1 . 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。

On Friday evening, the 33rd Qingdao International Beer Festival opened     1     Qingdao, Shandong province.

The coastal city’s Party Secretary Lu Zhiyuan announced the     2     (open) of the 24-dayevent and Mayor Zhao Haozhi opened the symbolic first barrel (桶) of beer during the ceremony.

The event, which runs until August 6 at the Golden Beach Beer City in the city’s West Coast New Area, has introduced more than 2, 000 varieties of beer from more than 40 countries and regions.     3    (help) visitors enrich their experience, the festival has organized more than 300 music and sports     4    (event) on the theme of beer.

This year the festival launched China’s first beer-themed show, a great experience     5    combined sound, light, fireworks and     6     (variety) performances.

The festival is also on     7     occasion of the 120th anniversary (周年) of well-known Tsingtao Brewery (啤酒厂), with celebrations organized during the event. The Qingdao-based brewery established two huge beer tents,     8    (cover) 4, 500 square meters, which     9     (offer) beer, food and fine view.

Started in 1991, the festival has become a major event in the calendar of the city and become one of the four     10     (large) beer festivals in the world, including Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany.

2 . Literary (文学的) festivals are all over the UK and Ireland this month. Here are four of them.

Hay Festival

Set on the beautiful Wales-England border, this year’s Hay Festival includes travel writer Kapka Kassabova delivering the 2023 Jan Morris Lecture, Ray Mears discussing the British woodland, and Bear Grylls and Ranulph Fiennes celebrating a love of wild spaces. Author-led tours with Wayfair Walks explore the Brecon Beacons.

Date: From 25 May to 4 June

Guernsey Literary Festival

Celebrating great writing and big ideas in the beautiful island of Guernsey, this event includes activities such as a talk by Susie Dent centred on her book An Emotional Dictionary — Real Words For How We Feel, and family-focused drawing classes from painter Rob Biddulph. The festival also offers poetry competitions, writing workshops and the chance to stretch your legs on Guernsey’s coastal trails and nature walks.

Date: From 2 to 14 May

International Literature Festival Dublin

The ancient streets that were once inspiration for James Joyce, W·B Yeats and Oscar Wilde welcome Ireland’s leading literary festival this May. The 10-day event celebrates the best Irish and international writers, poets, playwrights and screenwriters. Book-themed guided walks are also offered.

Date: From 19 to 28 May

The Bath Festivals

Founded in 1948, The Bath Festivals is a year-round creative learning program that inspires and connects different people and communities through various activities. For example, we have Bath Contemporary Artists’ Fair in May and Bath Children’s Literature Festival in September. Our other year-round hands-on music and literature projects give children and young people opportunities to gain real-world experience.

1. Who will discuss the British woodland at Hay Festival?

A．Bear Grylls.	B．Ray Mears.
C．Ranulph Fiennes.	D．Kapka Kassabova.

2. When will the literary event be held in Guernsey?

A．From 2 to 14 May.	B．From 20 May to 4 June.
C．From 19 to 28 May.	D．From 25 May to 4 June.

3. What is unique about The Bath Festivals?

A．It mainly attracts adults.	B．It runs throughout the year.
C．It has a variety of activities.	D．It offers author-led city walks.

4 . Queen, a 3-year-old small dog, had been overlooked for almost 400 days in an animal shelter. When Scott Poore heard about how sad and _______ Queen had become from living in the shelter for so long, he decided to do what he could to draw some _______ to the homeless dog. He ended up _______ plenty of one-on-one time with Queen after he _______ moved into her kennel(狗窝).

Scott brought along a few belongings and bedding, which he _______ with Queen. He was _______ to live with her until she was adopted(收养). After seven days and seven nights, Queen found her forever home!

As everyone can _______, animal shelters are not a great place to get any _______. But all of Scott’s hardships were rewarded when a father and son saw a report about Queen and her new roommate and _______ to adopt her.

“I just want to thank them for opening up their home and their ________ for such a lovely dog who deserves a life in a(n) ________ home,” he said. “I had the ________ of meeting the father and the son and it’s going to be a ________ place for Queen.”

After Queen had ________ her people, this dog lover ________ to find the next animal who needs him.

1.

A．proud

B．hopeless

C．grateful

D．crazy

2.

A．conclusions

B．lessons

C．attention

D．comfort

3.

A．spending

B．wasting

C．ignoring

D．remembering

4.

A．extremely

B．fortunately

C．entirely

D．publicly

5.

A．agreed

B．compared

C．shared

D．fought

6.

A．disappointed

B．determined

C．embarrassed

D．frightened

7.

A．imagine

B．doubt

C．say

D．prove

8.

A．money

B．movement

C．rest

D．information

9.

A．pretended

B．refused

C．decided

D．regretted

10.

A．eyes

B．hearts

C．secrets

D．businesses

11.

A．loving

B．ugly

C．dark

D．untidy

12.

A．support

B．power

C．gift

D．pleasure

13.

A．terrible

B．poor

C．lonely

D．perfect

14.

A．attacked

B．controlled

C．rescued

D．found

15.

A．moved on

B．checked in

C．dressed up

D．turned out

5 . Few sights fill you with nostalgia (怀旧) like the fireflies dancing at night.     1    Their populations are declining around the world as the threats against them are increasing. Sara Lewis, an expert who studies the insects, offers tips on what you can do to ensure that fireflies will continue to light up your backyard.

Create a firefly habitat

    2     With about 2, 000 different species of fireflies, there’s a wide variety of environments in which they thrive (繁衍) —including wetlands, forests, and even city parks—which is why some species are more threatened than others. “You can recreate those conditions in your own backyard simply by leaving some leaf litter around the edges of your property, “ Lewis says. ”That’s a good microhabitat for fireflies.”

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Flashing lights are an important part in fireflies life. As the sun sets, male fireflies move around while flashing their lights to signal their interest. If a nearby female is interested, she flashes back from her position to the ground, and the males fly down to find her. “All of that has to happen for the next generation to survive,” says Lewis. “However, light pollution makes those scenes much harder to see. It’s like cutting a phone line. It really stops the romance.     4    You can draw your curtains shut at night and turn off the lights completely when possible.”

Stop using pesticides (杀虫剂)

Using pesticides in your yard also poses an existential threat to fireflies, which are insects after all.     5    . Scientists are researching alternatives to chemical pesticides that could target specific species, like mosquitoes, while leaving other insects unharmed.

A．Reduce light pollution

B．Make a fire in the open air

C．Luckily, there are some solutions

D．But these beloved insects are in trouble

E．The living conditions of fireflies are getting better

F．The biggest threat facing fireflies today is the loss of their habitats

G．Most of the pesticides will kill less-beloved insects as well as fireflies

7 . 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。

Baby Blue Tail was a tiny little yellow fish with a blue tail, and that is why his parents named him Baby Blue Tail. Every day, Baby Blue Tail enjoyed playing with his friends and family in the middle of the blue and deep ocean.

One night, one of his friends disappeared. Baby Blue Tail got so worried and scared. The next day, when Baby Blue Tail was sleeping, nine more friends went missing. At this point, Baby Blue Tail got terrified and told his mom.

Baby Blue Tail and his mom decided to stay up all night to see what had happened to Baby Blue Tail’s friends. Suddenly, Baby Blue Tail saw a big fish taking away his dad while he was sleeping. Baby Blue Tail was very sad to find out that this was the big fish taking everyone away.

“Oh no! He might have eaten everyone,” said Baby Blue Tail, while expressing his upset to his mom. In the morning, Baby Blue Tail and his mom decided to explore the ocean more to stop the big fish from taking his family and friends. Baby Blue Tail laid out a plan, and he told his mom that they could hide and follow the big fish. At night, Baby Blue Tail and his mom hid in a coral(珊瑚), and the big fish appeared, but the big fish did not find anyone in the house. After searching for a while, the big fish left.

Baby Blue Tail and his mom followed the big fish. While they were following the big fish, they saw people, on the shore, throwing plastic waste into the ocean. Baby Blue Tail saw a lot of dead fish and other sea creatures. Finally, the big fish led them to a beautiful part of the ocean, where people used eco-friendly bags and cleaned the ocean every week. There were rainbows, happy sea creatures and corals.

Baby Blue Tail whispered and asked his mom, “Who is the big fish?” A voice from behind them said, “Turn around.” When Baby Blue Tail and his mom turned around... IT WAS THE BIG FISH.

注意：1．续写词数应为150个左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

The big fish said, “My name is Baby Shelly.”

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“You are a good fish,” said Baby Blue Tail excitedly.

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9 . 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。

Yesterday I was in a bad mood because of losing my job. I tried to find something else to do to make myself feel better. I went shopping for a pair of trainers to replace the old pair I have been wearing for too long. I would have replaced them months ago but I am one of those women who hate shopping. I hate the crowds and the heat in the shops, but mostly I hate the waiting line.

I was happy as I found my trainers very quickly, but my happiness soon disappeared when I found myself in a very long line for the payment.

This line was long and snaking around a corner. I do hate waiting but I find the best way to pass the time is to talk to the person behind me.

So I turned around and told the woman behind me that the line was looking very long and joked that I hoped we could all hang on.

She laughed and agreed. I caught an English accent(口音)as she spoke, so being a person from Liverpool in England myself, I immediately asked her where she was from.

She rewarded me with a sharp look and said, “England. ”

Immediately I realized that I had accidentally offended(冒犯)her—she was black and thought I was referring to her colour. I told her I was from Liverpool and had noticed her English accent.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150个左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

She laughed then and continued chatting.

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The line seemed to disappear slowly as we exchanged some information about our life.

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10 . Amur tigers, also known as Siberian tigers, are interesting animals. They are the biggest cats in the world. A full-grown Amur tiger can weigh over 600 pounds. Unlike lions that live in groups, tigers are solitary animals. Tigers also have very good eyesight and hearing. Its eyesight is six times better than a human’s.

Amur tigers live in the forests located in the Russian Far East and northeastern China. They have a thick yellow fur coat with black stripes(条纹). Their stripes are like human fingerprints. Every tiger has a different and unique stripe pattern. Tigers use their striped coat to hide themselves from the animals they hunt. Their thick fur and a thick layer of fat keep them warm during the long, cold winters in the forest.

As powerful and quiet hunters, Amur tigers usually hunt at night. Sometimes these tigers travel hundreds of miles looking for food. They hunt deer and wild boar(野猪) that live in the forest. They also hunt smaller types of bears. A hungry Amur tiger can eat more than 50 pounds in one night.

Today, Amur tigers are an endangered species. People illegally hunt Amur tigers. Amur tigers are also still in danger because the forests they live in are being destroyed. Illegal logging(砍伐) and new roads destroy their forest homes. It makes it hard for the tigers to find food. It also makes it difficult for the tigers to travel for long distances. They almost disappeared forever at the beginning of the 20th century—They were hunted until only 40 tigers remained in the wild.

Countries like Russia then began to protect these big cats. They made it illegal to hunt them and tried to protect their forest habitat. After these changes, the number of Amur tigers living in the wild increased. Scientists believe there are about 540 Amur tigers living in the wild today.

1. What does the underlined word “solitary” in the first paragraph mean?

A．Scary.

B．Smart.

C．Nonsocial.

D．Big.

2. What can we learn about Amur tigers?

A．They feature the same stripe pattern.	B．They have bad eyesight and hearing.
C．They have no need to hide themselves.	D．They often go hunting when night falls.

3. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．Methods and effects of tiger protection.

B．The number of tigers in various countries.

C．The differences in the living habits of tigers.

D．Reasons for tigers becoming endangered animals.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Where Do Amur Tigers Live?	B．The Interesting but Endangered Amur Tigers
C．The World’s Largest Lions	D．How Many Tigers Are Left in the World?