1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What can be the woman’s life goal?

A．Making money.

B．Seeking a simple career.

C．Enjoying a faithful marriage.

2. Which of the following does the man agree?

A．Money is everything.

B．Health is above wealth.

C．Less wealth, less trouble.

3. Who are the happiest according to a recent survey?

A．People with highly-paid jobs.

B．People like social workers.

C．People owing big houses.

2 . 随着互联网的发展和普及，网络购物在中国也变得越来越普遍了，甚至已经成了我们日常生活中的一部分。双十一在即，相信你们身边一定有不少同学已经通过网络进行购物了，比如淘宝网，京东商城等。但是网络购物究竟有何利弊呢？ 请写一篇短文，谈谈网上购物的好处与坏处，并发表自己的观点。
注意：1.网上购物的好处与坏处至少各举1至2点；
2. 词数100左右；
3．开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：淘宝taobao.com，京东jd.com

We have talked about the advantages and disadvantages of Internet shopping these days.

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3 . Online thrift (节俭) store thredUP has released its tenth annual Resale Report. The study, which assesses trends in the secondhand clothing industry, has an obviously positive tone. Resale is booming in the United States, as well as globally, and the secondhand market in the US is expected to more than double by 2026, reaching an impressive valuation of $82 billion.

This is serious growth that indicates a real shift in the way people approach shopping for clothes. For most, it’s a way to save money in an inflationary (通货膨胀) economy. Forty-four percent of shoppers say they’re cutting back on buying clothing-more than any category apart from restaurants. Some say secondhand is enabling them to keep enjoying the brands they love.

When choosing what to buy, people are increasingly careful about what can be resold. More than one-fifth of Gen Z (网络新生代) shoppers said they’ll pay more for an item that they know they can resell, and 36% of Gen Z shoppers stock and clear their closets at the same monthly or weekly rate. More than half resold clothing last year. As resale becomes more accessible thanks to mobile technology and online platforms, increasing numbers of customers are keen to turn over their closets, which fuels the industry and keeps the market full of fresh finds, bringing people back for more.

Secondhand helps to relieve people’s climate-related concerns. Thrifting is far better for the environment than buying new. As thredUP reported in 2021,buying used reduces an item’s carbon footprint by 82%. Choosing used over new displaces 17.4 pounds of CO2 emissions. It requires far less water and energy to produce, and it spares that item from going to landfill, where it will break down and give off methane, a greenhouse gas more powerful than CO2.

It’s great to hear such positive news. Thrifting is a no-brainer, when you stop to think about it-well-made and good-looking fashion that helps the planet while saving us money. The more mainstream it can get, the better off we’ll all be.

1. What does the booming of resale mean to most shoppers according to the text?

A．Reducing expenses.

B．Bringing down inflation.

C．Focusing less on brands.

D．Eating out more in restaurants.

2. What promotes the development of the resale industry?

A．Scientific development makes resale easier and more convenient.

B．Many Gen Z shoppers choose used over new.

C．Buying used has become a mainstream.

D．Cleaning the closets is more frequent.

3. What’s the author’s attitude to the resale of secondhand clothing?

A．Disapproving.	B．Objective.
C．Doubtful.	D．Favorable.

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Secondhand Clothing Improves Climate

B．Secondhand Market Benefits Americans

C．ThredUP Released A New Resale Report

D．Secondhand Clothing Is A Hot Market

4 . Towns across Italy have been racing to launch clever plans aimed at attracting new residents to revive (复兴)their fortunes in recent years. From abandoned homes selling for little more than a euro, to ready- to-occupy houses at knockdown prices, there has been a rush of competition.

The picturesque town of Presicce in the sunny region of Puglia is the latest to enter the game with a very tempting offer. Officials say they will pay people up to 30,000 euros to buy an empty house and take up residency. Even better, the houses up fbr sale as part of the deal are priced from around 25,000 euros.

Authorities in Presicce hope the cash motivation will breathe new life into their depopulating town, where newborns are fewer each year.

Presicce dates back to the middle Ages, flourishing during the Renaissance as a prosperous place known for its fine wine, cheeses and cattle trade. It gains a reputation as Puglia’s “town of green gold” for green olive trees and olive oil. Its location is incredible, surrounded by the nature of the Salento area and close to beautiful beaches and clear waters of Santa Maria di Leuca.

“There are many empty homes in the historical center built before 1991 which we would like to see alive again with new residents,” says local councilor Alfredo Palese. It is a pity witnessing how our old districts full of history, wonderful architecture and art are slowly emptying. The details of the deal are currently being finalized, Palese adds, and authorities are ready to launch applications in upcoming weeks when information will be available on the town hall website.

According to Palese, a 2019 merger (合并)with the nearby town Acquarica to create the larger town Presicce-Acquarica has provided them with extra money to ensure the project can continue for years to come. “After the merger, as per Italian law, our wider territory will be blessed with more public funds, roughly 1,000,000 euros per year for several years forward, which we intend to invest to revitalize (振兴) the old district, ” says Palese.

Together, Presicce and Acquarica now have some 9,000 inhabitants, but only half of the population live in the older part of the community.

The town hall has already launched other plans to attract more residents, including tax benefits to set up new business activities and baby bonuses for families with kids.

1. What problem do many Italian towns face according to the text?

A．Population decline.

B．Financial crisis.

C．Falling tourism.

D．High living cost.

2. What does the underlined word “tempting” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Risky.

B．Informal.

C．Attractive.

D．Conditional.

3. What is the purpose of paragraph 4?

A．To show Presicce’s past glory.

B．To recommend a travel destination.

C．To point out the economy of Presicce.

D．To stress the importance of reviving Presicce.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．An Italian town’s welfare system.

B．An Italian town’s recovery strategy.

C．An Italian town’s long-term plan.

D．An Italian town’s current situation.

5 . 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。

Ever since February, the public concern over the giant panda Ya Ya in the US has grown into a “campaign” among Chinese people all around the world to check how our cute and     1     (innocence) pandas are surviving in overseas zoos.

Enthusiastic Chinese netizens (网民) around the world     2     (respective) visited nearby zoos and posted on Chinese social media platforms videos that showed pandas’ living conditions.

In a video, a panda was showed     3     (eat) bamboos in the yard of the Beauval Zoo in France while another panda was sleeping on the grass and a third one climbing a tree.

Among all the overseas zoos “surprisingly     4     (inspect)”, Moscow Zoo and the Panda World of Everland Resort in South Korea gained Chinese netizens’     5     (recognize). They stood out as Chinese netizens     6    (praise) their efforts in taking good care of two lovely pandas,     7     names are Ding Ding and Ru Yi.

“They are real kungfu pandas.” Chinese commented     8     the videos of Ding Ding and Ru Yi.

The life of these energetic     9     lovely pandas revealed a sharp contrast to that of Ya Ya at the Memphis Zoo. We hope the issue of Ya Ya could raise public attention on the living conditions of pandas, animals that     10    (refer) to as “living fossils”.

6 . Billionaire Sir Christopher Hohn expects the greatest “demand disruption (中断)” for oil since the 1970s shock to cause an increase in renewable energy investment.

He said high oil prices are “a positive thing” for the climate as the energy crisis results in a “dramatic speed-up” in decarbonisation (碳减排). “The whole world should now be focused on seeking alternatives, whether they’re renewables or hydrogen fuels. All of these things are far more economic.”

He pointed to the recent boost of EU (欧盟) for renewable energy funding, as part of a plan to reduce imports of gas. Even as oil and gas companies obtain record profits from the high prices at present, Hohn said climate-focused investors will ultimately benefit from the energy price shock.

“The oil price increase leads to plans for accelerated decarbonisation,” said Hohn. “I personally believe that we’ll have demand disruption as we had in the 70s, and that there will be a dramatic acceleration in decarbonisation. I actually view it as a positive thing.”

Hohn has pressured companies to give shareholders a vote on their climate plans. Spanish airport operator Aena and aircraft manufacturer Airbus improved their emissions (排放) tar-gets as a result. Hohn has also pushed for stricter regulation on corporate climate promises. “Corporate decarbonisation isn’t going to happen through voluntary methods,” Hohn said.

Hohn is also backing a new rating agency that will grade company emissions strategies, through his charity, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation. The Climate Action-plan Rating Centre (Climate-Arc) will analyse public company data and publish climate plan ratings.

Investors often struggle to analyse corporate climate plans. “Because though some organizations declare their commitment to environmental protection, they actually do the opposite,” Hohn said, “I expect a large proportion of companies will get graded F if they’re not doing enough. Even companies with net zero emissions targets have failed to set out plans about how to reach those goals. The impact is going to be a bit like, ‘the emperor has no clothes’.”

1. Why are high oil prices a positive thing according to Hohn?

A．They will reduce energy demand.

B．They will bring economic benefits.

C．There will be a shift to clean energy.

D．There will be a reduction in energy imports.

2. What does Hohn argue for in paragraph 5?

A．Climate regulation should be stricter.

B．Decarbonisation should be voluntary.

C．Emissions targets should be debated.

D．Climate plans should be informed to the public.

3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．The method of avoiding being graded F.

B．The suggestion about helping investors.

C．The method of reaching zero emissions targets.

D．The suggestion about reducing carbon emissions.

4. Which would be the best title for the text?

A．Energy crisis—a hard nut

B．Energy crisis—a wake up call

C．Energy crisis—a cruel circle

D．Energy crisis—a cause of economic depression

8 . Migration (迁移) has become a flashpoint for debate in many countries. But research from the McKinsey Global Institute(MGI) finds that it generates significant economic benefits-and more effective integration of immigrants (移民) could increase those benefits.

Moving more labor to higher-productivity settings boosts global GDP. Migrants of all skill levels contribute to this effect, whether through entrepreneurship (创业) or through freeing up natives for higher-value work. In fact, migrants make up just 3. 4 percent of the world’s population, bur MGI’ research finds that they contribute nearly 10 percent of global GDP. They contributed roughly $6. 7 trillion to global GDP in 2015-some $3 trillion more than they would have produced in their origin countries. Developed nations realize more than 90 percent of this effect.

Employment rates are slightly lower for immigrants than for native workers in top destinations, but this varies by skill level and by region of origin. Wide-ranging academic evidence shows that immigration does not harm native employment or wages, although there can be short-term negative effects if there is a large inflow of migrants to a small region, if migrants are close substitutes for native workers, or if the destination economy is experiencing a downturn.

Realizing the benefits of immigration depends on how well new arrivals are integrated (融合) into their destination country’s labor market and into society. Today immigrants tend to earn 20 to 30 percent less than native-born workers. But if countries narrow that wage gap to just 5 to 10 percent by integrating immigrants more effectively across various aspects of education, housing, health, and community engagement, they could generate an additional boost of $800 billion to $1 trillion to worldwide economic output annually. This is a relatively conservative goal, but it can produce broader positive effects, including lower poverty rates and higher overall productivity in destination economies.

The stakes are high. The success or failure of integration can reverberate (回荡) for many years, influencing whether second-generation immigrants become fully participating citizens who reach their full productive potential or remain in a poverty trap.

1. What is the purpose of this text?

A．To give a definition.

B．To explain a phenomenon.

C．To introduce a research.

D．To report a finding.

2. What can we know from the text?

A．Around $3 trillion of 2015 global GDP would have disappeared without immigration.

B．90 percent of 2015 global GDP was created by immigrants from developed nations.

C．20 to 30 percent native-born workers earn 10% more than immigrants.

D．$800 billion to $1 trillion would be boosted if immigrants earned 20-30% more.

3. On what basis does immigration benefit the society?

A．How skilled immigrants are.

B．How much immigrants make up the local population.

C．How good the destination economy is.

D．How integrated immigrants are into local society.

4. The author says “the stakes are high” to emphasize the importance of ______.

A．immigration	B．integration
C．contribution	D．second-generation

9 . Handwritten thank-you letters are such a simple way of making other people feel good, it is strange that so few people write them anymore. At work, a thank-you letter to employees is unbelievably effective. It costs little and has no side effects. The effort involved in writing letters very low. The pleasure on receiving them is very high.     1    

Doug Conant, manager of Campbell’s Soup Company since 2001, knows the power of thank you letters. He said that every day he works with an assistant, searching the company for people deserving thanks.     2     Over the past 10 years he has sent 30, 000 thank-you letters to his employees — more than 10 each day. The reward is huge: his company has remained one of the most successful in its field for years.

    3     There seem to be three reasons. Firstly, chief executives (主管) running companies think their own work is more valuable than that of others.     4     Secondly, they aren’t close enough to the business to know who deserves thanks. Thirdly, they have forgotten the strange human truth that almost everyone would do almost anything in return for a few words of appreciation.

In these days of such busy schedules and people running all over the place and trying to get ahead, sometimes we forget the simplest things in life are the most powerful and rewarding. You need to think to yourself about a time someone sent you a thank-you and how much it meant to you.     5    

A．He then writes them a thank-you letter.

B．Why are thank-you letters so important?

C．You may ask what side effects exactly mean.

D．This makes them an excellent way to reward and motivate staff.

E．But if these letters are so inspiring, why don’t more managers write them?

F．Always remember to “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you!”

G．Since no one ever writes them thank-you letters they don’t write any themselves.