1 . 阅读短文，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Most Americans don’t like to get advice from members of their family. They get advice from “strangers”. When they need advice, they don’t     1    (usual) go to people they know. Instead, many of     2    (they) write letters to newspapers and magazines     3     give advice on many different subjects,     4    (include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and even on how to buy     5     house or a car.

Most newspapers regularly print letters from     6    (reader) with problems. Along with the letters are answers     7    (write) by people who are supposed     8    (know) how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, and others are lawyers or educators.     9     two of the most famous writers of advice     10    (be) women without special training for this kind of work.

2 . Nowadays, the world is slowly becoming a high-tech society and we are now surrounded by technology. Facebook and Twitter are innovative tools; text messaging is still a somewhat existing phenomenon and even e-mail is only a flashing spot on the screen when compared with our long history of snail mail. Now we adopt these tools to the point of essentialness, and only rarely consider how we are more fundamentally affected by them.

Social media, texting and e-mail all make it much easier to communicate, gather and pass information. But they also present some dangers. By removing any real human engagement, they enable us to develop our abnormal self-love without the risk of disapproval or criticism theatrical metaphor (隐喻), these new forms of communication provide a stage on which we create our own characters, hidden behind a fourth wall of tweets, status updates and texts. This unreal state of unconcern can become addictive as we separate ourselves a safe distance from the cruelty of our fleshly lives, where we are imperfect, powerless and insignificant. In essence, we have been provided not only the means to be more free, but also to become new, to create and protect a more perfect self to the world. As we become more reliant on these tools, they become more a part of our daily routine and so we become more restricted in this fantasy.

So it is that we live in a cold era, where names and faces represent two different levels of closeness, where working relationships occur only through the magic of email and where love can start or end by text message. An environment such as this reduces interpersonal relationships to mere digital exchanges.

Would a celebrity have been so daring to do something dishonorable if he had had to do it in person? Doubtful. It seems he might have been lost in a fantasy world that ultimately convinced himself into believing the digital self could obey different rules and regulations, as if he could continually push the limits of what’s acceptable without facing the consequences of “real life.”

1. The author compares e-mail with snail mail to show ________.

A．the influence of high-tech on our life	B．the history of different types of mails
C．the value of traditional communications	D．the rapid development of social media

2. What can we know about new communication tools?

A．Destroying our life totally.	B．Posing more dangers than good.
C．Helping us to hide our faults.	D．Replacing traditional letters.

3. What is the potential threat caused by the novel communication tools?

A．Sheltering us from virtual life.	B．Removing face-to-face interaction.
C．Leading to false mental perception.	D．Making us rely more on hi-tech media.

4. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A．Technologies have changed our relationships.

B．The digital world is a recipe for pushing limits.

C．Love can be better conveyed by text message.

D．The digital self need not take responsibility.

3 . 假定你是李华，在美国某高中做交换生，对你所租住的小区物业管理有些不满，请你用英语给物业经理写一封投诉信，内容包括：
1. 车辆停放较乱；
2. 垃圾没有及时清理；
3. 你的建议。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir or Madam,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours，

Li Hua

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The growing popularity of precooked food in China — also known as the ready-meals industry — has made     1     a capital darling. In the world’s second-largest economy, the market for pre-prepared dishes has been mainly driven by caterers. But a shift     2     restaurants to family dining tables in the past two years,     3     (bring) pre-made food to the mass consumer market rapidly.

“Pre-prepared dishes meet the     4     (prefer) of a new generation of consumers for healthier and more distinctive meals.” According to a report, China’s pre-prepared dishes market generated about 550 billion yuan in 2021, with an     5     (expect) compound annual growth rate of 13 per cent over the next 5 years.

As a new capital darling the pre-cooking industry is attracting cross-sector investment from companies outside the food industry. In mid-July,     6     founder of a financial technology company called Qudian, LuoMin, ranked atop the e-commerce sales board by selling pre-made dishes on TikTok China, known as Douyin,     7     (use) his personal account. It generated 252 million yuan worth of sales in a single session, more than     8     it was last year.

However, the quality of pre-made dishes in the market remains     9     (even), with problem related to the lack of detailed labeling on such products, as well as difficulties in logistics and distribution.

Without advance notice, the use of pre-prepared dishes by restaurants     10     (replace) those prepared on-site by a chef was harmful to consumers’ rights to information and choice. With the rapid development of the pre-cooking market, relevant regulations are needed to promote industry standardization.

6 . As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this ____ at work in people of all ages. For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about playing with their new toys. But their ____ soon wears off and by January those ____ toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of ____ stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s ____ interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child ____ bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the ____ of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great ____ but are soon looking forward to ____. The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many adults, who now complain about the long drives to work, ____ drove for hours at a time when they first ____ their driver’s licences? Before people retire, they usually ____ to do a lot of great things, which they never had ____ to do while working. But ____ after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they ____. And, like the child in January, they go searching for new toys.

1.

A．principle

B．habit

C．way

D．power

2.

A．confidence

B．interest

C．anxiety

D．sorrow

3.

A．same

B．extra

C．funny

D．expensive

4.

A．well-organised

B．colourfully-printed

C．newly-collected

D．half-filled

5.

A．broad

B．passing

C．different

D．main

6.

A．silently

B．impatiently

C．gladly

D．worriedly

7.

A．promise

B．burden

C．right

D．game

8.

A．courage

B．calmness

C．confusion

D．excitement

9.

A．graduation

B．independence

C．responsibility

D．success

10.

A．carefully

B．eagerly

C．nervously

D．bravely

11.

A．required

B．obtained

C．noticed

D．discovered

12.

A．need

B．learn

C．start

D．plan

13.

A．time

B．money

C．skills

D．knowledge

14.

A．only

B．well

C．even

D．soon

15.

A．lost

B．chose

C．left

D．quit

7 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或用括号内单词的正确形式（不超过3个单词）或根据首字母和中文提示填写单词的正确形式。

Parents hold different opinions about students’ studying abroad. Wang Li, the mother of twin girls, believes that there is no need for overseas study. As far as she is     1     (concern), studying abroad is a bad idea because it causes both economic and     2     (academy) pressure.     3     (addition), with many great universities now available in China, young people who choose to study in our homeland also have a great future to look forward     4    .

Contrary to Wang’s opinion, Zhang Yi, the father of a boy, argues that the advantages outweigh the     5     (advantage). He holds the view     6     the experience of studying abroad not only contributes to personal growth, but also increases chances of cultural exchange.     7     (cooperate) with people from diverse cultural backgrounds can help us view the world from different     8     (angle) and have a better understanding of our own culture. He also stresses that, in the long run, studying abroad provides a great opportunity for young people to make     9     (contribute) to the development of our motherland. Though accompanied by many     10     (difficulty), studying abroad is worthwhile.

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或用括号内单词的正确形式（不超过3个单词）或根据首字母和中文提示填写单词的正确形式。

Chemical pesticides and artificial fertilisers have been     1     widespread use in farming since the middle of the 20th century. When they were first introduced, many farmers welcomed them as a great way to fight crop disease and increase     2     (produce). Overtime, however, what some scientists have found is     3     their long-term use can sometimes harm both the land and people’s health.

As an alternative, some farmers     4     (switch) to organic farming, and many customers have turned to organic food when they shop at the local grocery. Organic farming is simply farming    5     using any chemicals.

Some people would prefer     6     (stop) the use of man-made chemicals in agriculture     7     (entire). What keeps them from doing so is the fact that chemical farming serves the high demand for food around the world. Organic farming is nowhere near able     8     (meet) that need. Therefore, there is still a long way to find a     9     (suit) solution that puts sufficient food on the dinner table while     10     (keep) people and the environment as healthy as possible.