1 . Digital reading appears to be destroying habits of “deep reading”. Amazing numbers of people with year of schooling are in effect illiterate (不识字的). Admittedly, some people have been complaining about new media since 1492, but today’s complaints have an evidential basis, Ljubljana Reading Manifesto says, “The digital area may lead to more reading than ever in history, but it also offers many attractions to read in a shallow and scattered (碎片化的) manner — or even not to read at all. This increasingly endangers higher-level reading.”

Digital literacy has changed reading. When you read a book on paper, you can be entirely inside the experience, absorbing hundreds of pages to capture the world’s complexity. Online, says Maryanne Wolf of UCLA, we are “skimming, scanning, scrolling”. The medium is the message: doing deep reading on your phone is as hard as playing tennis with your phone. Recently, a bright 11-year-old told me I was wasting time on books: he absorbed more information faster from Wikipedia. He had a point. But digital readers also absorb more misinformation. And they seldom, absorb nuanced (微妙的) ideas.

In the white paper that underlies the Ljubljana Reading Manifesto, experts catalogue the passive parts of digital reading: “Recent studies of various kinds indicate a decline of... critical and conscious reading, slow reading, non-strategic reading and long-form reading.” In the 2021 international PISA survey, 49 percent of students agreed that “I read only if I have to”, 13 percentage points higher than in 2000.

As professors from Northwestern University foresaw in 2005, we are returning to the days when only an elite (精英的) “reading class” consumes long texts — despite more people spending longer in education and book sales remaining robust.

People who lose higher-level reading skills also lose thinking skills. That’s horrible, because “higher-level reading” has been essential to civilization. It enabled the Enlightenment, and an international rise in sympathy for people who aren’t like us.

1. What is the advantage of the digital reading?

A．It makes more people start to read widely.

B．It makes more people begin to think deeper.

C．It helps the young to make use of the Internet.

D．It helps people take advantage of their spare time.

2. What is Maryanne Wolf’s attitude towards digital reading?

A．Supportive.

B．Opposed.

C．Objective.

D．Unconcerned.

3. What can be inferred about the teens now according to paragraph 3?

A．Teens should change the critical and conscious reading.

B．Nearly half of the teens never read at all.

C．They don’t believe what the experts indicate.

D．The trend of reading books is increasingly declining.

4. Which statement is fit for the underlined word in paragraph 4?

A．More and more books are purchased.

B．It’s unnecessary for people to buy books.

C．More and more people like to visit the bookstores.

D．The sales of books keep still for a really long time.

2 . In 2001, I participated in an expedition to explore the Titanic. Our team used two small deep-sea robots, one blue and one green. My _______ was to ensure the robots’ batteries worked well.

Unfortunately, the green robot _______ a problem on the third day of this ambitious adventure. It got _______ inside the Titanic. Even worse, one of its batteries was damaged. That was _______, as the battery could explode. It could harm the robot and the ship. We had to find a way to get it out.

In the middle of the vast ocean, though, there are no stores to buy _______ . So, we had an idea. We took a coat hanger and put it inside the blue robot. The _______ was to use the hanger’s hook to pull out the green robot.

Accompanied by two fellow crew members, I prepared to go down in a three-man submarine (潜水艇). A machine lifted us and placed us in the _______. Then we started to _______ — 12,500 feet to the ocean floor.

At about 9,000 feet, a crewmate _______ touched some wires. Suddenly, all the submarine’s lights went out. We were in complete ________. It was terrifying, but the skilled pilot swiftly fixed it , and we ________ our journey.

Finally, upon reaching the site, we were ________ by a solemn (庄严的) scene where we started to see suitcases and shoes, serving as ________ reminders of the tragic events. For approximately 12 hours, we managed to ________ the trapped robot with the coat hanger. There was no way we were going to leave it behind — that little robot was part of our ________.

1.

A．interest

B．job

C．attitude

D．achievement

2.

A．understood

B．avoided

C．encountered

D．addressed

3.

A．misled

B．upgraded

C．lost

D．stuck

4.

A．dangerous

B．confusing

C．embarrassing

D．unreliable

5.

A．instructions

B．phones

C．weapons

D．supplies

6.

A．plan

B．question

C．message

D．note

7.

A．ship

B．robot

C．air

D．water

8.

A．swim

B．work

C．sink

D．float

9.

A．intentionally

B．accidentally

C．carefully

D．frequently

10.

A．loneliness

B．tiredness

C．darkness

D．annoyance

11.

A．gave up

B．carried on

C．paid for

D．put off

12.

A．challenged

B．beaten

C．greeted

D．motivated

13.

A．silent

B．temporary

C．friendly

D．comforting

14.

A．destroy

B．free

C．observe

D．repair

15.

A．journey

B．life

C．career

D．team

3 .         I can assure you is that there is no        problem      you report.

A．What; such; as	B．What; such; that
C．Which; such; as	D．Which; such; that

7 . 你校将在端午节期间举办学校艺术展。得知你的外教Henry对中国传统文化非常感兴趣，请写信邀请Henry参加。要点如下：
(1). 向Henry提出邀请；
(2). 介绍该艺术展将展览的艺术形式及特色（至少两种）。
注意：
(1). 词数不少于100；
(2). 可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；
(3). 开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：端午节the Dragon Boat Festival        
刺绣 embroidery            篆刻 seal cutting       
书法 calligraphy             绘画 painting        
Dear Henry,

How is it going? …

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