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

A．In a restaurant．

B．At home．

C．In the street．

2. What do we know about the man?

A．He hates fast food restaurant．

B．He feels too sick to eat．

C．He thinks fast food is convenient．

3. How many hamburgers have the fast food restaurant sold?

A．More than 100 million．

B．More than 100 billion．

C．More than 200 billion．

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where does the factory tour take place?

A．In England.

B．In America.

C．In Denmark.

2. How many machines are there in the factory?

A．About 200.

B．About 1,000.

C．About 10,000.

3. What process comes first about dealing with the plastic?

A．It is melted.

B．It is shaped.

C．It is cooled.

4. What might be Roger’s job at the factory?

A．Designing the toys.

B．Fixing the machines.

C．Cleaning the factory.

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。

Beijing is a city bridging the ancient and the modern. From Buddhist temples to museums, narrow hutong     1     royal palaces, it is home to more than 3,000 years of glorious history even down to its layout, with the city keeping its carefully     2     (build) system of ring roads.

But for all its ancient buildings, Beijing is also a place     3     welcomes the fast-paced development of modern life, with 21st-century architectural     4     (wonder) standing side by side with historical buildings of the past.

It is a distinct visual contrast (反差) that shouldn’t work,     5     somehow these two very different worlds make a good combination.     6     (visit) several times over the last 10 years, I     7     (amaze) by the co-existence of old and new, and how a city was able to keep such a rich heritage (遗产) while constantly growing. As a photographer, I have spent the last two years     8       (record) everything I discovered.

The     9     (remark) development of this city, which is consciously designed to protect the past while stepping into the modern world,     10     (mean) there is always something new to discover here, and I could be photographing Beijing for the next 50 years.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why did the woman fail to help the man yesterday?

A．She got a cold.

B．She had to work.

C．She visited her students.

2. What makes it difficult for Jack to decorate his house?

A．He falls off the ladder(梯子).

B．The high temperature is a barrier.

C．Lack of materials is a big problem.

3. What did Jack help the woman do?

A．Paint the wall of the room.

B．Move to the neighbourhood.

C．Change old windows and plant the apple tree.

4. How will the woman help Jack?

A．By climbing on the roof.

B．By keeping his balance.

C．By holding the ladder for him.

5 . How about the campus?

A．It’s beautiful.

B．It’s a Greek campus.

C．It’s a small campus.

6 . When it comes to solitary activities and bravery, going to a museum alone is something you should seek out. When I used to work at a large, encyclopedic museum, I would often wander through the galleries by myself on my lunch break or after work.    1    . So, why not take yourself on an independent date to a museum?

When you visit a large museum alone, especially if there are certain artworks you you’re your heart set on seeing, you can set your own plan.    2    . You can go directly to the galleries you’re interested in and not waste time on art you have little or no desire to see.

Enjoying a museum alone might help you enjoy solitude. Even if you’re a social butterfly, being alone is an inevitable part of life, so it’s important to learn to be comfortable being alone with yourself. A museum is an ideal way to intentionally practice this.    3    .

If you go the route of remaining alone at a museum, you won’t have the distraction of social interaction.    4    . A museum is the perfect place to bring a sketchbook, sit down somewhere and draw what’s around you with no aim or judgment.

    5    . The thought of going to a place as public as a museum by yourself might be intimidating(令人生畏的), but I encourage you to try it out. You might discover another side to yourself, to the art or to other people that you wouldn’t have experienced otherwise.

A．A museum is a wonderful place for self-reflection

B．You can welcome imagination in those quiet moments

C．You can be highly selective in how you plan your visit

D．These were some of the most quiet, thoughtful parts of my day

E．As a result, you’ll be better equipped for those lonelier times in life

F．A museum can be a great place for all seeking a quiet, reflective space

G．Instead, you can focus on self-reflection, or you could look for inspiration

7 . 70% of the global population is likely to live in urban areas by 2050. Feeding residents requires complex supply chains that are easy to collapse. But a new generation of farmers hope to address this by bringing nature back into our cities.

“I view urban agriculture as a wonderful Trojan horse (特洛伊木马),” says Nicolas Brassier, owner of Peas & Love, an urban farm that has expanded to seven sites across France and Belgium in the past two years. Brassier and his business partner Maxime Petit share the idea of using urban agriculture to bring food production closer to the people who eat it. But they also hope to make cities nicer places to live by reintroducing nature to them.

To do this, they developed a concept where residents pay for access to an urban farm with a combination of individual land, shared growing spaces and a broad range of activities around food production and transformation. The farm is cultivated (耕作) by employees and subscribers.

The key to Peas & Love’s idea is making use of space that would otherwise be bare. At first glance, cities might not seem to have much available land for farming among the pavements and buildings. But the flat roofs of many commercial buildings in cities are space just waiting to be cultivated.

The Peas & Love story is representative of a growing French movement to address the aging population of farmers. Half of the rural farmers in France will reach retirement age within the next decade.

But what “new” space can cities offer? Some urban farms, like Peas & Love, use unexpected sites in cities to create “third places” where people can reconnect with nature. Office building roofs, railway tracks and even underused parking lots can now host urban farms.

1. Why is the figure mentioned in the first paragraph?

A．To show the collapse of complex supply chains.

B．To explain the people’s living condition in urban areas.

C．To compare the life in urban areas with that in the rural areas.

D．To introduce the cause of bringing nature into the urban areas.

2. What is the essential part of Peas & Love’s idea?

A．Expanding Peas & Love into many cities.

B．Taking advantage of potential farmland.

C．Addressing aging population of farmers.

D．Bringing food production nearer to people.

3. Which site can be available to reconnect with nature in cities?

A．Railway platform.	B．Underground parking lots.
C．Commercial building roofs	D．Running track.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Bring agriculture into urban areas.

B．Offering the urban areas new space.

C．Making urban areas nicer places to live in.

D．Addressing the aging population of farming.

8 . From the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the orange gardens of Seville, urban planners down the ages have taken inspiration from nature. And those living in the concrete and brick jungle have perhaps never appreciated green space more than during the covid-19 pandemic. During lockdowns, citizens have found parks and gardens an unexpected source of calm and joy.

The evidence of positive effects from nature includes studies on specific psychological conditions.     1     It can promote positive social interactions and even help generate a sense of meaning to life. Being in green environments boosts various aspects of thinking, including attention, memory and creativity. Equally healthy natural spaces provide us with a whole range of essential “ecosystem services” for free.     2    

The evolving understanding of nature’s broad health benefits, plus our ongoing pandemic experience, is a big urge to build the green cities.     3     The Million Trees Los Angeles initiative and an ambitious greening programme in New York are the inspiring examples in the US.

    4     Most urban growth in the next decades will occur in developing nations. China encourages the building of parks, green spaces and wildlife passageways in many cities. Admittedly, developing countries face many challenges in building greener cities, but they can learn from the mistakes already made in older-growth cities in the West.

    5     It is important to make green spaces multipurpose so they meet a variety of needs. Biologist Gretchen Daily, at Stanford University, has pioneered the concept of ecosystem services as a way of evaluating the benefits nature provides and factoring these values into economic decision-making. She also favours combining more natural elements into the built environment, such as green roofs, and even designing buildings that imitate patterns found in nature.

A．How to build green cities is a problem.

B．What does an ideal green city of tomorrow look like?

C．Actually, the trend for urban greening has already begun.

D．This isn’t just a phenomenon in developed countries, either.

E．Clean air and water, nutrient recycling and flood defence are the bonuses.

F．Access to nature can improve sleep, reduce stress and increase happiness.

G．It has a huge impact on people’s perceptions of their health and well-being.

9 . 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。

Shanghai plans 4 new green parks by 2025

As part of the city’s ecological park belt, Shanghai will have four new green spaces totaling more than 300 hectares by the end of 2025.

According to the Shanghai Greenery and Public Sanitation Bureau,     1    four green lands are Senlan, Biyun and Sanlin in the Pudong New Area, and Taopu in Putuo District. By the end of the year, a forest and a science promotion area in Biyun green space will be open to the public. The green space,    2    covers 5.5 square kilometers,     3    (include) rich water and forest spaces as well as areas for residents to walk in. On     4    (complete), it will be the     5    (large) green space in Shanghai’s downtown area.

According to the designers, forests in the green space can adjust the humidity (湿度) and temperature of the land through clever layout design.    6    total, nearly 100,000 plants of more than 200 varieties     7    (introduce) into the green space,    8    (form) a multi-layer greenery system based on Shanghai’s weather and soil conditions.

The green space has attracted a large number of birds and ducks. Meanwhile, research on five new green spaces, including Beicai, Wusong, Dachang, Wusong River and Wuzhong Road, is going on     9    (smooth), with over 400 hectares of green areas     10    (expect) to be added to the city.

10 . Two years ago, a blind person, Jorge Spielmann started the Blind Cow in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. Almost all the people who worked there, as the restaurant was named, were also blind. Now, not just the blind, but even people who can see with their eyes gather together in groups to this restaurant for the special experience it provides, apart from the good food it offers. The restaurant is so popular that all the tables are always booked ahead of time.

The idea came to Spielmann while he was working as bartender (酒保) in 1998 at a public exhibit, where people with normal sight walked through completely dark passages by feeling with hands together along with blind people. Then Spielmann changed an unused house into a 60-seat restaurant.

The Blind Cow enables customers who can see to “see” a different world through the eyes of people with no sight. Besides, as no one can see what the others are doing, something like these is common: People put fingers into the meat, the wrong forks are used and people even wipe their mouths on their sleeves (袖子) instead of napkins!

Before entering the dining area, the customers are told the rules of the restaurant: no walking around, no smoking and no flashlights. When arriving, the customers are led in by a waitress with bells tied to her toes. Forming a chain led by the waitress, with hands placed on each others shoulders, the customers walk inside. When the customers want something, they shout to catch the attention of the waitresses.

The bells on the waitresses’ toes help prevent them from bumping (撞) into each other while carrying dishes. Though they admit to some unavoidable bumps, the workers at the Blind Cow say that they don’t have more broken things than any other restaurant. Customers to the restaurant are extra careful not to knock things over.

1. Why do many people with normal sight come to the Blind Cow?

A．To remember the past memories.	B．To show their hidden feelings.
C．To have a taste of the good dishes.	D．To go through something different.

2. What may the customers ignore at the Blind Cow?

A．The food price.	B．The table manners.
C．The social skills.	D．The taste of dishes.

3. What can we know about the rules of the Blind Cow?

A．Bells should be tied to the customers’ toes.	B．Flashlights mustn’t be used by the customers.
C．The customers can’t touch each other’s shoulders	D．The customers shouldn’t shout to the waitresses.

4. What’s the best title of the text?

A．Enjoy Meals with Strangers	B．Experience the Blind’s Life
C．A Special Dark Restaurant	D．A Blind Person’s Success