1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who will have dinner with the man?

A．A couple.

B．Some friends.

C．His family.

2. How many adults are there in the man’s party?

A．4.

B．3.

C．2.

3. What will the man do next?

A．Provide personal information.

B．Tell the waitress his arriving time.

C．Ask for a table at the non-smoking area.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What was Inhotim like before 1990s?

A．It was popular.

B．It was unique.

C．It was undeveloped.

2. What is the main purpose for the visitors to Inhotim?

A．To experience the art.

B．To see the landscape.

C．To visit the farm.

3. What has directly benefited Inhotim?

A．More employment.

B．Better living environment.

C．Stronger cultural atmosphere.

3 . The Most Beautiful Train Stations in the World

Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building

The wide-open entrance square on the Marunouchi side of Tokyo’s main train station would look more at home in Amsterdam or Paris. Kingo Tatsuno’s classical European design took over six years to complete, finally opening in 1914. The statin has received several facelifts since the Second World War, most recently in 2012. It’s one of the biggest and busiest train stations in the world.

Beijing West Railway Station

The idea of building this station in the capital of China was put forward as early as 1959 but didn’t come to reality until 1996. It was the largest station in Asia at the time, although Shanghai’s Hongqiao Station has since surpassed it. The station itself has a unique architectural (建筑的) style, with the main body of the building having quite a functional Russian look, but the rooftop is decorated with three amazing Chinese pagodas.

Duoliang Station, Taiwan

This is the smallest station on this lit by a distance. In fact we’re not really choosing Duoliang for architectural reasons. This station is all about location, location, location. Surrounded by hi top greenery on one side and amazing Pacific Ocean scenery on the other, it’s one of the most scenic spots in all of Taiwan. This isn’t even a working station anymore, but the platforms have been adapted into viewing spots, extremely popular with local train spotters.

Stazione Milano Centrale in Milan

Milan’s central train station looks pretty much exactly as you’d imagine it. There are a mix of styles at play here, from Art Nouveau to Art Deco, but the entire building is filled with a classic sense of Roman monumentality. The outer look is guarded by two statues, while its insides are equally impressive, as grand stonewalls curve (弯曲) into the station’s glass ceilings.

1. What do Tokyo Station and Beijing West Railway Station have in common?

A．Both have European features.

B．Both were built in the early 1990s.

C．Both have been rebuilt several times.

D．Both are the largest domestic stations.

2. What do train spotters favor most about Duoliang Station?

A．Its distance.	B．Its small size.
C．Its surrounding scenery.	D．Its architectural style.

3. What makes Stazione Milano Centrale impressive?

A．Roman buildings	B．Its various styles.
C．Statues on the walls	D．The curving ceilings.

4 . Where probably are the speakers?

A．At home.

B．In a cafe.

C．In the office.

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Want to have fun with characters like Harry Potter or Kung Fu Panda? You will get the chance to do so by     1     (visit) the Universal Beijing Resort (UBR).

Located in Beijing, the UBR is the     2     (five) Universal Studios theme park     3     (global), and the first in China. As planned, it’s expected to speed the establishment of Beijing as     4     international business center and build up the     5     (confident) of China’s culture and tourism industry.

The UBR is fully aware     6     cultural preferences of Chinese friends. For example, the Kung Fu Panda Land of Awesomeness has pavilions, small bridges and flowing water. Lanterns are hung in many places. Accompanied with Chinese music, visitors can eat     7     (variety) of Chinese snacks in restaurants     8     look like ancient buildings.

Apart from Chinese cultural factors, “made-in-China” also shines in the UBR. For example, there is a huge rock in the theme land of Jurassic World, which     9     (make) up of more than 10,000 steel parts built by Chinese engineers. Visitors can see a rock standing tall and spring water falling from a height of 50 meters. It took an amount of wisdom and power     10     (build) such a fantastic park.

6 . Libraries. They have that reassuring smell of well-read pages, are peaceful, have free Internet and, of course, abundant books.

But guess what? There’s a new kind of library sweeping the nation — a tool library — and it’s just as cool, but in all sorts of different ways.

It’s often said that the average electric drill is only used for 11 minutes in its entire lifetime. Granted, it doesn’t take that long to drill a hole, but still — that’s crazy. Yet the majority of households have one, even though DIY is actually a really infrequent activity for most people.

What if you could just borrow tools when you need them, and drop them back so that they can be used by someone else all the time you’re not DIY-ing? Well, in some parts of Scotland, you now can. Membership-based tool sharing services are popping up in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Linlithgow and Cumbernauld. They work just like a normal library but instead of books, you can borrow a massive range of tools and equipment when you need them, then drop them back when you’re done.

Zero Waste Scotland’s Andrew Pankhurst recently renovated (翻新) his house using the Stirling Tool Library. He said, “It’s amazing. It had all the tools I was looking for, and some I didn’t even realize I needed.”

And that’s the beauty of a tool library. Borrow a tool, use it for one afternoon at a small amount of cost of buying it and instead of it cluttering up your house gathering dust, it’s back off to a busy life all across town, week in and week out.

The tools available to borrow are mainly received as donations. The tool library will then repair them if needed and PAT test for safety ready to be borrowed and saved from going to landfill.

So next time you have a job to do around the house, why not borrow rather than buy?

1. What can we learn from paragraph 3?

A．The electric drill is worth buying.

B．People dislike to use out-of-date tools.

C．Most of the tools aren’t often used at home.

D．DIY is a really frequent activity for most people.

2. What does Andrew Pankhurst think of the tool library?

A．Familiar.	B．Practical.
C．Essential.	D．Disappointing.

3. What do the underlined words “cluttering up” probably mean?

A．Clearing up.

B．Piling up.

C．Throwing out.

D．Breaking up.

4. What might be the best title for the text?

A．Borrowing Is the New Buying

B．Please Make a Donation Today

C．When in Doubt, Go to the Library

D．Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader

7 . In the eras before air-conditioning, southern China’s skywells played a key role in keeping people’s homes cool. Could they do it again today?

Ru Ling loves spending time in skywells. To her, these courtyards of old Chinese houses are the perfect place to be on a hot and humid day. “    1    ” says Ru.

From 2014 to 2021, Ru lived in a century-old home in the village of Guanlu in eastern China’s Anhui Province. She moved there for a change of life after living and working in air-conditioned buildings for many years. Ru says that the house’s skywell helped to create this cooling effect.     2     Studies have found that the temperatures inside some of the skywells in southern China are significantly lower than the outside.

In today’s China, fewer and fewer people live in houses with skywells.     3     But a revival of interest in traditional Chinese architecture is leading some historic buildings with skywells to be restored for modern times.     4    

A skywell is a typical feature of a traditional home in southern and eastern China. Different from a northern Chinese courtyard, a skywell is smaller and less exposed to the outdoor environment.     5     It is either surrounded by rooms on four sides or three sides plus a wall. Some large houses have more than one skywell.

A．Skywells can help keep the houses cool.

B．Air-conditioned flats are the main form of homes.

C．Meanwhile, some architects are drawing inspiration from skywells and other traditional Chinese architectural features to help keep new buildings cooler.

D．Although a skywell’s size and design vary from region to region, it is almost always located in the core of a house.

E．While skywells are common in many regions, only the rich can afford to build houses with them.

F．And she’s not alone in praising the benefits of skywells, in hot weather.

G．They are airy, cool, and well-shaded.

8 . 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。

The Two Tree Coffee, located in the Liyukou Village of Huyi District in the city of Xi’an, quickly went viral (走红) on social media.

The popularity of the cafe is     1    (large) due to the boom (暴涨) in cultural and ecological tourism in recent years,     2    (combine) with the government’s efforts at environmental preservation.

In recent years, the Chinese government     3    (strengthen) the long-term protection project, and adopted     4    (measure) such as the establishment of the five-level forest chief system. More and more urban residents, especially those     5     Xi’an, are attracted to the mountain villages for slow-paced vacations.

Wang visited many places before     6    (decide) to build the cafe here. “Cafes are among the favorite businesses of young people, and they provide     7     strong sense of uniqueness when they appear in the countryside,” she said. “People come here not only to consume coffee,     8    to ‘pay’ for the green ecology and the pastoral (田园的) environment.”

In front of the cafe is a tourism highway,     9    connects the store with many artistic villages along the mountain range. Art helps the villages to become     10    (fashionable) and livable, while retaining their natural beauty, than before.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the man doing?

A．Introducing the woman to his neighbors.

B．Giving the woman advice on how to find a flat.

C．Showing the woman around the neighborhood.

2. What is the woman eager to do?

A．Visit the night market.

B．Jog in the high school.

C．Shop in convenience stores.

3. Why does the woman look for a library?

A．To get some information.

B．To find a map of the city.

C．To borrow some books.

4. Where will the speakers go next?

A．To a restaurant.

B．To a bookstore.

C．To a park.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where are the speakers?

A．At the exit of a gallery.

B．In the first gallery space.

C．At the entrance of a gallery.

2. What do the speakers have in common?

A．They have the same friend.

B．They both work in the art industry.

C．They’re both currently traveling abroad.

3. Who is the man’s favorite artist?

A．Botticelli.

B．Van Gogh.

C．Da Vinci.

4. How much is the man most likely willing to spend?

A．Around $450 million.

B．About $50 million.

C．Less than $1 million.