1. What does Jim like?
| A．Antiques. | B．Chinese culture. | C．Valuable paintings. |
| A．They used Jim’s key. |
| B．They broke the window. |
| C．They knocked at the door. |
| A．Jim’s watch. | B．Jim’s phone. | C．Jim’s iPad. |
| A．Jim. | B．David. | C．Jack. |
2 . In Sweden, many teachers have been putting emphasis (强调) on printed books, quiet reading time and handwriting practice, and devoting less time to tablets, independent online research and keyboarding skills.
The return to more traditional ways of learning is a response to experts questioning whether Sweden’s comprehensive (全面的) digitalised approach to education had led to a fall in basic skills.
Sweden’s minister for schools, Lotta Edholm, is one of the biggest critics (批评者) of the comprehensive acceptance of technology. “Sweden’s students need more textbooks,” he said, “Physical books are important for student learning.”
Although Sweden’s students score above the European average for reading ability, an international assessment of fourth-grade reading levels, the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), showed a drop among Sweden’s children between 2016 and 2021. In 2021, Swedish fourth graders averaged 544 points, a drop from the 555 average in 2016.
This may suggest a growing number of immigrant (移民) students who don’t speak Swedish as their first language, but overuse of screens during school lessons may cause youngsters to fall behind in subjects, education experts say.
The rapid adoption (采用) of digital learning tools also has drawn concern from UNESCO. In a report published in August, UNESCO issued a call for proper use of technology in education. The report calls countries to speed up Internet connections at schools, but at the same time warns that technology in education should be used in a way that never takes the place of in-person, teacher-led instruction.
In the Swedish capital, Stockholm, Liveon Palmer, a third grader at Djurgardsskolan elementary school, agreed with the idea of spending more school hours offline. “I like writing more in school, like on paper, because it just feels better,” he said.
1. According to many teachers in Sweden, how should technology be used?| A．It should be used less in education. |
| B．Digital devices should be better used. |
| C．Teaching equipment should be updated or replaced. |
| D．More importance of it should be attached to education. |
| A．It’s higher than in the past. |
| B．It’s above the world average. |
| C．It tends to fall in recent years. |
| D．It scores the highest in Europe. |
| A．Avoid online safety risks. |
| B．Improve school networking. |
| C．Focus on face-to-face communication. |
| D．Carry on teacher-centered instruction. |
| A．They demand to spend more time offline independently. |
| B．They would use physical books rather than digital tools. |
| C．They would like to study offline when they are at home. |
| D．They prefer to stay offline to maintain healthy relationships. |
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However, experts noted that too much social media use is known to have a negative influence
The results of the study
Participants who replaced 30 minutes of social media with exercise every day for two weeks
“This shows us how vital it is
4 . Leah Brown aged 36 fell several hundred feet from Oregon’s highest mountain right before the eyes of a group of volunteer rescue workers who rushed to her aid and helped save her life.
The woman was coming down a popular path (小路) on Mt. Hood, about 70 miles east of Portland, on Saturday morning, according to the local police. Mt. Hood is the highest in Oregon, standing at around11.240 feet.
The fall was seen by members of Portland Mountain Rescue (PMR), a volunteer organization focused on helping people in mountainous areas. The group called 911 and rushed to the woman, providing medical care. They helped keep the woman warm for seven hours as the police worked to get her off the mountain safely. Finally, the woman was evacuated (转移) to a parking lot at 9:30 pm and taken to a hospital.
The climber, Leah Brown, said she didn’t know what caused her fall. “I can only guess it was either an ice tool or a crampon (冰爪) that didn’t land and stick like it should have, so I became detached from the mountain,” Brown said. “The thing I’d like to most stress is my appreciation for the members of PMR who evacuated me and took good care of me the whole time,” Brown added. “They saved my life. ”
In a statement after the rescue, PMR warned of the dangerous winter conditions at the mountain. “The short days and lower temperatures mean that the snow tends to be very hard and icy, and the conditions tend to be much steeper. Climbing the mountain in icy conditions is much more difficult,” the group said.
1. What happened to Brown on Saturday morning?| A．She lost her way in a forest. | B．She hurt her eye unexpectedly. |
| C．She failed to call her family. | D．She fell down on a downhill path. |
| A．Different. | B．Hidden. | C．Separated. | D．Tired. |
| A．Thankful. | B．Regretful. | C．Surprised. | D．Concerned. |
| A．Climbing requires teamwork. | B．Climbing in winter is too risky. |
| C．We must remain positive in hard times. | D．We can admire the view on sunny days. |
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Last week, the school English newspaper interviewed 200 students to find out their ways of spending a vacation.
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6 . We all know that unpleasant feeling when we’re talking about something interesting and halfway through our sentence we’re interrupted. But was that really an interruption? The answer depends on whom you ask, according to new research led by Katherine Hilton from Stanford University.
Using a set of controlled audio clips (录音片段), Hilton surveyed 5, 000 American English speakers to better understand what affects people’s perceptions of interruptions. She had participants listen to audio clips and then answer questions about whether the speakers seemed to be friendly and engaged, listening to one another, or trying to interrupt.
Hilton found that American English speakers have different conversational styles. She identified two distinct groups: high and low intensity speakers. High intensity speakers are generally uncomfortable with moments of silence in conversation and consider talking at the same time a sign of engagement. Low intensity speakers find it rude to talk at the same time and prefer people speak one after another in conversation.
The differences in conversational styles became evident when participants listened to audio clips in which two people spoke at the same time but were agreeing with each other and stayed on topic, Hilton said. The high intensity group reported that conversations where people spoke at the same time when expressing agreement were not interruptive but engaged and friendlier than the conversations with moments of silence in between speaking turns. In contrast, the low intensity group perceived any amount of simultaneous (同时) chat as a rude interruption, regardless of what the speakers were saying.
“People care about being interrupted, and those small interruptions can have a massive effect on the overall communication,” Hilton said. “Breaking apart what an interruption means is essential if we want to understand how humans interact with each other.”
1. What does Hilton’s research focus on?| A．What interruptions mean to people. |
| B．Whether interruption is good or not. |
| C．How to avoid getting interrupted. |
| D．Why speakers interrupt each other. |
| A．Record an audio clip. | B．Answer some questions. |
| C．Listen to one another. | D．Have a chat with a friend. |
| A．It’s important. | B．It’s interesting. |
| C．It’s inefficient. | D．It’s impolite. |
| A．Human interaction is complex. |
| B．Communication is the basis of life. |
| C．Interruptions promote thinking. |
| D．Language barriers will always exist. |
7 . Sommaroy is a small island in northern Norway. Because of its
It’s been like this for
| A．same | B．long | C．usual | D．changeable |
| A．leading to | B．making up | C．bringing about | D．focusing on |
| A．Until | B．After | C．Unless | D．If |
| A．moon | B．star | C．sun | D．sea |
| A．burn | B．appear | C．shine | D．set |
| A．spring | B．summer | C．autumn | D．winter |
| A．ignored | B．repeated | C．developed | D．performed |
| A．possible | B．easy | C．important | D．uncommon |
| A．yards | B．kitchens | C．pools | D．garages |
| A．days | B．months | C．generations | D．weeks |
| A．potentially | B．officially | C．extremely | D．constantly |
| A．children | B．journalists | C．tourists | D．experts |
| A．started | B．stopped | C．limited | D．promoted |
| A．leaving | B．announcing | C．taking | D．advertising |
| A．flexible | B．formal | C．confusing | D．competitive |
8 . In 2017, bottled water surpassed carbonated soft drinks to become the most popular beverage in the United States. While there are undeniably health benefits to more Americans choosing water over sugary sodas, the uptick(小幅上升)in bottled water sales and the marketing push for selling pre-packaged water has also contributed to an explosion of disposable container waste. Despite having some of the cleanest municipal water systems in the world, 60% of the world’s bottled water consumption occurs in the United States, even though Americans only comprise 4.5% of the world’s total population.
People justify drinking bottled water for many different reasons. Bottled water in restaurants has become somewhat of a status symbol, especially in fine dining. When I waited tables, I always dreaded asking guests for their water preference. In business settings where tablemates are unfamiliar with each other, no one feels comfortable answering for the group. Guests dining on an expense account—at least in a high-end restaurant—typically “splurge”(挥霍)on bottled water. A waiter wouldn’t dare offend a client by ordering tap water.
This results in trash bags filled with hundreds of empty glass bottles every night. In theory, the bottles and their packaging are recyclable, but history shows that, despite our best intentions, many recyclable products end up in landfills anyway.
We can all agree, hopefully, that whenever possible, restaurants should make more responsible choices about how their businesses impact the environment. The world is changing, and restaurants can’t always give people what they want anymore. Forgoing(放弃)bottled water is a very small sacrifice for those who prefer it—a drop in the bucket, as they say.
1. What problem is mentioned in paragraph 1?| A．People prefer bottled water to soft drinks. |
| B．Most municipal water systems break down. |
| C．Drinking bottled water leads to more waste. |
| D．The population in the United States declines. |
| A．A critic. | B．A restaurant owner. |
| C．A waiter. | D．A social observer. |
| A．They are thrown into seas. | B．They are buried in landfills. |
| C．They are recycled in factories. | D．They are transformed into plastics. |
| A．People must be more aware of the environment. |
| B．Bottled water has become the most popular drink. |
| C．It’s time to take bottled water off restaurant menus. |
| D．Restaurants should not give people whatever they want. |
1. How many factors of car accidents are mentioned?
| A．2. | B．3. | C．4. |
| A．Improved highway design. |
| B．Stricter traffic management. |
| C．Strengthened training for drivers. |
| A．Poor traffic control. |
| B．Some driverless cars. |
| C．Drivers’ carelessness. |
10 . Before you worry about bacon and how much it may cost when new animal welfare laws go into effect next year, let’s talk about the pigs that gave their lives for it.
California has been on the forefront of protecting animals who live short lives on factory farms either to produce food for us or to be slaughtered and sold as food. The latest advance came in November 2018, when 62.7% of the state’s voters supported Proposition 12, the Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act. The law began going into effect last year, requiring hens and veal calves to be given more space to live in. Starting on Jan. 1st, the law will require that all eggs sold in California come from cage-free hens and that pork sold in the state come from breeding pigs that are not held in cages. These are humane steps designed to lift these animals out of structures that barely allow them to move.
Pork producers have had the longest time to comply (遵守). Some big companies like Hormel Foods have pledged to do so fully, but others have spent the last few years fighting the law rather than figuring out how to put it into practice. They say that the law will significantly raise the price of pork and that it violates the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, which gives Congress sole power over interstate business activity. So far, that fight has been a waste of time that pork producers could have better spent figuring out how to retrofit (翻新)their farms.
They also complain that the regulations on the law are not set. But the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which has yet to finalize the regulations, says that the delay should not have prevented producers from retrofitting their housing for breeding pigs. The agency has publicly posted draft regulations, which mostly concern record-keeping, certification and definitions of terms.
For fans of bacon and other pork, any rise in cost is the price of not having a pig suffer before it’s killed for food. It’s a price the animals shouldn’t have to pay.
1. What do we know about Proposition 12?| A．The law will come into force next year. |
| B．More space is required for raising hens and pigs. |
| C．Raising hens and pigs in limited space is humane. |
| D．Half of the state’s voters subscribed to Proposition 12. |
| A．Suspect. | B．Refuse. | C．Promise. | D．Hesitate. |
| A．Some pork producers have raised the price of pork. |
| B．All the pork producers don’t comply with the law. |
| C．Pork producers have wasted a lot of time retrofitting their farms. |
| D．Pork producers resist the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. |
| A．Skeptical. | B．Conservative | C．Tolerant. | D．Favorable. |
