1 . Many people expressed an extremely strong ________ (prefer) for the original plan. (所给词的适当形式填空)

2 . Are you still wondering about which club to choose? The following information about the clubs in our school may help you make a good choice.

Writing Club Advisor (顾问): Ms. Loll (cloll@aacps.org) Club Meeting Time: Tuesday 10:00-10:30 Wednesday 9:30-10:00 Description: Writing Club is open to any student at SHS who would like help in improving writing and grammar skills.	Food Club Advisor: Ms. King (laking@aacps.org) Club Meeting Time: Tuesday 10:00 -10:30 Thursday 10:00-10:30 Description: Love talking about food, cooking, and more? Food Club is your place. Join us to discuss all things about food and cooking.
Art Club Advisor: Ms. Hendryx (jhendryx@aacps.org) Club Meeting Time: Tuesday 10:00-10:30 Friday 10:00-10:30 Description: Art Club is a time to work on your own artwork. We watch different videos which may include art skills and famous artists.	Book Club Advisor: Ms. Choulis (mchoulis@aacps.org) Club Meeting Time: Monday 10:00-10:30 Thursday 9:30-10:00 Description: This is a club for students who love reading. Students will read books and then meet twice each week to have discussions about the book.

1. If you want to improve writing skills, which club is a good choice?

A．Writing Club.

B．Food Club.

C．Art Club.

D．Book Club.

2. What is the meeting time of Food Club?

A．Tuesday & Wednesday.	B．Tuesday & Thursday.
C．Tuesday & Friday.	D．Monday & Thursday.

3. Who can one contact if one chooses Art Club?

A．Ms. Loll.

B．Ms. King.

C．Ms. Hendryx.

D．Ms. Choulis.

4. Who is this text written for?

A．Workers.

B．Teachers.

C．Parents.

D．Students.

3 . Storytelling is an ancient art form that has been used to hand down legends, tales and factual stories. Perhaps the first thing that springs to mind when you think of storytelling is the fantasy land that took shape in your mind while Mom or Dad told you stories about princes, castles and monsters, with a unique voice for each character.

Storytelling does not just take place at bedtime or round a campfire, however. It can take some other forms, either via the books we read or the films we watch. But they usually have some elements in common: rather than a list of dry facts, stories have plots and they introduce characters. We respond to stories, particularly when there is emotional detail.

And unlike what we suppose, storytelling is not just a form of entertainment, but a form of learning as well. Long before reading and writing became widely spread and available, oral storytelling had already been a form that the wisdom and knowledge of the people were passed down from elders to children. A good story engages our curiosity, emotions and imagination.

Storytelling helps with learning also because stories are easy to remember. Research has found that learning obtained from a well-told story is remembered more accurately, and for far longer, than from facts and figures.

And above all, stories have a transformative power to allow us to see the world in a different way than we do if we just encounter it on our own. Stories are an entry point to understanding a different experience of the world.

This aspect of storytelling-presenting a different perspective of the world — is important when it comes to connecting with each other. It gives us an opportunity to learn from another person’s experience and it can shape, strengthen or challenge our opinions and values. So, when someone tells us their own personal story, we catch a glimpse of a view of the world that may be slightly or significantly different from our own. When we see the world as they see it, or walk in their shoes, the experience can inspire empathy (共情;同理心) with them.

1. What occurs to us the moment we think of “storytelling”?

A．A child’s imaginary world.	B．Voices of Mom or Dad.
C．An ancient art form.	D．Factual stories.

2. Why does storytelling work better than mere statement of facts in promoting learning?

A．It carries more wisdom and knowledge.

B．It is more widely available to young learners.

C．It satisfies our imagination and releases our emotions.

D．It makes what is learned more precise and longer lasting.

3. How can other people’s personal stories probably benefit us?

A．By offering us more opportunities to know people.

B．By helping us stay connected with the contemporary world.

C．By allowing us to understand the world the way they see it.

D．By enabling us to tell reality from imagination.

4. What makes the best title for the passage?

A．The History of Storytelling	B．The Power of Storytelling
C．The Forms of Storytelling	D．The Art of Storytelling

4 . A man named Randy liked to look for big trees and old trees. He made maps to show where these trees were. He did not want to cut them down. He wanted people to take care of them.

Randy was told that there was a very tall tree on Vancouver Island. The tree was said to be 314 feet tall. That would make it the tallest tree in Canada. Randy started to find the tree.

But someone else found it first. It was found by a logger (伐木工). Loggers wanted to cut down Canada’s tallest tree and all the trees around it.

Randy made a path in the forest so people could see the tallest tree. The tree was so big and beautiful that it would bring them enjoyment. More and more people wanted to save that forest. Thanks to these people, that forest is now a park. Canada’s tallest tree is still there.

1. Why did Randy make maps of big trees and old trees?

A．To carry out his duty carefully.	B．To avoid getting lost in forests.
C．To show where these trees were.	D．To get information for selling them.

2. What did the loggers want to do to Canada’s tallest tree?

A．Take care of it.	B．Cut it down.
C．Take pictures of it.	D．Make it famous.

3. Why did Randy make a path to the tallest tree in Canada?

A．To help people cut it.	B．To help people see it.
C．To help people water it.	D．To help people move it.

4. What do we learn about the forest with Canada’s tallest tree?

A．It is now a park.	B．People burned it down.
C．It will disappear soon.	D．People lost interest in it.

5 . 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。

Located in the northwest of Hunan Province, about 300 kilometers away from Changsha, capital of Hunan, Zhangjiajie,     1     covers a total area of 9,563 square kilometers, is a tourist city for its unique natural scenery and abundant tourism resources. Zhangjiajie     2     (award) the title of “World Geological Park” in 2004.     3     (actual), Zhangjiajie, honored as “the most fantastic mountain under heaven” and “a walking Chinese landscape painting”, is also widely praised as “    4     enlarged potted landscaping”, “a mini fairyland” and “a maze (迷宫) of nature”.

Since it was discovered in the 1980s, tourism industry     5     (become) the leading industry in Zhangjiajie, which has stimulated the development of other industries related to tourism,     6     (attract) a growing number of tourists     7     home and abroad.

At the same time, ecotourism has been developed rapidly in Zhangjiajie. When you come to Zhangjiajie, you can fully appreciate     8     (it) magnificent natural scenery and experience appealing folk custom as well as other thrilling tourist     9     (activity), and you will be deeply impressed by     10     the local people performed.

It must be an exciting, joyful and unforgettable tour to Zhangjiajie.

6 . My life as an exchange student finally began! It was only a short 20-minute drive from the airport to Queensland University of Technology (QUT), but I _________ it a lot. My driver was very _________and told me a lot about Australian culture along the way.

Before _________ home, I had a fair idea of what my _________ would be like. When O-Week at QUT finally happened, I felt that my life here really lived up to my first _________.

The week-long event not only _________ me to engage indifferent clubs and societies, it also gave me a chance to _________ QUT’s campus.

I loved the _________ of O-Week. It was really lively, and I got the _________ to meet so many people. Interacting with different cultures first-hand was really a(n) __________. I felt this was exactly how I __________ life in Australia would be like. I was really __________ to finally experience this!

After ________ my new home, I found that living in Brisbane was quite different. I had the __________ to do a lot more and had no limits on __________ I could do them. For example, have you ever wanted pancakes at 6 am? Say no more -- one of my favorite restaurants was only a 2-minute walk away from my __________. Besides, I found it quite __________ to meet and work with the locals, and learn about their __________ attitude to life and work.

I loved Australia so much that I felt very __________   when my experience came to a(n) __________. I made so many friends there and I hope to see them all again on my next world tour!

1.

A．enjoyed

B．predicted

C．suspected

D．planned

2.

A．curious

B．strange

C．friendly

D．lonely

3.

A．arriving

B．returning

C．moving

D．leaving

4.

A．experience

B．behavior

C．position

D．result

5.

A．requirements

B．expectations

C．challenges

D．grades

6.

A．warned

B．forced

C．taught

D．allowed

7.

A．expand

B．explore

C．compare

D．contact

8.

A．atmosphere

B．invitation

C．purpose

D．origin

9.

A．responsibility

B．stability

C．opportunity

D．ability

10.

A．green-hand

B．trouble- maker

C．record-holder

D．eye-opener

11.

A．denied

B．pictured

C．declared

D．misunderstood

12.

A．embarrassed

B．shocked

C．excited

D．relaxed

13.

A．settling into

B．figuring out

C．paying a visit

D．getting around

14.

A．patience

B．power

C．excuse

D．freedom

15.

A．why

B．where

C．when

D．how

16.

A．laboratory

B．destination

C．accommodation

D．company

17.

A．interesting

B．inconvenient

C．demanding

D．ordinary

18.

A．sudden

B．positive

C．different

D．foolish

19.

A．proud

B．confused

C．satisfied

D．sad

20.

A．point

B．end

C．crisis

D．choice

7 . How to Make Friends

Good friendship has many advantages.     1     But for many of us it is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.

Start a conversation.

Starting a conversation is an important step in making new friends.     2     You can always start the conversation. Being able to make a small talk is a very useful skill.

    3    

Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friends together. Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience.

Let it grow.

It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to disturb your new friend with too many calls, messages or visits as this would likely make him or her upset and finally you may lose your friend.     4    

Enjoy your friendship.

The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves.     5    

A．Be cheerful.

B．Do things together.

C．Do not wait to be spoken to.

D．Making new friends comes easy for some people.

E．For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.

F．The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.

G．Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be.

8 . Developed by US company OpenAI, ChatGPT has got viral, winning 100 million internet users since it came out in November 2022. People can ask the robot to write stories and emails, create instructions for cooking a certain food, translate languages, and answer all kinds of questions. In its own words, it is “a language model trained in a large amount of internet text to help users get human-like text.”

Compared with Siri or other chatbots, ChatGPT uses a much bigger information center for training. It also uses stronger software and hardware to learn things by itself. For example, if it provides a wrong answer to your question, you can tell it the right one and it will correct itself. “It’s a totally different chatbot,” computer scientist Liu Xiaoguang from Nankai University said. “The knowledge level ChatGPT shows is equal to a university student. That’s why it shocked the world.”

But one big problem with ChatGPT is that it makes mistakes or even gives false information. When Rezza, a 28-year-old from Indonesia, used the robot to write an passage, it “gave out many examples which other writers actually hadn’t mentioned at all”, he told a local newspaper. Since the robot is trained using words from the internet, it can also pick up biases about certain groups. These are all things that need to be dealt with.

1. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1can be replaced by?

A．Done harm to the internet.	B．Brought strong wind and heavy rain.
C．Become popular overnight.	D．Caused serious changes of the weather.

2. Why did ChatGPT shock the world?

A．It can find mistakes by itself.

B．It works differently from other chatbots.

C．Its information center is easier to control than Siri’s.

D．Its knowledge level is as high as a university student.

3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．ChatGPT needs improvement.

B．Anybody may give false information.

C．Anybody can make mistakes.

D．ChatGPT can’t get on well with humans.

4. What is the author’s attitude towards ChatGPT?

A．Subjective.

B．Objective.

C．Positive.

D．Negative.

9 . How would you feel if moving to a new town meant ______ ______ ______（失去联系）your friends? (根据汉语提示完成句子)

10 . She ______ (徘徊) aimlessly around the streets and didn’t know where to go. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）