Tournament, extending my arm to the left in anticipation of where the ball was going to land. The ball made contact with my racket and was lobbed(吊高球) over Aaron’s head. He could do nothing but witness his undefeated status being erased by his younger brother.
While I was still enjoying the unfamiliar feeling of victory, a man whom I recognised from a professional club approached me.“What is your name, son?” he asked. A smile spread across my face.
1. What used to trouble the writer?| A．The longing for recognition. | B．The eagerness to bear labels. |
| C．The desire to be a tennis player. | D．The hardship of physical training. |
| A．Defeated. | B．Anxious. | C．Optimistic. | D．Honored. |
| A．He adopted his usual trick in the match. |
| B．He purchased a tennis racket for the writer. |
| C．He had an obvious advantage in the last round. |
| D．He withdrew from the World Tennis Tournament. |
| A．The Price for One Mistake | B．From Nobody to Somebody |
| C．Why Brotherhood Matters | D．Aaron's Last-minute Victory |
3 . The Best Bike Tours in Barcelona
Street Art TourDuration: 3 hours
Your ride for the day is a beautiful handmade bamboo bicycle that will make you stand out among other cyclists! You can explore the colorful legacy (遗产) of street art and graffiti (涂鸦) in the Catalan capital, most of which can be found in the former industrial district of Poblenou.
Intimate E-Bike Tour with Tapas & WineDuration: 2.5 hours
Fancy a glass of wine in the very bar where Picasso staged his first art exhibition and the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca hung out with his friends? On this small-group tour, you’ll not only enjoy a wonderful bike ride around Barcelona’s Old Town but also get to stop for wine tasting at the famous Els 4Gats café restaurant, which first opened in 1897.
Hidden Parks & Playas TourDuration: 3 hours
The Hidden Parks & Playas Tour is a relaxed trip through the fashionable and relaxing district in Barcelona, which is full of urban parks and enjoys a long stretch of golden beaches. It is perfect for a cool afternoon cycle.
Gaudi E-Bike TourDuration: 4 hours
You can’t leave Barcelona without visiting Gaudi’s Park Guell. So why not jump on the only bike tour that takes you there? The park is packed with interesting features and the views over the city are exciting. That’s just the tip of the iceberg of this Gaudi Life & Legacy Tour that takes you to all of the architect’s greatest works, from his unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Família (unmissable!), to the UNESCO-listed mansions (大厦)Casa Milà and Casa Batlló.
1. What is special about the Street Art Tour?| A．It has the shortest duration. | B．It contains two different tour options. |
| C．It offers wonderful natural landscapes. | D．It provides handmade bicycles for riders. |
| A．Visit Picasso’ s art exhibition at any time. | B．Tour the beautiful Spanish countryside. |
| C．Stop at a historic restaurant for wine tasting. | D．Attend the event honoring poet Federico. |
| A．Street Art Tour. | B．Gaudi E-Bike Tour. |
| C．Hidden Parks & Playas Tour. | D．Intimate E-Bike Tour with Tapas & Wine. |
4 . 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%. |
| A．An international school. | B．An application. |
| C．A charity organization. | D．A private enterprises. |
| A．Internet and energy industries. |
| B．Tea trade and public administration. |
| C．Gardening technology and national defense. |
| D．Pet rescuing and information communication. |
| A．List data. | B．Give examples. | C．Make comparisons. | D．classify facts. |
5 . 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. |
| A．Staying in areas for silence. |
| B．Throwing uniforms casually. |
| C．Speaking English in math classes. |
| D．Entering the classroom in free time. |
| A．A test guide. | B．An academic newspaper. |
| C．A school website. | D．An educational magazine. |
6 . 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
7 . 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. |
| 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. |
| A．An art textbook. | B．A research paper. |
| C．An exhibition ad. | D．A travel brochure. |
8 . 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.
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●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.
●Go to the game, and make the most of being there. Watch closely.
● 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.
| 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. |
9 . 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. |
| 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. |
| A．Puzzling. | B．Thrilling | C．Embarrassing | D．Disappointing |
| 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. |
10 . 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. |
| A．Establish a large-scale corpus. |
| B．Correct people's pronunciation. |
| C．Recommend the works of Xunzi. |
| D．Turn ancient texts into modern versions. |
| A．Dig out. | B．Look through. |
| C．Turn to. | D．Put forward. |
| 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 |
