1 . “Lonely” is defined in the dictionary as “unhappy because you are alone or do not have anyone to talk to”. However, in my perspective, “being alone” can also be meaningful and enjoyable. In other words, “being alone” isn’t equivalent to “loneliness”. Actually, we can literally enjoy our time when staying alone.

Think of loneliness as the “tunnel phase” of our lives. It’s a time when we don’t have a group of friends around to keep us company; when we are away from the hustle and bustle (熙熙攘攘) of the outside world; when we get the chance to tune in to our inner monologue (独白); when we are given the time to recharge ourselves on our own so that we can focus entirely on ourselves. It is during these periods that, without being disturbed and distracted, we are able to discover the things we truly want from our lives. This process is like digging a tunnel, through which we improve ourselves, achieve our goals and get a jolt of power to prepare for the or darkness we may meet with in our future lives.

A distinguished figure skater (花滑冰运动员) once said in his interview that he often felt lonely, but the external environment would to some extent affect his mind and body, making it difficult for him to concentrate during his practice and performance, and thus he was actually willing to be alone and at times would rather be isolated from the world. This type of “loneliness” must be one of the reasons why he has been able to deliver so many elaborate and splendid performances throughout his career.

So don’t be frightened by the temporary void or unhappy feeling when you have to he alone. Instead, cherish and enjoy the sense of loneliness you get when you are completely free. Spend time with yourself.

We become more independent in loneliness. We grow stronger in loneliness. Most importantly, we find our complete selves in loneliness. When we learn to embrace the feeling of “loneliness” and enjoy the time in which there is no other, loneliness itself ceases to exist.

1. What’s the author’s opinion about “being alone”?

A．Being alone is as something shameful

B．Being alone means being lonely and helpless

C．There is no point in being alone.

D．We appreciate our time more when we are alone.

2. How does the author develop Paragraph 2?

A．By providing examples.

B．By analyzing causes.

C．By making comparisons.

D．By listing figures.

3. Why is the distinguished figure skater mentioned in the passage?

A．To show athletes always feel lonely.

B．To demonstrate the factor of the success.

C．To indicate solitude (独处) is as important as practice.

D．To confirm the positive effect of “loneliness”.

4. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

A．Time spent with yourselves is more enjoyable than that with others.

B．People will always feel depressed when faced with being alone.

C．Loneliness can benefit us a lot in many aspects.

D．Loneliness can exist all the time, so we should change our attitude toward it.

5. What is the author’s purpose for writing this passage?

A．To illustrate different opinions on staying alone.

B．To encourage people to learn to value and enjoy their time of loneliness.

C．To persuade people into staying away from others.

D．To offer some suggestions on how to spend time alone.

2 . 5月30日神舟十六号飞船与天宫空间站对接，并传回他们的誓言。景海鹏：“我十分渴望再上太空。要跑好空间站属于我的那一棒，要做不负使命、不负时代的奋斗者、攀登者。”朱杨柱：“争取咱们的空间站早出、多出高水平的科技成果，产生更多的效益，让国家放心，让老百姓放心。”桂海潮：“我们是分工不分家，保证操作的稳妥可靠，同时又互为备份，有重大任务的时候能够合力出击，把任务完成好。”
假设你是李津，请代表同学们用英文写一封致敬信，并表达努力学习他们的精神。
内容包括：
1.对航天员表达敬慕之情；
2.学习他们不同的精神；
3.表达努力学习的决心。
注意：(1)词数不少于100词；
(2)可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
(3)开头及结束语已写好，不计入总词数。
Dear astronaut uncles,

Knowing that you three have succeeded taking the Shenzhou XVI spacecraft docking with the Tiangong space station on May 30th 2023, we sincerely extend our respects.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours faithfully,

Li Jin

3 . The silence was broken by the voice of a child. Out of the window, I saw my neighbor and her six-year-old daughter, Ayuni, playing in the park. Ayuni tried to climb the ladders of the slide again and again. Ayuni cried, shouted at her mother to help her, and then fell, but her mother told her to try again. Every time Ayuni fell off the ladder, her mother asked her to get up rather than helping her and wiping her tears.

I saw Ayuni shouting in anger, “You are the worst mother; I hate you!” But her mother listened to that quietly and patiently, and then she told her to try again. I was confused about why she was doing that. Even if she wanted Ayuni to learn to climb the ladders, she had to first help her by holding her and showing it practically to her. After all, Ayuni was too young to learn this based on verbal (口头的) instructions. Oh! I saw her mother trying to hide her tears as Ayuni fell for the 13th time! Then, I got curious to know what was going on!

Later, I noticed there was a letter that was addressed to my mother on the desk near the window. I saw the signature “Lavangi”, which is the name of the little girl’s mother. From the letter, I knew why she did that. Now, I extract the following from this letter: “Dear Manya, you’ve been like my elder sister and I’m emotionally attached to you so I decided to write this letter. I’ve been diagnosed with the last stage of cancer. I just want you to know that I love you.

You’ve been a great supporter during my difficult time. The last favor I need from you is to keep an eye on my daughter, little Ayuni...”

After I read the letter, my tears rolled down my cheeks and I realized Ayuni’s mother was trying to teach Ayuni a lesson that she must be strong enough to live without her and do things by herself in the future. I gazed out of the window and then closed my eyes praying for Ayuni. I wished everything would go well with her.

1. How did Ayuni’s mother respond to Ayuni’s request in the park?

A．She punished Ayuni.

B．She let Ayuni do all by herself.

C．She ignored it and criticized Ayuni.

D．She was impatient with Ayuni.

2. How did the author feel most probably seeing the scene in the park at first?

A．Touched.

B．Relaxed.

C．Puzzled.

D．Delighted.

3. Who is Manya in the letter according to the text?

A．Ayuni’s grandmother.	B．The author’s mother.
C．The author’s aunt.	D．The author’s neighbor.

4. What did Ayuni’s mother expect her girl to learn through the incident?

A．To be tough and independent.

B．To be open-minded and ambitious.

C．To enjoy the pleasure of exploration.

D．To attach importance to physical exercise.

5. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To encourage people to help each other.

B．To share a story about a mother’s special love.

C．To illustrate the key to developing self-confidence.

D．To make us realize the importance of keeping healthy.

4 . In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a large clock. When I was a child, the old clock_________me very much. I was surprised at how the clock would chime (敲) three times, six times or more, with a wonderful clear_________. I often paid attention to it instead of the foods when I had_________. And always the clock stood like an old family friend,_________the family. I found the clock comforting and familiar. Year after year, the clock became a part of my memories.

It was even more_________to me when my grandfather carefully wound up (上发条) that clock with a special_________each day. The key was_________to me. It kept the clock_________. It kept the clock chiming. How did it do that? I watched as my grandfather took the key from his pocket and_________the door in the old clock and used the key to wind it up. He never let that clock wind down and__________. When I got a little older, he taught me how to open the door, __________let me wind up the clock myself. I remember the__________time I did, I felt so excited…

After my grandfather__________, every time I saw the clock, I couldn’t help crying. Never could I see him again. The__________ on the clock were frozen. It stopped. I took the key with my__________hand and opened the door. All of a __________, I was a child again, watching my grandfather. He was there, smiling at me. I stood there,__________in the memories. Then slowly and__________, I wound up the clock. Tick-tock, tick-tock…The dining room and the house seemed to be filled with__________. In the image of the clock, my grandfather also__________again.

1.

A．disappointed

B．encouraged

C．interested

D．confused

2.

A．picture

B．sound

C．noise

D．time

3.

A．meals

B．homework

C．dreams

D．trouble

4.

A．beating

B．testing

C．heating

D．watching

5.

A．wonderful

B．strange

C．different

D．fearful

6.

A．pen

B．ring

C．clock

D．key

7.

A．small

B．colorful

C．beautiful

D．magic

8.

A．running

B．standing

C．speaking

D．laughing

9.

A．painted

B．opened

C．locked

D．repaired

10.

A．go

B．play

C．stop

D．leave

11.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

12.

A．first

B．last

C．next

D．second

13.

A．gave in

B．passed away

C．turned over

D．took off

14.

A．face

B．door

C．hands

D．eyes

15.

A．wet

B．broken

C．dirty

D．shaking

16.

A．while

B．sudden

C．way

D．step

17.

A．closed

B．lost

C．waited

D．turned

18.

A．quickly

B．wrongly

C．carefully

D．angrily

19.

A．joy

B．excitement

C．fun

D．life

20.

A．cried

B．walked

C．lived

D．listened

5 . During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people under lockdown feel lonely and bored. “There is a loneliness epidemic,” said John Dattilo from Pennsylvania State University, US.

So he, together with an international team of researchers, studied how to reduce loneliness and increase positive feelings during the pandemic.

According to their new study, reduced loneliness has something to do with doing enjoyable activities that require both concentration and skill.

“When people are absorbed in what they are doing, they enter a state called ‘flow’,” Dattilo explained. “Flow can be achieved by doing activities that we value and that require us to concentrate fully to use our skills.”

To achieve a state of flow, there must be a balance between the challenge of the task and your skill level. For example, if you’re trying to create a complex computer program but your skill level is low, then you’re likely to feel stressed instead of achieving “flow”. On the contrary, if the task is too easy, then boredom will set in and “flow” will not appear, either.

If you have artistic skills, for example, playing the piano or painting can lead to flow. So can things like skiing, writing and storytelling, depending on who you are.

“When we enter a state of flow, we become absorbed and focused, and we experience momentary(片刻的) enjoyment,” Dattilo said. “When we leave a state of flow, we are often surprised by how much time has passed.”

However, watching television usually doesn’t help people enter flow, according to Dattilo, because there aren’t any challenges.

“People tend to grow on healthy activities and challenge,” said Dattilo. “We hope this research will help people live fuller, happier, healthier lives.”

1. What did Dattilo study?

A．Why people feel lonely.

B．How to reduce loneliness.

C．What enjoyable activities are.

D．Why people like a new challenge.

2. How do people feel when they enter the “flow” state?

A．They are concentrating and happy.

B．They feel time passes too quickly.

C．They feel stressed and tired.

D．They are lonely and bored.

3. Which activity is possible to help people achieve flow?

A．Watching TV.

B．Eating nuts.

C．Writing.

D．Chatting.

4. What can we do to reduce loneliness during lockdown, according to Dattilo?

A．Follow a healthy lifestyle.

B．Learn as many skills as possible.

C．Do some enjoyable and challenging tasks.

D．Complete impossible challenges.

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．A Loneliness Epidemic

B．Go with the flow

C．A study of loneliness

D．A Balance between Life and Work

6 . 假如你是李津，你刚刚了解到美国外教Mr. Smith 已经抵达天津，并将担任你班的口
语老师。请你代表班级写一份欢迎辞，内容包括：
（1）表示欢迎并表达喜悦的心情；
（2）介绍班级的口语情况，反映一些同学们口语上的问题，比如缺乏说英语的信心和积极性；
（3）表达对未来一起学习的期待。
注意：（1）词数不少于100（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；
（2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr. Smith,

My name is Li Jin, the English representative of the class, of which you’ll be the oral English teacher. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7 . One factor that can influence consumers is their mood slate. Mood may be defined __________ a temporary and mind positive or negative feeling that is generalized and not tied __________ any particular circumstance. Moods should be ___________ from emotions which are usually more intense, __________ to specific circumstance, and often conscious. __________ a sense, the effect of a consumer’s mood can be thought of in __________ the same way as can our reactions to the __________ of our friends — when our friends are happy and “up”, that tend to influence us positively, __________ when they are “down”, that can have a __________ impact on us. Similarly, consumers operating under a __________ mood state tend to react to stimuli (刺激因素)in a direction __________ with that mood state. Thus, for example, we should expect to see __________ in a positive mood state evaluate products in more of a __________ manner than they would when not in such a state. ___________ , mood states appear capable of __________ a consumer’s memory.

Moods appear to be __________ influenced marketing techniques. For example, the rhythm, pitch and __________ of music has been shown to influence behavior such as the __________ of time spent in supermarkets or __________ to purchase products. In addition, advertising can influence consumers’ mood which, in __________ , are capable of influencing consumer’s reactions to products.

1.

A．with

B．about

C．as

D．by

2.

A．up

B．to

C．under

D．over

3.

A．divided

B．derived

C．descended

D．distinguished

4.

A．referred

B．related

C．attached

D．associated

5.

A．In

B．On

C．By

D．Of

6.

A．thus

B．still

C．much

D．even

7.

A．behavior

B．gesture

C．signal

D．view

8.

A．for

B．provided

C．unless

D．but

9.

A．relative

B．negative

C．sensitive

D．decisive

10.

A．fixed

B．granted

C．given

D．driven

11.

A．insistent

B．resistant

C．persistent

D．consistent

12.

A．retailers

B．consumers

C．businessmen

D．manufacturers

13.

A．casual

B．serious

C．favorable

D．critical

14.

A．Moreover

B．However

C．Nevertheless

D．Otherwise

15.

A．lifting

B．raising

C．cultivating

D．enhancing

16.

A．rarely

B．readily

C．currently

D．cautiously

17.

A．volume

B．speed

C．step

D．band

18.

A．extent

B．scope

C．amount

D．range

19.

A．capacities

B．facilities

C．intentions

D．reflections

20.

A．turn

B．depth

C．total

D．detail