1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Which aspect of Eric Carle is mainly talked about?

A．Works painted by him.

B．Works written by him.

C．Works translated by him.

2. How many books did Eric Carle write for children?

A．Less than 50.

B．Over 90.

C．More than 70.

3. Which is Eric Carle’s most famous book?

A．The Grouchy Ladybug.

B．The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

C．The Mixed-Up Chameleon.

2 . Scientists in South Africa have found that ceramic (瓷的) nest boxes can protect endangered African penguins from climate change.

In the past, the penguins laid eggs in holes dug into centuries-old layers of their own droppings, most of which was shipped by traders to the United Kingdom as fertilizer (肥料) in the 1800s. Since then, many penguins have nested in the open, exposing their eggs and themselves to the burning heat.

Because penguins evolved to keep heat in cold water, they can easily overheat on land. Typically, penguins leave their nests regularly to cool off in the sea. But without proper holes, this leaves their eggs unprotected. Since 1900, the African penguin population has dropped from three million to only 48,000.

Fortunately, a team of researchers seem to have found a way. Over the past years, the team has put more than 1,500 handmade ceramic nest boxes in five areas where the penguins live, including Bird Island in Algoa Bay, South Africa, which is home to nearly half of the world’s remaining African penguins. Looking like small round houses, the double-walled ceramic nests can keep African penguins cool.

“The nests are so useful,” says Welman, a zoologist, “Even if adults had to leave nests for some reason, their eggs would never be at any risk of overheating.” Christina Hagen of Bird Life South Africa, who was not part of the study, says finding effective conservation solutions is important given the decreasing population of African penguins.

The main threat to African penguins is overfishing of anchovy and sardines, the penguins’ favorite food. Scientists and conservationists are pushing the South African government to close commercial fishing around the five African penguin breeding (繁殖) colonies until populations recover. But without protection from rising temperatures, those efforts alone may not be enough. Ceramic nests could help to give these beloved penguins a fighting chance.

1. What can we learn about African penguins from the passage?

A．They well adapt to high temperatures.

B．They are mainly threatened by pollution.

C．They are suffering a lot from overheating.

D．They have a population of over three million.

2. Why is Bird Island special to African penguins?

A．There is a vast population of African penguins.

B．It enjoys the best climate for African penguins.

C．African penguins there can nest in the open.

D．There are holes for penguins to lay eggs.

3. What is the main function of the ceramic nest boxes?

A．To allow the penguins to stay cool inside.

B．To protect the penguins from being hunted.

C．To provide a place for the penguins to rest.

D．To save enough room for the adult penguins.

4. What additional measure is being proposed to protect African penguins?

A．Creating more nesting areas for the penguins.

B．Stopping people fishing where the penguins breed.

C．Introducing new species of fish for the penguins.

D．Providing man-made cooling facilities for the penguins.

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。

If you’re considering a winter vacation, rather than heading south to be bathed in the warm sun, you might want to consider going north, where the land is blanketed in ice. At least, that’s     1     many people do each year as they make     2     (they) way to Harbin for the annual winter ice festival. Harbin,     3     (locate) in the northeast of China, is the capital of Heilongjiang Province, a province just across the border from Russian Siberia, so it     4     (influence) by the cold winds of Central Siberia. Low winter temperatures can go down to -38℃,     5     makes it a perfect location for ice and snow culture.

First set up by the Harbin Municipal Government in 1999, Harbin Ice and Snow World is by far the     6     (large) ice and snow art exhibition in the world. It is constantly evolving and each year brings with it a new theme,     7     (provide) visitors with a totally unique experience from one year to the next. The ice carvings at the Harbin Ice and Snow World are regarded as some of the world’s finest     8     (example) of ice art. Each of these ice carvings is designed in some way related     9     the festival’s theme, enabling travelers     10     (experience) a variety of cultural flavors.

4 . Orion Jean, a boy from Texas, has the same hobbies as other 12-year-olds. He listens to music and plays with friends. But there’s one thing that makes him ______ from others: Orion leads activities ______ doing good for others.

In the National Kindness Speech Contest, he said, “Kindness is a virtue we can all have, if we’re ______. So why not start today?” Orion did what he said. He used his $500 prize from the ______ to buy toys for patients at a children’s hospital in Texas. To ______ others to give away toys to local hospitals, he began his Race to Kindness activities-the Race to 500 Toys.

He didn’t stop there. Seeing ______ in his community, Orion worked with a relief group to ______ more than 100,000 meals for local families.

In his community, it’s very ______ for many students to get printed books. Orion said, “It breaks my heart.” So he worked with several organizations to ______ events where people could ______ their new or used books. He reached his ______ of collecting 500,000 books in just a few months.

Besides, the boy is a(n) ______. For children who’d like to help those ______, he has written A Kids Book About Leadership. He says his aim in life is to ______ pain wherever he finds it. “That’s something we all want,” he believes. “When people come together for a common ______, great things can happen.”

1.

A．different

B．free

C．far

D．independent

2.

A．faced with

B．focused on

C．lost in

D．used to

3.

A．unique

B．willing

C．professional

D．fortunate

4.

A．charity

B．campus

C．competition

D．community

5.

A．remind

B．allow

C．advise

D．encourage

6.

A．hunger

B．mess

C．loneliness

D．rubbish

7.

A．contact

B．order

C．collect

D．select

8.

A．difficult

B．important

C．likely

D．typical

9.

A．celebrate

B．run

C．found

D．present

10.

A．design

B．produce

C．publish

D．donate

11.

A．goal

B．duty

C．request

D．agreement

12.

A．athlete

B．explorer

C．editor

D．author

13.

A．in panic

B．in danger

C．in need

D．in charge

14.

A．experience

B．bear

C．reduce

D．ignore

15.

A．knowledge

B．purpose

C．sense

D．effect

5 . I have quite a bit of experience with Toastmasters, an organization aiming to help people overcome speech anxiety. I joined many years ago with the hope of improving my public speaking. After one of my speeches, the comments I received were harsh. Constructive or not, the critique was hard to take. I felt my feelings were hurt.

I learned many things from my time with Toastmasters, and one was the value of good feedback. Welcoming the critique of others is hard for adults, even when it’s well-intentioned. So naturally, we can expect that children will also struggle with it. But the feedback our children receive from teachers and parents is important to their growth and development. So as parents, we must learn how to deliver our feedback effectively, and we’ll need to train our children on how to accept it with openness and wisdom.

The way parents deliver their feedback is as important as the specific words used. It’s possible to have good intentions, but when feedback is poorly given, it can be harmful and not helpful.

It’s important to create a welcoming, safe environment in the home for intaking and processing feedback. Especially between a child and parent, the feedback needs to be healthy, constructive and regular.

The words used are also important. In a New York Times article written by Dr. Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist at the Wharton School, he shares that it is “22 to 29 percent more effective” to encourage children with nouns than verbs, but when it comes to giving negative feedback, it’s generally better to use verbs.

A parent’s feedback provides the scaffolding (脚手架) for how a child will manage their inner monologue. Consider, as an example, a discussion you may have with your child about their goals. Your feedback can encourage them not just to focus on where they are now but to reflect on how far they’ve come. This kind of feedback can spur them on to reach the finish line.

1. Why does the author mention his experience with Toastmasters?

A．To tell us what is good feedback.	B．To tell us to join Toastmasters.
C．To show the main function of feedback.	D．To show the necessity of proper feedback.

2. Which of the following feedback is effective according to Dr. Adam Grant?
① You’re a big helper.             ② You’re a poor math learner.
③ You’ve been helpful this afternoon.       ④ You didn’t do well on this math test.

A．①②

B．①④

C．②③

D．③④

3. What does the underlined word “spur” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Limit.

B．Monitor.

C．Persuade.

D．Inspire.

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

A．The way to respond to feedback	B．The value of accepting feedback
C．How to give effective feedback	D．How to become a better speaker

6 . 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。

We’ve all had them: “It’s been one of those days” days. It starts out bad, moves to worse, and then gets horrible. Everything that can go wrong happens. The car breaks down, the toilet overflows, the kids fight, the freezer starts making chunk-chunk-chunk noises, and the cat tangles with a dog of a neighbor.

That’s what I was having. Everything was in a mess. It seemed that all the unlucky fell on me. As the day wore on, I started preparing dinner. Halfway through the cooking, I realized I was out of salt. I grabbed my driver’s license and a single cheque (支票), jumped into my car, and drove to a neighborhood grocery store, wishing I could serve all the dishes before kids came back home. Along with the salt, I picked up a few extra things and headed for the checkout stand. At the register, I wrote the cheque for the required $12.51, which couldn’t be rewritten according to the rules. Then the cashier bagged my items.

At that moment I noticed the salt—the one thing I’d come for—still in the shopping cart. I handed it to the cashier. “I forgot to take it out of the cart. Don’t put this back on the shelf. I’ll come back for this in a while.”

She picked it up and said, “It’s only 35 cents. Why not just pay for it in cash?”

I explained I’d rushed out of the house with only a single cheque and my driver’s license. “I don’t have cash to make a phone call if my car dies on the way home—and believe me, it’s been one of those days.”

Then the cashier, whom I’d never seen before, said in a comforting voice, “Oh, one of those days? It doesn’t have to be like this.”

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        Then she pulled a dollar bill from her pocket and paid for the salt for me.
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        A week later, I returned to the store and handed the same cashier 20 single dollar bills.
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7 . 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。

Only relying on hands, the ancient Chinese art of shadow play (皮影戏) is a tradition dating back to the Han dynasty and it’s also a representative of the Intangible Cultural Heritage     1     (recognize) by UNESCO.

As     2     fifth generation inheritor of Wang’s Shadow, a family troupe based in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, Dang Feihua is trying to revive it. Not only does he skillfully combine the traditional     3     the contemporary in his creations, he also explores new methods     4     (boost) the presentation and preservation of this cultural heritage, especially ways of integrating the ancient art form into daily life.

Dang and his team use the puppets (木偶) to illustrate female     5     (hero) from films, along with many colorful scenes and maps describing countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative,     6     makes the traditional art attractive to the younger generation Thus this cultural tradition thrives instead of remaining limited to lifeless museum exhibits   Besides, they     7     (try) many other ways to present and promote shadow puppetry during the past few years, including cooperation with artists and directors, and launching cultural,     8     (innovate) and personalized products with brands   They also open a shadow puppet themed hotel in Beijing, where they perform shows     9     (regular) and teach guests to make puppets, linking traditional culture with the modern lifestyle.

As well as simply     10     (promote) shadow puppetry, Dang also wants to find more effective ways to revive all of China’s intangible cultural heritage.

8 . Over the last decade, some European countries and the U. S. have replaced high-energy sodium streetlights with energy-saving LED lights which emit blue light. Although this is in response to the critical need to use less energy and reduce carbon emission, there are growing concerns that blue light may have a negative impact on human health that we don’t yet fully understand.

Earlier this year, the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry published a paper that warned of the potential effects of LED lighting on mental illnesses. It raised concerns about the influence of blue light on sleep, use of digital healthcare apps and devices, and the higher sensitivity to blue light.

“I had already clearly seen that additional blue light exposure was extremely helpful to patients with depression. What I was slower to realize was that too much and poorly-timed exposure could have harmful effects on mental states and the sleep-wake cycle.” said John Gottlieb, Professor of Psychiatry and author of the paper.

As we all know, melatonin (褪黑素) is fundamental in setting regular biological clock. According to the paper, however, blue light prevents melatonin secretion (分泌), which disturbs sleep and affects quality of life, physical and mental health. Besides, it also shows a clear and consistent relationship between sleep disorders and frequency of digital device usage. If a person is prescribed a self-monitoring app, and instructed to use their smartphone to document mood changes, for example, and they do this before bed, it could do harm to their sleep and health.

Consequently, the National Sleep Foundation guidelines suggest not using technology 30 minutes before bed and removing technology from the bedroom. However, there are no specific guidelines for people with a potential mental illness. Now, scientists, health professionals and the LED industry are working to minimize the blue light in LED bulbs and create personalized lights that won’t harm those suffering from mental disorders.

1. What’s the purpose of Paragraph 1?

A．To present the topic of blue light.	B．To give an example of streetlights.
C．To criticize the use of blue light.	D．To compare two kinds of lights.

2. Which statement is true according to Gottlieb’s paper?

A．People should keep away from digital devices.

B．Mental diseases are possibly caused by LED lights.

C．Blue light has practical applications in medical field.

D．Gottlieb initially realized the harmful effects of blue light.

3. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A．Melatonin is vital to regular sleep.

B．How blue light affects human health.

C．Why smartphones shouldn’t be used before sleep.

D．Sleep disorders are related to digital device usage.

4. Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Is blue light making us ill?	B．Can we get rid of blue light?
C．Why does blue light hurt our health?	D．How do we benefit from LED lights?

9 . When a snowstorm blanketed my city one December morning, I awoke, immediately put on my warmest clothes and dashed outside to build a snowman. But as I was halfway to a snow angel, I had an audience—a serious-looking couple. The moment I spotted their expressions, my face flushed with shame as I murmured an answer to their unspoken question: Don’t you have anything better to do?

A middle-aged woman playing by herself in the snow is an undeniably odd sight, but maybe it shouldn’t be. New research suggests we modern adults have controlled or hidden our nature of play, and that’s causing all kinds of problems “The adult play deficit is becoming a public health crisis,” says psychiatrist and play researcher Stuart Brown, “The opposite of play isn’t work; it’s depression.”

Actually, adult play can lead to useful discoveries, which is a theory supported by a study on Bali’s long-tailed monkeys. Researchers left two types of puzzle boxes for the monkeys to solve. To get the food inside, they had to either drop a rock into the container or use it to hit the box. They found the monkeys that previously had been observed dropping rocks for fun were more likely to solve the rock-dropping puzzle, while those who had discovered the joy of clacking rocks together came up with the answer to the percussive (敲击的) puzzle.

This finding also suggests that somewhere, deep in our evolutionary history, a playful primitive human came up with the concept of stone tools. Even today, the urge to play underlies most of humanity’s greatest inventions, artworks and scientific breakthroughs. “When I interviewed Nobel winners, I was struck by how most of them didn’t separate work from play. Their labs were their playgrounds.” Brown says, “Play gives us the ability to cooperate and get along with people who differ from us.”

So next time I’m caught playing, I know exactly what I’ll say, “I am not wasting time, or acting immaturely. I’m playing for the benefit of all humanity.”

1. What can we learn about the couple from Paragraph 1?

A．They may disapprove of the author’s behavior.

B．They showed great interest in the author’s act.

C．They are more mature and sensible people.

D．They had something better to deal with.

2. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “deficit” in Paragraph 2?

A．Pressure.

B．Addiction.

C．Shortage.

D．Disadvantage.

3. Why is the interview of Nobel winners mentioned?

A．To suggest how people should play.	B．To highlight the value of adult play.
C．To evaluate the findings of the study.	D．To introduce the study participants.

4. What message does the author intend to convey?

A．Work comes before play.	B．Work without play is rewarded.
C．When the cat’s away, the mice will play.	D．All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

10 . Instead of tearing down and building anew, architects have repurposed some older structures, leading to stunning beauty.

● Craft False Creek, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Among the growing scenes of skyscrapers in Vancouver, this building stands out for both its history and architecture. In the 1930s, the Vancouver Salt Company’s processing plant was housed here. Today, the building is home to Craft Beer Market, which has kept many of the architectural elements of the original structure in place.

● El Ateneo Grand Splendid, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

This beautiful bookshop has the distinction of starting its life as a theater. Teatro Gran Splendid opened its door in May 1919 and hosted a long list of performances before being turned into a cinema. The location was purchased and rebuilt as a bookstore in the early 2000s.

● Liberty Hotel, BOSTON

Located just steps from the Boston Common, the Liberty Hotel now lies at the former Charles Street Jail. Its 298 rooms and suites were inspired by the location, which last housed prisoners in 1990. The building’s fresh purpose was designed in cooperation with teams of preservationists and historians to ensure its past life was never forgotten.

● Dominicanen, MAASTRICHT, NETHERLANDS

Situated within a church that dates back to 1294, the former Dominicanen has a long history. It served as a Catholic church for hundreds of years before being changed to storage space for Napoleon Bonaparte’s army. In 2006 it was converted into a bookstore, maintaining much of its traditional artwork and architecture.

1. What did Craft False Creek use to be?

A．A factory.

B．A market.

C．A museum.

D．A theatre.

2. What do we know about Liberty Hotel?

A．It was redesigned by historians alone.

B．It was repurposed as a reminder of its past.

C．It has hosted a long list of performances.

D．It lies far away from the Boston Common.

3. What do El Ateneo Grand Splendid and Dominicanen have in common?

A．Both were transformed from cinemas.

B．Both served as storage space for army.

C．Both used to undertake religious functions.

D．Both took shape as bookstores in the 2000s.