1 . 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。

The clock read 11 p.m. and I was still in the lab but I couldn’t focus. But going home wasn’t an option. My adviser had required me and the rest of my lab mates to stay in the lab until she had time to read all of our reports. She had decided she wanted to meet early with each of us to discuss the single-paragraph descriptions of our work. We waited dutifully as each lab member took their turn. None of us dared to leave or to challenge our boss. I didn’t get home until 1:30 a.m.

It was one more reminder that I should have been more careful when selecting a graduate adviser. Unfortunately, I was foolish enough not to give the directing style a second thought. I was simply happy to have received an offer.

Part of the problem was that I had limited options. I moved to the United States with my husband, who had a good job in a particular city. It had only one university, with only one department that really interested me. So I started to volunteer in a research lab there.

I was a regular attendee at departmental discussion groups, and that was where I met my future adviser. After she presented a meeting, I approached her and we set up a time to chat. We had a productive discussion about her research. Later, I went to dinner with her lab group.

I didn’t pick up any signs of trouble, although one person who worked in a lab that shared space with hers did tell me about coming across one of her lab members crying in the break room. I ignored that warning sign. Within a few weeks, the staff member offered me a position in her lab as a master’s student. The opportunity seemed too good to pass up. I hoped it would work out.

It wasn’t long before reality set in. Group meetings were terrible. Our adviser was often angry.

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。

The situation disappointed me.

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A year later, I finally had the opportunity to change my adviser with a different lab.

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2 . 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。

Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers is a well-known ancient Chinese painting. It was created by Wang Ximeng of the Song Dynasty (960—1279), and it has inspired many     1     (culture) products, including a new dance drama, Only Blue and Green.

The drama’s directors are Zhou Liya and Han Zhen,     2     jointly produced the highly-praised drama, The Eternal Wave.

When the famous painting     3     (exhibit) by the Palace Museum in 2017, the two directors were among the hundreds     4     visitors. They didn’t expect such an experience would lead them to create Only Blue and Green.

“As it lacks dramatic conflicts, it is difficult     5     (let) our new production tell a story like The Eternal Wave. We tried to poetically present     6     (character) based on Chinese aestheticism(美学)，” Zhou said.

Their team made every effort to bring the beauty of the painting and     7     (it) creator’s story to the audience     8     (accurate) by consulting many experts from the Palace Museum and     9     (look) up a lot of data.

“We are proud that dance dramas can also carry on our traditional culture,” Zhou said.

From Aug 20 to 22,     10     drama will be staged at the National Center for the Performing Arts and it will tour nationwide in September.

3 . How to Help Your Child Overcome Their Fear of Water

Your kids love bath time and seem excited about your family’s upcoming trip to the beach. But when you get to the beach, they scream, and won’t even dip their toes into the water.     1    , you are not alone. It is very common for young children to develop a fear of water and for parents to feel at a loss when their children have an unreasonable fear of water. Here are some suggestions you can try.

Talk It Out

It can be helpful to understand the reason behind your child’s fear. Some kids may be affected by a scary movie where they saw a monster living in the bottom of a lake or a pool.     2    , it may be easier to help them overcome their fear and feel more at ease in the water.

Fun Equipment

Some kids will feel more comfortable when going in with some equipment. For example, colorful goggles (护目镜), water wings with their favorite cartoon images on them, a life-jacket.     3    .

However, parents should never allow floating aids devices to give your children a false sense of security or use them as substitutes for hands-on supervision (监督).

One-On-One Swim Lessons

    4    . A kind, patient swimming instructor may just do the trick. They have tons of experience with this issue and their own tricks-of-the-trade (诀窍) when it comes to getting young children more comfortable in the water.

Get in With Them

Some kids are only comfortable if you get in the water with them. You can either carry them or hold their hands, and then gently ease yourself away. But even when you back away, never go too far.     5    .

A．If you know what they fear

B．If these sorts of scenes sound familiar to you

C．Meeting with a child psychologist can work wonders

D．These items can make them feel safer and more secure

E．Letting your child get used to the water gradually can be really helpful

F．You should stay within arm’s length of your inexperienced kids all the time

G．Some children will be more likely to listen to an adult other than their parents

4 . Have you ever seen an “ugly” oyster(牡蛎)? That is the term oyster farmers use for the sea animals whose shells get too large to sell to seafood restaurants. Each year, farmers grow oysters to just the right size so people at restaurants will enjoy eating them. If they get too big, restaurants no longer want to buy them.

So last year, when many seafood restaurants in the U.S. closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic(流行病), oyster farmers lost the chance to sell their products. Eventually, they had a lot of “uglies” and didn’t know what to do with them.

That was a big problem until a conservation program came to the rescue. The program is called Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration, or SOAR. It is buying more than 5 million oysters at the cost of about $2 million from farmers on the east coast of the U.S. and in Washington State.

Farmers take living oysters that are too big to sell and send them to places like the Great Bay in the northeastern state of New Hampshire. Oysters are placed in special locations called reefs(暗礁). Once they attach to the structures in the water, they can live for a number of years. They help create a good environment for other sea life. The hope is that the oysters will help clean the water and also have babies.

Lisa Calvo runs Sweet Amalia Oyster Farm in southern New Jersey. She said the program helped her business get through the pandemic and “stay afloat”.

Calvo started her farm about 20 years ago. She sells her oysters to restaurants close to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and those in the towns along the ocean in New Jersey. Oysters are ready to sell when they are about two years old. When all the restaurants started closing, she said she was “in a panic”.

She was able to earn about half the usual amount of money by selling her oysters to the program. That was better than nothing.

1. What is the problem with an “ugly” oyster?

A．It is too small.	B．It looks strange.
C．It is overgrown.	D．It is too large to catch.

2. Why are the “ugly” oysters placed into the sea again?

A．To save their lives.	B．To attract other sea life.
C．To produce more oysters.	D．To create a belter eco-environment.

3. What does the underlined phrase “stay afloat” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Take off.	B．Keep up.
C．Break up.	D．Fall down.

4. Which of the following best describes the program’s help to Calvo’s business?

A．All roads lead to Rome.	B．There are two sidles to everything.
C．Half a loaf is better than no bread.	D．Where there is a will, there is a way.

5 . Robots can deliver food on a college campus and hit the ball on the golf course, but even the most advanced robot can’t perform basic social interactions (交流) that are vital to everyday human life.

MIT researchers have now incorporated (使加入) certain social interactions into robotic framework, enabling machines to understand how to help or stop one another, and to learn to perform the social behavior on their own. In a simulated (模拟的) environment, a robot watches its companion, guesses what task it wants to accomplish, and then helps or stops it based on its own task. When the researchers show the interaction videos of the robots to the human viewers, they think their model creates realistic and predictable social interactions.

Enabling robots to exhibit social skills could lead to smoother and more positive human-robot interactions. For instance, a robot in an assisted living facility could use these capabilities to help create a more caring environment for elderly individuals. The new model may also enable scientists to measure social interactions quantitatively, and can help psychologists study autism (自闭症) or analyze the effects of antidepressants(抗抑郁药).

“Robots will live in our world soon and they really need to learn the way we communicate. They need to understand when it is time for them to help and when it is time for them to take action to prevent something from happening. This is very early work and we are barely scratching the surface, but I think this is the first very serious attempt to understand the meaning of human and machine interactions,” says Boris Katz, head of the InfoLab Group in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).

1. What can robots do today?

A．Talk with humans freely.	B．Measure social interactions.
C．Perform basic social skills.	D．Finish basic instructed tasks.

2. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．The ways of developing robots’ social skills.

B．The popularization of robots using social skills.

C．The significance of developing robots’ social skills.

D．The future of robots which have social skills.

3. What does Boris think of the research of robots’ communication skills?

A．Simple but urgent.	B．Shallow and meaningless.
C．Successful but old-fashioned.	D．Challenging but promising.

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

A．Future Robots on Campus	B．Giving Robots Social Skills
C．Connecting Robots with Medicine	D．New Research about Artificial Intelligence

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the weather like in the southeast of the country?

A．Rainy.

B．Sunny.

C．Dry.

2. What will the highest temperature be in the north?

A．26℃.

B．23℃.

C．20℃.

3. In which part are the temperatures about average for the season during the day?

A．The north.

B．The south.

C．The southeast.

4. What will the weather be like in the north tomorrow?

A．Sunny.

B．Rainy.

C．Foggy.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How many meals can one have each day on Meal Plan 1?

A．3.

B．2.

C．1.

2. Why does Mark want to give up Meal Plan 1?

A．He wants to cook by himself.

B．He will move to another school.

C．He doesn’t want to waste money.

3. When does the conversation take place?

A．In the first week of the semester.

B．In the middle of the semester.

C．At the end of the semester.

4. What will the woman do?

A．Give the refund to Mark.

B．Ask for Mark’s parents’ opinion.

C．Give part of the money back to Mark’s parents.

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where will the speakers put the ads?

A．On the Internet.

B．In a magazine.

C．On TV.

2. When will the ads be posted?

A．From Monday to Friday.

B．On Saturdays and Sundays.

C．From Friday through Monday.

3. What does the man think of the woman’s idea?

A．It’s ridiculous.

B．It’s excellent.

C．It needs to be improved.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What kind of person is Stan?

A．He’s always ready to help others.

B．He never makes a special effort to help others.

C．He’s unwilling to do extra work.

2. What will the man probably do?

A．Ask the woman more questions.

B．Ask the woman to look for Stan.

C．Give Stan a call.

10 .

Courses of Harvard University 2022-2023

An Introduction to Tai Chi This course bangs you how-to videos that teach 20 different moves. Although this centuries-old Chinese martial art may sound mysterious, recent studies show that it can help to strengthen your heart, lower blood pressure, and so on. Time: January 17, 2022 — January 17, 2023 Course fees: Free

The Business of China China will become the world’s largest economy by 2030. We explore the drivers of China’s growth, including traditional family firms. Internet start-ups and state-owned enterprises. This course offers business leaders the knowledge and skills needed to run their companies. Time: January 25 — May 15, 2022 Course fees: $1,880

Shakespeare’s Life and Works This course will introduce different kinds of literary analysis that you can use when reading Shakespeare. With short videos filmed in England and topics like different approaches to textual interpretation, you will learn how to unlock the meaning of Shakespeare’s plays. Time: March 30, 2022 — March 29, 2023 Course fees: Free (add an official certificate for $99)

The Walkable City J. Speck, author of the best-selling Walkable City, for a comprehensive two-day course on the most effective techniques and tools for reshaping places in support of walking, biking, and transport. The course will focus in great depth on the following strategies for making better places: Put Cars in Their Place, Welcome Bikes and so on. Time: June 13 — June 14, 2022 Course fees: $1,600

Create an account, choose your course and then register. The courses are available to all from every corner of the world.

1. If you want to keep fit which course will you choose?

A．The Business of China.	B．Shakespeare’s Life and Works.
C．An Introduction to Tai Chi.	D．The Walkable City.

2. What is special about the course The Business of China?

A．It is the only one related to China.	B．It is intended for business leaders.
C．It is about how to enjoy work.	D．It is taught by an economist.

3. What do the four courses have in common?

A．Lasting for more than a year.	B．Requiring signing up.
C．Charging high course fees.	D．Being open to students only.