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阅读理解The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to the novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah，for his concern for refugees（难民）between cultures and continents. Gurnah，72，is the first black writer to receive the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993，and some observers saw his selection as a corrective after years of European and American Nobel winners. Growing up in Zanzibar，Abdulrazak Gurnah never considered the possibility that he might one day be a writer. "It never occurred to me，" he said in an interview. Then，in 1964，a violent protest forced Gurnah，when he was 18，to escape to England. Poor and homesick，he began to write something about home in his diary，then longer passages，then stories about other people. Those reflections，the habit of writing to understand and document his own lives，eventually gave rise to his first novel，then nine more. They include Memory of Departure，Pilgrims Way and Dottie ， which all deal with the immigrant experience in Britain；Paradise shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1994，about a boy in an East African country hurt by colonialism；and Admiring Silence，about a young man who leaves Zanzibar for England，where he marries and becomes a teacher. The news of Gurnah's Nobel was celebrated by fellow novelists and academics who have long argued that his work deserves a wider audience. His longtime editor，Alexandra Pringle at Bloomsbury，said Gurnah's win was "most deserved "for a writer. "He is one of the greatest living African writers，and no one has ever taken any notice of him and it's just killed me. I posted a video on the social network last week and in it I said that he was one of the people that had been just ignored. And now this has happened，"she said.
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阅读理解The national statistics showing a decline in bike ridership are a bit misleading. It is indeed down in rural and suburban areas — but cities tell a different story. Biking in cities has exploded recently with millions of Americans mounting bicycles for the first time in years. Is it the start of a long-term trend? There are good reasons to hope so. Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse emissions (排放) in the U.S., and cars and light trucks account for 58 percent of transportation emissions. Switching from cars to bikes cuts emissions much faster than switching to electric cars. And motor vehicle accidents still kill more than 39,000 Americans a year — including more than 700 cyclists. Some 70 percent of people surveyed in the U.S. say they're interested in biking. Why don't they bike more? It comes down to safety. Half of the people surveyed said they were， understandably，too afraid to bike on the street. Putting a painted biking path on a 40-mph road is not going to appeal to potential cyclists afraid of a close encounter with a car. Bike safety isn't about painting bike paths on every street. It's about creating bike networks that can take you safely from point A to point B. Good bike networks are made of things like greenways，protected bike paths with physical barriers separating riders from cars，and quiet streets. The good news is that bike networks were expanding in the U.S. years ago. Between 1991 and 2021，there was a six-fold increase in painted，off-road paths，from 5,904 miles to 39,329 miles. And the increase in protected bike paths is even more dramatic：Their total length，nationwide，went from only 34 miles in 2006 to 425 miles in 2018. In fact，cities in the West and East are leading the pack，but the trend is nationwide.
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阅读理解Leisure is the prize，right? We work hard，so we want to play hard；we look forward to our time off，believing that the more leisure time we have，the better life will be. However，research shows that both having and deciding how to spend leisure time can be very stressful. Some people feel enormous pressure to make the best use of their free time with the best choices. But this pressure to maximize our fun might impede the enjoyment of leisure itself. Two-thousand years ago，concepts of work and leisure were associated with slavery（奴隶制）and freedom，respectively. In Ancient Greece，most of work was done by slaves，while wealthier parts of society pursued other activities. Leisure was an active state of mind. Good leisure meant playing sports，learning music theory，debating with qualified partners，doing philosophy，etc. Leisure was not easy，but it was supposed to be satisfying. A shift occurred when the Romans started viewing leisure as a way of getting back energy in preparation for more work. By the 1800s，the kind of leisure that showed social class had shifted too；the wealthy led extremely free lives. A popular example is Walter Benjamin's description of the fashion，around 1893，to walk through streets with a turtle（乌龟）on a chain. Today we're seeing yet another change：a lack of leisure time now operates as a powerful social class symbol. On Twitter，celebrities complain about having no life and being in desperate need of a vacation. In the workplace，being part of the long-hours working culture is still seen by many as an honour. Some people really struggle to enjoy time off. People from America support the belief that leisure is wasteful. Only 14% of Americans take two weeks' vacation in a row，a finding in keeping with the overwork culture. The same study reports that as of 2017，54% of American workers didn't use up their vacation time，leaving 662 million days reserved for leisure unused.
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阅读理解There's no doubt that language in all its richness — written，spoken，sung or read aloud — plays a crucial role in our early development. It has become increasingly common to begin teaching children literacy（读写能力）skills at an early age. The thinking often goes that starting early gives children more time to learn and get ahead. However，many studies show little benefit from an early overly-academic environment. Children who attend academically focused preschools do not have higher academic abilities in later grades than those who did not，several studies now show. Too much academic pressure may even cause problems in the long run. A study published in January 2022 suggested those who attended preschools with a strong academic emphasis，showed lower academic achievements a few years later，compared to those who didn't. Anna Cunningham，a senior lecturer in psychology at Nottingham Trent University who studies early literacy，argues that if a setting is too academically focused early on，it can cause the teachers to become stressed over tests and results，which can in turn affect the kids. "Academic requirements early on don't end up being meaningful. Children end up memorizing rather than understanding context，"adds Anna. In many countries，formal schooling starts at 4. But not everyone favors an early start. In Finland，often known as the country with one of the best education systems in the world，children begin school at seven. Despite a later start，Finnish students score higher in reading comprehension than students from the UK at age 15. Besides，the Finnish kindergarten years are filled with more play and no formal academic instruction. Research also found that later readers catch up — even are slightly better than the early readers in comprehension abilities. Learning later allows children to more efficiently match their knowledge of the world to the words they learn. So our craze with early literacy appears to be somewhat unfounded.
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| 5. 任务型阅读 | 详细信息 |
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。It takes a lot of training and experience to become a public speaker. However，there are slight differences when it comes to presenting to a virtual audience. Maintaining eye contact is one of the most important skills you need to master as a public speaker. Instead，you are required to look directly into the camera. There is no room for small talks when making an online presentation. Ensure that your speech or presentation has a flow that the audience can follow without getting lost. You should also note that audience members are not prohibited from leaving and there's no social pressure to keep them there. So be sure not to bore them with too many irrelevant stories. At times，especially during bigger events，there may be many tools and software features that you need to enable to be at your best. During such situations，you can talk through the disturbance as you work to get the problem fixed. The audience might be more willing to wait for you as you work on your technical problem，unlike when you decide to just go quiet without letting them know why. This is all thanks to the convenience virtual events have brought to us. Nevertheless，you will still need to stay ahead of the trends to boost your online presentation skills. A．If it is a virtual event，you need to be precise and to the point. B．Now more and more people continue following the new trend. C．This way，your eyes will appear to be looking directly at your viewers. D．However，we all know how technology is，and the fact is that it might fail us. E．Furthermore，adapting your delivery to audience reaction was also demanded. F．So it will help to get familiar with the tools and software before the presentation. G．When presenting online，however，you are not always able to see your audience. |
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| 6. 完形填空 | 详细信息 |
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。My father and I have always had a difficult relationship. He thought I wasn't what a good daughter should be. Whatever I did was never good enough in his eyes. So when I tried to look for approval，I was 1 disappointed. My mother was gentler and when my father would 2 me，she'd have my back. Five years ago，she died from a disease and，3 her there，my relationship with my father became 4 . I felt like he was trying to control me and this caused 5 and panic in me. I realized that I couldn't continue the 6 with him，so I left home eventually and 7 contact with him. About a year later，I was out campaigning and I saw him alone. I 8 him and asked how he was. He was hesitant，but I could see in his eyes that he was 9 I'd come over. He said he was proud that he had a daughter who went to the House of Lords to talk about women's rights. I realized that，having decided I didn't need his 10 ，I finally had it. Our relationship isn't 11 now，but we see each other every few months and I value the time we have together. Last year，on his birthday，I sent him a card and he 12 phoned me to say thank you. I've realized that if you want to have somebody in your life，you have to 13 them as who they are. And I'm proud of myself. I don't need anybody else to give me that sense of 14 . And because of that，our relationship is no longer a 15 . （1）
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constantly
B .
slightly
C .
rarely
D .
merely
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warn
B .
lecture
C .
instruct
D .
threaten
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unlike
B .
without
C .
beside
D .
despite
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simpler
B .
stronger
C .
worse
D .
closer
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anxiety
B .
guilt
C .
regret
D .
shame
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battle
B .
project
C .
campaign
D .
journey
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stayed in
B .
came into
C .
cut off
D .
looked for
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questioned
B .
reminded
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approached
D .
interviewed
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disappointed
B .
angry
C .
bothered
D .
glad
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suggestion
B .
fortune
C .
approval
D .
apology
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lasting
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pure
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complex
D .
perfect
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only
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actually
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nearly
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hardly
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define
B .
accept
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change
D .
care
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self-discipline
B .
self-control
C .
self-pity
D .
self-worth
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suffering
B .
blessing
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gift
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secret
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| 7. 语法填空（语篇） | 详细信息 |
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。Hong Kong is a city famous for world-class shopping and excellent restaurants. You may get various kinds of delicious food that make you forget (return) to where you have come from. On the two sides of a street are shops (sell) meals and drinks， you can spend your leisure time. The day (begin) at 6 a.m. Hong Kong people like to "drink morning tea"，which is in fact big breakfast. No matter whether it is a workday or a weekend day，people will accompany old folks，bring (child) and invite friends to go for "morning tea". This has become a cultural phenomenon of Hong Kong. Although it may be quite dark at six o'clock in the morning，meal shops are already open for business. Restaurants of considerable sizes may have (full) prepared more than a hundred refreshments for customers to choose . Just as the Guangdong-styled cooked dishes，the refreshments for the morning tea are prepared with great emphasis (place) on the fresh material. The cooking is carried out by steaming until the food is done and by frying for a short time to keep the (origin) taste of the food itself. |
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请匹配单词及其英文解释。
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请匹配单词及其英文解释。
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