1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why did the speaker go on the tour?

A．It was the prize of a competition.

B．John asked her to go with him.

C．It was her travel plan.

2. What did the speaker dislike about the hotel?

A．The drinks.

B．The food.

C．The waiters.

3. What did the speaker think of the trip to the museum?

A．Disappointing.

B．Amazing.

C．Terrible.

4. What did the speaker do in the second week?

A．She rode an elephant.

B．She went to the mountains.

C．She relaxed in the hotel.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When did the man’s boss call Jeff?

A．In the morning.

B．In the afternoon.

C．In the evening.

2. How did Jeff explain everything?

A．Over the phone.

B．By e-mail.

C．In person.

3. Why didn’t Jeff come to the office on Tuesday?

A．He was sick.

B．He was off the day.

C．He was working somewhere else.

4. How does the woman sound in the end?

A．Excited.

B．Angry.

C．Surprised.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the speakers doing?

A．Discussing their schedule.

B．Packing for a journey.

C．Deciding on a present.

2. What does Jacques like doing?

A．Swimming.

B．Playing basketball.

C．Reading books on modern art.

3. What will the speakers most probably do next?

A．Find a basketball.

B．Leave home.

C．Call a taxi.

4 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两端，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

Being sent to New York to help develop a new project, my parents would be too busy to look after me. So they decided to drive me to the village where my grandpa lived. He had been a teacher in a high school before he retired 3 years ago. I haven’t seen my grandfather for a long time. I could only remember he was a serious, well-dressed and handsome man.

When Mum pulled in the driveway, Grandpa Michael was weeding his garden. He stood up and greeted us with wide-open arms. In his muddy gloves and jeans, he looked nothing like the grandfather I remembered. I wasn’t expecting him to look so different.

After the hugs and kisses, Grandpa couldn’t wait to show off his garden, pointing out his almost-ripe tomatoes and complaining about the rabbits eating his lettuce. The man who had been devoted himself for ages to helping his students improve their grades, form good habits or change their bad behaviour now cared so much about gardening. He used to be a perfect teacher but now he was only a perfect gardener.

Mum returned, leaving only Grandpa and me. I was a little nervous as if we were strangers. My grandpa was a little, too. “Are you hungry? Let’s prepare for our dinner together, OK?” My grandpa turned to me and said proudly, “Now, Adam, you know I am very good at making pasta（意大利面）with delicious sauce. Would you like to try?” I eagerly nodded. “That’s good!” Grandpa said. “We’ll make some.”

We pulled up some vegetables from the garden, and then drove 15 miles to the nearest grocery, where Grandpa bought cheese and nuts. On the drive home Grandpa told me his students all liked the pasta he cooked especially the sauce.

Then Grandpa showed me how to mix eggs with flour to make pasta and then how to prepare the sauce. When everything was ready, he proudly served me a large plate of pasta. I put a forkful into my mouth and it was just terrible.

Paragraph 1:

“So,” Grandpa said, his eyes shining, “what do you think?”

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Paragraph 2:

My grandpa hugged me warmly.

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5 . Are You Emotional Intelligent?

They’re curious about people. It doesn’t matter if they’re introverted（内向的）or extroverted, emotionally intelligent people are curious about everyone around them.     1     —much of emotional intelligence comes down to social awareness, for example, the ability to read other people, know what they’re about, and understand what they’re going through.

They are difficult to offend. If they have a firm grasp of whom they are, it’s difficult for someone to say or do something that easily gets them annoyed.    2    , High EQ individuals keep their feelings in control. When they need to meet an annoying person, they approach the situation reasonably. They identify their own emotions and don’t allow anger or frustration to fuel chaos.

    3    . Emotionally intelligent people master their emotions because they understand them, and they use an extensive vocabulary of feelings to do so. While many people might describe themselves as simply feeling “bad,” emotionally intelligent people can clearly explain whether they feel “irritable,” “frustrated,” or “anxious.” The more specific your word choice, the better insight you have into exactly how you are feeling, what caused it, and what you should do about it.

They limit their caffeine intake. Drinking excessive amounts of caffeine leads to the release of adrenaline（肾上腺素）, which is the source of the fight-or-flight response. The fight-or-flight mechanism avoids reasonable thinking in favor of a faster response to survival.    4    , but not so great when they are responding to a curt（唐突无礼的）e-mail.

When making plans with friends or family, they will say their schedule is “flexible”, rather than “empty” or “free”.    5    , while not placing any hard limits.

A．And they are good judges of character

B．This is excellent when a bear is chasing you

C．They have a powerful emotional vocabulary

D．This can control the length or frequency of any activities

E．They are also quite important to the people around them

F．Self-confidence and open-mindedness create a pretty thick skin

G．This makes emotionally intelligent people as perfect as possible

6 . When my father and I traveled to Paris, Notre Dame was our first stop. But when we arrived at Notre Dame, we saw a long line outside it. Even so, we didn’t want to _________. We decided to go to the back garden of Notre Dame where there were few tourists.

Immersed in the beautiful natural scenery, we wanted to take some _________ photos. As we tried to find a photographer, a tall, slim Frenchman _________ toward us and showed us he was willing to take pictures for us.

Trying to get the perfect shot, he kept changing the _________ of the camera. However, after a few _________, he didn’t return our camera. His behavior confused us. But after a while, it became _________. He asked for 10 euros as payment before he would return our camera.

At that point, I was so angry that I _________ to argue with him. But my father stopped me and paid the money, with a(n)_________ expression on his face, the man walked away quickly to search for his next _________.

Later, my father __________ to me: There’s no such thing as a free lunch. So it’s __________ to ask for a payment after taking photos for us. But if someone offers to help you, never __________ the kindness just because of this particular event. Most acts of kindness are pure and without any __________ intention.

__________, we met a lot of warm-hearted locals who guided us and lent a hand when we needed them. So just remember, we can’t throw away the __________ because of its core.

1.

A．set out

B．miss out

C．put aside

D．come about

2.

A．memorable

B．adorable

C．available

D．remarkable

3.

A．marched

B．headed

C．limped

D．wandered

4.

A．angel

B．eagle

C．angle

D．edge

5.

A．signposts

B．laps

C．shots

D．films

6.

A．shallow

B．visible

C．ridiculous

D．clear

7.

A．attempted

B．planned

C．expected

D．hesitated

8.

A．awkward

B．satisfied

C．indifferent

D．disgusting

9.

A．purpose

B．target

C．agent

D．clerk

10.

A．complained

B．claimed

C．explained

D．argue

11.

A．forgivable

B．necessary

C．unusual

D．convenient

12.

A．ignore

B．judge

C．cease

D．reject

13.

A．negative

B．harmless

C．critical

D．genuine

14.

A．Apparently

B．Luckily

C．Gradually

D．Eventually

15.

A．banana

B．object

C．item

D．apple

7 . Ask any cat person to describe their cat friend, and they’ll likely affectionately say “jerkface”（小讨厌）. Cat people also know, however, that each little jerkface is its very own peculiar self.

According to a new research, each cat’s personality and behavior can be defined using a combination of just seven traits. The research was undertaken by way of a 138-question survey, posted on animal welfare website Petsofi, and filled out by the cats’ owners. This is because cats can behave very differently in a laboratory environment than the way they behave at home, so observing them in an experiment could produce inaccurate results.

The questionnaire asked people to enter, among other things, their cat’s sex, age, breed, coat color, and main activity. The humans were also asked to fill out the questionnaire a second time after a break had passed. This allowed the researchers to measure the accuracy of the reports by comparing the two surveys. The final sample consisted of 4,316 cats. From these, the researchers were able to narrow cat traits down to five personality traits and two behavioral traits:

Activity/playfulness

Fearfulness

Aggression（侵犯）towards humans

Sociability towards humans

Sociability towards cats

Litterbox issues（such as refusing to use the litterbox, or using it poorly）

Excessive grooming（臭美型）

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the results also revealed that different breeds skew towards（偏向）different personality traits. “The most fearful breed was the Russian Blue, while the Abyssinian was the least fearful,” says veterinary scientist Hannes Lohi of the University of Helsinki. “The Bengal was the most active breed, while the Persian and Exotic were the most passive. The breeds exhibiting the most excessive grooming were the Siamese and Balinese, while the Turkish Van breed scored considerably higher in aggression towards humans and lower in sociability towards cats.”

1. In which way could the research be undertaken?

A．By voting on an animal welfare website.

B．By filling out a form of different cat traits.

C．By finishing a survey about cats twice.

D．By answering the questionnaire in public.

2. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A．The whole research is an experiment on an animal welfare website Petsofi.

B．Cats may present quite different action without their owners aside.

C．The survey in the research contained 138 questions about how to provide welfare.

D．A laboratory environment could generate better results than in real life.

3. The following traits are mentioned in examples EXCEPTA

A．Sociability towards humans and Sociability towards cats.

B．Aggression towards humans and Excessive grooming.

C．Activity/Playfulness and Fearfulness.

D．Fearfulness and Aggression towards humans.

4. What do we know about cats according to the passage?

A．Humans dislike cats so that they affectionately call them “jerkface”.

B．There are seven personality traits of them in all among 4,316 samples.

C．The questionnaire asked people to describe the interaction between cats and them.

D．The traits of cats are defined through behavior and individuality.

8 . Across the developing world, homeowners, farmers, and businesses are turning to cheap, secondhand solar to fill power gaps left by governments and utilities. To meet that demand, businesses ranging from individual sellers on Facebook to specialized brokerages are getting into the trade.

Earlier this month, Marubeni Corp., one of Japan’s largest trading houses, announced that it’s establishing a blockchain-based market for used solar panels（太阳能板）. Collectively, these businesses will likely play a crucial role in bringing renewable energy to the world’s emerging markets（新兴市场）—and keeping high-tech waste out of the trash.

In 2016, the International Renewable Energy Agency estimated that as much as 78 million tons of solar-panel waste will be generated by 2050. That’s almost certainly an undercount. Over the past decade, falling prices and improved efficiency in newer models have offered a strong incentive to replace solar panels earlier than their intended lifespan. By one estimate, those upgrades could lead to 50 times more waste than the agency has predicted within five years.

In developed countries, recycling-not reuse and resale-tends to be the natural response to managing such waste. But there are two problems with recycling unwanted solar panels. First, doing so is far costlier than simply burying them. Second, waste solar panels often aren’t waste, they’re just degraded by time in the sun or less efficient than newer models. They may not be good enough for San Francisco homeowners and advanced utilities, but they work perfectly well for anyone in a sunny climate in need of stable, off-grid（离输电网）power who doesn’t want to pay full price.

That’s potentially a huge market. Between 2010 and 2019, the number of people living without electricity declined from 1.2 billion to 759 million in developing countries. Some of that gap was closed by new power lines and other transmission facilities. But most of it was achieved by installing used solar panels to power a village, farm or even a single home. As of last year, 420 million people got their electricity from off-grid solar systems. By 2030, according to the World Bank, that number could nearly double.

1. What does the underlined word “incentive” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Motivation.

B．Ability.

C．Debate.

D．Chance.

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．Newer models of solar panels have longer lifespan than the old ones.

B．Newer models of solar panels can produce less waste.

C．Upgrading solar panels to the newer models is commonly accepted in developed countries.

D．Unwanted solar panels can not function perfectly in developing countries.

3. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about concerning used solar panels?

A．Outstanding achievement.	B．Electricity system.
C．Statistical data.	D．Academic survey.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．The Benefits of Developing Solar Panels

B．The History of the Solar Panels Using

C．Used Solar Panels are Powering the Developing World

D．Unwanted Solar Panels will be recycled

9 . After dinner, my family sat in the living room, chatting about a hit. Thousands of people spent Thursday—a Valentine’s Day of sorts in China—searching not only for Mr. or Mrs. Right, but also for Mr. and Mrs. Left.

My father informed us that second goods App Xianyu, owned by e-commerce giant Alibaba, organized “blind dates” pairing users who had misplaced one of their wireless earphones with others who had lost the opposite earbud. “Your cousin, an overseas student, participated in the activity,” he added.

Afterwards, my dad surfed the Internet over the iPhone and showed a video in the App Xianyu to us. “Dear friends, it’s a special day today,” read the event’s announcement, referring to May 20, a date associated with romance in China because its pronunciation sounds similar to “I love you” in Mandarin. In a twinkling, Bullet screen (弹幕) appeared in the video. With the rising popularity of wireless earphones such as Apple’s AirPods, over 130,000 earpieces went missing in 2020, resulting in their owners having no choice but to sell the remaining one. This year, the figure of abandoned earbuds stood at a whopping 100,000 by mid-May. On the Internet I browsed some information. Right-side earbuds are apparently more faithful to their owners: In 56% of cases, sellers had lost their left Carphone.

Dad told us that the idea came from the lighthearted way Xianyu users have described their single earbuds, saying they were looking for an “in-law” for their “son” or “daughter”. Those, particularly with a charging case, said they already owned an “apartment” for the future couple.

“The young generation are good at making full use of their possessions and refuse to be wasteful,” my mother commented to us. “Besides single earphones, there’s also huge demand and supply for reuniting single gaming controllers, earrings, and gloves into a pair.”

With the passage of time, younger generations no longer see secondhand items as shabby.

1. Why did the author’s cousin take part in the activity?

A．To attend blind dates.	B．To pair the earbud.
C．To make some friends.	D．To collect big data.

2. What are more loyal to their owners in the passage?

A．Right earbuds.

B．Left earbuds.

C．AirPods.

D．Applications.

3. What is the function of “apartment” in paragraph 4?

A．A son-in-law can be provided with accommodation.

B．A daughter-in-law can be provided with accommodation.

C．The pairing earbuds can be charged fully in the apartment.

D．Xianyu users can learn about some useful in formation.

4. Which of the following best describes the young generation from the mother’s comments?

A．Mean.

B．Curious.

C．Committed.

D．Economical.

10 . 请写一篇英语短文介绍长隆海洋公园（Chimelong Ocean Kingdom)。内容包括：
1.长隆海洋公园，位于长隆的南部；
2.面积超过132万平方米，是世界上最大的海洋公园；
3.2014年1月28日建园，已经成为国内著名的旅游景点之一；
4.游客可以体验惊险之旅和观看各种表演；
5.长隆海洋公园还为其提供的教育项目而自豪。
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以便行文连贯。
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