It’s the Saturday, 1:00 am, and Stormy, my dog, and I were going on a pre-dawn bird-watching adventure. The weatherman predicted fog, but as we hit the road, it’s clear. Along our journey, I stopped at a petrol station, ensuring Stormy was safely locked in the truck.
“Stormy, hang tight,” I whispered, stepping out into the night air.
Back on the highway, as we were near the marshlands, a heavy fog began to swallow everything. At a sharp bend, my truck hit soft ground, and I lost control. “Oh, no!” Panic set in as the vehicle slid off the road with a bang, falling down a steep bank and into the water.
In the strange silence that followed, I was floating inside the car, gently carried downstream by the canal. “Come on, door,” I said, switching uselessly at the handle. It won’t move; the electrical system had shorted out due to the water. “I’ve got a glass breaker,” I reminded myself, reaching for the tool in the center part.
With each failed attempt to break the window — the glass bouncing back at me — I felt a growing sense of urgency. Water moved over the floorboards, cooling my feet. “Stormy, stay calm,” I said, lying down to kick at the window with all my strength. But my efforts only met resistance.
As the water level rose threateningly close to the ceiling, fear clawed at my heart. In a last effort, I dived behind the seat for my toolbox. “Got to find something solid.” My hands brushed against the cold metal toolbox, then the fire extinguisher (灭火器). “This might work.”
“Here goes everything,” I thought, holding the extinguisher and hitting it against the window. The impact resounded through the car, but the glass holds firm. “Not yet,” I begged under my breath, as the extinguisher bounced harmlessly away.
The water kept rising, and so did my fear. A voice inside me screamed to give up, but another thought pierced through — Stormy. “For Stormy, I can’t quit.” Just then, I sensed a pause in the water’s rise.
An unspoken sound said, “You have more time. What will you do?”
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“I’ll fight harder,” I promised aloud.
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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 . In 2020, Pink launched the world Regret Survey, the largest survey on the topic ever undertaken. With his research team, Pink asked more than 15, 000 people in 105 countries, “How often do you look back on your life and wish you had done things differently?” Most of them said regret was at least an occasional part of their life. Roughly 21 percent said they felt regretful all the time. Only 1 percent said they never felt regretful.
If you are of the “no regrets” school of life, you may think that all this regret is a recipe for unhappiness. But that isn’t the case. Letting yourself be overwhelmed by regret is indeed bad for you. But going to the other extreme maybe even worse. To extinguish your regrets doesn’t free you from shame or sadness but causes you to make the same mistakes again and again. To truly get over our guilt requires that we put regret in its proper place.
Uncomfortable as it is, regret is an amazing cognitive (认知的) feat. It requires that you go back to a past scene. Imagine that you acted differently to change it, and with that new scene in mind, arrive at a different present — and then, compare that fictional present with the one you are experiencing in reality. Not all regrets are the same, of course. Pink says they come in four basic varieties, and an instance of regret may involve just one combination.
Many connection regrets overlap (重叠) with moral regrets, which can come about after you go against your own values. For example, you may pride yourself on being a loving person, and thus regret not living up to this image in the relationship you harmed. Moral regrets can also involve (涉及) just yourself. Maybe you regret not living up to your commitment (承诺、保证) to your health when you ate a whole pizza or skipped the gym.
If not analyzed and managed, any variety of regret can be harmful to your health. Regret is linked to depression and anxiety, and excessive regret can have a bad effect on your immune system. But regret doesn’t have to be put aside and ignored.
1. What could be concluded from Pink’s research ?| A．Half of the people felt regretful. |
| B．Most people lived without regrets. |
| C．None could live a life without regrets. |
| D．The majority of the people had regrets. |
| A．Admit. | B．Destroy. | C．Treasure. | D．Advance. |
| A．The harm of moral regrets. |
| B．The importance of commitment. |
| C．The relationship between regrets and values. |
| D．The connection between reality and imagination. |
| A．Types of regrets. | B．Causes of regrets. |
| C．Benefits of experiencing regrets. | D．Ways of dealing with regrets. |
3 . Imagine being able to go to your local park and pick some tomatoes, potatoes or even bananas to take home for dinner. Sounds too good to be true, right? For residents of Andernach, a German city, it’s not just a Utopian dream — it’s their reality. In 2010, Andernach began its “edible city” project, planting 101 varieties of tomatoes in public green spaces around the city centre. Its 30,000 residents are free to help themselves to whatever grows, as are any other visitors. Every year a new type of plant is introduced. In 2011, 100 types of beans were planted, while 2012 saw the introduction of 20 onion varieties. The town’s motto (座右铭) is, “Picking is encouraged — help yourself!”
It’s a community effort, as local citizens are encouraged to help plant and maintain the gardens. This offers an opportunity to socialize as well as to learn about planting, cultivating and harvesting food. “I often drop by to pick some herbs that I’m missing at home. Everything is easily accessible. There aren’t any fences. You just take what you need. The only thing is you have to be quick once the fruits are ripe or they’ll all be gone!” said a local historian.
Andernach may be the first, but it isn’t the only edible city. It’s part of the Edible Cities Network, an EU-funded project connecting green urban food initiatives (倡议) around the world. Other edible cities include Carthage in Tunisia, Havana in Cuba and Šempeter-Vrtojba in Slovenia. In February 2022, the first Edible Cities Network Conference took place. Dr. Ina Säumel, Principal Investigator of the Edible Cities Network, called it, “a unique opportunity to invite researchers and practitioners (从业人员) of Edible City Solutions to the same table and unite theory with practice”.
Ultimately, the Edible Cities Network aims to create “greener, more edible and, above all, more livable cities”. It is a response to the pressures of climate change, and a cause for hope.
1. What is paragraph 1 mainly about?| A．The process of Andernach’s growth. |
| B．The green food project in Andernach. |
| C．Methods of planting vegetables in Europe. |
| D．The popularity of Andernach’s city design. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Indifferent. |
| C．Positive. | D．Negative. |
| A．Green urban food has drawn more attention. |
| B．German rural areas will follow the trend too. |
| C．Asia will join the Edible Cities Network soon. |
| D．Edible cities hold meetings on a regular base. |
| A．Start a Green Food Campaign Now |
| B．Gain Easy Access to German Food |
| C．Quick Response to Climate Change |
| D．An Incredible “Edible City” Initiative |
At the beginning of the school year, the introduction of pre-made meals into campuses has attracted public attention. Some parents express concerns about the quality and
Pre-cooked food, also known
“When it involves the long-term health of children, schools must prioritize transparency (透明度) and openness, allowing everyone to make
Food on campus must meet security and nutritional standards with strict entry procedures. Moreover, parents should have full information and choice rights, with parent committees overseeing meal selection
5 . With the WHO no longer considering COVID-19 a global health emergency, it seems that the virus and its large number of deaths will soon fade from memory, along with N95 masks and PCR tests.
Our ability to forget a pandemic is partly a coping mechanism, reflecting the emotional immune system that enables us to move on with our daily lives. Every day, we receive massive information that our brains struggle to keep. Moreover, the process by which our brains assess risk is deeply personal and influenced by our own needs.
We are reminded why so many people were eager to forget the 1918 influenza pandemic and embrace the joys of the Roaring Twenties. But collective forgetting threatens to leave us unprepared for future airborne disease outbreaks, forcing us to re-learn fundamental lessons about the importance of masking and shifting activities outdoors to prevent transmission.
People often have a more positive view of the future than the past as a way of building psychological resilience (韧性). This is because, unlike the unchangeable past, the future offers endless possibilities. But our tendency to look forward also arrests progress on issues like pandemic preparedness, as it leads us to believe we are better equipped than we are.
Today, there’s still no comprehensive effort to carry out the detailed recommendations on how to improve pandemic preparedness. Today, we still lack clear explanations for why our public-health agencies are understaffed and undefended, why supply chains failed, why COVID-19 misinformation was allowed to overflow on media platforms, and why our public-health responses remain passive.
It has taken Ireland more than 150 years to build memorials and museums marking the impact of the disaster — the Great Famine of the 1840s. We cannot afford to let the same happen with COVID-19. Our ability to remember the past could affect billions of lives in the future.
1. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?| A．The pandemic coping system. | B．The struggle of data memory. |
| C．The reasons for forgetting a pandemic. | D．The personal pandemic assessment. |
| A．To outline the astonishing parallel found in history. |
| B．To reveal the harmful effect of collective forgetting. |
| C．To uncover people’s collective loss of memory. |
| D．To reflect people’s interest in future possibilities. |
| A．good preparations for the next pandemic have been made |
| B．people’s ability to cope with a pandemic is underestimated |
| C．the suggestions on pandemic prevention are well adopted |
| D．a list of questions concerning the pandemic remain to be answered |
| A．Remember the pandemic. | B．Embrace the pandemic-free life. |
| C．Invest in the pandemic research. | D．Build memorials to the pandemic. |
6 . In Saskatchewan, Canada, vegetables have a short growing season. So a very unique farm in Hudson Bay is growing fresh, pesticide-free(无农药的)vegetables in a hydroponic(水培的)farm all year long. There the plants are grown in water instead of soil.
Growing vegetables in the middle of nowhere, about 300 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, may seem like a big risk, but there is no other place for people to get locally grown food. Produce is available in local supermarkets but it is trucked in from far away.
The idea to turn the no longer used Stewart Hawke school into a farm came to the Nels when Hudson Bay asked for bids (投标)for the building in 2018. It was empty and if an alternative use wasn’t found, it would be pulled down. “We started looking for ideas, and we went and proposed doing this, ”Jan Nel said. “And they loved it. ”
After the proposal was accepted, the family worked together to prepare the building in January 2019 and they planted the first seeds in just one classroom the next month.
The company has grown and is now using several rooms thanks to the quality of the produce and the fact that it is local, according to June Nel. “It’s not two weeks old;it hasn’t travelled across the country or across the world, ”she said. “It actually tastes like lettuce. Lots of people have commented on our herbs. It actually still tastes fresh when you get it, and there’s no pesticide used. ”
She expects more producers to turn to hydroponics in the future but notes that the technology is limited to only some fruits and vegetables and doesn’t work for potatoes or grains. “It’s not the answer to the food security question or challenge, but it will play an increasingly larger role, ”she adds.
1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?| A．Vegetables are plentiful in Saskatchewan. |
| B．People in Saskatchewan can’t get fresh vegetables. |
| C．Hydroponic farms are very popular in Saskatchewan. |
| D．The climate in Saskatchewan is not good for farming. |
| A．A supermarket. | B．A school. |
| C．A garden. | D．A factory. |
| A．They are cheap. | B．They are fresh. |
| C．They are nutritive. | D．They are delicious. |
| A．A New Way Helps Deal with Food Security |
| B．A Family Devote to Improving People’s Life |
| C．A Used School Turns into a Hydroponic Farm |
| D．An Innovative Practice Boosts the Future of Farming |
7 . The whole world knows them: actors, singers, models, athletes and TV personalities. If I use social media, I get too familiar.
I have nothing against the entertainment industry and celebrities. The problem is that by idolizing the entertainment industry so much, we sometimes completely forget about the things that are truly important and that are changing our world. You probably know who Leonardo DiCaprio is—a very talented American actor and film producer. But then you probably don’t know who Cori Bargmann is. Bargmann is a scientist who is uncovering the causes of Alzheimer’s and autism, which have been unknown for years.
What I think is wrong is that DiCaprio’s net worth is $260 million dollars, while Bargmann’s is less than $l million dollars. DiCaprio is definitely talented and has worked hard to give us good films, but Bargmann is working for something that can save thousands of humans who are suffering. And just because our society prefers to idolize the entertainment industry instead of science, she gets paid much less than she deserves.
But if it would benefit the world to invest all of our time and attention toward scientists, why don’t we make scientists our new “celebrities”?
First of all, we like being entertained. We love pretty faces and easy-to-digest information. It’s easier to care about simple stuff rather than scientific, complicated things. Another reason is that most scientists don’t like being in the spotlight. They’ re mostly reserved and like to have privacy. They’ re busy people, which explains why they haven’t attracted the media the same way that performers have. Also, people have free will and the right to be interested in whatever they want to be.
However, studies have shown that young people are more interested in a scientific career as a result of COVID-19. The pandemic has also made known some scientists who have suddenly started appearing on TV and guiding us on how to get protected from this deadly virus. Maybe that is the start of the development of a different point of view which will be in favor of science for future generations.
1. Why does the author mention Leonardo DiCaprio and Cori Bargmann?| A．To introduce the topic. | B．To give an example. |
| C．To offer a definition. | D．To propose a solution. |
| A．Scientists get paid much less than actors. |
| B．People are busy choosing what they like. |
| C．Scientists don’t feel like being paid attention to. |
| D．People prefer entertainment to complex science. |
| A．Studies make scientists known and accepted by the masses. |
| B．Young people want to change their jobs because of the pandemic. |
| C．People are attracted to science and scientists during a special time. |
| D．Most scientists gradually become willing to show up in public light. |
| A．Objective. | B．Favorable. |
| C．Prejudiced. | D．Indifferent. |
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9 . “Girls are weak, and boys are strong. This is what is being subconsciously communicated to hundreds of millions of young boys and girls all over the world, just like it was with me,” said American actor Justin Baldoni. As a boy, all he wanted was to be accepted by other people. That acceptance meant he had to pretend to be strong when he was weak, confident when he felt insecure, and tough when he was actually hurting.
Is that a healthy lifestyle? A member of the CPPCC Standing Committee might say “yes”. In his proposal, he spoke of a need to “prevent the feminization of male youths”. In response to his call, China’s Ministry of Education has recently demanded that schools should hire more physical education teachers and improve teaching methods to cultivate masculinity in students.
The response has been widely debated online, with many people saying that it reinforces gender stereotypes. The state broadcaster CCTV wrote on its Weibo account, “Education is not simply about cultivating men and women. It’s more important to develop a willingness to take responsibility.” You might be wondering now: What is masculinity, and why is this so controversial?
Well, by itself, “masculinity” refers to the qualities traditionally considered to be typical of men. While there is not really a single “correct” set of qualities, the term is often associated with strength, courage, assertiveness, and emotional control. Sometimes, however, these seemingly admirable qualities can be extended in unrealistic ways. But boys are also human. Blindly asking them to control their feelings “like a man” can only increase their stress when they grow up.
As an educator who has spent years teaching in China, I agree that attaching more importance to physical education would definitely benefit students. Sports provide opportunities for physical fitness. More importantly, they can help develop lifelong skills, such as leadership and communication skills. However, putting the emphasis on masculinity is far from a sound reason for which to do so.
It is unnecessary for all boys to build up their muscles, but it is essential that they all learn how to be strong inside. It is also fine for boys to cry and to show their weakness. Schools should work on equipping students with the skills and values they will need to be successful in life, not reinforcing stereotypes of masculinity borrowed from a bygone age.
1. The underlined expression “masculinity” in Paragraph 2 most probably means “________”| A．manly qualities | B．potential abilities |
| C．self-centredness | D．steady strength |
| A．It is necessary to prevent the feminization of male youths. |
| B．Physical education should be paid more attention to. |
| C．We should teach students according to their individual qualities. |
| D．Importance should be attached to developing students’ sense of responsibility. |
| A．Masculinity is out of date. |
| B．Masculinity is overstated. |
| C．Masculinity shows physical strength. |
| D．Masculinity only focuses on physical fitness. |
| A．We should do everything we can to guarantee students’ health. |
| B．Schools should differentiate between boys and girls while educating them. |
| C．It is important to prepare students with necessary skills and right values. |
| D．It is time to weaken stereotypes of masculinity. |
10 . Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of a（n）
Unfortunately, many young people, knowing
One common mistake is choosing an occupation for
Too many high-school students—or their parents for them-choose the professional field,
Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants
| A．academy | B．occupation | C．guidance | D．identification |
| A．therefore | B．so | C．though | D．however |
| A．in case of | B．for | C．because of | D．to |
| A．enter | B．participate | C．involve | D．join |
| A．leave | B．fit | C．require | D．fix |
| A．careers | B．professions | C．prospects | D．work |
| A．few | B．little | C．much | D．less |
| A．with | B．by | C．on | D．at |
| A．flow | B．wander | C．jump | D．drift |
| A．stick | B．turn | C．adhere | D．subscribe |
| A．to which | B．that | C．for which | D．what |
| A．its | B．their | C．/ | D．the |
| A．to have disregarded | B．to disregard | C．disregarding | D．disregard |
| A．preparations | B．requirements | C．specifications | D．preferences |
| A．such | B．no | C．very | D．so |
| A．Moreover | B．Otherwise | C．Nevertheless | D．Still |
| A．priority | B．regulation | C．assessment | D．consideration |
| A．out of | B．towards | C．for | D．from over |
| A．advantage | B．patience | C．risks | D．turns |
| A．awards | B．rewards | C．prizes | D．bonuses |
