1 . Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website Book Crossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.

Members go on the site and register (登记) the books they own and would like to share. Book Crossing provides an identification number (识别码) to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.

Bruce Pederson, the managing director of Book Crossing, says, “The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. Book Crossing combines both.”

Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.

People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E— mails are then sent to the BookCrossers to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Pederson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.

Book Crossing is part of a trend (趋势) among people who want to get back to the “real” and not the virtual (虚拟).The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty—five countries.

1. Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph?

A．To explain what they are.	B．To introduce Book Crossing.
C．To stress the importance of reading.	D．To encourage readers to share their ideas.

2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．An adventure.	B．A public place.
C．The book.	D．The identification number.

3. What will a Book Crosser do with a book after reading it?

A．Keep it safe in his bookcase.	B．Mail it back to its owner.
C．Meet other readers to discuss it.	D．Pass it on to another reader.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Online Reading: A Virtual Tour	B．Electronic Books: A New Trend
C．A Book Group Brings Tradition Back	D．A Website Links People through Books

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Zhu Yanjun shared poetry reading experience with students at a primary school in Jingning county, Northwest China’s Gansu province,     1     April 10, 2023.

Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he     2     (stop) his schooling and began to work as a migrant worker.

    3     he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he     4     (final) appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won second place,     5     (amaze) the audience with his talent.

Zhu’s passion for poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits     6    (bookstore). On rainy days when the construction site     7     he works stops work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early in the morning and spends the whole day reading books. In order to make use of his time     8    (read) poetry, he always carries some notes of copying poems in his pocket.

In March of this year, Zhu Yanjun returned to his hometown and got a chance to work as a staff member at the cultural center of Jingning County. This job gives him more time to study the stories behind the poems and     9     (many) opportunities to share his experience with others. Zhu wishes to inspire more people around him to explore the     10     (hide) beauty of reading.

4 . 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你校组织了主题为“爱阅读，爱思考”的系列读书活动。请你用英文给英国笔友Jim 写一封邮件，向他介绍该活动。内容包括：
1. 活动目的及形式;
2. 个人收获及后续计划。
注意：1. 词数100左右;
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
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Yours,

Li Hua

5 . From cottages surrounded by impressive gardens to days spent exploring sandy beaches and deep woods filled with wildlife, in My Family and Other Animals, English writer Gerald Durrell provided a vivid account of his family’s time on the Greek island of Corfu in the 1930s.

Come for the arresting descriptions of Corfu landscapes and stay for Durrell’s laugh-out-loud tales of his unusual family. This book, Durrell wrote humorously in the introduction, “was intended to be a nostalgic(怀旧的)account of natural history, but in the first few pages, I made the mistake of introducing my family.”

Durrell, later known for his zoo keeping and the preservation of wildlife, was just a child during his family’s five-year stay in Corfu. He is 10-year-old Gerry in the book—curious, passionate about animals and a detailed storyteller of his strange family: his imaginative elder brother Larry with his literary ambitions, lovestruck sister Margo, sporty brother Leslie and his ever-calm, loving mother.

Durrell’s attention to detail is what makes the book so winning, with every sight, sound and smell of the island brought to life. One minute you’ll be laughing as Larry’s clever literary friends walk down to the daffodil-yellow cottage, the next you’ll be catching your breath as Durrell describes swimming at night in the Ionian Sea: “Lying on my back in the silky water, staring at the sky, only moving my hands and feet slightly, I was looking at the Milky Way stretching like a silk scarf across the sky and wondering how many stars it contained.”

My Family and Other Animals is quite difficult to classify, being one part travel, one part autobiography, one part natural history, and one part comedy, with a thread of descriptive language running throughout that sometimes raises it nearly to poetry.

As a real delight to read, it’s the perfect literary escapism for any adult or older teenager who is currently walking down a tough road in life.

1. Which word best describes Durrell’s life in Corfu?

A．Diverse.

B．Busy.

C．Risky.

D．Tough.

2. What does the underlined sentence mean in paragraph 2?

A．I just introduced my family by mistake.	B．I shouldn’t have introduced my family.
C．I gave false information about my family.	D．I couldn’t help introducing my family.

3. What are paragraph 4 and 5 mainly about?

A．Durrell’s rich imagination.	B．Some interesting plots of the book.
C．The book’s writing feature.	D．Some vivid descriptions of the island.

4. What is the purpose of this text?

A．To share an experience.	B．To introduce a writing style.
C．To recommend a book.	D．To describe an unusual place.

7 . Do you like to bury your head in a good book? Getting absorbed in a good story is a great way to relax. It improves your ability to read and write, and, according to some experts, it’s good for your health as well. Studies show that it can increase our intelligence as we understand a range of different views and motivations.     1    

For the traditional readers, the only way to get a good story is with a paperback or hardback book.     2     And of course it’s portable (便携的). But the traditional book has had a competitor in recent years from e-books, which are read on e-readers. An “electronic” book enables you to store hundreds of virtual books in one place and allows you to download books directly.

    3     According to one school in London, it has encouraged more children to read. 11-year-old Summit told the BBC: “If you really want a book, you can just get it online.     4     I probably read every day now.” For adults, e-books are certainly a lightweight way of accessing their favorite literature on the move.

But for those who can’t or don’t want to look at the text in a book, there are audio (音频) books to listen to. According to Clare Thorpe, writing for the BBC Culture website: “There are hugely ambitious productions using specially created soundscapes (音量) and technological advances.”     5    

Whatever your reading preference, there are many choices to access a good story.

A．It’s so easy, and it has made me read more.

B．People have got into the habit of reading more.

C．The e-book has become popular in schools, too.

D．Being in print, it’s possible to feel and even smell the book.

E．Some authors are even skipping print and writing special audio content.

F．But if we want to make use of these advantages, we should avoid being misled.

G．But despite these benefits, does the way we consume a story make any difference?

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The 2022 Shanghai Book Fair took place at the Shanghai Exhibition Center from Nov. 18 to 22, when about 120 publishers presented more than 20,000 books    1    about 100 reading activities were held.

The book fair has taken place annually since    2    (it) launch in 2004, except for 2021, when the event    3    (cancel) because of COVID-19.

“People tell me that every year when the Shanghai Book Fair opens, they feel as if they are hearing alarm clocks ringing, reminding them about the    4    (important) and benefits of reading,” says Xu Jiong, head of the municipal bureau for press and publication.

The annual celebration of reading has become the most    5    (excite) event for publishers and readers. As a result    6    COVID-19, many events have been held online, but face-to-face communication has been irreplaceable, Xu adds.

Kan Ninghui, president of the Shanghai Century Publishing Group, says although this year’s book fair was smaller,    7    ( compare)with the one held in 2020, the event, the core value of    8    is promoting good books and quality publication, attracted many relevant people at home and abroad,

Kan says he was happy    9    (see) publishers and video bloggers live-streaming(网络直播) almost all the events during the 2022 fair. “Such interaction between online events and on-site participation has    10    (large) expanded the space of the Shanghai Book Fair,” he says.

9 . Returning to a book you’ve read many times can feel like drinks with an old friend. There’s a welcome familiarity-but also sometimes a slight suspicion that time has changed you both, and thus the relationship. But books don’t change, people do. And that’s what makes the act of rereading so rich and transformative.

The beauty of rereading lies in the idea that our bond with the work is based on our present mental register. It’s true, the older I get, the more I feel time has wings. But with reading, it’s all about the present. It’s about the now and what one contributes to the now, because reading is a give and take between author and reader. Each has to pull their own weight.

There are three books I reread annually. The first, which I take to reading every spring, is Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast. Published in 1964, it’s his classic memoir of 1920s Paris. The language is almost intoxicating (令人陶醉的), an aging writer looking back on an ambitious yet simpler time. Another is Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm, her poetic 1975 ramble (随笔)about everything and nothing. The third book is Julio Cortázar’s Save Twilight: Selected Poems, because poetry. And because Cortázar.

While I tend to buy a lot of books, these three were given to me as gifts, which might add to the meaning I attach to them. But I imagine that, while money is indeed wonderful and necessary, rereading an author’s work is the highest currency a reader can pay them. The best books are the ones that open further as time passes. But remember, it’s you that has to grow and read and reread in order to better understand your friends.

1. Why does the author like rereading?

A．It evaluates the writer-reader relationship.

B．It’s a substitute for drinking with a friend.

C．It extends the understanding of oneself.

D．It’s a window to a whole new world.

2. What do we know about the book A Moveable Feast?

A．It’s a brief account of a trip.

B．It’s a record of a historic event.

C．It’s about Hemingway’s friends in Paris.

D．It’s about Hemingway’s life as a young man.

3. What does the underlined word ”currency“ in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Effort.	B．Energy.
C．Reward.	D．Face value.

4. What can we infer about the author from the text?

A．He loves poetry.

B．He’s an editor.

C．He’s very ambitious.

D．He teaches reading.

10 . 假定你是李华，得知21世纪英文报正在举行Recommend an English Book征文活动， 你强烈推荐Matilda，请写一篇文章投稿，内容如下：
1. 写信目的；
2. 推荐理由。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Teens,
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Yours,

Li Hua