1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What was the woman doing just now?

A．Cooking.

B．Eating.

C．Reading.

2. What is the main topic of the conversation?

A．Big data (数据).

B．Medical treatment.

C．Public safety.

3. Where does the woman probably work?

A．In the city hall.

B．In a company.

C．In a hospital.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the woman’s mother always ask her to do?

A．Wash clothes.

B．Water flowers.

C．Do some cooking.

2. What is fun for the man’s family at weekends?

A．Cleaning rooms together.

B．Watching TV together.

C．Having a picnic together.

3. Who is good at gardening?

A．The woman.

B．The woman’s father.

C．The woman’s mother.

3 . Clever Ways to Organize Your Refrigerator

When you’re watching your grocery budget, a refrigerator can be your best friend. It’s great for people who only occasionally have time to cook. Because you can either buy ready-made meals or make up big batches periodically and divvy them up for convenient weeknight meals. The issue, of course, is freezer organization. Having wonderful food on hand is just annoying if you can’t actually find it when you want it!     1    

iDesign Linus Divided Refrigerator Storage Bin

A lot of the convenience foods we put into the refrigerator come in boxes.     2     This is because they tend to slide around and fall over. A clear storage bin with dividers (分隔物), like the one from iDesign, is just what you need.     3     So it’s small enough to be a good fit for refrigerators. The divider means boxed items will still stand upright. In most refrigerators, you’ll be able to fit two or more as needed, and they’ll slide out for easy access to items at the back.

YouCopia FreezeUp Refrigerator Bin

Another type of “problem packaging” is the stand-up, zipper-seal bags that many kinds of fruit and vegetables are sold in. They’re convenient to use, but there’s not really a good way to pile or organize them when they go back into the refrigerator. This refrigerator bin from YouCopia, with its four or six removable dividers, is just the thing to keep them in line. It’s clear and has a low wall at one side.     4     You can put those packages in and take out of the refrigerator without effort.

Removable Refrigerator Food Labels

Physical organizing isn’t the only kind you’ll need to do to get the most out of your refrigerator and its contents.     5     In this case labels will be needed. Labeling everything that goes into your refrigerator will help you keep track not just of the contents of each bag and package, but also to know which items need to be used up in which order. These labels from Chinco are just the thing. They’ll stick to storage bags or containers made of plastic and glass, but after they’ve been used, they’ll peel off easily and leave no residue (残留) behind.

A．It’s popular due to its small size.

B．It’s just 11 inches deep and 5 inches wide.

C．So it’s easy to see what you’ve got.

D．You need to make full use of your refrigerator.

E．Small boxes in particular can be a pain to store.

F．Now we have got the clever solutions to the problem.

G．You’ll also need to keep track of what’s in there.

4 . A new survey finds the gender gap in home cooking has widened, with women cooking more meals than men in nearly every country worldwide.

Women cooked just under nine meals per week, on average, in 2022. Men cooked about four per week. These are the results of an annual survey by Gallup and Cookpad, which tracks how often people prepare and eat home-cooked meals in countries around the globe.

When the survey began in 2018, traditional gender roles were well established, but during the pandemic years the survey results showed that men were cooking more. This narrowed the gender gap, explains Andrew Dugan, a research director at Gallup, who has worked on the survey since it began. The latest results, which Dugan says come as a surprise, point to a reversal (颠倒) of this trend. In 2022, women continued to cook at about the same frequency, but men started to cook less.

“It’s the first year that the gap actually widened,” Dugan says, pointing out that the gap has reverted back to its starting point in 2018, “What it might suggest is that the traditional gender roles are starting to reassert themselves,” Dugan says.

The gender gap varies by country. In the United States, women cook about two more meals per week on average, than men. The survey report charts the countries with the largest gender gaps, including Ethiopia, Egypt, and Nepal where women are making about eight more meals per week than men. The countries with the smallest gender differences in cooking are clustered (成群的) in Europe, including Spain, the UK, France, and Ireland.

It’s not clear why the gender gap widened in all the other countries including the U. S., but chef Mike Friedman, who operates several restaurants in the Washington D. C. area, has his take. “The survey may not capture the whole picture,” Friedman says, “In my house, lots of meals are collaborations (合作). My wife does a lot of the cooking. But we talk about it and we talk through what we should make tonight. And most times she’ll start and I’ll finish and then I’m always left with the dishes”.

1. What do we know about the survey?

A．It began across the U. S. in 2022.	B．It indicated men cooked less in 2018.
C．It measured how often people ate out.	D．It focused on gender gaps in eating habits.

2. What can be inferred from Paragraph 5?

A．Women are more willing to do the cooking.

B．Traditional cooking methods stay unchanged.

C．The researchers come from different countries.

D．Gender gaps in cooking are smaller in richer countries.

3. What can we learn from Friedman’s words?

A．Friedman thinks the survey has limitations.

B．Friedman is critical of women’s roles in cooking.

C．Friedman’s household seldom works together on meals.

D．Friedman’s household has a strict division of cooking roles.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Traditional Gender Roles in Cooking	B．The Pandemic’s Impact on Home Cooking
C．Chef Friedman Comments on the Survey	D．Gender Gap Widens in Home Cooking

5 . Sometimes parents wonder if they should really give their children chores (家务活). After all, isn’t it the parents’ responsibility to manage the household? And don’t children need an opportunity to “just be children” for now because they have the rest of their lives to worry about chores?

Most children have really busy schedules. They rush around from one activity to another with little time to clean the house. Despite those concerns, however, giving your children chores may be one of the most important things you’ll ever do.

While giving your children chores can certainly take some of the stress off you, that’s not the only reason you should expect your children to do the chores. Studies show chores are good for children. Research from a well-known 75-year Harvard study shows that chores can shape children to be more likely to become happy, healthy and independent adults.

Why are chores like sweeping the floor and clearing the table so important to children’s happiness in life? One reason is that children feel a sense of achievement when they do their chores. No matter whether they’re making their beds or they’re sweeping the floor, helping out around the house makes children feel capable. Doing chores also helps children feel like they’re part of the team and learn responsibility. Helping family members is good for them and it encourages them to be good adults.

Children who do chores gain important life skills that will serve them well throughout their lives. Life skills such as meal preparation, mowing the lawn, or doing the laundry will be important after high school, which helps your children live independently.

1. Why does the author raise questions in paragraph 1?

A．To express doubts.	B．To make a warning.
C．To lead in the topic.	D．To provide background information.

2. What helps children grow up healthily according to research from the Harvard study?

A．Chores.	B．Less homework.
C．School activities.	D．Learning schedules.

3. What does the underlined word “capable” mean in paragraph 4?

A．Tired.	B．Nervous.
C．Having no time.	D．Having the ability.

4. What does this text focus on?

A．Skills to deal with chores.	B．Advantages of doing chores.
C．The importance of life skills.	D．Ways to balance study and chores.

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What can we learn about Mrs. Green?

A．She has an old and small car.

B．She always drives very fast.

C．She only drives a day every week.

2. What is the color of Mike’s car?

A．Blue.

B．Black.

C．White.

3. Who has a very old car?

A．Mike.

B．Mrs. Bates.

C．Joe.

4. Who is Joe?

A．The speaker’s neighbor.

B．The speaker’s friend.

C．The speaker’s uncle.

7 . 最近。你班进行了一个参与家务劳动的调查，请你根据调查结果在你的博客上用英语写一篇博文。

每周做家务1小时以十	5%
每周做家务小于1小时	65%
完全不参与家务劳动	30%

要点包括：1.调查结果，2. 你的感受。
注意：1.词数80左右，2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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8 . 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。

As long as I can remember, it is more than 5 years since Dad left us, whom we missed very much. And what we are supposed to do now is accompany Mum very well, caring for her as much as possible. Mum cherishes everything from Dad, especially the thing that gives her a beautiful memory.

Yesterday, after telling my brother Rhys, and me to stop playing like wild animals, Mum went to take a bath. We were having a pillow fight when suddenly one hit a vase. Mum heard the loud crash. Wasting no time, she went wiping into the room. I was sure that she was going to shout at us, but instead she just knelt by the pieces and began to cry.

This made Rhys and me feel pretty awful. We went over and put our arms around her, and she explained to us why she was so upset. In the pieces lay a broken glass rose, one pedal(花瓣) gone, which was given by Dad on their first wedding and anniversary. Dad had said that if he ever forgot to bring flowers home for an anniversary in the future. Mum was to look at that one. It was like their love: it would last a lifetime.

We began crying, and offered to glue it. But Mum said that wouldn’t really fix. Now that it had been broken, the value of the “limited edition” had reduced. As Mum slowly began to pick up the mess, we tried everything we could think of to cheer her up, but even our best funny faces didn’t work. Everything was picked up. Tears kept coming down her cheeks.

Paragraph 1

Seeing Mum going back to the bath, I stopped her.

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Paragraph 2

Mum hugged me very tightly and finally smiled.

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9 . You know how every November the cooking magazines are full of articles on how you should shake up the traditional Thanksgiving meal and make it new and exciting? Out with the boring mashed potatoes, in with the roasted smashed potatoes! And who wants to roast a whole turkey? Why not braise (焖烧) the turkey legs instead?

I used to think these ideas were great until this year when we tried some of them. In fact, we reinvented it so much that it wasn’t even Thanksgiving dinner anymore. We ate chicken with a Parmesan panko crust, roasted carrots, and a salad. For dessert (饭后甜点) we had bourbon pound cake with ice cream. In other words, it was like any other nice meal I’d have at my parents’ house.

We had to do this out of necessity. My family runs a wood-fired pizza company that usually shuts down at the beginning of September, but this fall, it stayed open until Thanksgiving. Its last day of operation (营业) was Saturday, and we had our traditional Thanksgiving meal on Sunday. My whole family were so tired from pizza-making that we had no energy left for a feast. Then our ‘lazy’ Thanksgiving dinner was made with what we already had.

As usual the meal was delicious and the company pleasant, but it wasn’t until after the weekend that I was left with a sense of loss, as if something were missing. That’s when I realized that, for me, Thanksgiving is very much about the food, and no just the lovely people who share the dinner with me. It’s my one chance to taste dishes that I don’t eat at any other time of year, and that is truly why it’s so special.

1. According to the author, what do cooking magazines usually do every November?

A．Call for a change in cooking.	B．Hunt for articles from readers.
C．Help readers in potato cooking.	D．Introduce recipes for roast turkey.

2. Which can best describe the author’s Thanksgiving dinner this year?

A．Fancy.	B．Common.
C．Long-awaited.	D．Well-balanced.

3. What does the author mainly explain in paragraph 3?

A．His family background.

B．His way to make a Thanksgiving pizza.

C．How his family-run pizza company works.

D．How he celebrated this year’s Thanksgiving.

4. What is the major significance of Thanksgiving to the author?

A．It is a way to kill a sense of loss.

B．It is an occasion to enjoy once-a-year dishes.

C．It is a chance to spread festival happiness.

D．It is an opportunity for the whole family to gather.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How had the man intended to pay for his rent?

A．By using his salary.

B．By turning to his parents.

C．By working for the owner.

2. What does the man need to do first in his mother’s opinion?

A．Talk with his dad.

B．Obtain a college degree.

C．Find a cheap apartment.