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第一部分 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A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Have yu ever wndered what the great game f Lawn Bwling is all abut and have yu ever wanted t try it ut? If yes, then hpefully this page will tell yu all yu want t knw.
Finding a Club
A full list f all the clubs wh are members f the BLI (Bwling League f Ireland) can be fund at httpsirishlawnbwls.ie/bli-club/. Clubs are delighted t welcme new members and will be delighted t shw yu the basics f the game if yu visit them. T check a suitable time t visit, yu can cntact the club secretary whse details yu will get n the abve nline pages.
Jining a Club
Membership fees, which need t be paid first, vary frm club t club depending n if they are a multi-sprt club. Mst clubs charge a fee fr junir players while sme clubs charge a reduced fee in the first year, as newcmers have t buy equipment.
Equipment Needed
The first essential is a pair f flat shes (n heels). In the lnger term yu will need t buy bwling shes which will cst yu in the regin f €40 t €80 depending n the pair yu like.
It is advisable nt t buy a set f bwls until yu have had sme caching and can get a feel f the right size f bwls. Once yu start t play in league matches, yu will need t purchase a set f white trusers. It is als suggested that yu take a bag t carry all yur equipment.
1. What can yu find n the website?
A. The list f all the visitrs. B. All the bwling clubs f BLI.
C. The list f the club secretaries. D. All the members f the bwling club.
2. What shuld yu d first t jin a bwling club?
A. Play a match. B. Find a suitable cach.
C. Pay a membership fee. D. Prepare necessary equipment.
3. Where is the text prbably taken frm?
A. A nvel. B. A textbk.
C. A health reprt. D. A sprts website.
B
An injured hiker was rescued earlier this mnth after a train passenger sptted her frm the windw. She was crazily waving n the ther side f a river, having just spent tw days trapped in the wilderness with a brken leg.
The rider tld the train crew, wh then reprted it t the train inspectr, Henry Smith, wh was in a mtr car behind them. Henry was able t stp and cmmunicate with the wman n the ppsite bank f the river, which was freezing cld and mving quickly.
The hiker, a wman in her twenties, had been missing fr tw days. She said she’d intended t g n a day hike, but ended up falling 90 feet dwn a cliff face while trying t take pictures. She reprtedly tld rescuers that she lst cnsciusness fr an unknwn amunt f time. Despite a badly brken leg, she struggled t pull herself t the bank f the river t try t flag dwn trains. She had n emergency supplies with her, r suitable clthing t spend the night utdrs. There had been a cld attack while the wman was trapped in the wilderness. The hiker described spending daylight hurs trying t get the attentin f passing trains and, at night, wuld rll herself int a nearby cliff face in an attempt t stay warm.
Henry called t request help fr search and rescue. The peratr wh received the emergency call said the hiker’s family had been lking fr her. While they were waiting fr the rescue team, Nick and Kylah, an engineer and a fireman n the next train passing by the lcatin, came t help. 327 passengers n the train waited n the track as they crssed the river t examine the wman’s injuries and bring emergency supplies, blankets and a radi fr cmmunicatin. Eventually, a helicpter was sent t lcate and rescue the hiker and she was transprted safely t the hspital.
4. Wh first nticed the injured hiker?
A. A train rider. B. Henry Smith.
C. The train crew. D. Nick and Kylah.
5. What d we knw abut the wman hiker?
A. She fell dwn the cliff face accidentally.
B. She spent day and night waving fr help.
C. She had planned a tw-day hike schedule.
D. She always stayed cnscius in the wilderness.
6. What can be inferred frm the last paragraph?
A. The hiker’s family had been against her ging hiking.
B. Henry sent a helicpter t lcate and rescue the hiker.
C. Nick and Kylah were sent by the plice t the rescue.
D. Peple n the next train als cntributed t the rescue wrk.
7. Which f fllwing wrds best describe the hiker?
A. Energetic and generus. B. Respnsible and admirable.
C. Perseverant and humrus. D. Adaptable and strng-willed.
C
A NASA-funded study used satellite t search fr penguin pps (粪便) in Antarctica: funny at first sight thugh, it resulted in unique insights n the Adelie penguin’s diet and its future as the climate changes. The findings published recently unlcked the secrets abut the species that can prvide an early-warning f threats t Antarctica’s delicate ecsystem.
Researchers frm Stny Brk University used satellite images t see if the Adelie penguin’s diet has been changing in respnse t Antarctica’s changing climate. Adelie penguin ppulatin has drpped greatly in sme areas even as the glbal ppulatin increases. The satellite images cannt shw the penguins individually, but their presence can be detected by the stain (污渍) left n the ice by their waste, called guan.
Male and female penguins take turns incubating (孵化) in the nest. The guan builds up in the same areas ccupied by the nests. Heather Lynch, assciate prfessr at Stny Brk, alng with his team, used the area f the clny as defined by the guan stain t wrk back t the number f pairs. A glbal survey fr Adelie penguins turned up 3.8 millin breeding pairs. Als, the satellite data can detect the clr f the penguin guan, ranging frm white t pink t dark red. White guan is frm eating mstly fish; pink and red wuld be frm eating mstly krill (磷虾). The team fund that while the Adelie penguin’s diet did shw changes frm year t year, n cnsistent pattern was bvius.
“This was a big surprise, since the abundance and distributin f Adelie penguins has changed dramatically ver the last 40 years and scientists had assumed that a change in diet might have played a rle,” said Casey Yung flesh, a graduate student frm the university. Hwever, cntinued changes in the physical envirnment and a grwing krill fishery in the regin are likely t have an influence n penguin prey (猎物) and penguin ppulatin itself. “Tls like this will be imprtant fr the management f the Antarctic ecsystem, which is ften cnsidered amng the mst primitive areas in the wrld,” said Yung flesh.
8. What cncerned scientists mst accrding t paragraph 1?
A. The climate change.B. The Adelie penguin’s diet.
C. The Antarctica’s ecsystem.D. The secret f penguin pps.
9. Hw did scientists carry ut the study?
A. By ding experiments.B. By cnducting surveys.
C. By making bservatins.D. By cllecting dcuments.
10. Which f the fllwing wuld Lynch agree with?
A. The Adelie penguin ppulatin was 3.8 millin wrldwide.
B. Guan clrs reflected the health cnditin f the penguin.
C. The Adelie penguin’s diet stayed the same mst f the time.
D. Adelie penguin waste helped estimate the penguin ppulatin.
11. What did Yung flesh’s wrds suggest?
A. Mre Adelie penguins have appeared ver the last 40 years.
B. There was nt an bvius changing pattern f penguin’s diet.
C. Diet changes didn’t actually affect penguin ppulatin as assumed.
D. Fishery was imprtant fr the management f the Antarctic ecsystem.
D
It happens t all f us. Yu’re struggling with a prblem that feels unslvable and then smewhere between shamp and cnditiner, yu find the answer in the shwer. Fr sme reasn, when we step·away frm an issue, and especially when we’re ding smething like shwering, we can find a creative slutin. Researchers at the University f Virginia call it the “shwer effect”.
In a recent study, researchers fund that mildly engaging tasks like shwering r walking can prduce the mst creativity. The balance between fcus and mind wandering seems t prduce the best results. “Cnstraining (限定) yur thughts thrugh minr stimulatin seems t prmte mre creativity cmpared t if yur mind is wandering and there’s nthing ging n arund yu,” says study authr Zachary C. Irving, an assistant prfessr at the University f Virginia.
Participants in the study weren’t actually shwering—that’s unsuitable fr a research study. Instead, participants either saw a vide that was cnsidered bring—tw men flding laundry—r a vide f the famus scene in When Harry Met Sally..., which was cnsidered mildly stimulating. After that, participants had 45 secnds befre researchers asked them t describe hw they wuld pssibly use a brick r a nail. Researchers then examined bth the number f ideas generated and the riginality f thse ideas. They fund that the participants wh watched the mildly stimulating vide came up with mre creative slutins.
“My students can learn a thing r tw frm the research which highlights the imprtance f stepping away frm a prblem t slve it,” says Alice Flaherty, a neurlgist at Massachusetts General Hspital. “Sme f them are s dedicated that they wn’t get up frm their desks until they have a creative idea, which is cunterprductive because they dn't ever let their brains step back and take a rest.”
But Flaherty als states that researchers need t cntrl the factr f physical arusal（唤起）during their study. That’s because an activity which increases yur heart rate might make yu think yu have the best idea. “There must be ther reasns t explain this phenmenn. And while shwering might prmte creativity,” she says, “it might nt be fr the reasns they state.”.
12. Accrding t the recent study, in which way can we inspire ur creativity?
A. By letting ur mind cmpletely wander.
B. By ding a mildly stimulating activity.
C. By fully fcusing n a certain prblem.
D. By being engaged in things that interest us.
13. What can we knw abut the participants in the study?
A. They rle-played a famus mvie scene.
B. They watched a vide while flding laundry.
C. They imagined taking a shwer fr 45 secnds.
D. They ffered creative uses f sme cmmn bjects.
14. What des the underlined wrd “cunterprductive” mean in Paragraph 4?
A. Difficult t stick t.
B. Wrthwhile but unhealthy.
C. Time-cnsuming but helpful.
D. Oppsite t the desired effect.
15. What's the best title fr the text?
A.Why D We Need t Be Creative?
B. What Is the Functin f Daily Activities?
C. Why D We Get Our Best Ideas in the Shwer?
D. Hw Des Our Brain Respnd t a Tricky Prblem?
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The Pwer f 10 Minutes
Hw can we find urselves with extra tw hurs? It prbably cmes in shrt little bursts f 5 t 10 minutes. Maybe yu’re early t yur schl. ___16___Instead f jumping n scial media, yu can actually use thse little breaks t d smething prductive.
Strengthen relatinship
In cllege, yu’ll be eager t call yur parents every single night. Besides, yu knw it’s necessary t stay in tuch with yur friends. A phne call desn’t have t last an hur t get in sme gd cnversatin. A 5-minute’s call is enugh. An email is even quicker.___17___.
Strengthen bdy
___18___, r a few stretches (伸展运动) can give yur back a break frm desk and chair. A few minutes f exercise ges a lng way. Why nt make full use f the breaks between classes t get actively invlved in exercise? Yur bdy will thank yu.
Refresh yurself
Smetimes we’re s busy that ur lives are in a mess, with piles f bks n ur desks, clthes everywhere n the flr at ur drms. We usually think it a waste f time cleaning up, therefre let them be. ____19____ And keep it up everyday, yu’ll be amazed t find yur life rganized and get yurself refreshed.
Be mre prductive
Want t be extra prductive? ____20____ Yu can write all f the tasks yu’d like t cmplete that day, week, r mnth n the list. Keep it handy. The next time yu find yurself with 10 extra minutes, yu’ll knw exactly what yu can wrk n.
A．But bth make a difference.
B．Maybe yu have 5 minutes fr We chat.
C．Instead, begin with a 5-minute’s tidying up.
D．A 10-minute’s walk can get yur bld flwing better.
E．Perhaps yu even get stuck waiting fr a bus fr 10 minutes.
F．The next time yu have minutes t spare, write ut a t-d list.
G．Bending ver the desk prvides yu with a shrt but useful rest.
第二部分 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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Amy Taylr had weathered sme tugh years. Her husband suffered a lt frm kidney failure and in 2020, the pr mther 21 her jb in the ecnmic depressin.
During the spring break, her 14-year-ld daughter, Emily Mre, tk a part-time jb, and 22 minimum wage. But befre she culd spend the mney, Emily had an idea. The news in Kansas City that week had been filled with stries abut a plice fficer, Jimmy Mss, wh was badly hurt in a car accident in the line f duty. He was in 23 cnditin. Emily and her unemplyed mther had never frgtten hw 24 the plice had been when Taylr was rbbed in the street ne day. Emily decided t 25 the mney t Officer Mss’s family. Her mm 26 agreed.
Taylr called the plice and made an annymus (匿名的) dnatin. Mved by her 27 expressin f thanks, the fficers did what they d best — they 28 Taylr. When she explained the family’s 29 , the fficers culd hardly believe it. “With her current financial 30 , we encuraged her t keep the mney,” the department later explained. “She 31 , saying the fficer’s family needed it and the plice needed t knw they were 32 .”
By then, that feeling f supprt was mutual (相互的). The plice set up a GFundMe page fr Taylr, whm they named “The Wman with the Heart f Gld.” As f January 11, 2023, they had 33 $165,405. Even better: Officer Mss, wh had a 1 percent chance f 34 , is ut f the hspital and 35 .
21. A. changedB. lstC. quitD. finished
22. A. fferedB. suggestedC. setD. earned
23. A. criticalB. rareC. stableD. fair
24. A. annyedB. niceC. disappintedD. wise
25. A. lendB. passC. dnateD. shw
26. A. temprarilyB. hesitantlyC. readilyD. cautiusly
27. A. generusB. distantC. writtenD. public
28. A. came acrssB. tracked dwnC. turned tD. calmed dwn
29. A. mtivatinB. faithC. traditinD. principle
30. A. creditB. securityC. serviceD. hardship
31. A. agreedB. cmplainedC. refusedD. guessed
32. A. supprtedB. prmisedC. treatedD. defeated
33. A. keptB. addedC. takenD. raised
34. A. prmtinB. survivalC. freedmD. grwth
35. A. regrettingB. cllapsingC. recveringD. escaping
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
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。
Tday, Munt Qmlangma's peak is nt a lnely place any mre. Over 3,500 peple have 36_______(successful) climbed the muntain ver the past years. Meanwhile, climbers have cmplained abut 37_______(wait) fr hurs in the bttlenecks.
In fact, the dangerus 38______(crwd) aren't the nly prblem. All thse climbers need t bring a lt f gear（设备），much f which ends up 39_____ (leave) n the muntain. It is becming the wrld's 40______(tall) rubbish dump.
But the gd news is 41_____sme muntaineers have started t clean up Qmlangma. Muntaineers Paul and Eberhard are part f Ec Everest Expeditin, which has been cleaning up rubbish since 2008. S far they 42______(cllect) ver 13 tns f garbage.
Sme f that rubbish is even being used fr 43_____ higher purpse. As part f the Munt Everest 8848 Art Prject, a grup f 15 artists frm Nepal cllected 1.5 tns f garbage. They've changed the cans and xygen tanks 44_____74 pieces f art that have already been exhibited in Nepal's capital. Part f the prfit frm sales 45_____(be) available fr the Everest Peakers Assciatin which has helped cllect rubbish ff the muntain.
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Tm对中国传统文化有浓厚的兴趣。你校将举办一场介绍中国艺术的讲座，请写封邮件邀请他参加，内容包括：
1. 时间和地点；
2. 讲座内容（介绍中国画、剪纸和京剧）；
3. 准备工作（简要了解一下相关知识）。
注意：
1. 词数80左右。开头和结尾己给出，不计入总词数；
2. 可以适当増加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：中国画Chinese painting；剪纸paper cutting；京剧Peking Opera
Dear Tm,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Best wishes!
Yurs
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
Eric was a little by wh was raised in an rphanage (孤儿院). He had always wished that he culd fly like a bird. It was very difficult fr him t understand why he culd nt fly. There were birds at the z that were much bigger than him, and they culd fly.
“Why can’t I?” he thught. “Is there smething wrng with me?” he wndered. Jerry was anther little by wh was crippled (瘸). He had always wished that he culd walk and run like ther kids.
“Why can’t I be like them?” he thught.
One afternn Eric ran away frm the rphanage. He came upn a park where he saw Jerry playing in the sandbx. Eric nticed that Jerry was crippled. He ran ver t Jerry and asked him if he had ever wanted t fly like a bird.
“N,” said Jerry, “but I have wndered what it wuld be like t walk and run like ther kids.”
“That is very sad,” said Eric, “but d yu think we culd be friends?”
“Sure,” Jerry said excitedly.
The tw little bys played fr hurs. They made sand castles and made really funny sunds with their muths. Sunds made them laugh really hard. Then Jerry’s father came with a wheelchair t pick him up. Eric instantly ran ver t Jerry’s father and whispered smething int his ear.
“That wuld be OK,” said Jerry’s father.
Paragraph 1：
Eric ran ver t his new friend, Jerry.
Paragraph 2：
Carrying Jerry n his back, Eric ran faster and faster.
答卷时间：120分钟 满分：120
第一部分 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A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Have yu ever wndered what the great game f Lawn Bwling is all abut and have yu ever wanted t try it ut? If yes, then hpefully this page will tell yu all yu want t knw.
Finding a Club
A full list f all the clubs wh are members f the BLI (Bwling League f Ireland) can be fund at httpsirishlawnbwls.ie/bli-club/. Clubs are delighted t welcme new members and will be delighted t shw yu the basics f the game if yu visit them. T check a suitable time t visit, yu can cntact the club secretary whse details yu will get n the abve nline pages.
Jining a Club
Membership fees, which need t be paid first, vary frm club t club depending n if they are a multi-sprt club. Mst clubs charge a fee fr junir players while sme clubs charge a reduced fee in the first year, as newcmers have t buy equipment.
Equipment Needed
The first essential is a pair f flat shes (n heels). In the lnger term yu will need t buy bwling shes which will cst yu in the regin f €40 t €80 depending n the pair yu like.
It is advisable nt t buy a set f bwls until yu have had sme caching and can get a feel f the right size f bwls. Once yu start t play in league matches, yu will need t purchase a set f white trusers. It is als suggested that yu take a bag t carry all yur equipment.
1. What can yu find n the website?
A. The list f all the visitrs. B. All the bwling clubs f BLI.
C. The list f the club secretaries. D. All the members f the bwling club.
2. What shuld yu d first t jin a bwling club?
A. Play a match. B. Find a suitable cach.
C. Pay a membership fee. D. Prepare necessary equipment.
3. Where is the text prbably taken frm?
A. A nvel. B. A textbk.
C. A health reprt. D. A sprts website.
B
An injured hiker was rescued earlier this mnth after a train passenger sptted her frm the windw. She was crazily waving n the ther side f a river, having just spent tw days trapped in the wilderness with a brken leg.
The rider tld the train crew, wh then reprted it t the train inspectr, Henry Smith, wh was in a mtr car behind them. Henry was able t stp and cmmunicate with the wman n the ppsite bank f the river, which was freezing cld and mving quickly.
The hiker, a wman in her twenties, had been missing fr tw days. She said she’d intended t g n a day hike, but ended up falling 90 feet dwn a cliff face while trying t take pictures. She reprtedly tld rescuers that she lst cnsciusness fr an unknwn amunt f time. Despite a badly brken leg, she struggled t pull herself t the bank f the river t try t flag dwn trains. She had n emergency supplies with her, r suitable clthing t spend the night utdrs. There had been a cld attack while the wman was trapped in the wilderness. The hiker described spending daylight hurs trying t get the attentin f passing trains and, at night, wuld rll herself int a nearby cliff face in an attempt t stay warm.
Henry called t request help fr search and rescue. The peratr wh received the emergency call said the hiker’s family had been lking fr her. While they were waiting fr the rescue team, Nick and Kylah, an engineer and a fireman n the next train passing by the lcatin, came t help. 327 passengers n the train waited n the track as they crssed the river t examine the wman’s injuries and bring emergency supplies, blankets and a radi fr cmmunicatin. Eventually, a helicpter was sent t lcate and rescue the hiker and she was transprted safely t the hspital.
4. Wh first nticed the injured hiker?
A. A train rider. B. Henry Smith.
C. The train crew. D. Nick and Kylah.
5. What d we knw abut the wman hiker?
A. She fell dwn the cliff face accidentally.
B. She spent day and night waving fr help.
C. She had planned a tw-day hike schedule.
D. She always stayed cnscius in the wilderness.
6. What can be inferred frm the last paragraph?
A. The hiker’s family had been against her ging hiking.
B. Henry sent a helicpter t lcate and rescue the hiker.
C. Nick and Kylah were sent by the plice t the rescue.
D. Peple n the next train als cntributed t the rescue wrk.
7. Which f fllwing wrds best describe the hiker?
A. Energetic and generus. B. Respnsible and admirable.
C. Perseverant and humrus. D. Adaptable and strng-willed.
C
A NASA-funded study used satellite t search fr penguin pps (粪便) in Antarctica: funny at first sight thugh, it resulted in unique insights n the Adelie penguin’s diet and its future as the climate changes. The findings published recently unlcked the secrets abut the species that can prvide an early-warning f threats t Antarctica’s delicate ecsystem.
Researchers frm Stny Brk University used satellite images t see if the Adelie penguin’s diet has been changing in respnse t Antarctica’s changing climate. Adelie penguin ppulatin has drpped greatly in sme areas even as the glbal ppulatin increases. The satellite images cannt shw the penguins individually, but their presence can be detected by the stain (污渍) left n the ice by their waste, called guan.
Male and female penguins take turns incubating (孵化) in the nest. The guan builds up in the same areas ccupied by the nests. Heather Lynch, assciate prfessr at Stny Brk, alng with his team, used the area f the clny as defined by the guan stain t wrk back t the number f pairs. A glbal survey fr Adelie penguins turned up 3.8 millin breeding pairs. Als, the satellite data can detect the clr f the penguin guan, ranging frm white t pink t dark red. White guan is frm eating mstly fish; pink and red wuld be frm eating mstly krill (磷虾). The team fund that while the Adelie penguin’s diet did shw changes frm year t year, n cnsistent pattern was bvius.
“This was a big surprise, since the abundance and distributin f Adelie penguins has changed dramatically ver the last 40 years and scientists had assumed that a change in diet might have played a rle,” said Casey Yung flesh, a graduate student frm the university. Hwever, cntinued changes in the physical envirnment and a grwing krill fishery in the regin are likely t have an influence n penguin prey (猎物) and penguin ppulatin itself. “Tls like this will be imprtant fr the management f the Antarctic ecsystem, which is ften cnsidered amng the mst primitive areas in the wrld,” said Yung flesh.
8. What cncerned scientists mst accrding t paragraph 1?
A. The climate change.B. The Adelie penguin’s diet.
C. The Antarctica’s ecsystem.D. The secret f penguin pps.
9. Hw did scientists carry ut the study?
A. By ding experiments.B. By cnducting surveys.
C. By making bservatins.D. By cllecting dcuments.
10. Which f the fllwing wuld Lynch agree with?
A. The Adelie penguin ppulatin was 3.8 millin wrldwide.
B. Guan clrs reflected the health cnditin f the penguin.
C. The Adelie penguin’s diet stayed the same mst f the time.
D. Adelie penguin waste helped estimate the penguin ppulatin.
11. What did Yung flesh’s wrds suggest?
A. Mre Adelie penguins have appeared ver the last 40 years.
B. There was nt an bvius changing pattern f penguin’s diet.
C. Diet changes didn’t actually affect penguin ppulatin as assumed.
D. Fishery was imprtant fr the management f the Antarctic ecsystem.
D
It happens t all f us. Yu’re struggling with a prblem that feels unslvable and then smewhere between shamp and cnditiner, yu find the answer in the shwer. Fr sme reasn, when we step·away frm an issue, and especially when we’re ding smething like shwering, we can find a creative slutin. Researchers at the University f Virginia call it the “shwer effect”.
In a recent study, researchers fund that mildly engaging tasks like shwering r walking can prduce the mst creativity. The balance between fcus and mind wandering seems t prduce the best results. “Cnstraining (限定) yur thughts thrugh minr stimulatin seems t prmte mre creativity cmpared t if yur mind is wandering and there’s nthing ging n arund yu,” says study authr Zachary C. Irving, an assistant prfessr at the University f Virginia.
Participants in the study weren’t actually shwering—that’s unsuitable fr a research study. Instead, participants either saw a vide that was cnsidered bring—tw men flding laundry—r a vide f the famus scene in When Harry Met Sally..., which was cnsidered mildly stimulating. After that, participants had 45 secnds befre researchers asked them t describe hw they wuld pssibly use a brick r a nail. Researchers then examined bth the number f ideas generated and the riginality f thse ideas. They fund that the participants wh watched the mildly stimulating vide came up with mre creative slutins.
“My students can learn a thing r tw frm the research which highlights the imprtance f stepping away frm a prblem t slve it,” says Alice Flaherty, a neurlgist at Massachusetts General Hspital. “Sme f them are s dedicated that they wn’t get up frm their desks until they have a creative idea, which is cunterprductive because they dn't ever let their brains step back and take a rest.”
But Flaherty als states that researchers need t cntrl the factr f physical arusal（唤起）during their study. That’s because an activity which increases yur heart rate might make yu think yu have the best idea. “There must be ther reasns t explain this phenmenn. And while shwering might prmte creativity,” she says, “it might nt be fr the reasns they state.”.
12. Accrding t the recent study, in which way can we inspire ur creativity?
A. By letting ur mind cmpletely wander.
B. By ding a mildly stimulating activity.
C. By fully fcusing n a certain prblem.
D. By being engaged in things that interest us.
13. What can we knw abut the participants in the study?
A. They rle-played a famus mvie scene.
B. They watched a vide while flding laundry.
C. They imagined taking a shwer fr 45 secnds.
D. They ffered creative uses f sme cmmn bjects.
14. What des the underlined wrd “cunterprductive” mean in Paragraph 4?
A. Difficult t stick t.
B. Wrthwhile but unhealthy.
C. Time-cnsuming but helpful.
D. Oppsite t the desired effect.
15. What's the best title fr the text?
A.Why D We Need t Be Creative?
B. What Is the Functin f Daily Activities?
C. Why D We Get Our Best Ideas in the Shwer?
D. Hw Des Our Brain Respnd t a Tricky Prblem?
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The Pwer f 10 Minutes
Hw can we find urselves with extra tw hurs? It prbably cmes in shrt little bursts f 5 t 10 minutes. Maybe yu’re early t yur schl. ___16___Instead f jumping n scial media, yu can actually use thse little breaks t d smething prductive.
Strengthen relatinship
In cllege, yu’ll be eager t call yur parents every single night. Besides, yu knw it’s necessary t stay in tuch with yur friends. A phne call desn’t have t last an hur t get in sme gd cnversatin. A 5-minute’s call is enugh. An email is even quicker.___17___.
Strengthen bdy
___18___, r a few stretches (伸展运动) can give yur back a break frm desk and chair. A few minutes f exercise ges a lng way. Why nt make full use f the breaks between classes t get actively invlved in exercise? Yur bdy will thank yu.
Refresh yurself
Smetimes we’re s busy that ur lives are in a mess, with piles f bks n ur desks, clthes everywhere n the flr at ur drms. We usually think it a waste f time cleaning up, therefre let them be. ____19____ And keep it up everyday, yu’ll be amazed t find yur life rganized and get yurself refreshed.
Be mre prductive
Want t be extra prductive? ____20____ Yu can write all f the tasks yu’d like t cmplete that day, week, r mnth n the list. Keep it handy. The next time yu find yurself with 10 extra minutes, yu’ll knw exactly what yu can wrk n.
A．But bth make a difference.
B．Maybe yu have 5 minutes fr We chat.
C．Instead, begin with a 5-minute’s tidying up.
D．A 10-minute’s walk can get yur bld flwing better.
E．Perhaps yu even get stuck waiting fr a bus fr 10 minutes.
F．The next time yu have minutes t spare, write ut a t-d list.
G．Bending ver the desk prvides yu with a shrt but useful rest.
第二部分 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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Amy Taylr had weathered sme tugh years. Her husband suffered a lt frm kidney failure and in 2020, the pr mther 21 her jb in the ecnmic depressin.
During the spring break, her 14-year-ld daughter, Emily Mre, tk a part-time jb, and 22 minimum wage. But befre she culd spend the mney, Emily had an idea. The news in Kansas City that week had been filled with stries abut a plice fficer, Jimmy Mss, wh was badly hurt in a car accident in the line f duty. He was in 23 cnditin. Emily and her unemplyed mther had never frgtten hw 24 the plice had been when Taylr was rbbed in the street ne day. Emily decided t 25 the mney t Officer Mss’s family. Her mm 26 agreed.
Taylr called the plice and made an annymus (匿名的) dnatin. Mved by her 27 expressin f thanks, the fficers did what they d best — they 28 Taylr. When she explained the family’s 29 , the fficers culd hardly believe it. “With her current financial 30 , we encuraged her t keep the mney,” the department later explained. “She 31 , saying the fficer’s family needed it and the plice needed t knw they were 32 .”
By then, that feeling f supprt was mutual (相互的). The plice set up a GFundMe page fr Taylr, whm they named “The Wman with the Heart f Gld.” As f January 11, 2023, they had 33 $165,405. Even better: Officer Mss, wh had a 1 percent chance f 34 , is ut f the hspital and 35 .
21. A. changedB. lstC. quitD. finished
22. A. fferedB. suggestedC. setD. earned
23. A. criticalB. rareC. stableD. fair
24. A. annyedB. niceC. disappintedD. wise
25. A. lendB. passC. dnateD. shw
26. A. temprarilyB. hesitantlyC. readilyD. cautiusly
27. A. generusB. distantC. writtenD. public
28. A. came acrssB. tracked dwnC. turned tD. calmed dwn
29. A. mtivatinB. faithC. traditinD. principle
30. A. creditB. securityC. serviceD. hardship
31. A. agreedB. cmplainedC. refusedD. guessed
32. A. supprtedB. prmisedC. treatedD. defeated
33. A. keptB. addedC. takenD. raised
34. A. prmtinB. survivalC. freedmD. grwth
35. A. regrettingB. cllapsingC. recveringD. escaping
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
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。
Tday, Munt Qmlangma's peak is nt a lnely place any mre. Over 3,500 peple have 36_______(successful) climbed the muntain ver the past years. Meanwhile, climbers have cmplained abut 37_______(wait) fr hurs in the bttlenecks.
In fact, the dangerus 38______(crwd) aren't the nly prblem. All thse climbers need t bring a lt f gear（设备），much f which ends up 39_____ (leave) n the muntain. It is becming the wrld's 40______(tall) rubbish dump.
But the gd news is 41_____sme muntaineers have started t clean up Qmlangma. Muntaineers Paul and Eberhard are part f Ec Everest Expeditin, which has been cleaning up rubbish since 2008. S far they 42______(cllect) ver 13 tns f garbage.
Sme f that rubbish is even being used fr 43_____ higher purpse. As part f the Munt Everest 8848 Art Prject, a grup f 15 artists frm Nepal cllected 1.5 tns f garbage. They've changed the cans and xygen tanks 44_____74 pieces f art that have already been exhibited in Nepal's capital. Part f the prfit frm sales 45_____(be) available fr the Everest Peakers Assciatin which has helped cllect rubbish ff the muntain.
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Tm对中国传统文化有浓厚的兴趣。你校将举办一场介绍中国艺术的讲座，请写封邮件邀请他参加，内容包括：
1. 时间和地点；
2. 讲座内容（介绍中国画、剪纸和京剧）；
3. 准备工作（简要了解一下相关知识）。
注意：
1. 词数80左右。开头和结尾己给出，不计入总词数；
2. 可以适当増加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：中国画Chinese painting；剪纸paper cutting；京剧Peking Opera
Dear Tm,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Best wishes!
Yurs
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
Eric was a little by wh was raised in an rphanage (孤儿院). He had always wished that he culd fly like a bird. It was very difficult fr him t understand why he culd nt fly. There were birds at the z that were much bigger than him, and they culd fly.
“Why can’t I?” he thught. “Is there smething wrng with me?” he wndered. Jerry was anther little by wh was crippled (瘸). He had always wished that he culd walk and run like ther kids.
“Why can’t I be like them?” he thught.
One afternn Eric ran away frm the rphanage. He came upn a park where he saw Jerry playing in the sandbx. Eric nticed that Jerry was crippled. He ran ver t Jerry and asked him if he had ever wanted t fly like a bird.
“N,” said Jerry, “but I have wndered what it wuld be like t walk and run like ther kids.”
“That is very sad,” said Eric, “but d yu think we culd be friends?”
“Sure,” Jerry said excitedly.
The tw little bys played fr hurs. They made sand castles and made really funny sunds with their muths. Sunds made them laugh really hard. Then Jerry’s father came with a wheelchair t pick him up. Eric instantly ran ver t Jerry’s father and whispered smething int his ear.
“That wuld be OK,” said Jerry’s father.
Paragraph 1：
Eric ran ver t his new friend, Jerry.
Paragraph 2：
Carrying Jerry n his back, Eric ran faster and faster.
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