3 . UK taxpayers will pay tens of millions of pounds towards the cost of the King’s coronation.     1    , including fans of the royals, who feel the expense particularly upset.

    2    , which has stood above 10% in March, down slightly from the month prior, but still far higher than in the United States and Europe.

    3    . They were rising at their fastest rate in more than 45 years in March as high input and labor costs have hurt domestic producers, and as a weaker pound has made imports more expensive.

The strain has pushed record numbers of people toward the UK’s legions of food banks providing free groceries as wages have failed to keep pace with inflation.

The Trussell Trust, which distributes groceries to about 1,200 food banks, said last week that its network had handed out nearly 3 million emergency food parcels in the year to the end of March.    4    , and a 37% rise on the previous 12-month period.

“We are experiencing an unprecedented rise in the number of people coming to the food bank.    5    .” Brian Thomas, chief executive at South Tyneside Foodbank, located in England’s northeast, said in a statement.

A．That’s a record for a single year

B．Food price rises show no signs of pulling back

C．Inflation in the UK has rocketed over the past year

D．The increasingly higher prices are beyond people’s expectations.

E．Food banks have finally removed those long-accumulated products.

F．But millions of people are struggling to make ends meet as prices rise

G．They are no longer able to balance a low income against rising living costs

4 . AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas man went next door with a rifle and began shooting his neighbors, killing an 8-year-old and four others inside the house, after the family asked him to stop firing in his yard because they were trying to sleep, authorities said Saturday.

Sheriff Greg Capers said authorities were still searching for the 39-year-old suspect following the night shooting in the town of Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston. He said the suspect used an AR-style rifle in the shooting.

Capers said there were 10 people in the house and that no one else was injured. He said two of the victims, believed to be from Honduras, were found laying over two children inside.

“The Honduran ladies that were laying over these children were doing it in such an effort as to protect the child,” Capers said.

The conflict followed family members walking up to the fence and asking the suspect to stop shooting rounds, Capers said. The suspect responded by telling them that it was his property, according to Capers, and that one person in the house got a video of the suspect walking up to the front door with the rifle.

Three of the victims were women and one was a man. Their names were not released. Capers said the victims were between the ages of 8 and about 40 years old.

Authorities have previously been to the suspect’s home, according to Capers. “Police officers have come over and spoke with him about the shooting his gun in the yard,” he said.

Capers said some of those in the house had just moved from Houston earlier in the week, but he did not know whether they were planning to stay there.

The US is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023. The violence is sparked by a range of motives: murder-suicides and domestic violence; gang revenge ; school shootings and so on. All have taken the lives of four or more people at once since Jan 1.

1. Where was the suspect when the conflict started?

A．In his own yard.	B．In the police office.
C．In the neighbor’s house.	D．Together with the policemen.

2. How many victims lost their lives in the shooting accident?

A．4.

B．8.

C．5.

D．10.

3. How did the suspect possibly look at the firing rounds?

A．He hates neighboring others.

B．He owns the freedom of doing so.

C．He is willing to give up if warned.

D．He speaks up for the mass violence.

4. What is possible to be implied in the last paragraph?

A．More firings may happen in the area of Honduras.

B．More victims may lose their lives in social violence.

C．Immigrants will be mostly targeted in mass killings.

D．The Honduran family will suffer a violent revenge.

5 . On most Sundays, the sound of hammers(锤子)and other tools hitting stone can be heard in a village in the Chimalhuacan area, on Mexico City’s east side. The sounds come from stone carvers(石雕师)who still work on a skill that has been passed down for generations(世代)—even after the local stone was used up. The village is filled with meter-high religious(宗教的)figures and other beautiful stone objects.

Generations of stone carvers in Chimalhuacan also created much of the stonework found on buildings and in parks in the capital’s downtown.

While carvers in other areas long ago turned to machines, the workers here only use hammers and other special hand tools. Many are self-taught, but some, like Tomás Ugarte, aged 86, learned in the traditional way. This method of rock cutting has been passed down between family members, dating back about five generations.

The rock cutters are generally old. There were about 600 official stone carvers about 10 years ago. Now, there are probably only around 300. The carvers are dying and their children generally do not want to take up the trade.

Still, the stone carvers keep the old traditions alive. Many people in the area use stone tools made by the stone carvers.

Rev. Alberto Sandoval, who has known the stone workers since 1990, described them as “the backbone of the community.” Most of the carvers have work areas at home, which provides them with some money. They sell carvings for prices from $500 to $2,000. But they often do not sell much.

Unlike many craftspeople who want to see their works shown in museums, the carvers here also work for free at repairing the stonework at the 250-year-old local church, Santa Maria de Guadalupe.

Asked if the trade will continue, carver Mario Olivares read a poem written on the church wall: “Your art, your tradition, your culture and the nobility(高贵)of the people keep the spirit of this town alive.”

1. What is special about the stone carvers in Chimalhuacan?

A．They have turned to machines.	B．They only use hand tools.
C．They are self-taught.	D．They mainly create religious figures.

2. What does paragraph 4 mainly tell us?

A．The great loss of the local stone.	B．Different jobs the young choose.
C．The worrying future for the trade.	D．The long history of stone carving.

3. What can we know about the carvers?

A．They work for free most of the time.	B．They like giving their works to museums.
C．They sell carvings at high prices.	D．They often make a little money.

4. How did Mario Olivares feel about the future of the trade?

A．Confident.	B．Uncaring.
C．Helpless.	D．Worried.

7 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

I had always enjoyed living in my flat on the top floor of a Victorian building in Wimbledon. Being so high up made me feel safe and secure, and I enjoyed wonderful views across the tree tops. I had never expected that I would experience a fire in the flat.

One night I went to sleep as usual after setting my alarm clock for 7 am and switching off the bedside light. A few hours later, I woke up puzzled. I could smell smoke and I could see that the bedroom was extremely dark. Then I realized the room was so dark because it was filled with smoke. I immediately left my bed and stood by the door. I was in panic. I was also convinced that I had somehow caused the fire without knowing it. I thought, “What will my neighbors think? I must get rid of the smoke before it gets into their flats.”

I managed to make my way to the curtains and tried to draw them open. This simple everyday act proved quite beyond me. When I finally opened the window, I saw all my neighbors standing on the lawn below, tightly wrapped up in their dressing gowns against the December cold. Then I realized it wasn’t me that had caused the fire. It was someone else.

Even though I had taken many fire awareness courses at work, I forgot everything I’d ever been taught at that time. My one instinct was to flee down the stairs.

“There’s a fire! Stay by the window!” someone shouted below the building. And that man’s words of warning stopped me and helped save my life. If I had opened my front door at the top of the stairwell to escape, the flames raging below would have been drawn upwards by the rush of oxygen and would have swept over me in an instant. I knew I should go to the kitchen and wait for help by the window there. I knew the firemen would save me using a ladder.

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1.续写词数应为150左右;
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So I went to the kitchen.

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8 . As Americans slowly return to the office, they are rethinking their clothing choices at work. After two years of working from home in exercise clothes, many people now want to be comfortable while looking professional in the office. And companies are trying to keep up with the demand for “business comfort” clothing.

Kay Martin-Pence, who works for a drug company, used to wear structured business clothes, like dress pants and blazers (统一服装), and high-heel shoes to work before the pandemic, but now wears comfortable clothes, including stylish jeans and flowing shirts, along with lower-heel shoes.

Adam Galinsky, a social psychologist at Columbia Business School, who studies the connection between what people wear and how they think, said that people will knowingly think about what they will wear to the office. They may compare themselves to others and think about the situation they are in.

Clothing companies also witnessed the changing demand. From January to March of 2022, money from sales of sports pants for office wears increased three times. There is a high demand for comfortable shirts and pull-on pants. The most common kind of shoe for the workplace is sneakers. And sales of dress shoes are 34 percent lower than in 2019.

As more workers want to feel comfortable in their work clothes, some are excited to trick themselves up again. One such worker is 42-year-old Emily Kirchner of Stevensville, Michigan. She said she is spending money on new clothes including blue jeans, shirts, and even blazers. As a mother of a young child, she wants to feel her best when she leaves the house. "It's kind of fun to trick up," Kirchner said. "It's kind of like that back-to-school feeling."

1. What leads to the changes in clothing choice at work?

A．Demand of business.	B．Influence of pandemic.
C．Following the trend.	D．Dressing in comfort long.

2. What does Galinsky mean when referring to office wear?

A．People judge by feelings.	B．People like to be unique.
C．People consult others in wear.	D．People care about their wear.

3. What do we know about Emily Kirchner from the last paragraph?

A．She differs from others.	B．She prefers professional clothes.
C．She is fond of dressing up.	D．She overspends on new clothes.

4. What is the suitable title for the text?

A．Comfortable Changes to Office Wear	B．Urgent Demand for Comfortable Clothing
C．Increased Sales in Sports Jeans Globally	D．Connection between Wear and Concept