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一、阅读理解Assistant Professor,Musical TheatreDanceWichita StateUniversity seeksa full-time,9-month assistantprofessor,beginning inAugust.Applicants arerequired tohave adegree indance area,teaching experienceat aprofessional orcollegelevel,ability todirect andteach stagemovement.The salarydepends onqualifications andexperience.For completeinformation,visit.Full Professorin Theatreand DanceTheDepartment ofTheatre amp;Dance at the Universityof Californiaat SanDiegois seekinganexperienced theatreartist inlighting design.Applicants mustwork forus for at leastone year.Significant professionalexperience is required.This positionis expectedto teachat bothgraduateand undergraduatelevels.A reviewof applications will starton June1st.Application deadline:September1st.Technical Directorin Performing and Fine ArtsDeSales UniversitysPerformingand FineArtsDepartment seeksa highlyskilled,professionaltechnical director.The positionis a10-month staffposition with the possibilityof summeremploymentwiththePennsylvania ShakespeareFestival.Professional experienceisrequired;MFA ispreferred.Please emailmaterials to.Screening of applications beginsimmediately andwill continueuntilthe positionis filled.Assistant Director-Media Resources CenterMaryland InstituteCollege ofArt isseeking anAssistant Directorof Media ResourcesCenterinthe AcademicAffairs Division.Qualifications forthe positioninclude adegree inArt Historyor relatedfields withknowledge ofartand designhistory,library experience,excellent interpersonaland communicationskills andfamiliaritywith photoshopand scanning.A reviewof applicationswill begin immediately;job announcementswill remainopen untiltheposition isfilled.Applicants arerequired towork forus atleast11months.They cansend emails.The salarydiffers dependingon yourexperience.Please include

六、读后续写.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47One daywhile8-year-old Amy was walkinghome fromschool with her mom,she sawawonderful barbiedoll on the shelf ofatoy shop.The barbiewas designedand packedperfectly.Sheinsisted on her mombuying it,but thefamily couldntmake endsmeet and50dollars forthe dollwastoo muchto afford.All thesavings had to beused to live theirlife.Each dayafter schoolwhen comingback with her mom,Amy criedfor thattoy andall hermomcould saywas nextmonth.Time passedwith Amycrying forthe barbie.Then her mom gotAmya“better“one as an alternative,obviously ata lowercost.She triedto persuadeAmy toforgetabout that barbie.But Amywas verystubborn.She wantedthatbarbieonly.Two monthslater,her momfound apart-time jobwhich shehadtodo athome inher sparetimeat nightafter makingher daughtersleep.Finally shecould haveextra money.Now shewas abitrelaxed.It wasMonday morning,when likeevery schooloff,she wentto bringher daughter.Butthis timeshe didntgo alone,she broughtthe barbietoy forAmy.Amywasglad to see thebarbie.She huggedhermomin extremejoy.Each dayAmy playedwithherdoll,giving thebarbie abath,combing her hair,and dressingherin fancyskirts,Days passed.Now she got oneyear older.But thebarbie didnot meanso muchto her.While playing,she snatchedherhairand brokeone of her hands.After all,shegotbored withit.Years wentby.Amy grewup.Then shegot marriedand inher thirties.One day,she cametovisit herold mom.After lunchshe wenttoherroom whereshe grewup.She waslooking backonold timeswithhermom.注意续写词数应为左右；L150请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答

2.Suddenly Amynoticed herold toybox.She tookthe dollalong withher andkept iton theshelfof her ownhouse.your desiredsalary inyour applicationletter.

1.What admay anapplicant payclose attentionto ifhe/she has

9.5-month freetimeA.Technical Directorin PerformingandFineArts.B・Assistant Director-MediaResourcesCenter.C.Assistant Professor,Musical TheatreDance.D.Full Professorin Theatreand Dance.

2.Which canyou applyto ifyou haveexcellent interpersonaland communicationskillsA.Maryland InstituteCollege ofArt.B.The Universityof California.C.DeSales University.D.Wichita StateUniversity.

3..What canwe learnfrom theadvertisementsA.All thejob announcementswill remainopen untilthe positionsare filled.B.All thereviews ofapplicationswillbeginimmediately.C.All thejobs mentionedabove promisea goodsalary.D.All thejobs mentionedin thetext requireexperience.French writerAnnie Ernauxwon the2022Nobel Prize in literatureon Oct

6.She is the firstFrenchfemale to win theprize.In thewords of the Nobelcommittee,Ernaux wasgiven the award forthe courageand clinicalacuityofher writing”.Having spentover50years as a writer,the82-year-old winnerhas publishedmorethan20books.Rather thanconsider herselfa writerof fiction,Ernaux hasused theterm“anethnologist of herself\Bom in1940in avillage inNormandy,France,Ernaux grewup in a working-classenvironment.Her parentsran acombined grocerystore andcafe.She workedas ateacher beforebecominga full-time writer.Two booksby other French writers inspired her to bea writer:The SecondSex bySimone deBeauvoirand Distinctionby PierreBourdieu,The formerled her to writeabout feminism,and thelatterraised her awareness of the hugegap betweenher and the environmentshe grewup in.Besidesher readinginfluences,her upbringingand experiencesnavigating adolescenceand adulthood,,alsoinspire manyofherworks,noted CNN.Though thematters Ernauxdescribes inher booksare seriousand evensometimes heavy,theyare alwayswritten inplain language.Emaux describedher styleas flatwriting,,through whichshe（过多修饰的）aims totell herstories objectively,unshaped byflorid descriptionor overwhelmingemotions”,noted FoxNews.“She writes about thingsthat noone elsewritesabout,fbr instanceher jealousy,herexperiences as an abandonedlover andso forth.I mean,really hardexperiences.^^Anders Olsson,chairman of the NobelCommittee forLiterature,said aftertheawardannouncement inStockholm.

4.What canwe learnabout Annie ErnauxA.She is the firstFrench persontowin the NobelPrizeinliterature.B.She wasawarded forthe courageand insightsshown inherwriting.C.The Nobelcommittee describedher as“an ethnologistofherself.D.She workedasafull-time writerright aftergraduation.

5.The reasonwhy the otherFrenchwritersinspiredherto be anauthor isthat.A.they ledhertofind theright directionto write.B.they gaveheradirect guidanceto write.C,their educationand experiencehad agreat effectonher.D.they livedin thesame community.

6.Which of the followingbest describesEmauxs writingstyleA.Plain andrelaxing.B.Descriptive andserious.C.Humorous andsharp.D.Objective andeasy tounderstand.

7.Why isAnnieErnauxdifferent fromother writers,according toAnders OlssonA.She focuseson seriousmatters.B.She suffereda lotof hardships.C.Her worksare shortand moving.D.Her worksare aboutunexplored subjects.Blind imitation is self-destruction.To those who do not recognizetheir uniqueworth,imitationappears attractive;to thosewho knowtheir strength,imitation isunacceptable.In theearly stagesof skillor characterdevelopment,imitationishelpful.When Ifirst learnedtocook.I usedrecipes andturned outsome tastydishes.But soonI grewbored.Why followsomeoneelses wayof cookingwhen Icould createmy ownImitating role models islike usingtrainingwheels onamp;childs bicycle;they helpyou getgoing,but onceyou findyour ownbalance,you flyfaster andfarther withoutrelying on them.（下意识地）In dailylife,imitation canhurt usif wesubconsciously holdpoor rolemodels.If,asachild,you observedpeople whoselives werebad,you may have acceptedtheir fearand painasnormal andgone onto followwhat theydid.If youdonotmake strongchoices for yourself,you willgetthe resultsof theweak choicesof others.In thefield ofentertainment,our cultureglorifies celebrities.Those starslook greaton screen.But whenthey stepoff screen,their personallives maybe disastrous.If youare going to followsomeone,focus ontheir talent,not theirbad characteror unacceptablebehaviors.Blessed isthe personwilling toact ontheir suddendesire tocreate somethingunique.Think of the movies,books,teachers,and friendsthat have affected youmost deeply.They touchedyoubecause theircreations weremotivated byinspiration,not desperation.The worldis changednotby thosewho do what has been donebefore them,but bythosewhodowhathasbeendoneinside them.Creative peoplehave anendless resourceof ideas.The problema creatorfaces isrunningout ofmaterial;it iswhat todo withthe materialknocking atthe doorof imagination.Study yourrolemodels,accept thegifts theyhave given,and leavebehind whatdoes notserve.Then youcan say,I standontheshoulders ofmy ancestors9tragedies anddeclare victory,andknow that they arecheering on.^^

8.Imitation provesuseful whenyou9What doesthe underlinedword glorifiesin paragraph4meanA.know youare unique

8.lose thebalance of lifeC.begin tolearn somethingnew D.get tiredof routinepracticeA.complains.B.beautifies.C.dominates.D.rejects.

10.The troublea creatorfaces isA.the lackof strongmotivation B,the absenceof practicalideasC.how tosearch formore materialsD.how touse imaginationcreatively

11.What isthe authorspurpose inwriting thispassageA.To highlightthe importanceof creativity.B.To criticizethe charactersof rolemodels.C.To compareimitation withcreation.D.To explain the meaningof success.（物种）Earth isexperiencing itssixth massextinction:somewhere between30and159speciesdisappear everyday,and morethan300types ofanimals havedied outsince

1500.This is not goodforthe futureoflifeon ourplanet,but whatif wecould makesome ofthe extinct species comebackto lifeThanks toongoing advancesin DNArecovery andcloning technology,de-extinction maysoonbe realized,and we may seeTasmanian Tigers,or DodoBirds backinto existencein thenearfuture.Some scientistsare confidentand optimisticabout de-extinction.They thinkthat thebestreasons forde-extinction havemore todo withecology thantourism.If thisis alwaysgoingto be azooanimal,then stop,“says Ben Novak,the leadresearcherat Reviveamp;Restore-a foundationdevotedto rescuingendangered andextinct speciesin SanFrancisco,California.The goalshave tobeabout ecologicalrestoration andfunction.”Take passengerpigeons forexample.Their numbersreached nearly5billion atthe startofthe（居住）.19th century,and theyplayed animportant rolein shapingthe foreststhey inhabitedAftertheir extinction,the forestshave neverbeen thesame.The passengerpigeon is a veryimportantecological speciesif wewant theiroriginal habitatback.Novak says.However,we needto thinktwice aboutNovaks idea.Any newscientific initiativeis boundtohave risks,so isde-extinction.Although someassume thatde-extinction mayhelp the environment,we cantbe sosure.The de-extinct animalswould nowbe strangersto theirhabitats.As thehabitatis nolonger whatit was,the speciesrole within the ecosystemmayhavealso changed.This couldbeactually athreat to theotherspecies within the environmentas thede-extinct animalsenter theareaand competefor foodsources.Once againwere tryingto forcenature toact ina certainway,rather thanletting itremain natural.（优先权）Many scientistsalso believethat prioritieswould changewithin the conservation ofcurrentlyendangered species.Would westill putin theeffort topreserve livinganimals ifwe knewwecould justmagically bringthem backfrom the dead DouglasMcCauley,an ecologistatUniversity ofCalifornia,Santa Barbara,stresses thisworry.“Honestly,the thingthat scaresmemost isthat thepublic absorbsthe misimpressionthat extinctionisnolonger scary.The generalattitudebecomes:Deforest,no worry,we canreforest.If wedrive somethingextinct,no worry,wecan de-extinct it.said McCauley.It seemsthat withthe subjectof de-extinction,we mustlook atour reasonsfor doingsuch athing.Yes,wemay,in thenear future,be ableto de-extinct theextinctspecies.But doesthat meanweshould Arethe risksreally worthit Doesit makesense tofocus onthedeadthan thelivingAnd whoare wetruly benefitingin theend

12.BenNovakprobably agreesthat.A.the valueof de-extinctionlies intourism

8.de-extinct animalsare unfittolivein thezooC.de-extinction resultsfrom thechange ofecosystemD.de-extinction aimsto bringback formerenvironment

13.What ismainly talkedabout inParagraph5A.Peoples impressionson lostspecies.B.Change ofpublic attitude towards de-extinction.C.Importance oftheconservationof livinganimals.D.Effects ofde-extinction onthe protectionof endangeredspecies.A.Optimistic.B.Doubtful.C.Neutral.D.Supportive.

14.What isthe authorsattitudetowardde-extinction

15.Which ofthe followingshows thestructure ofthe passageCl.A®（次要点）1:Introduction P:Point Sp:Sub-point C:Conclusion

二、七选五Fancy aholiday tothe moonSounds crazyNot really.A Japanese company hasbeenworking onhow to organize holidays tothe moon forseveral yearsnow.16Trying to make theholiday possiblewill notbe aneasy task,andtheJapanesecompanyplans（航天to makeit instages.17A transportsystem,like the space shuttle飞机）used byNASA atthe momentis likelyto bedeveloped forthis purpose.The nextstage isto builda bighotel orbiting500km abovethe earth.The hotelwill orbittheearth onceevery fouror fivehours,which willoffer visitorssome fascinatingviews ofthe earth.18While thismay notseem veryexciting atfirst,think aboutnewsports thatcan bedesigned forpeople toplay inzero gravity.The finalstage inthe planistheconstruction ofa hotelonthesurface ofthe moonitself.Assolar energywould beused toprovide power,it wouldbe importantto buildthe hotelnear oneofthe polesofthe moon inorder togather asmuch solarenergy aspossible.19It isalso importanttofind apart ofthe moonwhich isflat,asalong runwaywill needtobebuilt forthespaceshuttle to（水泥）land on.Meanwhile,the companyhas alreadydeveloped waystomakecement onthemoon.20The companyplans toproduce waterfromoxygen elements,which canbe foundin moonrocks andhydrogen,which will have tobeimported fromearth.So perhapsinafew yearsyou mightbe enjoyingyourselves onthemoon.A.Next,the hotelwillhavea widerange ofsporting activities.B.Tourists whowant totravel intospace canstay ata bighotel.C.The firstthing todo istoorganizetrips aroundthe earthforafew hours.D.There wouldprobably beholidaystoa moonhotel withinthe nextten years.E.There isplenty ofsand,but thebig problemwill comewith producingwater.F.This partofthedevelopment plandoes notseem tobe toodifficult tocarry out.G.This isbecause alunar day,which is14earth dayslong,is followedby14days ofdarkness.

三、完形填空As alittle girl,Dr Emmadreamed ofone daybecoming anopera singer.Born tomake（合唱团）.beautiful music,the mum-of-two never21organizing herhospitals SerubChoirIt wasatthebeginning of2020thatthe22came about.It23my hearttoseecolleaguespushed tothe limit,and seeso manyseriously illpatients24to death.To liftspirits acrossthe25,Istarted singinginthepassages.The mood26as soonas themusic started!I27felt themcheer up.Idecided tocall onpeople tomake musicinthehallways andspread ourmessage ofappreciation toworldwidehealthcare workers,she says.团结Emma appealedto anyonewho was28to unitein songand showrespect forhealthcareworkers.I2920people atfirst,so youcan imaginethe30when Igot200eager musiciansand songbirdsready to31!We performsongs touchingthe heartsofpeople,providing32fbr everyone/9says Emma.“If yourehaving abad day,I33our musicwill34your day!You mayhaveatough time,but wewant youtobe35that we9re hereforyou,always.Emma says.

21.A.imagined B.denied C-wondered D.ignored

22.A.solution B.story C.idea D.dream

23.A.opened B.broke C・warmed D.lightened

24.A.moved B.confused C.amused D.frightened

25.A.theaters B.workshops C,sickrooms D.offices

26.A.changed B.disappeared C.faded D.occurred

27.A.gradually B.immediately C.naturally D.eventually

28.A.proud B.hesitant C-fortunate D.anxious

29.A.expected B.selected C-contacted D.combined

30.A.achievement B.atmosphere C.shock D.scene

31.A.sign upB.check inC.come outD.work out

32.A.impression B.defence C.determination D.comfort

33.A.confirm B.promise C.predict D.realize

34.A.lengthen B.witness C.make D.occupy

35.A.confident B.satisfied C,depressed D.aware

四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式1Madagascar islocated offthe eastcoast ofAfrica inthe IndianOcean andisthefourth36large islandintheworld.Nine-tenths ofthe plantsin Madagascararent foundanywhere elseonEarth.Three quartersoftheislands populationdepends onnatural resources37make aliving.Asa resultof its38rich inspecies,as wellas thehigh levelsof humanthreat tothe environment,suchas logging,hunting andpolitical issues,Madagascar isa bigconcern ofglobal naturalconservation.Andasibe-Mantadia NationalPark ineastern Madagascaris oneofthemost popularprotectedareas39are visitedby tourists.Natural-area tourismat Andasibeis wellorganised,with manylocalguide associations40have partnershipswith internationalorganisations and50%of parkfeesgoing directlyto localcommunities.Forest lossisawidespread problemin Madagascar,but atAndasibethe forestis valuedfor itsecological function41the profitsmade fromtourism.Andasibeis awonderful exampleof42conservation andtourism canwork togetherto helplocal communitiesandtheenvironment.Over thepast fewyears,Madagascar,together with43support ofmany internationalcommunitiessuch asWWF,44develop anational systemof protectedareas likeAndasibe.Conservation actionsalso joinhands witheconomic developmentmeasures toaddress theproblems.With thesestrong partnerships,Madagascar canmake areal differencein safeguardingprotectedareas45the benefitof peopleand wildlifeinthefuture.

五、开放性作文近期，你们班上的同学就为题进

46.“Whether PursuingTreasures canBring PeopleHappiness”行了一场辩论赛请就你自己所持的观点（赞成或者反对）向对方进行陈述内容包括.你的观点；.你对所持观点的理由12注意.词数左右

180.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯2。