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第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案
转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5 小题；每小题 1. 5 分，满分 7. 5 分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳
选项。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话
仅读一遍。
例： How much is the shirt?
A. 19. 15. B. 9. 18. C. 9. 15.
答案是C。
1. How does the man feel in the end?
A. Confused. B. Excited. C. Thankful.
2. Why does the woman come to talk to the man?
A. To seek suggestions. B. To make new friends. C. To extend an invitation.
3. Who is Ms. Johnson most probably?
A. A guide.
B. A public-speaking professor.
C. A body language interpreter.
4. What are the speakers talking about?
A. The current job. B. Working opportunities. C. Communication skills.
5. Where is the woman probably?
A. At an office. B. At home. C. In a hospital.
第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1. 5 分，满分 22. 5 分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选
项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5 秒钟；听完
后，各小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6 段材料，回答第6、7 题。
6. What does the competition aim to do?
A. Train talented dancers. B. Advertise dance classes. C. Encourage new dancers.
7. How can the speakers participate in the competition?
A. By submitting a video online.
B. By being selected by audience.
C. By performing on the scene.
听第7 段材料，回答第8至 10 题。
8. What does the man speaker think of financial books?
A. Unusual. B. Unappealing. C. Practical.
9. How does the woman usually read financial books?
A. By reading it completely.
B. By picking useful contents.
C. By skimming the first two chapters.
10. How does Mark organize his book?
A. By sharing personal experiences.
B. By explaining professional terms.
C. By giving detailed guidance.
听第8 段材料，回答第 11至 13 题。
11. What's the man's problem?
A. He missed the train. B. His train won't leave. C. He misread the notice board.
12. What does the man agree to do?
A. Take another transportation.
B. Take a roundabout route to London.
C. Take a faster train to London.
13. What does the woman mean at the end of the conversation?
A. The man takes on the responsibility for his fault.
B. The man doesn't have to pay extra fare.
C. The train staff won't check the man's ticket.
听第9 段材料，回答第 14至 17 题。
14. What is Business Weekly?
A. An interview programme. B. A technological magazine. C. An e-book website.
15. How many monthly visitors of TechBuzz were there in 2015?
A. Around 130, 000. B. Around 500, 000. C. Around 300, 000.
16. What new approach was applied in 2020?
A. Publishing in-depth articles.
B. Providing trusted information.
C. Cooperating with tech influencers.
17. What does Sarah expect the new podcast series to do?
A. Engage more visitors.
B. Expand their source of information.
C. Raise public awareness.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18至 20 题。
18. What is the problem with the first generation of solar panels?
A. They are too expensive to replace.
B. They do not reflect sunshine anymore.
C. They end up being wasted.
19. What is the main goal of We Recycle Solar?
A. To resettle and remove old solar panels.
B. To collect and recycle old solar panels.
C. To repackage and replace old solar panels.
20. What is the possible way to deal with the repaired panels?
A. By selling them to other countries.
B. By melting them down for recycling.
C. By changing them into new energy sources.
第二部分阅读（共两节，满分 50分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2. 5 分，满分 37. 5 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
It's not like anywhere else I've been to: readers' favourite cities.
Bologna, Italy
When I picture Bologna, it's always bathed in golden-hour light that makes its rust-red walls
glow. But what lies beneath the surface bewitches （迷人） just as much. Exploring the small and
distinctive museums of the university reveals ancient courtyards. Diving into hidden doors and arches
leads to secrets-or food. Music and debate liven evenings in the main square. On my last trip I watched
locals in impassioned discussion, taking turns on stools（凳子） in Piazza Maggiore. Not trusting
my Italian, I declined an invitation to contribute, but gladly accepted the cherries shared among the
crowd.
Siobhan Maher
Melilla, Spain/North Africa
Melilla, on Morocco's northern coast, is a relic of Spain's colonial past with a character
determined by its geography. Facing the Mediterranean on one side and the Rif mountains on the
other, and surrounded by a terrifying border fence, it is definitively multicultural, with Christian,
Muslim, Jewish and Hindu communities living side by side with a large force of Spanish soldiers.
The cityscape is equally diverse: streets of small Moroccan houses give way to wide avenues lined
with art deco marvels; it's even home to Africa's only genuine Gothic church.
Digby Warde-Aldam
Padua, Italy
Padua is full of fascinating places to see. Saint Anthony's Basilica, with a magnificent silver
sarcophagus （石棺） housing the saint's body, easily rivals （媲美） Saint Peter's in Rome. The
nearby botanical gardens, filled with plants and flowers, are a delightful way to pass a few hours. In
the morning, hit Piazza della Frutta and Piazza delle Erbe, for buzzy markets selling everything from
strawberries to sneakers, or pop into the Palazzo della Ragione with its impressive frescoes （壁画
）. At night, both squares become open-air bars and restaurants for sampling local cuisine. If you
have time for a day trip, Verona and Venice are less than an hour away by train.
Berni G
21. What did Siobhan Maher do in Bologna?
A. She drew landscape paintings. B. She wandered in old courtyards.
C. She participated in heated debate. D. She bought hand-picked cherries.
22. What do we know about Melilla according to Digby?
A. It boasts the largest Gothic church. B. It is the center of Moroccan culture.
C. It is bordered by the Mediterranean. D. It is a historical city in European continent.
23. What do Bologna and Padua have in common according to the text?
A. Lively night life. B. Splendid gardens.
C. Open-air music concerts. D. Convenient transportation.
B
One Saturday in June, I got off the train from Vienna at Altenberg station, in the midst of a
gathering of bathers, such as often flock to our village at fine weekends.
I had gone only a few steps along the street and the crowd had not yet scattered when, high above
me in the air, I saw a bird whose species I could not at first determine. It flew with slow, measured
wing-beats, varied at set intervals by longer periods of gliding. It seemed too heavy to be a hawk; for
a stork（鹳）， it was not big enough and, even at that height, neck and feet should have been
visible. Then the bird made a sudden turn so that the setting sun shone for a second full on the
underside of the great wings which lit up like stars in the blue of the skies. The bird was white. By
Heaven, it was my cockatoo （凤头鹦鹉）！ The steady movements of his wings clearly indicated
that he was setting out on a long-distance flight.
What should I do? Should I call to the bird? Well, have you ever heard the flight-call of the
greater cockatoo? No? But you have probably heard pig-killing in the traditional method. Imagine
the loudest long cry a pig could make, picked up by a microphone and amplified many times over by
a powerful speaker. A man can imitate it quite successfully, though somewhat weak, by shouting at
the top of his voice O-ah. I had already proved that the cockatoo understood this imitation and
promptly came to heel. But would it work at such a height? A bird always has great difficulty in
making the decision to fly downwards at a steep angle. To yell, or not to yell, that was the question.
If I yelled and the bird came down, all would be well, but what if it sailed calmly on through the
clouds? How would I then explain my song to the crowd of people?
Finally, I did yell. The people around me stood still, rooted to the spot. The bird hesitated for a
moment on outstretched wings, and then, folding them, it descended in one dive and landed upon my
outstretched arm. Once again I was master of the situation.
24. What was the author's cockatoo like?
A. It looked like a hawk. B. It was blue and shiny.
C. Its neck and feet were long. D. It was white with great wings.
25. How did the author signal to his cockatoo?
A. By waving at it quickly. B. By singing a song loudly.
C. By screaming his head off. D. By using a powerful loudspeaker.
26. What does the underlined part came to heel? in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Flew about. B. Came back. C. Came around. D. Landed on the ground.
27. Which can be inferred about the author from the text?
A. He knew birds very well. B. He could speak with his bird.
C. He liked showing off in public. D. He often surprised people around him.
C
For the perfect cup of tea, does one add milk to boiling water, or the opposite? Neither, based
on a new research in the journal Current Biology. What must be prepared first, instead, are the
microbes （微生物）.
Previous studies have shown that the presence of the right microbes can enhance the absorption
of critical nutrients like iron, phosphorus （磷） and nitrogen （氮）.
Tea experts Wei Xin and Wenxin Tang at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in China
were attracted by it because tea plants rely upon nitrogen-rich ammonium （铵） in the soil around
their roots to produce theanine, an amino acid （氨基酸） that generates their special pleasant
flavors. Collecting the roots and leaves of 17 different tea types at different times of year, Dr Xin and
Dr Tang found that theanine production varied widely, even among similar teas. Some highly valued
oolong teas, such as Rougui, produced a lot of the compound, whereas others, such as Maoxie,
produced less.
After growing these two types under identical conditions, the researchers collected soil samples
and used genetic analysis to identify which microbes were present around the roots. The microbes of
the two were very different. Crucially, Rougui had more microbes associated with nitrogen than did
Maoxie. Consequently, Rougui also showed a greater ability to absorb nitrogen from ammonium in
the soil. These differences were particularly clear in the autumn, when the roots were accumulating
theanine.
To explore further, the researchers created a community of microbes that resembled the
community found around autumnal Rougui roots and applied them to the roots of Maoxie plants.
They report that this not only enhanced root growth in Maoxie seedlings by giving them a nitrogen
boost, but also nearly tripled the theanine in the leaves.
Flavors aside, what they found has the potential to make a wider environmental impact. Most
farmers add some form of nitrogen to their soil to enhance growth. While some of this is absorbed by
plants, most runs off during heavy rains and ends up polluting natural water bodies. When the
researchers applied their microbial mixture to soil, they found that, just as with Maoxie, the
newcomers enhanced nitrogen uptake. This suggests that these microbes have the potential to create
new flavors while also reducing agricultural pollution. That should be everyone’s cup of tea.
28. Which is the key factor in enhancing tea's flavor?
A. Iron. B. Phosphorus. C. Theanine. D. Oxygen.
29. Why are Rougui and Maoxie grown in the research?
A. To set an example. B. To make a comparison.
C. To prove a conclusion. D. To attract Chinese readers.
30. Based on the text, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Nitrogen is commonly used in agriculture.
B. Tea has more health benefits than expected.
C. When to add milk to a cup of tea is unknown.
D. Maoxie can taste like Rougui after improvement.
31. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Tea and its flavor B. Microbes and tea
C. Tea's new benefits D. Everyone's cup of tea
D
Romantic attachment is one of the best predictors of happiness that social scientists have
identified. For example, my review of the General Social Survey finds that although 27 percent of
married Americans said they were very happy with their lives, only 11 percent of those respondents
who were never married, divorced, separated, or widowed answered this way. And research in the
Journal of Research in Personality has shown that marriage can protect happiness in adulthood.
These findings may help explain the well-documented decline in American happiness, especially
among young adults. The percentage of adults who are currently married has fallen from almost 70
in 1960 to about 50 today. The solution to the happiness deficit （赤字）—for the nation as well as
among individuals -is simply to encourage more people to pair off. However, a closer look at the
singles trend suggests that the problem is not a lack of available partners, but that young adults may
unintentionally be avoiding romantic attachment.
Psychologists commonly measure the health of attachment through two dimensions: anxiety and
avoidance [the latter meaning a resistance to intimacy （亲密）. To score lower on each dimension
is better. An insecure bond can involve someone being anxious but not avoidant, avoidant but not
anxious, or both, while secure attachment is on the other hand. Unfortunately, insecure attachment is
becoming more and more common. Over the past two decades, successive groups of studied college
students have shown an increasing likelihood of experiencing one of the insecure styles. One
particular insecure style-avoidance-is associated with a greater preference for singlehood. That tells
us that the underlying problem is chiefly one of greater avoidance.
The popularity of avoidant attachment is a more reasonable explanation for the increase in
unhappiness among young adults than their simply being uncoupled. After all, we also know that
singlehood can make some people happier, and that a bad romantic partnership is clearly worse than
no relationship at all. But in contrast to that mixed picture, many studies show that avoidant
attachment is associated with lower satisfaction with life.
So what is causing this mass romantic avoidance? Two psychologists provided clues in a paper
published in 2022 that was based on surveys of university students in Cyprus, including what led
them to prefer being single. Strongly predictive of singledom, the researchers found, was not only a
preoccupation with work and career but also the wide spread of so-called Dark Triad （narcissism,
Machiavellianism, and psychopathy）. In other words, people may avoid romantic commitment if
they are especially self-centered or work-focused.
32. What does the author think of the solution to happiness decline?
A. It hits the target. B. It barks up the wrong tree.
C. It cuts to the chase. D. It gets to the bottom.
33. What is secure attachment like according to the psychologists?
A. It is anxious but not intimate. B. It is both intimate and anxious.
C. It is neither anxious nor avoidant. D. It is neither anxious nor intimate.
34. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. The benefits of romantic partnership.
B. The popularity of insecure attachment.
C. The explanation for avoidant attachment.
D. The cause for declining happiness among young adults.
35. In the last paragraph, two psychologists found singledom was also probably associated with
_____.
A. pressure of job hunting B. level of education
C. different occupations D. personal characteristics
第二节（共5 小题；每小题 2. 5 分，满分 12. 5 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多
余选项。
Ask anyone how they're feeling these days and chances are that they'll reply with some version
of exhausted. We're tired of operating amid uncertainty. We're tired of balancing childcare with
work. 36 They direct our focus to the most readily available information to help us make decisions
quickly without properly considering all the variables.
The result is that we are wired to move toward things that make us feel good and away from
things that make us feel uncomfortable. 37 They default （默认） to what feels normal. Those
networks are so deep in our thinking that when we're traveling a new and challenging path, our wheels
default back to the worn-in grooves （凹槽）. So, how do we do hard things when our brains are
constantly telling us to avoid effort?
38 A 2016 study found that when people are upset, they're less likely to try to do hard things.
When they're feeling upbeat, however, they're more likely to take on the hard-but- essential tasks that
ultimately make life better. One way we can get ourselves in the right mindset is to do what's called
reappraisal, in which we create a shift in our brains of how we perceive a task.
Moreover, we must give our brains the right amount of autonomy. When we have a choice, our
brains often want to programme something easy. 39 Put it into a work context: Do I want to
experiment with a new project management tool that might make things easier for my team next
week, or do I want to stick with the same sheet that a former employee established that none of us
feel great about anyway?
40 But by understanding what's going on in your brain, you can work toward accomplishing
hard things and manage your fears better.
A. Tackle them when we're in a good mood.
B. Doing things like hard work can seem abnormal.
C. Our brains label effort as bad because it's hard work.
D. We should be creative and open-minded when doing tasks.
E. This is called mindset fault, the tendency to do right things.
F. When we feel like this, our brains want to save mental energy.
G. But we can reduce the response by challenging ourselves to be innovative.
第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分 30分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题1 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选
项。
I was sorting through some boxes in the loft last week when I came across a teddy bear from my
childhood. The moment that I saw my 41 old friend, powerful memories 42 from nearly 50
years before. In an instant I was 43 with where I lived, who was around- and how I felt-at an
extremely happy time of my life.
Not all objects generate such 44 memories, however. I once had to throw a pair of running
shorts because they 45 me too much of the day I 46 and ended up with a broken wrist! But
maybe I was too 47 and should not blame my shorts.
According to a recent study, it's possible to use thinking tricks to remove negative 48 . And,
in the process, you can learn a lot about how memory works-including how to get yours under 49 .