1 . Getting information out of a teenage boy can be difficult. The communication at this age features short answers to every question, a complete lack of eye contact.     1     Here are some ways for parents and other caregivers to learn how to talk to boys about their mental health.

Many male teens don’t often show as much emotion or even give as many clues through body language. This requires parents and care providers to be much more attentive to facial expressions, and to the few words that they say. As parents, you need to talk less and listen more. Active listening will help earn his trust.     2    

    3     Negative messages such as “Grow up.” or “Be a man.” send a message that being weak is wrong or that it’s not okay to feel what they are feeling. These types of messages keep boys from sharing their feelings.

As a parent, a good way for any kind of personal or emotional question is to ask twice, but not too many times. The first time lets him know that you are interested; the second time shows that you care.     4     The bonds between parents and teenagers are proven to reduce anxiety and depression.

Moreover, when a teen boy is willing to communicate, don’t interrupt. If you don’t let him finish talking, he may stop talking altogether.     5     When he’s ready to listen to you, let him know you will be with him together.

A．Frank communication requires acceptance.

B．Over time, he will be more likely to open up.

C．Even if what you’ re hearing is scary, stay calm.

D．Their eyes roll when you ask them about their life.

E．Parents need to know more about male mental health.

F．Communication is effective in the process of exercising.

G．Showing concern and respect for personal space allows close ties.

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A unique food trend has recently gained     1     (popular) among young people in China. Known as “leftover food blind boxes”, these innovative meal options provide a convenient and     2     (afford) way to enjoy delicious food while also reducing food waste. So far this concept     3     (attract) the attention of many curious young individuals. The concept of “leftover food blind boxes” originated abroad, specifically from an app called Too Good To Go that started in Denmark in 2015. Its goal is     4     (fight) against food waste by offering surplus(剩余的) unsold food from nearby stores and restaurants     5     a reduced price.

Inspired by videos posted by Chinese creators living abroad     6     shared their experience, Chinese consumers and businesses have quickly accepted the idea,     7     (lead) to similar operations in major Chinese cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu. The operational methods of the “leftover food blind box” model can vary between stores. Some boxes contain pre - packaged meals     8    (base) on a store’s sales before the evening, while others allow customers to choose from     9     still remains in the store around closing time. However, the latter option is less common. The contents of the blind boxes are often only revealed upon opening, adding     10     element of surprise to the dining experience.

3 . How would you feel if your child were being tutored by a robot? It’s believed that social robots could become as common as paper and whiteboards in schools. Those robots have been used to read stories to preschool students in Singapore, help 12-year-olds in Iran learn English and improve handwriting among young children in Switzerland.

As a professor of education, I study the different ways that teachers worldwide do their jobs. To understand how social robots could affect teaching, I introduced a robot called “Pepper” into a public elementary and middle school in the U. S. and found many problems with the current generation of social robots.

To get the robot to perform, our students had to master the directions that came with the robot. Some students quickly figured out that the robot could respond only to certain basic routines. They kept trying to interact with the robot as if it were a person but got very frustrated with its nonhuman responses. When a robot failed to answer a question, or responded in the wrong way, students realized the robot wasn’t really understanding them and that the robot’s dialogue was preprogrammed.

Also, I have found that these are not limited to school settings. Service robots in some health care facilities have been programmed to deliver medicine, but this requires special sensors and programming. Stores and restaurants are experimenting with delivery and cleaning robots. But when a grocery store in Scotland tried to use “Pepper” for customer interactions, the robot was fired after a week.

While the social robots currently used in schools are limited in functions, they can still provide useful learning experiences. Students can use them to learn more about robotics and artificial intelligence. Struggling with a robot’s limitations gives students real insights into the complicated nature of human social interaction. The opportunity to do hands-on work with a social robot shows students how difficult it is to program robots to copy human behavior. As AI becomes a bigger part of our work and lives, we need to teach students to think critically about what it means to live and work with social machines.

1. What phenomenon is described at the beginning of the text?

A．The global differences in educational approaches

B．The transformative impact of robots on education.

C．The adoption of social robots in classrooms worldwide.

D．The innovative achievements in science and technology.

2. How do students find their interaction with social robots?

A．Amusing and engagıng.	B．Challenging but beneficial.
C．Ineffective and disappointing.	D．Satisfying but time-consuming.

3. What does the author want to show by mentioning the examples in paragraph 4?

A．Robotics still has room for improvement.

B．Technology has changed the way we work

C．Many fields are open to experimenting with robots.

D．Robots might pose a threat to people’s employment.

4. What can students learn by interacting with limited-function social robots in schools?

A．To master communication skills.	B．To get some hands-on experience.
C．To strengthen the sense of mission.	D．To improve critical thinking ability.

4 . For all of our lives, cities have been, well, cities. Tall buildings, crowded neighborhoods, and good pizza (more or less). But what should a good city look like, really?

In the age of Zoom, when workers are increasingly independent from the physical office space, cities need to be more than tall buildings. They need to be livable. In other words, if you can live where you want, then cities need to be a place you want to live.

That trend is not entirely new. More than 20 years ago, I wrote a story about how San Francisco was becoming the model for a new kind of city — essentially an urban playground. Not every city has to become its own San Francisco. But it needs to have its restaurants and theaters, green spaces and bike paths. What’s interesting is that through the centuries, public health crises have played important roles in doing just that — making cities more livable.

A 2021 United Nations report notes that during the bubonic plague (黑死病), Lucca, Italy, required all its residents to clean the street in front of their houses every Saturday. In the 19th century, concerns about tuberculosis (结核病) in the United States led to a demand for more open spaces. The result was public parks like the Emerald Necklace in Boston. The lesson is the same as it has always been. The most resilient (适应力强的) cities are the ones built with their citizens’ well-being in mind.

It’s a reminder that cities change as societies change. The modern city grew out of the Industrial Revolution, as cities became centers for factories. The rise of tall buildings kept cities at the center of economic activity. But what does that mean when marketers can do their job from the Maine coast or the Himalayas? It seemingly means that, to advance, cities must once again find a way to be a better version of themselves.

1. What gives rise to the change of modern cities?

A．Many office workers lost their jobs.

B．More employees can work remotely.

C．More tall buildings have been built in cities.

D．Many people come to cities to find opportunities.

2. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．San Francisco has too many followers.

B．Other cities don’t invest in public facilities.

C．San Francisco is developing faster than most cities.

D．Other cities don’t have to copy San Francisco’s style.

3. What should the most adaptable city be based on in the author’s view?

A．Strong economy.	B．Much inclusiveness.
C．Public welfare.	D．Workers’ employment.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Do future cities look similar?

B．Is there a new kind of city?

C．What is the point of a city?

D．What should cities learn from the past?

5 . 现在人工智能越来越影响我们日常生活中的方方面面。请围绕这一话题写一篇文章。
应包含以下要点：
1. 人工智能带来的便利，例如在交通、家电和通信方面。
2. 它可能引发的潜在问题或挑战，如工作岗位被取代和隐私担忧。
3. 您对于如何充分利用人工智能并避免其负面影响的观点。
4. 80词左右。
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6 . When Areej El-Jawahri, a doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, signed the contract to purchase the house specially designed to fit the needs of multigenerational (多代的) residents, she knew she wanted her parents, who then lived in Michigan, to join her. “I wanted them to be in a state where I could help manage their health care needs,” she said. “As an only child from a Middle Eastern background, our culture is all about family units.”

El-Jawahri’s choice was not unique. A Pew Research Center analysis found that from 1971 to 2021, the number of people living in multigenerational households increased, with the share of the US population in these homes more than doubling, from 7 percent in 1971 to 18 percent in 2021.

“Rents in Boston are so high that I see lots of multigenerational living. Many young people move back in with their parents,” said Connie Brown, a global real estate adviser in Charlestown. “I have a rental apartment that’s $5, 000 a month, and we collect the first month’s rent, a security deposit (保证金), and our service fee, so it’s $20, 000 just to walk into the door.”

One of Brown’s clients, Brian Lash changed space over his garage to an apartment for his 92-year-old dad. “Living with my dad for those months was wonderful,” he said, noting that his father has since passed away. “We watched basketball, baseball, and golf, we went out for dinner, and I cooked for him. Those are the days I would never have had if I hadn’t built that apartment.”

Still, experts encourage people to have an open conversation before they move in together. They propose that both parties talk about whether there are shared expenses and who is responsible for what and that they put their agreements in writing. Cohabitation (同居) agreements are common among friends, but they are equally crucial for multigenerational families. Putting it in writing at the beginning of the process enables people to clarify viewpoints, and sometimes allows them to decide whether to move in together or not.

1. Why did El-Jawahri purchase the specially designed house?

A．To ensure that her parents could be better cared.

B．To follow the traditional virtues of American culture.

C．To experience culture in a multigenerational community.

D．To acquire more household property in Boston for herself.

2. What does the Pew Research Center analysis show about multigenerational living?

A．It is popular with Middle Easterners.

B．It is mainly favored by senior citizens.

C．It has seen greater acceptance in the US.

D．It frequently occurs in single-child families.

3. What did Brian Lash think of his living with his father?

A．It provided financial savings.

B．It aroused his interest in sports.

C．It left warm memories in his mind.

D．It brought great changes to his daily life.

4. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．The reasons for people living together

B．Suggestions on harmonious cohabitation.

C．Convenience brought about by cohabitation.

D．The importance of multigenerational families.

7 . Many have probably heard of Thoreau, even though his message of simplicity may sound old-fashioned. Nowadays, smartphones flood us with text messages. Many consumers are buying the latest digital devices, from tablets and fitness trackers to commercial drones. Simple living seems to be a thing of the past.

As a writer who declared the value of simplicity almost two centuries ago, Thoreau was a contrarian (叛逆者) for his time. He lived during the height of the Industrial Age, distinguished by the rise of large factories, expanding urban developments, and powerful machines such as steam engines.

Turned off by the constant hustle and bustle of his time, Thoreau withdrew from city life to live alone in the woods. He brought with him only the necessities of life and wrote about this adventure in his book Walden. In Walden, Thoreau is basically making a philosophical statement. We are not living deliberate or meaningful lives, thanks (or no thanks) to modern technology. We created powerful machines to make life more convenient. Unfortunately, these machines have done the opposite. In his words, “men have become the tools of their tools”.

That is to say, we are not the ones controlling technology. Technology is controlling us. Let me try updating Thoreau’s message with a couple 21st-century examples. Every few minutes, smartphones may distract us with messages. At least half of Americans check their phones several times an hour. Meanwhile, information overload from social media can weaken our concentration and heighten confusion.

When technology causes that much distraction and confusion, it may be healthy to simplify life by reducing technology overuse. Personally, I’ve done so in two ways. First, I use very little data on my phone and keep the apps on it to a minimum. The vast majority of the time, I only use my phone to call or text. Second, I quit most social media. Sure, those two things aren’t as extreme as Thoreau withdrawing into the woods. Nevertheless, they’re realistic moves I can make toward living a more meaningful life.

1. Which statement would Thoreau probably agree with?

A．Technology holds back our ambition.

B．Technology is key to a meaningful life.

C．Simplicity is possible in a tech-driven world.

D．Simplicity is outdated in modern times.

2. What was the primary reason for Thoreau’s withdrawing from city life?

A．To escape the harsh economic conditions of his time.

B．To throw himself into the completion of his masterpiece.

C．To experience a new and exciting lifestyle away from technology.

D．To find a quieter existence that allows for deeper reflection and purpose.

3. What is presented in the last paragraph of the text?

A．Theoretical models.	B．Popular beliefs.
C．Practical measures.	D．Realistic analyses.

4. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To criticize the overuse of 21st-century modern technology.

B．To illustrate Thoreau’s ideas on simple living in the modern context.

C．To explore the role of technology in shaping contemporary lifestyles.

D．To examine the effects of reduced social media use on personal well-being.

9 . At just 5 years old, little Selah noticed that many of her fellow kindergarten classmates were struggling with their ABCs and didn’t know how to read, so she wanted to do something. The determined girl enlisted (争取) the help of her parents and The Empowered Readers Literacy Project was born.

After listening to their daughter’s concerns, Khalil and Nicole Thompson researched the issue and found some shocking information about literacy here in America including the fact that 85% of children in the juvenile (少年的) prison system are functionally illiterate. “All these crazy statistics for literacy blew our minds,” says Khalil Thompson. “The statistics said some prisons forecast the number of prison cells they are going to build in the future based on third-grade reading test scores.”

Despite the awesome nature of the problem they were facing, the couple was spurred on by Selah’s resolution, “We really, should just give away 20 hundred thousand books,” Nicole remarks, recalling her daughter’s words, The family got to work—starting initiatives such as Project 500 and their Holiday Book Drive.

As they began, one of the main issues the family found, contributing to illiteracy, was representation—children are, not as excited about reading when they don’t find themselves reflected in the pages of the book. And after realizing that very few of the characters in the stories she’d read looked like her. Selah then decided to write a book of her own that features a heroine who looks like her and shares her same interests and sense of adventure. In November 2019, Selah’s first book Penelope the Private Princess, was published, and the sequel (续集) just released in December 2020.

“There is so mush inspiration behind the fact that this is a child that wrote this story and came up with this” says Khalil. “You can reclaim your story, do your own story, and do all the things that adults at a at your young age and you should really know that you have power in your voice and ideas.”

1. Why does Khalil mention the practice of prisons Para.2?

A．To prove the accuracy of his statistics.

B．To stress the importance of early reading.

C．To indicate the consequences of illiteracy.

D．To predict the trend of future juvenile crime.

2. What can we learn from the third paragraph?

A．The words of Selah forced the couple to work.

B．The parents were encouraged by their daughter.

C．The number of the book needed is too big to reach.

D．The awesome nature of the problem surprised the couple.

3. What’s the problem Nicole discovered in kid’s books?

A．Their plots were uninteresting.	B．The illustrations were not lifelike.
C．Kids were represented insufficiently.	D．The colors applied were unattractive.

4. What’s the main character like in Penelope the Pirate Princess?

A．Wealthy and powerful.	B．Naughty and troublesome.
C．Talented and sensitive.	D．Determined and adventurous.

10 . New technologies tend to cause a cycle of concern, disorder, and conflict before eventually being accepted. Recent writings about artificial intelligence (AI) and other advances in computer science suggest that we are preparing to welcome the final stage of this latest round of invention.

The Last Human Job, sociologist Allison Pugh’s new book centered on caregiving and human connection in the age of automation, warns readers against unreserved acceptance of these technological advances, citing “connective labor” as valuable human work that will not be easily replaced by algorithms (算法). “Absent from discussions about AI and automation,” Pugh argues, “is the impact that these systems might have on the emotional understandings we build of ourselves and others.”

Pugh sets the stage by arguing for the value of human connection and the importance of both seeing and being seen by others. “Practitioners (从业者) said they gained a sense of purpose simply from the opportunity of observing people at their most defenseless,” she observes. She then provides a summary of how care work is being increasingly automated, showing how quantification and measurement have taken over many aspects of human-facing jobs, leaving little room for doctors, teachers, and others to build connection.

“When one goes to a doctor or a teacher, the encounter is full of the potential for shame, a risk that makes it all the more powerful when practitioners show empathic (同理心的) reflection,” writes Pugh. In chapter 8, she explains how such interactions can be done right. Research conducted by herself and others identifies three key aspects supporting connective labor: “relational design”, or how people are set up to interact with one another; “connective culture,” or shared practices and beliefs that influence how people interact; and “resource distribution,” which includes time given for interaction, worker-to-client rates, and the extent of technology and data use, among other factors.

Pugh concludes by arguing that we need a social movement for connection. “We need to fight for what we might call our ‘social health’,” she maintains.

1. What is the main concern of Allison Pugh’s new book?

A．The impact of AI on future employment.	B．The approach to living and working with AI.
C．The increasing role of technology in caregiving.	D．The value of connective labor in the age of automation.

2. Why does the author mention “practitioners” in paragraph 3?

A．To explain how to do care work.	B．To argue against the automation technology.
C．To prove the significance of human connection.	D．To discuss the challenges of privacy in caregiving.

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

A．The encounter.

B．The shame.

C．The risk.

D．The potential.

4. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．The overview of chapter 8.	B．The effective way to interact.
C．The new trend of caregiving.	D．The factors of avoiding shame.