1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When did David come back last night?

A．At 6:00 pm.

B．At 7:00 pm.

C．At 8:30 pm.

2. Why did David go out last night?

A．To watch a movie.

B．To read in a library.

C．To have some discussions.

3. What does David suggest the woman do?

A．Apply to work for the club.

B．Contact Lucy for more information.

C．Learn more about the neighborhood.

2 . Why is George late?

A．He missed the bus.

B．His bike broke down.

C．He had to change clothes.

3 . 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。

Yiwu’s market bounces back after three difficult years

Orders from all over the world     1     (flood) into Yiwu factories since earlier this month, a snapshot of global trade in the post-pandemic era     2     indicates a strong recovery for foreign trade in Zhejiang province in early 2023.

Statistics show that on Feb 2, 75,000 merchants     3     (participate) in the opening ceremony at Yiwu International Trade City — the world’s largest     4     (distribute) center for small commodities — placing orders on-site after almost three years of being unable to do so     5     person since the COVID-19 epidemic began.

Lu Qingrong, manager of the Jingrong Toy Company, said that orders have already been scheduled for May and June,     6     that this year’s sales are expected to be 30 percent     7     (high) than the previous two years.

For the past three years, Yiwu’s manufacturing companies     8     (devote) more energy to innovation and quality as they have upgraded, in a bid to underpin steady and accelerated growth.

Lu added that Jingrong will focus on strengthening innovation and research     9     (satisfy) increasing demands and plans to launch at least 10 new products every week.

In addition, the company is currently adding more production lines, which will raise     10     (efficient) and is expected to increase production by 50 percent.

4 . A)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。

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2022-09-18 10:58

Air raid sirens echoed through the city of Shenyang, Liaoning province, at 9:18 am on Sunday     1     (remember) the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression 91 years ago.

More than 300 people from all walks of life, including veterans, students and local residents, participated in the commemoration in front of the square of Shenyang 9.18 Historical Museum.

The bell rang 14 times,    2     (represent) the 14 years during     3     the Chinese people fought the invaders. The period has been referred as the     4     (dark) days of modern China.

“The alarm of bell and siren is to salute the brave struggle of that year and warn     5     (we) to remember the history. We bear the future of our motherland, and should cherish the peaceful life,” said Wang Qiming, a local high school student.

On Sept 18, 1931, members of the Japanese Kwantung Army     6     (station) in northeastern China blew up a section of the railway near Liutiaohu and     7     (false ) accused the Chinese military of doing it. Using the incident as a pretext, the Japanese bombarded Shenyang and launched its     8     (invade) of China.

The museum     9     (build) in 1991 to mark the 60th anniversary of the 918 Incident. At present, it houses more than 1,000 precious historical photos and more than 3,000 sets of historical relics.     10     1995, Shenyang has been sounding an air defense alarm every year on this date.

5 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What should people do to rent a Nice Ride bike?

A．Show the ID card.

B．Download an app.

C．Get the membership card.

2. Which country has the largest bike-share program?

A．Australia.

B．The US.

C．China.

3. How does the US Department of Transportation support cycling?

A．Build on-street bike lanes.

B．Provide thousands of bikes.

C．Start bike-share programs.

4. Why does the speaker give this talk?

A．To seek advice for Nice Ride.

B．To raise money for bike-share programs.

C．To introduce the bike system in public places.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What did Landon succeed in doing?

A．Managing his own business.

B．Completing a degree in Computer.

C．Getting into a college.

2. How much does Jason’s school charge per year now?

A．$20,000.

B．$40,000.

C．$60,000.

3. What does the man think of college education?

A．It costs less now.

B．It isn’t necessary.

C．It is meaningful.

4. What are the speakers talking about?

A．What major to choose.

B．Whether to go to college.

C．How to pay for university.

7 . Professor Zhu Yunxia, an award-winning researcher and educator at the University of Queensland and has an international reputation in cross-cultural management and strategy, believes that anyone can learn to overcome cultural barriers with the right approach. She offers the following suggestions.

Be prepared for surprises.

One country might contain different cultures—China, for example, is composed of 56 ethnic groups—and within these, people may act in different ways in different contexts and with different groups of people.     1    

    2    

While speaking the language is not necessary to understand the culture, it is important to know basic greetings and courtesies (客气话) for social interaction such as “hello” and “thank you”. These everyday phrases and rituals (礼节) are entry points which allow you to access the culture. People will also appreciate that you have made the effort.

Learn to “make strange”.

In day-to-day life, we tend to take many of our own customs and behaviors for granted without recognizing that these might appear odd from others’ point of view.     3       

Use a “cultural bridge”.

The customs of another culture can be too strange or too foreign to understand.     4     “Cultural bridges” are people whose knowledge enriches our own and who can help us understand what’s going on. Having arrived as a Chinese student, Dr. Zhu has spent over 20 years in Australia but still sometimes seeks a second opinion from her daughter who was brought up here and occasionally calls up old friends for advice in China.

Don’t focus on yourself.

    5     Instead of giving in to thoughts such as “I’m a stranger in a foreign land” or “Nobody talks to me”, try to forget yourself and focus on others. By taking a more positive approach, you can even find ways to use cultural differences to your advantage.

A．Learn the“cultural grammar”.

B．Consequently, wait for the unexpected.

C．Develop and expand cooperative awareness.

D．Sometimes an “insider” can help us to bridge the gap.

E．Be open-minded and always try to aim for a win-win situation.

F．Being too self-conscious can harm your ability to interact and learn.

G．Learn to look at situations with fresh eyes, starting with our own culture.

8 . While Huawei’s official website does not call Mate 60 Pro a 5G smartphone, the phone’s wideband capabilities are on par with other 5G smartphones, raising a related question: As a leader in 5G technology, has Huawei managed to develop a 5G smartphone on its own?

The answer is not simple. Huawei, as a pioneer in global 5G communication equipment, has played a leading role in the commercialization of 5G technology, with its strong system design and fields such as baseband chips (基带芯片), baseband processors and 5G modems.

However, basebands and modems are not the only aspects that define 5G wireless communication. The stability and high-quality signals of a 5G smartphone also depend on other critical components such as RF transceivers (射频收发器) and RF front ends and antennas (天线) . These components are largely dominated by four US high-tech giants—Qualcomm, Avago Technologies, Ansem and Qorvo—which account for a surprising global market share.

Huawei has faced significant challenges in getting critical components because of the sanctions imposed by the United States which are primarily responsible for the inability of the Chinese company to launch 5G smartphones in the past three years. However, Mate 60 Pro, despite not being labeled a 5G device, exhibits mobile network speeds comparable to Apple’s latest 5G-enabled devices, offering a stable communication experience. This suggests Huawei has, over the past three years, overcome the 5G development and production limits due to the US sanctions by cooperating with domestic partners, and establishing an independent and controllable stable supply chain.

Considering that Huawei has not explicitly marketed this device as a 5G smartphone, it is possible that it is yet to fully overcome some key core technological and componential shortcomings. For the time being, we can consider Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro as 4.99G. But when combined with the satellite communication capabilities of Mate 60 Pro, it is clear Huawei has been trying to find more advanced wireless communication solutions for smartphones and making significant progress in this attempt. This should be recognized as a remarkable endeavor, even a breakthrough.

1. What do the underlined words “on par with” mean in Paragraph 1?

A．as poor as.

B．as good as.

C．worse than.

D．better than.

2. Why was it tough for Huawei to develop a 5G smartphone three years ago?

A．Its system design and fields needed to be updated.

B．It only focused on the commercialization of 5G technology.

C．It was unwilling to cooperate with high-tech giants in America.

D．It lacked critical components mainly controlled by US high-tech giants.

3. What does Paragraph 4 centre on?

A．The US sanctions.	B．Critical components.
C．Apple’s latest 5G-enabled devices.	D．Progress in Mate 60 Pro.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Huawei faced with significant challenges

B．Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro—a 5G smartphone

C．Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro—a remarkable breakthrough

D．Huawei leading in global 5G communication equipment

9 . 听下面一段长材料，回答以下小题。
1. What does the woman intend to do?

A．Develop some photos.

B．Get photos digitized.

C．Beautify the photos.

2. How much does the woman need to pay?

A．$300.

B．$240.

C．$150.

3. Why is a cardboard box recommended?

A．It is stronger.

B．It is cheaper.

C．It is lighter.

4. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．In a photo studio.

B．In a post office.

C．In an advertising company.

10 . The only science fiction that ever really caught my attention when I was growing up, besides Star Trek and Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land, was the novel Contact by Carl Sagan. When I was 15, I saw the 1997 film version of this. Later, as a 17­-year-­old adapting to my first semester (学期) at university, I read the book. Contact eventually became the gateway for me to try more popular science books.

One thing that interested me was the bitter fights the researchers got into with one another about their different ways of measuring the expansion rate of space­time. On second thoughts, maybe this was a lesson I was supposed to draw from Contact, but, at the time, I didn’t regard such politics as a scientist problem. Instead, what caught my attention was the portrayal of Eleanor “Ellie” Arroway, a scientist who searched for alien intelligence. In the film version, Ellie is seen listening to space using a pair of headphones connected to the Very Large Array (VLA)—a real facility in New Mexico.

Astronomers don’t really do this for the purposes of actual research because there is rarely any point. This is the kind of detail that is unimportant for the film of Contact, but how it portrays radio astronomy is one of the inaccuracies I occasionally hear scientists complain about. I was lucky enough to observe the behaviour of some water molecules (分子) in the Orion nebula (猎户座星云) using the VLA for my third­year lab course. We didn’t listen to the data. Instead, we processed it so that we could look at it.

That was probably the only time I ever excelled in the lab, and I was so excited to be a real­life Ellie Arroway. Later, I was forced to think more about the human aspects of my working experience. I witnessed unnecessarily heated arguments between scientists, complete with shouting and chalkboard punching (用拳猛击). But, thankfully, Contact had not only introduced me to the idea of radio astronomy as a possible career path, it had also given me a road map for remaining calm in the confused conflict of astronomical wonder and human politics.

1. What can be learned about the author in his teenage years?

A．He watched Contact’s film version in his freshman year.

B．His interest in science was inspired by Contact.

C．He read a wide range of science fiction books.

D．His favourite science fiction author was Robert Heinlein.

2. What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Detecting the sound of space.	B．Searching for alien intelligence.
C．Communicating with non­experts.	D．Visiting the VLA in New Mexico.

3. Why does the author mention his third­year lab course?

A．To demonstrate his strong interest in lab projects.

B．To explain why scientists sometimes make complaints.

C．To show his observations had achieved positive results.

D．To prove the film of Contact presented radio astronomy incorrectly.

4. What lesson did Contact teach the author?

A．How to grasp career opportunities.

B．How to get an excellent score on a lab course.

C．How to deal with conflicts between scientists.

D．How to explain the science of radio astronomy.