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（22-23高一下·浙江嘉兴·期中）You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. It’s the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed of Mozart, they will become more intelligent. A quick Internet search shows plenty of products to assist you in the task. Whatever your age, there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart’s music, but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.
The phrase “the Mozart effect” was made up in 1991, but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that aroused real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain. It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable. Mozart was no doubt a genius himself; his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it, we’ll become more intelligent.
The idea took off, with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children, and in 1998 Zell Miller, the Governor of the state of Georgia in the USA, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music. It was not just babies and children who were exposed to (接触) Mozart’s music on purpose, even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them to produce better milk.
I’ll leave the debate on the effect on milk production to farmers, but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent More research was carried out but an analysis of 16 different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary (临时的) improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn’t make us more intelligent.
1．What can we learn from Paragraph 1
A．Mozart composed many musical pieces for children.
B．Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent.
C．There are few products on the Internet about Mozart’s music.
D．There is little scientific evidence to support the Mozart effect.
2．The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 suggests that ________.
A．People were strongly against the idea.
B．the idea was accepted by many people.
C．Mozart played an important part in people’s life.
D．the US government helped promote the idea.
3．What’s the author’s attitude towards the Mozart effect
A．Supportive. B．Objective. C．Doubtful. D．Positive.
4．What is the best title for the passage
A．Listening to Mozart, necessary B．What music is beneficial
C．What is the Mozart effect D．To be or not to be
（22-23高二下·浙江嘉兴·期中）Festival of Light, Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire
Longleat is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Giant lanterns take the shape of some of the park’s animals, and there are also lots of characters in Beatrix Potter’s book, such as Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, Squirrel Nutkin, to mark the 150th anniversary of the author’s birth. There is also a 20-metre-high birthday cake.
▲ 27.85, adult/ 20.65, child/under-threes, free.
▲15Dec. to 2 Jan.
Christmas Glow, RHS Wisley, Surrey
The garden is glowing with giant lighted flowers. Some of the trees are brilliant, too. The glasshouse is decorated like a gingerbread house, and displays seasonal plants. There are lanterns around the lake. The cafe serves hot chocolate and apple juice.
▲ 9.90, adult/ 3.60, child.
▲20 Dec. to 2 Jan.
Christmas at Kew Gardens, London
Kew is a special place to visit at any time of the day or year, but the festive light show gives it a magical twist, as the mile-long trail through the garden is decorated with 60,000 lights. Some of the garden’s oldest and tallest trees are also beautifully lit along the way.
▲ l6, adult/ l0, child/ 48, family/under-fours, free.
▲24 Dec. to 2 Jan.
5．Who are probably attracted by Longleat Safari Park
A．Flower lovers. B．Garden lovers.
C．Lovers of animal characters. D．Big fans of shows.
6．How much is the admission to Kew Gardens for Mr. Green and his five-year-old twins
A． 36. B． 26 C． 42 D． 16
7．What do the parks mentioned above have in common
A．They are located in Canada. B．They are in the cheerful atmosphere.
C．They are free for kids under four. D．Their opening and closing dates are the same.
（22-23高一下·四川绵阳·期中）One way to prevent anxiety from getting out of control is to recognize its benefits. It is a mistake to think we can make better decisions if we keep our feelings under control. Instead, a mix of feelings like anxiety and logical thinking leads to sound decision-making. Many researches show that higher levels of anxiety can make us more likely to avoid risks in our decision-making. There is also evidence that anxiety can increase the attention you pay to relevant information.
Recent studies have shown that people who are anxious about their relationships tend to be better at recognizing people who tell lies and are more likely to raise the alarm when danger approaches.
In the real world though, it’s worth realizing that feeling anxious for a while is very common. It helps you communicate with others that you care about, and is also probably a sign that you are intelligent. At least two published studies have identified that people who score higher on measures of anxiety also tend to perform better on intelligence tests. This seems reasonable: If you’re a thinker, you are sure to be always thinking about the future.
The important thing is not to let your fear destroy your dreams. And don’t bury your head in the sand. Instead, act on your fears - do research as well as preparation. So rather than walk blindly into what you fear, why not meet challenges in full readiness
There is no denying that when anxiety beats you, it is a serious problem. But you needn’t see it as your enemy. Anxiety is an important feeling, developed through evolution (进化). Listen to it and act on it. Then you can turn your nervousness into your advantage.
8．What can we infer about anxiety from paragraph 1
A．It enables us to be more focused.
B．It stops us from thinking logically.
C．It makes us more willing to take risks.
D．It contributes to bad decision-making.
9．What can be learned about anxious people
A．They sense danger in advance.
B．They score the highest in tests.
C．They tend to think about future.
D．They prefer to interact with strangers.
10．How should we deal with anxiety in the author’s opinion
A．By regarding it as our enemy.
B．By taking action to prevent it.
C．By making use of it properly.
D．By ignoring it completely.
11．What does the passage focus on
A．Effective ways to prevent anxiety.
B．Unexpected benefits of anxiety.
C．Tips on how to keep a good mood.
D．Misunderstandings about anxiety.
（22-23高一下·云南红河·期中）One of the talks from the TED stage in Long Beach, California, came from Richard Ture re, an inventor. He is a Maasai from Kenya. And he is very young.
Lions are the top tourist attraction to Kenya, especially in the Nairobi National Park, which is near where Richard lives. Lions are also considered critically endangered in Kenya. One of the main causes of their demise, “is that people kill them in retaliation (报复) for lions attacking their livestock (牲畜)”, says Paula Kahumbu, executive director of Wildlife Direct, a wildlife conservation organization in Africa. She has been studying the conflict between humans and lions, and her work led her to Richard. In one week, she monitored over 50 cases where lions attacked livestock.
One night Richard was walking around with a flashlight and discovered the lions were scared of a moving light. A light went on inside him and an idea was born. Three weeks later, Richard had invented a system of lights that flash around the cowshed (棚), which seemed like a human walking around with a flashlight. His system is made from broken flashlight parts and an indicator box from a motorcycle. “The only thing I bought was a solar board, which charges a battery that supplies power to the lights at night,” Richard says. He calls the system Lion Lights. “There have been a lot of efforts to try to protect the lions,” Kahumbu says. “It’s a crisis and everyone is looking for a solution. One idea was land leases (租赁), another was lion pro-offences (防护栅栏). And basically no one even knew that Richard had already come up with something that worked.”
His simple solution was so successful. He equipped the lights for his neighbors and for six other homes in his community. From there, the lights spread and are now being used all around Kenya.
To get to the TED stage, Richard traveled on an airplane for the first time in his life. He says he has a lot to tell his friends about when he goes back home, and what impressed him the most on his trip was something he saw at the Aquarium of the Pacific: “It was my first time seeing a shark. I’ve never seen a shark.”
12．Why is Richard able to get to the TED stage
A．He has saved fifty lions. B．He is a successful speaker.
C．He helped his neighborhood. D．He invented a light to protect the lions.
13．What does the underlined word “demise” mean in the second paragraph
A．Death. B．Injury. C．Discovery. D．Attraction.
14．Whose job is to protect wildlife
A．Richard’s. B．Wildlife Direct’s. C．The government’s. D．The TED’s.
15．What can we learn from the text
A．People in Kenya live in harmony with the lions.
B．Richard is a caring, thoughtful and inventive American boy.
C．There were three methods to protect the lions before Richard’s solution.
D．With kindness and consideration, people can achieve peace with natural world.
（22-23高一下·江苏镇江·期中）Fear gets a bad rap(评价). It is certainly true that pure fear doesn’t feel good, but that is very important. Fear tells us to get out of it. Fear developed over millions of years to protect us from danger. So, yes, fear is a feel-bad emotion, but also, perhaps on the contrary, the engine in a whole range of pleasurable activities and behaviors--which inspire what we can call recreational(娱乐) fear.
Once you start looking for it, you’ll find recreational fear everywhere. From a very early age, humans love being jump-scared by caregivers and being hurtled(猛冲) into the air (and caught). They get older and take great pleasure in chase-play and hide-and-seek. They are drawn to scary stories about monsters, witches and ghosts. As they grow a little older, they get together for horror(恐怖)movie nights, stand patiently in line for roller coasters, and play horror video games. Indeed, most of us never quite lose our odd attraction to recreational fear.
One theory is that recreational fear is a form of play behavior, which is widespread in the animal kingdom and universal among humans. When an organism(生物) plays, it learns important skills and develops strategies for survival. Playfighting cats train their ability to hold their own in a hostile encounter(敌对遭遇), but with little risk and low cost, compared to the real thing. It’s the same with humans. When we join in recreational fear activities, from hide-and-seek to horror movie watching, we play with fear, challenge our limits, and learn about our own physical and mental responses to stress.
So, there is pleasure from these activities, but are there any other benefits In several past and ongoing studies of the psychological(心里的) and social effects of engagement with recreational fear, we’ve seen it improve people’s ability to deal with stress and anxiety. For instance, one study found that people who watch many horror movies showed better psychological resilience(适应力) during the first COVID-19 lockdown than people who stay away from scary movies.
With research findings such as these in mind, we should maybe think twice about protecting kids and young people too eagerly from playful forms of fear. They’ll end up in the real world sooner or later, and they will be better equipped if they’ve at least pretended to be there before.
16．What’s recreational fear in the author’s eyes
A．Another greedy emotion.
B．A lifelong attraction to humans.
C．A remote memory at an early age.
D．A good inspiration for brave behaviors.
17．How does play behavior benefit animals and humans
A．By attracting them to activities with little risk.
B．By providing guidance on how to play with fear.
C．By offering chances to improve their ability to survive.
D．By showing them importance of challenging their limits.
18．Why does the author mention COVID-19 lockdown
A．To show it is another example of recreational fear.
B．To prove scary movies affect people.
C．To indicate protective measures against it are necessary.
D．To prove the experiences of recreational fear are beneficial.
19．What does the author mean by saying “we should maybe think twice” in the last paragraph
A．We should allow kids to experience more recreational fear.
B．We shouldn’t ignore kids’ needs for more time to play.
C．We should stop kids from recreational fear activities.
D．We should be careful in planning playful activities for kids.
（22-23高一下·吉林长春·期中）Since American idol star Taryn Southern started composing music with AI in 2017, musicians all over the world have begun wondering about the implications of AI and modern technology where music production is concerned. Using AI in the creation of music is perceived by some as a helpful tool and by others as almost “the beginning of the end”. In Taryn’s case, AI software enabled her to communicate melodies and chords that she didn’t know how to put together herself. The end product was therefore a collaborative effort, rather than a piece entirely produced by technology. Taryn’s story has a distinctly positive feel that highlights the advantages of using AI in music production. It can serve as a source of inspiration, and as an ideal jumping-off point should a musician be hit with writer’s block (文思枯竭).
Contrary to seeing AI as a tool, some musicians consider it to be hugely detrimental to the music scene. At the moment, because such technology is still so young, the music it’s producing is not necessarily what we want to hear. In short, it’s not of great quality. Those who have produced their own music, or even fans of authentic,
artistic music, will also argue that a computer could never imitate the work (and human touch) of a true musician.
Music has been an integral part of the story of humans for ages; in fact, the first known piece of music is believed to be around 3,400 years old. Songs have long been used as a means of communicating messages and folk stories, covering everything from societal ethics to world history. Since many people see music as such an inherently human expression, it is often considered as too precious to impart (赋予) to technology. The thought of a computer generating a “random” piece of music that hasn’t been painstakingly created by an artist is almost seen a sacrilegious (亵渎神圣的).
Regardless of which side of the argument you fall on, it seems likely that the use of AI in music production will only become more frequent. Our modern world is occupied with technological advancements. Instead of shying away from the idea of this bleak future, the best approach to take is one of optimism and curiosity. While there are always bound to be stubborn old-school musicians who refuse to use tech, music producers should consider AI as something to be embraced. AI music software is still very much in its infancy, but with more investors interested in the development and outcomes of such technology, and considering the rapid growth rate of other tech advances in recent years, it’s only a matter of time before AI-produced music is seen as the new norm.
20．What does the word “detrimental” mean in paragraph three
A．normal B．influential C．harmful D．beneficial
21．Why are some musicians against the use of AI in creating music
A．Music produced with AI technology lacks humanness.
B．Music created with AI technology is easily imitated.
C．It will decrease humans’ role in music composition.
D．It will wear out young musicians’ creative inspiration
22．Why do many people think music is too precious to impart to AI technology
A．It cannot be created without pains. B．It is part of human life.
C．It cannot be produced at random. D．It is human specific.
23．What does the author think of the future of AI music
A．It will continue to arouse the interest of music investors
B．It has the prospect of becoming the norm in the future.
C．It will be gradually accepted by old-school musicians.
D．It may eventually lose its freshness and appeal.
（22-23高一下·湖北武汉·期中）What’s the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of wheat straw Most people would probably just see it as a pile of waste in a farmer’s field. However, Wu Cui, an
intangible cultural inheritor, can turn the straw left over from harvested wheat into beautiful and eye-catching functional artworks.
The earliest straw-weaving(草编的)products were discovered at Hemudu Cultural Ruins, a Neolithic cultural site located in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. The Book of Rites, one of the classical works of Confucianism, also records that there were already mats made of cattail grass and professional straw-weaving craftsmen during the Zhou Dynasty(c.11th century-256 BC).
Straw weaving is a method of making daily items or artworks. It was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008.
Wu explains the process of straw weaving: selection of materials is the first step of a complicated, time consuming and labor-intensive process that can take weeks, or even months, to complete. You need to sketch(索描)the piece on paper, which requires drawing skills. Next comes weaving, shaping and preserving of the work. Even by finishing that process, it does not mean that you will always create a good piece of work, and the hardest part is to make it lifelike.
In the past, woven straw items could be found almost in every household in the countryside, such as straw hats and straw shoes, because they were practical in everyday life. But due to the impact of industrialization, manufactured goods have replaced such products, which cause low profits, and there are only about 100 individuals engaging in the work across the country. “The world has changed, and craftsmen need to transcend(超越)practicality and pursue the beauty and artistry of straw culture to help the craft survive and thrive(茁壮成长),” Wu says.
From her perspective, straw weaving should respond to people’s needs and preferences, while still drawing inspiration from traditional culture, “Craftspeople should make a great effort to grasp the trends and opportunities of the times to create new and relevant products,” she says. When asked about her plans, Wu says she wants to dig deeper into local traditional culture and create cultural creative products by developing the straw-weaving technique.
24．What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about straw-weaving products
A．Their historic origins. B．Their cultural value.
C．Their major uses. D．Their producing process.
25．Which is the most difficult part for straw-weaving craftsmen according to Wu Cui
A．Selecting suitable materials. B．Drawing sketches on paper.
C．Making the artworks vivid. D．Preserving finished products.
26．What can we learn from Wu Cui’s opinion according to the last paragraph
A．Craftsmen should bring forth new ideas in the crafts based on traditional culture
B．Pursuing fashion should be the first preference for eraftspeople.
C．Local people benefit a lot from the straw—weaving techniques.
D．Straw-weaving products are out of favor with customers.
27．What is the main purpose of the passage
A．To explain the process of straw weaving. B．To present the future of a traditional culture.
C．To introduce a way to pursue the beauty and artistry. D．To propose a new means of crafting.
（22-23高一下·安徽马鞍山·期中）From Frank Sinatra to Katy Perry, singers have long sung about the power of a smile — how it picks you up, changes your mind and generally makes you feel better. But is it all smoke and mirrors or is there a scientific backing for this Research from the University of South Australia proves that the act of smiling can make your mind be more positive, simply by moving your facial muscles. With COVID-19 and strong rises of worries around the world, the findings couldn’t be more timely.
The study from Experimental Psychology looked at the influence of a smile on perception (感知) of facial and body expressions. In the study, a smile was created by volunteers holding a pen between their teeth, forcing their facial muscles to make the movement of a smile. The research found that facial muscular activity changes the recognition of not only facial expressions but also body expressions, with both producing more positive feelings.
Lead researcher Dr. Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos says the findings are important for spiritual health. “When your muscles say you’re happy, you’re more likely to see the world around you in a positive way,” Dr. Marmolejo-Ramos says. “In our research we found that when you forcefully practiced smiling, the amygdala — the part of the brain controlling feelings — became active, which encouraged a more positive state. If we can make the brain view stimuli (刺激) as ‘happy’, then we can possibly use this way to help improve spiritual health.”
The study was done in the same way as an old smile experiment by examining how people understood a group of facial expressions using the pen-in-teeth method; however, it also used special videos (from sad walking videos to happy walking videos) as the stimuli. Dr. Marmolejo-Ramos says there is a strong connection between action and perception. “A ‘fake (假装) it until you make it’ method could be more useful than we expect,” Dr. Marmolejo-Ramos says.
28．What can we learn from the first paragraph
A．Few people smile when facing difficulties. B．The study on smiling is helpful at the moment.
C．The findings of the study hardly match the songs. D．The researchers did the study because of COVID-19.
29．What were the volunteers asked to do in the study
A．Laugh aloud from the heart. B．Respond to different feelings.
C．Just perform the act of smiling. D．Think of happy things in the past.
30．What does Dr. Marmolejo-Ramos mean by saying the underlined sentence in the last paragraph
A．Pretending to smile actually works. B．Practicing smiling is quite normal.
C．We should practice smiling a lot. D．Forced smiles work better than real ones.
31．Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A．How to feel positive B．How to force a smile
C．Forced smiles can hide unhappy feelings D．Forced smiles can produce positive feelings
（22-23高一下·西藏拉萨·期中）For most people in the West, Valentine’s Day (情人节) is celebrated on February 14, but here in Japan it’s on March 14—exactly one month after Valentine’s Day—called White Day.
To really understand what White Day is all about, you have to understand what Valentine’s Day in Japan is like. Japanese Valentine’s Day is all about men getting presents. Japanese women are usually too shy to show their love, though it might not be true today. Valentine’s Day is a great chance to let women show their feelings. Does it sound good to you Don’t get too excited when you get chocolate from Japanese girls! They give chocolate not only to their loved ones, but also to men such as bosses (老板) and male (男性的) friends. Men should return gifts to women on White Day.
On both days, chocolate is the gift of choice. More often, the colour of the chocolate is white because of the name of the day. You can also buy flowers, candies, or cookies.
The Japanese first celebrated White Day in 1978. Now it is also celebrated in South Korea and Taiwan, China.
32．In Japan, White Day is on ______.
A．February 14 B．February 15 C．March 14 D．March 15
33．What’s the most common White Day gift
A．White chocolate. B．Flowers. C．Candies. D．Cookies.
34．What can we learn from the passage
A．White Day has a history of 100 years.
B．Women can get gifts on White Day.
C．People all over the world celebrate White Day.
D．On White Day girls only give gifts to their boyfriends.
35．What’s the best title of the passage
A．The History of Valentine’s Day B．Valentine’s Day in the US
C．How to Celebrate White Day D．White Day in Japan
（22-23高一下·新疆昌吉·期中）Are you too old for fairy tales If you think so, Copenhagen is sure to change your mind.
See the city first from the water. In the harbor sits Denmark’s best-known landmark: the Little Mermaid. Remember her In one of Andersen’s fairy tales, she left the world of the Sea People in search of a human soul. From the harbor you can get a feel for “the city of green spires”. In cloudy weather, the copper-covered spires of old castles and churches give the city a dream-like atmosphere; you’ll think you’ve stepped into a watercolor painting.
Copenhagen is a city on a human scale (人性化的). You don’t have to hurry to walk in the city’s centre in less than an hour. Exploring it will take much longer. Copenhagen was the first city to declare a street for pedestrians (行人) only. The city has less traffic noise and pollution than any other European capital.
Churches and castles are almost all that remain of the original city. Copenhagen became the capital city in 1445. During the late 16th century , trade grew, and so did the city. But fires in 1728and 1795 destroyed the old wooden structures. Much of what we see today dates from the 19th century.
36．The passage is mainly about ________ of Copenhagen.
A．the size B．a brief introduction
C．castles and churches D．history
37．What gives the city a dream-like atmosphere
A．Little Mermaid B．The copper-covered spires of castles and churches
C．water color painting D．Less traffic noise and pollution
38．When did the city Copenhagen grow
A．In the late 16th century B．Between 1728and 1795
C．In 1445 D．From 19th century
（22-23高一下·云南昆明·期中）More than half of Beijing’s adult single children don’t want to have two kids, even though the national policy allows them to do so.
The country’s family planning policy of the late 1970s restricted(限制)urban families from having more than one child to control population growth. However, a new survey shows 52 percent of those now-grown-up single children, who are allowed to have two children, do not want a second child.
Beijing has about 2 million only-child adults. More than 1,100 people from only-child families, aging 20 to 34, were polled(对……进行民意测验). Only 24 percent of them said they would like to have two children. More than a quarter of them would choose a “DINK”(double income, no kids)lifestyle. Survey figures showed that respondents with a basic education wanted 1.1 children on average, those with a bachelor degree wanted 1.3, and
those with masters or higher degrees wanted 1.5 children.
“Beijing has had a super low birth rate—less than 1.3 children in a family on average for nearly 20 years, causing increasing pressure on the country’s aging population,” Hou Yafei, a professor with the institute, said. Hou said that the top four factors that determined people’s desires to have children were “income, child care, housing and policy conditions”. “The government should encourage couples from one-child families to have a second child and should provide better welfare services,” Hou said.
The survey also found that people with higher education backgrounds want to have more children because they are more confident about their future.
To promote a higher population growth rate, some provincial governments have relaxed rules and allowed more people to have more than one child. In Shanghai, the death rate has exceeded the birth rate for more than 10 years, and less than 30 percent of only-child couples have had a second child.
39．What is this passage mainly about
A．Beijing has kept a super low birth rate for 20 years.
B．Most Beijing only-child couples just want one child.
C．The country’s family planning policy should be stopped.
D．The government allows people to have more than one child.
40．How many only-child adults in Beijing want to have a ”DINK“lifestyle
A．About 500,000. B．About 400,000.
C．About 300,000. D．About 200,000.
41．Which is a key factor affecting people’s willingness to have children
A．Earnings. B．Ages.
C．Parents care. D．Schooling policy.
42．What might the author agree with
A．The birth rate in Shanghai will increase soon.
B．The government has taken steps to change the situation.
C．The country’s family planning policy aims to help live longer.
D．People with lower education backgrounds want to have more kids.
（22-23高一下·甘肃定西·期中）Top Music Festivals
Summer festival season is just kicking off, and there is a lot to look forward to in the upcoming months.
Pitchfork Music Festival
Anyone who likes indie(独立的) music and up-and-coming artists will have an amazing time at the Pitchfork
Music Festival in Chicago’s Union Park. This is an indie rock haven that explores more underground and lesser-known bands than the other big Chicago summer festival, Lollapalooza.
Date: July 14-16
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Music Type: Indie rock
Price: $126—$2,700
Essence Music Festival
No matter what time of the year it is, New Orleans is an incredible place if you love live music. The Essence Music Festival is a celebration of legendary(大名鼎鼎的) artists like Diana Ross, Chaka Khan and Mary J. Blige.
Date: June 29-July 2
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Music Type: R&B, soul, rock
Price: $75—$365
Sziget Festival
Budapest know show to hold a party, and Sziget is one of the biggest celebrations of music and culture in all of Europe. You can expect to find favorite artists like Bad Religion and Mac DeMarco taking the stages here during this three-day festival.
Date: August 9-11
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Music Type: Indie rock
Price: $70—$296
Flow Festival
The Flow Festival is a great excuse to explore the city of Helsinki. Artists including Lana Del Rey and The XX will be playing, among many e to this festival to enjoy a relaxing atmosphere with an earth-friendly belief.
Date: August 11-13
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Music Type: Rock, soul, jazz
Price: $106—$199
43．Which music festival has the longest duration
A．Pitchfork Music Festival B．Essence Music Festival
C．Sziget Festival D．Flow Festival
44．If you are a jazz lover, where can you go to
A．Chicago, Illinois, USA． B．New Orleans, Louisiana, USA．
C．Helsinki, Finland. D．Budapest, Hungary.
45．What do the music festivals have in common
A．They include rock music. B．They are held in the USA
C．They are given in the openair. D．They take place from July to August.
（22-23高一下·新疆哈密·期中）The pasty (馅饼) has been a recorded part of the British diet since the 13th century, at this time being enjoyed by the rich upper classes. The fillings were different and rich. It wasn’t until the 17th and 18th centuries that the pasty was popular among miners and farm workers in Cornwall as a means for providing themselves with easy and tasty meals while they worked. And so the Cornish pasty was born.
Traditionally, the pasty fillings are beef with potato, onion and swede! As meat was much more expensive in the 17th and 18th centuries, its presence was rare and so pasties traditionally included much more vegetables than today. The presence of carrot in a pasty, although common now, was the mark of a poor pasty at first.
Filling ideas are endless however, and can be as different as your taste will take you. There is much discussion as to whether the ingredients (原料) should be mixed together first or lined up on the pastry in a special order. However, there is agreement that the meat should be cut into pieces, the vegetables sliced and none should be cooked before they are sealed (密封) within the pastry. It is this that makes the Cornish pasty different from other similar foods.
It was such a commonly used method of eating amongst the miners that some mines had tools down the mineshafts (井筒) specifically to cook the pasties. If they were cooked in the mornings, the pastry could keep the fillings warm for 8-10 hours and, when held close to the body, keep the miners warm too. It was also common for the pasties to provide not only a main course lunch, but also a sweet or fruity dessert course. The salty filling would be cooked at one end of the pasty and the sweet course at the other end. Hopefully these ends would be marked on the outside too!
46．What do we know about the pasty in the 13th century
A．It was widely eaten by the rich upper classes.
B．It was popular among miners and farm workers.
C．It was enjoyed in Cornwall only.
D．It had few and simple fillings.
47．If carrot was in a pasty in the 17th and 18th centuries, the pasty would _____.
A．be more expensive B．be sold out very soon
C．be made without other fillings D．be seen as one of bad quality
48．What is special about the Cornish pasty
A．Its fillings shouldn’t be cooked before they are sealed.
B．Its ingredients should be put in the correct order.
C．Its fillings can’t be very different.
D．Its ingredients should be mixed.
49．What is the author’s purpose in writing the text
A．To compare different pasties. B．To show how to make pasties.
C．To encourage people to taste pasties. D．To introduce the basic information of pasties.
（22-23高一下·青海玉树·期中）Maya Ackerman just wanted to write a song. She tried for years — song after song. In the end, she didn’t like any of the tunes (曲调) she wrote. she says, “All the melodies (旋律) that came into my mind were so boring that I couldn’t imagine wasting time performing them.” Maybe, she thought, a computer could help. Nowadays, computer programs are already useful for recording songs that people come up with. Ackerman now wondered if a computer could be more — a songwriting partner. It was a flash of inspiration. “I knew immediately that it would be possible for a machine to give me ideas,” she says. That inspiration led to the creation of ALYSIA, a songwriting program that uses algorithms (算法). When first-time songwriters type in lyrics, this computer program can produce new melodies, based on the lyrics.
As a computer scientist at Santa Clara University in California, Ackerman has a lot of experience using algorithms. These are step-by-step math ways to solve problems and make predictions (预测). Algorithms are useful in programming computers. They can also be useful for everyday tasks.
When a computer runs software, it’s completing tasks by following algorithms written as computer puter scientists like Ackerman analyze (分析), study and write algorithms to solve a series of problems. Some of them use algorithms in the field of a new technology, AI, which teaches computers to carry out tasks or activities that the human brain usually deals with.
Ackerman isn’t the only one using AI for songwriting. Some programs produce music for many instruments. AI is also finding its way into other arts. Painters, dancers and photographers have found new ways to make use of Al algorithms. Ahmed Elgammal runs a computer-science lab that focuses on using AI to influence art. “AI is a creative tool that will be accepted as an art form,” he says. “It will influence the way art is made, and what art will be.”
50．What did Maya Ackerman think of the song she wrote
A．Surprising. B．Satisfactory. C．Disappointing. D．Wonderful.
51．How can ALYSIA turn out good melodies
A．By copying other songs. B．By attracting partners online.
C．By giving songwriters inspiration. D．By using algorithms according to the lyrics.
52．What is Ackerman skilled at
A．Making use of algorithms. B．Making scientific predictions.
C．Recording her own songs. D．Recommending new songs.
53．What’s the use of AI according to the text
A．Making people write better algorithms. B．Doing things that people often do.
C．Letting computers follow algorithms. D．Inventing a variety of creative tools.
54．What can we infer from the last paragraph
A．AI has been used mainly in singing. B．AI can take the place of instruments.
C．Ahmed Elgammal is a famous artist. D．Ahmed Elgammal thinks highly of AI.
（22-23高一下·浙江温州·期中）Nowadays, bamboo growth cycles and the dietary needs of lemurs (狐猴) are out of sync. Findings show rainfalls are changing annually. “Over the past two years, there has been a three-month delay in the rainy season and new tender shoots that lemurs consume for nutrition are appearing in January and February - 14 days after the first rain” says Patricia Chapple Wright, a primatologist, anthropologist, and conservationist at Stony Brook University. “Lemurs eat a food source that is very adaptive,” Patricia Wright told PBS NewsHour. “It’s able to stand climate change, but the lemurs, unfortunately, can’t adapt quickly to this changed cycle.”
Since baby lemurs are born in November, the delayed rainy season is dangerously affecting the survival of them for lack of nutrition available for both the mothers and offspring. “This is why, for extreme feeding specialists like the greater bamboo lemur, climate change can be an unknowing killer,” J Wright says. “Making the lemurs rely on bamboo stems (茎) for just a bit longer may be enough to tip the balance from existence to extinction.” The lemurs’ highly specialized teeth are also similar to the pandas5 teeth. Both are the mammals able to chew up stems. But this diet can’t last for more than a season or two because the stems can wear away their teeth.
The researchers believe that climate change is affecting the lemurs. The fossil record shows that the lemurs once lived throughout the island. Today, the mammals are cornered on the eastern side, where the dry season at present is the shortest. And if people continue the deforestation practice in the area, the lemurs will have nowhere to go.
The situation is serious, so Wright and her colleagues plan to create bamboo corridors within the rainforests,
which will provide available bamboo to eat. They want to work with local villagers to plant more bamboo and manage automatic watering systems when dry seasons last long. They also want to build the local economy by allowing people to harvest a part of bamboo while the rest remains with the lemurs, so people will be interested. Wright’s conservation plans include moving lemurs back to other places on the island as well.
55．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 most probably mean
A．Go with each other. B．Occur at different times.
C．Lead to a heated discussion. D．Call for effective protection.
56．Why will lemurs get hungry if the dry season continues
A．They may run out of bamboo. B．They can’t adapt to the hot season.
C．They dislike the less delicious stems. D．They can’t chew the stems for a long period.
57．What may be the root cause of the narrowing of lemurs’ living areas
A．The climate change. B．Their teeth protection.
C．The decreasing forest. D．Their special dietary habits.
58．Which of the following may Wright approve of to protect lemurs
A．Shortening the dry season. B．Forbidding the cutting of bamboo.
C．Increasing people’s motivation. D．Finding other islands for lemurs to live on.
（22-23高一下·四川内江·期中）According to a recent report, in the US alone, 27 million tons of plastic ended up in landfills in 2018, but only 3.1 million tons were recycled. Worldwide the numbers are similarly bad, with just 9% of plastic being recycled. The statistics (统计数字) are even worse for certain types of plastic. For example, out of 80,000 tons of polystyrene (聚苯乙烯) containers produced in the United States, only a small amount (less than 5,000 tons) was recycled.
Now, researchers at The University of Queensland have found a species of worm with a taste for polystyrene could be the key to plastic recycling. The superworm can eat through polystyrene, thanks to a bacterial enzyme in their gut. To study how superworms react to purely plastic food, researchers broke up 135 of the creatures into three teams: one was fed only wheat bran, another was fed only plastics, and the third was given nothing.
“We found the bran-fed worms have been significantly healthier than the plastic-fed or hungry worms, more than doubling their weight over the three weeks they have been observed. Though the plastic-fed worms made less impressive gains, they still put on more weight than the hungry worms,” Dr. Rinke said. “This suggests the worms can get energy from plastics, most likely with the help of their gut microbes (微生物).”
Researchers used a technique called metagenomics to find several encoded enzymes with the ability to reduce polystyrene. The long-term goal is to engineer enzymes to reduce plastic waste in recycling plants.
“Superworms are like mini recycling plants, eating the polystyrene and then feeding it to the bacteria in their gut,” Dr. Rinke said. It’s hoped this bio-upcycling will promote plastic waste recycling and reduce landfills. Researchers said they aim to grow the gut bacteria in the lab and further test its ability to reduce polystyrene. Then they can look into how to improve this process to a level required for an entire recycling plant.
59．What problem do the statistics in paragraph 1 indicate
A．Landfills are poorly managed.
B．Plastics are recycled at a very low rate.
C．Many plastic containers are of poor quality.
D．It takes a long time for plastic waste to break up.
60．How do researchers conduct the study on superworms
A．By collecting data. B．By making a comparison.
C．By introducing a concept. D．By referring to a previous study.
61．What can we infer from Dr. Rinke’s words
A．Plastic-fed worms had a decline in weight.
B．Superworms showed little interest in wheat bran.
C．Superworms could survive on only eating polystyrene.
D．Bran-fed worms had a longer lifespan than plastic-fed worms.
62．What do researchers plan to do
A．Conduct experiments on other worm species.
B．Improve gut bacteria’s ability to reduce plastics.
C．Apply the bio-upcycling technology to recycling plants.
D．Raise superworms in a big way to solve plastic pollution.
（22-23高一下·四川成都·期中）It was Saturday again. Lily and Lucy disliked Saturdays. That was another thing the twins had in common. They shared the same clothes and tied their hair in the same manner. In fact, it was hard for their classmates and teachers to tell them apart sometimes.
Unlike their classmates, they had to get up early at seven every Saturday to prepare for their lessons. Lily had to attend the art lesson and Lucy had to attend her ballet lesson. “How I wish I could do something different today,” said the twins with one voice. All at once, an idea came to Lily and Lucy al the same time. “Do you have the same idea as me ” they asked each other and laughed. It seemed like a wonderful plan to them. After giving each other a description of their own friends, Lily put on Lucy’s ballet dress while Lucy put Lily’s brushes and paints into her bag. Then they left for their classes.
When the art lesson started, Lucy couldn’t understand the art teacher Unlike Lily, Lucy was poor at drawing. When the art lesson finally ended, Lucy didn’t dare to hand in her work.
Meanwhile, Lily was struggling in the ballet class as well. As she had no idea about the dance steps, she had to follow her classmates blindly. As a result, she kept knocking into them. Their ballet teacher became impatient with her, “Lucy, you should remember the basic steps. You can’t depend on copying what others are doing.”
When Lily and Lucy arrived home, they were tired out. They decided that they would never try to be someone else that they were not.
63．What was the twins’ plan
A．To be each other for a day. B．To have a day off.
C．To wear the same clothes. D．To have a normal day like their classmates.
64．How did Lucy feel at the beginning of the art lesson
A．Lost. B．Excited. C．Mad. D．Sleepy.
65．What does the underlined word them refer to
A．The teachers. B．The classmates. C．The dance steps. D．The ballet dresses.
66．What did the twins learn from the experience
A．Don’t try to run before you can walk.
B．A good beginning makes a good ending.
C．The grass is not always greener on the other side.
D．Saying is one thing and doing is another.
（21-22高一下·广东江门·期中）Every day, millions of people surf the Internet, and there are countless websites for them to visit. Here are four popular websites for online users.
https://www.
If you’re old enough, you might remember Cracked, the monthly magazine that was founded in 1958. Although the magazine is no longer printed, the website hutps://uwww. is still alive. The content(内容)of Cracked is humorous and tries to tell readers something new and unexpected.
https://www.
Are you looking for links to big news on the Internet Look no further than hutps://www. . Each day the website offers the latest stories and pictures that are crazily spread. BuzzFeed covers different topics and its articles are written by staff members, site users, and partner sites like The Huffington Post and The Daily Beast.
https://www.
Reddit calls itself“the front page of the Internet”, and that is exactly what it is. Just as many people used to read the newspaper while eating breakfast, one to two million Internet users read Reddit every morning to get their daily news. The content of this website comes entirely from the public, with users uploading(上传) videos, links, stories, pictures, etc.
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Do you know many of the funny pictures, GIFs and emojis(表情符号) that hit your Facebook come from Imgur It’s a free website where users upload 1. 5 million pictures each day. Imgur users are especially fond of pictures of cute animals and beautiful natural wonders. And it is free to read and use. You can download any photo you like.
67．Which of the following can best describe the content of Cracked
A．Serious and classical. B．Formal and influential.
C．Funny and surprising. D．Traditional and educational.
68．What does BuzzFeed mainly offer
A．The funniest pictures. B．The most humorous articles.
C．The latest videos. D．The hottest news.
69．Which website should you visit if you want to collect lots of emojis for free
A．https://www. . B．https://.
C．https://www. . D．https://www. .
（22-23高一下·云南曲靖·期中）Sun Yi finally received an email she had long been waiting for, which contained her final wedding plan. The plan, which had been revised nearly ten times, offered the 29-year-old girl a “new Chinese-style” wedding in March. She described it as “traditional but old-fashioned” and “ritualistic (仪式的) but stylish.”
In recent years, traditional Chinese weddings have won popularity again among the country's newly-married. Many of them no longer consider western-style dresses and words of “I do” as important parts of weddings. Instead, they now prefer wearing Tang Dynasty-style clothes and performing traditional rituals at weddings the same way their ancestors did hundreds, even thousands of years ago.
In traditional Chinese weddings, couples usually wear red. Red is always a symbol of fortune in Chinese culture, and the hall of the ceremony is also richly decorated in red. Couples will perform a three-step ritual, namely to heaven and earth, to their parents and to each other.
In Lanzhou, several wedding planning companies are sparing no effort to promote their “Chinese-style wedding packages”, which offer a wide range of choices for wedding plans. Chinese-style weddings make up
nearly 40 percent of our orders. Customers often need to make reservations six months in advance, said Zhang, a wedding planner.
Wang Yiru, another wedding planner in Lanzhou, Xinxin Wedding Service Company, said the preparation for a Chinese-style wedding is usually very time-consuming and costly.
“Wedding ceremonies reflect social and cultural changes. With people’s living standards improved, they go for more individual choices,” said Wang Zongli, a professor at Northwest Normal University.
70．What do the newly-married usually do in a traditional Chinese wedding
A．Perform western rituals. B．Memorize their ancestors.
C．Say “I do” to each other. D．Wear Chinese-style clothes.
71．Why is red always used in traditional Chinese weddings
A．Red is a symbol of fortune. B．Red is a symbol of money.
C．Red is a symbol of heaven. D．Red is a symbol of health.
72．What can we infer about Chinese-style weddings
A．People can make a Chinese-style wedding reservation easily.
B．More than half couples choose to hold Chinese-style wedding.
C．A Chinese-style wedding needs a lot of time and money to hold.
D．Some wedding companies think life of Chinese-style wedding.
73．What’s the best title of this text
A．Some Skills to Hold a Great Traditional Chinese Wedding.
B．Traditional Chinese Weddings and Old Western Weddings.
C．Dream to Have a Nice Traditional Chinese Wedding.
D．Traditional Chinese Weddings have regained popularity.
（22-23高一下·浙江杭州·期中）Are you a different person when you speak a foreign language That’s just one of the questions The New Yorker’s writer and native North Carolinian Lauren Collins explores in her engaging autobiography, about her tough efforts to master French after marrying a Frenchman whose name — Olivier — she couldn’t even pronounce properly. When in French ranges from the humorously personal to a deeper look at various theories of language acquisition and linguistics.
The couple met in London “on more or less neutral ground: his continent, my language.” But the balance shifted when they moved to Geneva for Olivier’s work. The normally voluble Collins found herself at a loss — “nearly speechless.” The language barrier, and her dependence on her husband for simple things like buying the right cut of meat worsened her mixed feelings about “unlovely, but not ridiculous” Geneva. She comments,
“Language, as much as land, is a place. To be cut off from it is to be, in a sense, homeless.”
Her sense of alienation (疏离感) leads to an examination of America’s miserable record when it comes to foreign languages: “Linguists call America ‘the graveyard of languages’ because of its singular ability to take in millions of immigrants and make their native languages die out in a few generations,” Collins writes. Educated in Wilmington, N.C．, and at Princeton, she could — like the vast majority of Americans — only speak their mother tongue.
Eight months after she moved to Switzerland, Collins gave up on the natural acquisition of language and finally enrolls in a French course. As she struggles with grammar and vocabulary, Collins notes smartly that vert (green), verre (glass), ver (worm), vers (toward), and vair (squirrel) compose a quintuple homonym (同形异义). “Although it’s difficult, French can be tried,” she says.
Yet French is actually considered among the easiest languages for an English speaker to learn, especially compared to Arabic or Mandarin Chinese. Collins, whose notably rich English vocabulary includes glossolalia (nonsense speech) and shibboleth (catchword or slogan), finds plenty of terrific French words to love. She writes, “English is a trust fund, an unearned inheritance, but I've worked for every bit of French I've banked.”
Unlike Jhumpa Lahiri, who became so hooked on Italian and used it to write In Other Words, Collins’ goals for learning French were more modest: “I wanted to speak French and to sound like North Carolina.” She also wanted to be able to deal with chimney sweeps and butchers, communicate with her in-laws, and “to touch Olivier in his own language.” She admits that she feels different speaking French: “Its austerity (朴素) made me feel more confused.”
74．Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “voluble” in Paragraph 2
A．Graceful. B．Dependent. C．Talkative. D．Energetic.
75．Why do linguists call America “the graveyard of languages”
A．Because other languages are prohibited in America.
B．Because only English-speaking people can immigrate into America.
C．Because immigrants’ native languages contradict English in America.
D．Because American culture swallows up immigrants’ native languages gradually.
76．What can be inferred from Paragraph 4 and Paragraph 5
A．Collins’ English vocabulary knowledge contributes little to her French learning.
B．Collins has found out some effective ways of mastering French words.
C．Arabic or Mandarin Chinese is easier to learn than French for English speakers.
D．It’s terrifying for Collins to have French words in store for practical use.
参考答案：
1．D 2．B 3．C 4．A
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。听莫扎特的音乐可以让我们更聪明吗？本文主要探讨了这个问题。
1．推理判断题。根据第一段的句子“Whatever your age, there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart’s music, but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.（无论你的年龄多大，都有CD和书籍帮助你感受莫扎特音乐的力量，但当涉及到它能让你更聪明的科学证据时，情况就复杂多了）”推知，几乎没有科学证据支持莫扎特效应。故选D项。
2．词句猜测题。根据划线短语后面的部分“with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children, and in 1998 Zell Miller, the Governor of the state of Georgia in the USA, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music.（成千上万的父母为他们的孩子播放莫扎特音乐，1998年，美国佐治亚州州长泽尔·米勒甚至要求在州预算中拨出一笔钱，这样每个新生儿都能收到一张古典音乐的CD ）”可知，这种想法一定很流行，才会有成千上万的父母为他们的孩子播放莫扎特音乐的现象，所以划线短语took off的意义为“突然成功或流行起来”。故选B项。
3．推理判断题。根据最后一段“I’ll leave the debate on the effect on milk production to farmers, but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent More research was carried out but an analysis of 16 different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary (临时的) improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn’t make us more intelligent.（我将把关于牛奶生产影响的辩论留给农民，但证明听莫扎特的音乐会让人更聪明的证据呢？虽然进行了更多的研究，但对16项不同研究的分析证实，听音乐确实会暂时提高我们在心理上处理形状的能力，但这种好处是短暂的，不会让我们变得更聪明）”推知，作者对莫扎特效应持持怀疑的态度。故选C项。
4．主旨大意题。通读全文，并根据第一段的“You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. It’s the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed of Mozart, they will become more intelligent.(你可能听说过莫扎特效应。这是一种想法——如果孩子甚至婴儿听莫扎特的音乐，他们会变得更聪明。)”和最后一段“More research was carried out but an analysis of 16 different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary (临时的) improvement
in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn’t make us more intelligent.（虽然进行了更多的研究，但对16项不同研究的分析证实，听音乐确实会暂时提高我们在心理上处理形状的能力，但这种好处是短暂的，不会让我们变得更聪明）”可知，文章主要讨论了听莫扎特的音乐究竟会不会让人变得更聪明。所以A项“Listening to Mozart, necessary ”作为本文的题目与文章主题相符合。故选A项。
5．C 6．A 7．B
【导语】这是一篇广告布告类阅读。文章主要介绍了三个公园在圣诞节前后的活动安排。
5．推理判断题。根据Festival of Light, Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire中
“Longleat is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Giant lanterns take the shape of some of the park’s animals, and there are also lots of characters in Beatrix Potter’s book, such as Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, Squirrel Nutkin, to mark the 150th anniversary of the author’s birth.（今年是朗利特大学成立50周年。巨大的灯笼是公园里一些动物的形状，还有比阿特丽克斯·波特书中的很多人物，比如彼得兔、杰迈玛水坑鸭、松鼠纳特金，以纪念作者诞辰150周年。）”可知，动物角色爱好者很可能被Longleat Safari Park吸引。故选C。
6．细节理解题。根据Christmas at Kew Gardens, London中的“▲ l6, adult/ l0, child/ 48, family/under-fours, free.（16英镑，成人/ 10英镑，儿童/ 48英镑，家庭/四岁以下儿童免费。）”可知，格林先生和他五岁的双胞胎去邱园要 36。故选A。
7．推理判断题。根据文章Festival of Light, Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire- 15 Dec. to 2 Jan. 活动时间为12月15日到1月2日； Christmas Glow，RHS Wisley， Surrey-20 Dec．to 2 Jan．活动时间为12月20日到1月2日；Christmas at Kew Gardens， London-24 Dec．to 2 Jan．活动时间为12月24日到1月2日．根据3个活动的时间可知都是在圣诞节期间，因此它们的相同点就是都会有浓浓的圣诞节氛围，结合选项。故选B。
8．A 9．C 10．C 11．B
【导语】这是一篇说明文，人们通常认为我们应该控制焦虑才能做出更好的做决策，但研究表明焦虑有很多好处，所以我们不应该把焦虑视作敌人，而应该正确应对焦虑，化紧张为优势。
8．推理判断题。根据第一段中“There is also evidence that anxiety can increase the attention you pay to relevant information. (也有证据表明，焦虑可以增加你对相关信息的注意力)”可知，焦
虑能帮助我们集中注意力，故选A。
9．推理判断题。根据第三段中“At least two published studies have identified that people who score higher on measures of anxiety also tend to perform better on intelligence tests. This seems reasonable: If you’re a thinker, you are sure to be always thinking about the future. (至少有两项已发表的研究表明，在焦虑测试中得分较高的人在智力测试中也往往表现得更好。这似乎是合理的：如果你是一个思想家，你肯定总是在考虑未来)”可知，焦虑的人对未来思考更多，故选C。
10．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“Anxiety is an important feeling, developed through evolution (进化). Listen to it and act on it. Then you can turn your nervousness into your advantage. (焦虑是一种重要的感觉，是在进化过程中形成的。倾听并采取行动。然后你就可以把紧张转化为优势)”可知，在作者看来我们应该倾听自己的焦虑且付出行动，将紧张转变为优势，即合理运用紧张，故选C。
11．主旨大意题。根据文章第一段作者指出“Many researches show that higher levels of anxiety can make us more likely to avoid risks in our decision-making. There is also evidence that anxiety can increase the attention you pay to relevant information. (多个研究表明焦虑可以让我们在决策中避免风险。同样也有证据表明焦虑可以提高你对相关信息的注意力)”可知，全文都是围绕焦虑的好处展开，故文章主要讲述焦虑带来的好处。故选B。
12．D 13．A 14．B 15．D
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了Richard发明驱狮灯的背景和过程。
12．推理判断题。根据文章第三段“Three weeks later, Richard had invented a system of lights that flash around the cowshed (棚), which seemed like a human walking around with a flashlight.(三周后，理查德发明了一套在牛棚周围闪烁的灯光系统，看起来就像一个拿着手电筒走来走去的人。)”和第四段“His simple solution was so successful. He equipped the lights for his neighbors and for six other homes in his community. From there, the lights spread and are now being used all around Kenya.(他简单的解决方法非常成功。他为邻居和社区里的其他六户人家安装了这种灯。从那里开始，这些灯传播开来，现在肯尼亚各地都在使用。)”可知，Richard发明了驱狮灯，这种保护狮子的方式取得了巨大的成功，Richard也因此登上了TED的演讲台。由此可知，Richard是因为发明了驱狮灯才登上TED演讲台的。故选D项。
13．词句猜测题。根据文章第二段“Lions are also considered critically endangered in Kenya. One
of the main causes of their demise, “is that people kill them in retaliation (报复) for lions attacking their livestock (牲畜)”, says Paula Kahumbu, executive director of Wildlife Direct, a wildlife conservation organization in Africa.(狮子在肯尼亚也被认为是极度濒危动物。非洲野生动物保护组织野生动物指导的执行董事保拉·卡胡布说，它们demise的一个主要原因是，“人们杀死它们是为了报复狮子袭击他们的牲畜”。)”可知，狮子是极度濒危动物，狮子demise的主要原因在于人们为了报复狮子袭击他们的牲畜。由此可知，demise的含义与endangered和kill相关，狮子濒危是因为被人们杀死了。demise为名词，表示“倒闭、死亡、”。A. Death.死亡；B. Injury.受伤；C. Discovery.发现；D. Attraction.吸引力。四个选项中，只有A项death含义与demise相近。故选A项。
14．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Wildlife Direct, a wildlife conservation organization in Africa(Wildlife Direct，非洲野生动物保护组织)”可知，Wildlife Direct的工作就是保护野生动物。故选B项。
15．推理判断题。根据文章第一段“One of the talks from the TED stage in Long Beach, California, came from Richard Ture re, an inventor. He is a Maasai from Kenya.(在加州长滩的TED舞台上，有一个演讲来自发明家Richard Ture。他是来自肯尼亚的马赛人。)”可知，Richard是肯尼亚马赛族人，不是美国人，B项错误。根据文章第二段“One of the main causes of their demise, “is that people kill them in retaliation (报复) for lions attacking their livestock (牲畜)”(它们死亡的一个主要原因是，“人们杀死它们是为了报复狮子袭击他们的牲畜”。)”可知，狮子死亡的一个主要原因是“人们为了报复而杀死它们”，由此可知，在非洲，人类与狮子并不和谐，A项错误。根据文章第三段““There have been a lot of efforts to try to protect the lions,” Kahumbu says. “It’s a crisis and everyone is looking for a solution. One idea was land leases(租赁), another was lion pro-offences (防护栅栏).”(“人们做了很多努力来保护狮子，”Kahumbu说。“这是一场危机，每个人都在寻找解决方案。一种是土地租赁，另一种是建防狮栅栏。)”可知，保护狮子的方式很多，文中只是列举了其中两种，而并非只有三种，C项错误。根据文章第三段“One night Richard was walking around with a flashlight and discovered the lions were scared of a moving light. A light went on inside him and an idea was born. Three weeks later, Richard had invented a system of lights that flash around the cowshed(棚), which seemed like a human walking around with a flashlight.(一天晚上，理查德拿着手电筒四处走动，发现狮子害怕移动的光。他的内心亮起了一道光，一个想法诞生了。三周后，理查德发明了一套在牛棚周围闪烁的灯光系统，看起来就像一个拿着手电筒走来走去的人。)”和第四段“His simple
solution was so successful. He equipped the lights for his neighbors and for six other homes in his community. From there, the lights spread and are now being used all around Kenya.(他简单的解决方法非常成功。他为邻居和社区里的其他六户人家安装了这种灯。从那里开始，这些灯传播开来，现在肯尼亚各地都在使用。)”可知，Richard发明的驱狮灯非常成功，肯尼亚各地都在使用。这种发明保护了狮子，让人们和狮子和谐共处。由此可推知，人类要想与自然和谐共处，需要善良和体贴，靠杀戮是不行的。故选D项。
16．B 17．C 18．D 19．A
【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了娱乐恐惧的概念、好处以及作者的建议。
16．推理判断题。根据第二段中“From a very early age, humans love being jump-scared by caregivers and being hurtled(猛冲)into the air (and caught). They get older and take great pleasure in chase-play and hide-and-seek. They are drawn to scary stories about monsters, witches and ghosts. As they grow a little older, they get together for horror(恐怖)movie nights, stand patiently in line for roller coasters, and play horror video games. Indeed, most of us never quite lose our odd attraction to recreational fear.”（从很小的时候起，人类就喜欢被看护者吓一跳，或者被抛到空中(或者被抓住)。他们长大了，以追逐游戏和捉迷藏为乐。他们被关于怪物、女巫和鬼魂的恐怖故事所吸引。随着年龄的增长，他们聚在一起看恐怖电影，耐心地排队坐过山车，玩恐怖视频游戏。事实上，我们大多数人从未完全失去对娱乐恐惧的奇怪吸引力。）可推知，在作者眼中，娱乐恐惧是人类一生的吸引力。故选B项。
17．细节理解题。根据第三段中“When an organism(生物)plays, it learns important skills and develops strategies for survival.”（当一个生物玩耍时，它学习重要的技能并发展生存策略。）可知，玩耍行为对动物和人类的好处是通过提供机会来提高他们的生存能力。故选C项。
18．推理判断题。根据第四段中“In several past and ongoing studies of the psychological(心里的)and social effects of engagement with recreational fear, we’ve seen it improve people’s ability to deal with stress and anxiety. For instance, one study found that people who watch many horror movies showed better psychological resilience(适应力) during the first COVID-19 lockdown than people who stay away from scary movies.”（在过去和正在进行的几项关于参与娱乐性恐惧的心理和社会影响的研究中，我们看到它提高了人们应对压力和焦虑的能力。例如，一项研究发现，在第一次COVID-19封锁期间，观看许多恐怖电影的人比远离恐怖电影的人表现出更好的心理弹性。）可推知，作者提到COVID-19封锁是为了证明娱乐性恐惧的体验是有益的。
故选D项。
19．句意猜测题。根据第四段中“In several past and ongoing studies of the psychological(心里的)and social effects of engagement with recreational fear, we’ve seen it improve people’s ability to deal with stress and anxiety.”（在过去和正在进行的几项关于参与娱乐性恐惧的心理和社会影响的研究中，我们看到它提高了人们应对压力和焦虑的能力。）以及最后一段中“…about protecting kids and young people too eagerly from playful forms of fear.”（……不要过于急切地保护孩子和年轻人免受好玩的恐惧。）可推知，作者在最后一段说“我们应该三思而后行”是表明我们应该让孩子们体验更多娱乐性的恐惧。故选A项。
20．C 21．A 22．D 23．B
【导语】本文是一篇议论文，介绍了人们对于人工智能音乐不同的态度和观点。
20．词义猜测题。根据第三段中的划线词所在句“Contrary to seeing AI as a tool, some musicians consider it to be hugely detrimental to the music scene. (与将人工智能视为一种工具相反，一些音乐家认为它对音乐

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