1 . Karaoke is an entertaining (娱乐性的) hobby in which people take tums singing along to popular songs. Planning a karaoke night with family or friends can be a fun option for showing off your vocal skills, spending time together, and enjoying some of your favorite songs in a new way.    1    .

Get set up

To sing karaoke, you need away to play the background music to songs and view the lyrics to sing. If you have a karaoke machine, it will include a microphone, speakers, and access to a list of songs.    2    . With an adult’s permission and help, go to YouTube on either your smart TV or a computer connected to speakers. Search the song you want to sing with the words “karaoke version”.

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There are endless options for songs to sing. One way to narrow them down is to choose a theme, which could be anything from 2000s pop music to Taylor Swift to Disney songs. You and your friends or family can share ideas and decide on a theme. (If you can’t settle on one theme, you can always do more.)

Make a song list

    4    . Start with a few that you can all join in on together to warm up. Then let each person have a turn singing a song before moving on to the second or third performance. If you’re using a karaoke machine, you may be able to set your playlist ahead of time. On YouTube, you can use the “save” feature to create a playlist. Or you can always write down the songs in order on paper.

Sing your heart out

When your song comes on, relax and have fun, Instead of focusing on hitting every note, try to keep up with the beat.    5    . If you know a dance that goes with your song, go ahead and try it — or just sway (摇摆) to the music. Karaoke is all about having fun, so do what comes naturally.

A．Consider a theme

B．Here’s how to get started

C．Grab a microphone to sing crazily

D．Another easy, free option: Use YouTube

E．You can also borrow a machine from a friend

F．Once you get more comfortable, you can add moves

G．Once everyone is ready, you can begin making a list of the songs you’re going to sing

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why is Li Hua invited to attend the program?

A．To give a talent show.

B．To introduce some new friends to him.

C．To share something about school life.

2. How often does Li Hua exercise?

A．Four times a week.

B．Five times a week.

C．Six times a week.

3. What does Li Hua think is the most direct way to learn English?

A．Listening to music.

B．Watching cartoons.

C．Reading newspapers.

3 . In the continuing fever for outdoor sports and activities, China’s young generation now find themselves drawn to a new activity—lure fishing (假饵钓鱼).

Traditional fishing methods use real bait (饵) and often require hours of patient waiting. However, lure fishing takes a different approach. Here, fishermen use man-made bait to copy the movements of a fish’s natural prey (捕食) such as swimming, struggling and escaping. In this way, fish will mistake the bait for the real prey and make attack. Because fishermen need to frequently throw and take back the line to seek for fish, the sport looks elegant and is called “water golf”.

“The fish shakes and struggles sharply. The feeling is just like putting your hand out of the window while driving at fifty miles per hour,” a fishing lover says, recalling his experience of catching a big fish using a lure fishing technique.

In recent months, many young Chinese have taken to social media to share their experiences. The topic “lure fishing” has over 140,000 posts on the lifestyle platform Xiaohongshu, and videos with the same tag have billions of views on the short video platform Douyin.

Another feature that attracts the young generation is lure fishing’s environmentally-responsible approach. By using green man-made bait, the activity does not bring trouble to the natural environment of the water. Also, the general agreement in the lure fishing community is to “catch and release”, which is to let the little fish go and grow, in order to protect fish.

Moreover, lure fishing is beginner-friendly and requires less equipment compared with traditional fishing. A basic set costs between 500 and 2,000 yuan. But costs can rise significantly if you seek to take a more professional approach.

“Each fishing scene has its fishing rod (竿), and each fishing technique also has its fishing rod,” another lure fishing lover says. He adds he has seven to eight sets of fishing rods, which should come to thousands of yuan in cost.

1. How is lure fishing different from traditional methods?

A．It is a more active way.	B．It uses real small fish as bait.
C．It is a more time-consuming way.	D．It saves fishing lovers’ energy.

2. Which of the following best describes the feeling of the lure fishing lover in paragraph 3?

A．Tired.

B．Relaxed.

C．Surprised.

D．Touched.

3. Why is lure fishing thought as environmentally-friendly?

A．It uses more natural bait.	B．It requires fewer resources.
C．It improves the quality of water.	D．It maintains fish’s living condition.

4. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about lure fishing?

A．Its expenses.

B．Its skills.

C．Its benefits.

D．Its audiences.

4 . Toy kitchen is hugely popular with young children. It can be a great base for creative and imaginative role playing for children and their parents.

Solo (独自的) freestyle play is what a child plays on their own with the toy kitchen. It is a source of amusement for parents to see their children imitate (模仿) many of their sayings and phrases during this sort of play. You may discover some phrases you didn’t know you had! Children will often cook and create food for their toys to eat. Joining in freestyle play while allowing the child to take charge is fun for the child as well as adults. There are many ways to turn this type of play into something more educational. Parents can demand a certain number of vegetables on their plate and the child can use their knowledge of what’s a fruit and what’s a vegetable, as well as their counting skills to carry out this simple task.

You can also play the sorting game. Asking a child to sort out the fruit and vegetables into different piles is fun and will get easier for the child each time. Always reward children with praise when they do well, and encouragement when they don’t do quite well.

Counting is an obvious game. You can start the basics of maths in the kitchen play with adding, subtracting (减) and even dividing! Your child can use the toy food to work out sums and enjoy counting! They will be picking up good basic number skills during this type of play.

You can also bring up healthy eating subjects asking them which fruit is their favorite and asking which ones they want to try for their next snack. This type of game can continue in the supermarket and be used as a method of introducing new foods to their diet.

1. Games using a toy kitchen can develop children’s ________.

A．health and habit	B．creation and imagination
C．counting skills and honesty	D．number skills and good manners

2. In the solo freestyle play, you may find ________.

A．it difficult for children to sort out the fruit and vegetables

B．it fun for children to cook and create food for themselves to eat

C．some words and expressions you forgot using before

D．children pick up good basic number skills by using the real food

3. Playing with healthy eating subjects gives children great help in ________.

A．enriching healthy eating	B．training working ability
C．counting	D．sorting

4. Who are the possible readers of the passage?

A．Parents.

B．Teachers.

C．Children.

D．Experts.

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When will the movie Cars start showing?

A．Tonight.

B．Tomorrow.

C．This weekend.

2. Where will the speakers go tonight?

A．To a gym.

B．To a rock concert.

C．To a movie theater.

6 . Read the following paragraphs carefully and write a proper topic sentence for each paragraph.

    1    . First, it is the cheapest form of transport compared with trains and planes. As I am a student with only a small amount of pocket money, naturally I’ll try to find the cheapest way. Second, it is true that travelling by sea is much slower. But I can walk on the deck and enjoy the beauty of nature. In short, no other form of transport can make me happier.

Albert Einstein, one of the world’s geniuses, failed in his university entrance examination on his first attempt. William Faulkner, a famous American writer, never finished college because he could not pass his English courses. Sir Winston Churchill, who is considered one of the masters of the English language, had to have special tutoring in English during elementary school.    2    .

    3    . Karaoke is a good way to relax. You can learn a new song easily. It’s also a good way to entertain your friends. Nearly everybody can become a singing star. However, everything has two sides, and so does Karaoke. It’s noisy for your neighbours and makes them uncomfortable if you sing badly. In fact, it might create a kind of noise pollution.

It is true that the city can bring much convenience and entertainment, the very reason people can’t bear to part with city life.    4     Just think of the places where we live, full of petrol fumes and toxic gases, torn by the roar of buses and lorries day and night, and thronged ceaselessly by great crowds.

7 . Fun Indoor Activities for Kids to Do At Home

Indoor days can be just as fun as the get-up-and-go ones, with a little planning and preparation. These are some of the most fun indoor activities for kids.

DIY Your Own Masterpieces

Time to bring out all your markers, glue, paint, paper places, and whatever other odds and ends you have around the house and let the kids go to town. When you’re done, take the works of art and display them on shelves.

Start an Indoor Garden

You don’t even need empty planters to get the garden growing — an old egg carton will do the trick at first. To make it more of a STEM activity, give kids journals so they can take notes on what they’ve planted and keep track of their garden’s progress. Bonus: Plant basil seeds or other herbs, and you’ll have delicious ingredients for a cooking project.

Break out the Board Games

It’s the oldest idea in the book, but if you really want some screen-free family time, old-fashioned board games still do the trick. Get your competitive spirit up and get ready to play.

Indoor Obstacle Course

This activity is great for young ones working on their coordination (协调) or older ones who might need to get some energy out. Cardboard boxes can transform into tunnels to crawl through. You can tie strings around furniture and pretend that they’re laser beams that kids have to step over or crawl under. See who in the family has the fastest time getting through the obstacles.

Stock up on the materials now — though you might have what you need lying around the house already — and you’ll never fear an indoor day again.

1. Which activity involves most physical exercise?

A．DIY Your Own Masterpieces.	B．Start an Indoor Garden.
C．Break out the Board Games.	D．Indoor Obstacle Course.

2. What do the activities have in common?

A．They give kids some screen time.

B．They provide ingredients for cooking.

C．They are inspired by ideas from an old book.

D．They are convenient to prepare.

3. Who are the text intended for?

A．Teachers.

B．Children.

C．Parents.

D．Designers.

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When was “Stray” released?

A．Last year.

B．Last month.

C．This month.

2. What happened when “Stray” was first shown on Twitch?

A．It ranked first among the most watched games.

B．It became the No.4 purchased game.

C．It enjoyed a success far beyond expectations.

3. What impact does Swann Martin-Raget hope “Stray” will have?

A．It can inspire people to care for real homeless animals.

B．It can raise more money for its creative team.

C．It can prevent people from abusing animals.

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1. 晚会主题：“迎新春，享受英语”；
2. 节目内容；
3. 参会要求。
注意：1. 80词左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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10 . When the winds begin to rise over Bali Island, the sky will be decorated with colors that announce the arrival of kite season.

It’s a summer activity that brings back joyful memories of childhood to Balinese photographer Putu Sayoga. As a young boy, he’d watch elder kids pull kites through rice fields near his village after harvest season. When the winds didn’t come, the boys would whistle loudly, acting out stories of Rare Angon, the name of a character in Balinese epic story respected by kite flyers. According to the legend, his magical flute beckoned (召唤) the winds. Kites that dance in those sudden strong winds are said to help farmers keep harmful insects away from their harvests.

In the early 1970s, foreign visitors began flooding into Bali’s white sand beaches and in 1978 the island launched an annual kite festival that quickly grew into a large competition. Three styles of kite take flight at the festival: the long-tailed bird; the fish, perhaps the most popular; and the leaf, considered the toughest to fly because of earlier preparation.

The COVID-19 pandemic put off the kite festival in Bali Island. But in the absence of tourists, Sayoya rediscovered the beauty of kite flying without earlier preparation. One day, Sayoga spotted a colorful gathering overhead. Down a small side road, he found an illegal festival. The police had forced the kite flyers to leave the beach, so they had to remove to a rice field. Sayoga asked if he could film it and they agreed — so long as he focused his camera on the kites and not their faces.

This year, the official kite festival has returned to Bali’s beaches, but informal festivals, like the one Sayoga photographed, have also stuck around again. For Sayoga, who had long avoided the overcrowded pre-pandemic festivals, these gatherings have helped him rediscover the entertainment he loved as a child. Now when he goes to see the kites fly, he may intentionally leave his camera at home.

1. Why do people fly kites in the festival in Bali’s legend?

A．To protect crops from harmful insects.	B．To celebrate Balinese harvests.
C．To act out stories of Rare Angon.	D．To leave good memories to children.

2. What can we know about flying kites in the passage?

A．Foreign tourists flood into Bali for the kite festival.

B．The competition is based on the three styles of kite.

C．The pandemic did not reduce people’s love for flying kites.

D．The police in Bali had the right to stop people flying kites.

3. What does the underlined “stuck around” mean in Paragraph 5?

A．Improved.	B．Appeared.
C．Functioned.	D．Stayed.

4. Which sentence does Soyaga agree with according to the text?

A．Illegal kite festivals should also be encouraged.

B．Crowded festivals could bring in more entertainment.

C．Cameras should be placed on the kites instead of faces.

D．Recording kites gives way to watching them flying.