1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the phone number of Greg Hunter?

A．555-1234.

B．555-2134.

C．555-1243.

2. What does the woman mainly worry about?

A．Her age.

B．Her health.

C．The cost.

3. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A．Walk faster.

B．Take the Subway.

C．Go swimming regularly.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where did the speaker take the course?

A．In the mountains.

B．In the office.

C．In the forest.

2. How many people took the course with the speaker?

A．8.

B．9.

C．10.

3. What did the speaker learn from the course?

A．How to solve emergencies.

B．How to be an expert climber.

C．How to be more brave and confident.

3 . 阅读短文，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Now Zack is bringing the broadcast from the largest museum on Earth—the Louvre,    1    (vivid) showing us some of the Louvre’s most amazing treasures.

    2    the top of these stone stairs is the Winged Victory of Samothrace. It looks like she has just    3     (fly) down out of the sky and is standing on a ship. Her head and arms are missing, but you can imagine her    4     (hold) her arms up high, celebrating the result of an ancient battle. Then he guides us to see the painting Mona Lisa.

    5     (protect) by glass, it looks smaller than we would expect. When you look into her eyes, she seems to have a mind     6    her own. Finally, the self-portrait of Rembrandt,     7    is one of history’s greatest artists, is shown to us. It     8    (paint) by Rembrandt himself about 400 years ago. Throughout his life, he made over 90 self-portraits. However, no one really knows the reasons.

In total there are about 35,000 works currently     9    (display) in the Louvre and it would take a lifetime to see everything. Zack recommends the fantastic place and hopes that we can visit it one day     10    (feel) the power of these great works of art for ourselves.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How did the man go to London?

A．By bus.

B．By car.

C．By underground.

2. What did the man and his friends have for the meal?

A．Spanish food.

B．Chinese food.

C．Mexican food.

3. What does the man say about the restaurant?

A．It was full.

B．It was quiet.

C．It was expensive.

5 . The cry of the fishing cat sounds like the quack of a duck, and the rest of this midsize cat also enables it to hunt in the water. Its streamlined head is perfect for moves in the mangrove swamps (红树林沼泽地) and wetlands of South and Southeast Asia, and its pointy ears even fold (折叠) down when it jumps into deep water. The short and strong tail helps control its direction. The extra-thick coat keeps it warm and dry while swimming.

“I found fishing cats to be very ingenious,” says Tiasa Adhya, co-founder of The Fishing Cat Project, a research and conservation group based in eastern India. Her research recently showed that the animal has two methods of catching fish. In deep waters, the cat stays still on the banks for hours before jumping into the water for the kill. In shallow (浅的) waters, though, the cat actively drives the fish out of their hiding places by moving about with heavy steps.

Now the fishing cat is facing another challenge: humans. The world has lost almost 90 percent of its wetlands since the 1700s, with Asia suffering the greatest loss. These days, industrialized fish farming, pollution and other human behaviors have destroyed the living condition of freshwater fish and set fishing cats against farmers, as the hungry cats steal farmed fish, and the farmers get even with them (报复). Once found along river systems from Pakistan to Vietnam, the cats have disappeared from large areas of their range.

Researchers are testing new methods, including the commercial launch (商业化推出) of a type of native rice variety. Depending on nutrients (营养物) washed in by rains rather than on chemicals, the rice creates living space for the fishing cat and its food. The idea is that in healthy lakes where there is plenty to feed fishing cats and fishermen alike, killings will be unnecessary. “Nobody takes a loss,” Adhya explains, “when somebody takes a fish.”

1. What does the author want to explain about fishing cats in the first paragraph?

A．Why they moved to South and Southeast Asia.

B．What helps them swim well in the water.

C．What pushes them to live with ducks.

D．Why they love staying in the water.

2. What does the underlined word “ingenious” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Friendly.

B．Alarmed.

C．Clever.

D．Lazy.

3. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The battle between fishing cats and humans.

B．The decision to protect freshwater fish.

C．The importance of stopping pollution.

D．The method of increasing wetlands.

4. What can we infer about the new method mentioned in the last paragraph?

A．It will do some harm to the environment.

B．It will create a win-win situation.

C．It will increase food production.

D．It will cost a lot of money.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What will the woman and her aunt do first during the holiday?

A．Travel around Hollywood.

B．Go to Palm Springs.

C．Visit a friend.

2. Why does the woman want to drive to Palm Springs?

A．To save time.

B．To carry things easily.

C．To enjoy the scenery.

3. What is the man’s plan for the first week?

A．Taking a trip.

B．Doing the gardening.

C．Having some classes.

4. How will the man learn swimming?

A．Teach himself.

B．Learn from his brother.

C．Hire a swimming instructor.

7 . On which floor are children’s toys?

A．The 3rd floor.

B．The 4th floor.

C．The 5th floor.

8 . 听下面一段较独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where does kiwifruit (猕猴桃) originally come from?

A．America.

B．New Zealans.

C．China.

2. When was “zipper” trademarked (注册商标)?

A．In 1923.

B．In 1930.

C．In 1959.

3. Which is the largest producer of zippers (拉链)?

A．An American company.

B．A Japanese company.

C．A France company.

9 . As a child, Cruz Avila walked through the forest every day in central Mexico’s Amanalco-Vall de Bravo Basin. She would pick wood and medicinal plants. She also learned to find birds and identify the different trees near her home. Avila learned that listening to a waterfall is a good medicine for the soul and the body.

Several months ago, she and other residents decided to make these walks an attraction for tourists. Their goal is to create a source of income, preserve the forest and support responsible medicine for the soul tourism. In 2021, Avila and other community members attended training as nature guides.

In recent years, residents of the forest communities have suffered from tourism that’s not environmentally sustainable (可持续的). In early April 2022, the communities officially presented their alliance (联盟). One of the people presenting it was Avila, and her voice echoed (附和) the feelings shared by many who are part of this project. “To us, forests are our home,” she said. “We want to take care of them as we take care of our home. We invite hikers and tourists to come to see our house, to get to know and enjoy this place with respect and care.”

Avila said her community has developed a sustainable tourism plan based on hiking and workshops. They also plan to have a viewing platform ready by 2023.

Avila said she plans to start promoting her hiking project, “I’m going to take visitors to a place called El Caballero, and halfway through, with the other neighbors, we’ll offer them a workshop on making pulque and bread,” she said. Pulque is a drink made from a plant that grows in the region.

She believes the tourism project will receive support from visitors. She thinks it will be especially popular with those who are eager to help protect the forests and want to learn about forest communities.

1. Why does the author describe Avila’s childhood in paragraph 1?

A．To explain the source of medicine.

B．To prove the importance of the forest.

C．To introduce the lifestyle of local teens.

D．To memorize the good days of children.

2. What did Avila call for in her words in Paragraph 3?

A．Sustainable rural tourism.

B．Respect for the local culture.

C．The restoration of destroyed forests.

D．The end of some tourism companies.

3. What is Avila planning to offer visitors?

A．An experience of identifying trees

B．A chance to swim in a lake

C．A permission to pick medicinal plants.

D．A workshop to make pulque and bread.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Memorizing the Good Days in the Forests

B．Showing Respect for the Traveling Routes

C．Promoting Sustainable tourism to Protect the Forests

D．Developing the Local Traveling Business

10 . Human faces cut into stone up to 2,000 years ago have again been found on a rocky area along the Amazon River in northern Brazil. The stone carvings (雕刻品) appeared as a result of a big drop in water levels because of dry weather in parts of northern Brazil. The water level had dropped to the lowest level in the history of the river.

“People had reported some of the stone carvings before during periods when water levels were low. But now a greater number have been identified. That will help researchers establish the history of the carvings, and more secrets of historical relics will come to light,” researcher Jaime de Santana Oliveira said recently.

One area shows smooth marks in the rock thought to be where natives once sharpened their tools such   as arrows and spears before European settlers arrived.

“The carvings are prehistoric, or precolonial (殖民地时期前的). We can’t be sure of their precise date but based on the evidence of human living places of the area, we believe they are about 1, 000 to 2, 000 years old.” Oliveira said.

The rocky area is on the north shore of the Amazon River near the place where the Rio Negro River joins it.

Oliveira said the carvings were first seen in 2010, but this year’s drought has been more serious than earlier dry periods. The Rio Negro’s levels have dropped 15 meters since July, uncovering large areas of rocks and sand where there had been no beaches.

“This time we found not just more carvings, but the statue of a human face cut into the rock,” said Oliveira, who works for the Brazilian government’s National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute. The organization watches the care of historic places in Brazil.

1. What plays a key role in finding the stone carvings?

A．People’s report.	B．Natural disaster.
C．High technology.	D．Researchers’ effort.

2. What can researchers do with more identified stone carvings?

A．Explore the history of historical sites.	B．Move the valuable carvings to safety.
C．Discover more underwater stone carvings.	D．Make the carvings popular among visitors.

3. What does the underlined word “precise” mean in paragraph 4?

A．Fixed.

B．Exact.

C．Best.

D．Future.

4. What does Oliveira stress in the last paragraph?

A．The human face stone carvings.	B．The number of stone carvings.
C．The real value of stone carvings.	D．The place where stone carvings were found.