Do you ever get to the train station and realize you forgot to bring something to read? Yes,
we all have our phones, but many of us still like to go old school and read something printed.
Well, there’s a kiosk (小亭) for that. In the San Francisco Bay Area, at least.
“You enter the fare gates (检票口) and you’ll see a kiosk that is lit up and it tells you can
get a one-minute, a three-minute, or a five-minute story,” says Alicia Trost, the chief
communications officer for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit — known as BART. “You
choose which length you want and it gives you a receipt-like short story.”
It’s that simple. Riders have printed nearly 20,000 short stories and poems since the
program was launched last March. Some are classic short stories, and some are new original
works.
Trost also wants to introduce local writers to local riders. “We wanted to do something
where we do a call to artists in the Bay Area to submit stories for a contest,” Trost says. “And as of
right now, we’ve received about 120 submissions. The winning stories would go into our kiosk
and then you would be a published artist.”
Ridership on transit (交通) systems across the country has been down the past half century,
so could short stories save transit?
Trost thinks so.
“At the end of the day all transit agencies right now are doing everything they can to
improve the rider experience. So I absolutely think we will get more riders just because of short
stories,” she says.
And you’ll never be without something to read.
1．Why did BART start the kiosk program?
A．To promote the local culture. B．To discourage phone use.
C．To meet passengers’ needs. D．To reduce its running costs.
2．How are the stories categorized in the kiosk?
A．By popularity. B．By length.
C．By theme. D．By language.
3．What has Trost been doing recently?
A．Organizing a story contest. B．Doing a survey of customers.
C．Choosing a print publisher. D．Conducting interviews with artists.4．What is Trost’s opinion about BART’s future?
A．It will close down. B．Its profits will decline.
C．It will expand nationwide. D．Its ridership will increase.
China has set new rules limiting the amount of time children can play online games. The
rules limit children to just three hours of online game playing a week. That is one hour between 8
p. m. and 9 p. m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday most weeks.
Li Zhanguo has two children aged 4 and 8. Even though they do not have smartphones, they
enjoy playing online games. Like many other parents. Li is happy with new government rules. But
experts say it is unclear if such policies can help prevent addiction to online games. Children
might just get addicted to social media instead. In the end, experts say, parents should be the ones
to set limits and support good practice.
There has been a growing concern in China about gaming addiction among children.
Government reports in 2018 found that about one in ten Chinese children were addicted to the
Internet. The new rules are part of an effort to prevent young people from spending too much time
on unhealthy entertainment. That includes what officials call the “irrational fan culture”
Under the new rules, the responsibility for making sure children play only three hours a day
as largely on Chinese gaming companies like Net Ease and Ten cent. Companies have set up real-
name registration systems to prevent young users from going past game time limits. They have
used facial recognition technology to check their identities. And they have also set up a program
that permits people to report what is against the law. It is unclear what punishments gaming
companies may face if they do not carry out the policies. And even if such policies are performed,
it is also unclear whether they can prevent online addiction.
A specialist treating Internet addiction expects about 20 percent of children will find ways
to break the rules by borrowing accounts of their older relatives and find a way around facial
recognition. In his opinion, short-video alps such as Douyin and Kuaishou are also very popular in
China. They are not under the same restrictions as games.
5．When can children play games according to the new rules?
A．Between 8 p. m. and 9 p. m. On Friday. B．Between 8 p. m. and 9 p. m. On Tuesday.
C．Between 10 p. m. and 11 p. m. On Saturday. D．Between 10 p. m. and all p. m. On Thursday.6．According to experts, _________
A．the new rules can stop children’s addiction to social media
B．companies are more responsible for kids ‘ obeying the rules
C．the new rules will help prevent children playing online games
D．parents play a greater part in limiting the time of online games
7．What will children probably do to battle with the new rules?
A．Design an advanced program. B．Use facial recognition systems.
C．Set up real-name registration systems. D．Borrow accounts of their older relatives.
8．Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A．Rules Limiting Short-video alps B．Rules Limiting Video Game Time
C．Rules Banning Irrational Fan Culture D．Rules Breaking Addition to Social Media
Americans are responsible for throwing out more stuff than any other nation. “We keep
going at this pace and we’ll reach the heat death of the earth,” said Adam Savage, the host of a
website aimed at makers, as he worked on repairing a heavy wood-and-metal-shaping machine.
“It’s time human beings reminded themselves of fixit culture.”
Most people don’t have Savage’s drive for Extreme DIY. Nevertheless, the appetite is on
the rise. U.S. consumers show an increased interest in prolonging the life of the things they own,
rather than getting rid of them. Online how-to videos are getting hundreds of thousands of hits,
and people are heading to community repair workshops across the country.
“There’s this cultural shift, and then the policy work has to be done,” said Shawn
Rosenmoss, a senior environmental specialist. “They have to go hand in hand.” What Rosenmoss
means by policy work is legislation (法规) that empowers people to fix things themselves or do so
through a repair provider of their choice. So-called “Right to Repair” legislation is focused on
getting producers to offer people their parts, tools and service information. Dozens of Right to
Repair bills are working their way through the legislative process, and have passed in a few states
while there’s resistance to them.
“The bills will ask producers to provide any third parties with sensitive information tools
and parts without requiring any of the critical consumer protections that are afforded by authorized
repair networks like training and competency certification,” said David Edmonson, vice president
of state policy. “That could threat market orders.” Nevertheless, some electrical companiesexpanded their self-repair programs.
At an electronics repair store in San Francisco, owner Michael Ghadieh said he started
fixing smartphones when they came on the market around 15 years ago. “Parts were difficult to
obtain,” Ghadieh said. “Now the case is different of course.” But he’s seen a drop in his phone
repair business, with producers offering ever-more appealing deals to customers who give used
products in part exchange for shiny new ones. “So repair’s future is still unknown.”
9．What new phenomenon in the U.S. is described?
A．Laws on repair are introduced. B．More waste is produced than ever.
C．Fixing things becomes popular. D．Environmental problems get solved.
10．How does “Right to Repair” legislation benefit consumers?
A．By publicizing knowledge of repair. B．By providing them with free repair service.
C．By reducing the cost of fixing things. D．By making things needed for repair
accessible.
11．What is Edmonson’s attitude to the application of Right to Repair?
A．Concerned. B．Favorable. C．Doubtful. D．Uncaring.
12．What is a challenge for Ghadieh’s phone repair business?
A．Lack of phone parts. B．The appearance of trading in old items.
C．Difficulty in fixing phones. D．Opposition from authorized networks.
The majority of Britons are educated in state schools, making up around 60% of those
admitted to Oxford and Cambridge in 2013. Admissions at other leading universities were also
weighted towards teenagers educated privately.
Then began a quiet revolution. The number of state-schooled pupils getting Oxbridge
places has risen yearly; the number from private schools has fallen. The Russell Group of 24
leading universities says its members aim to admit more students from disadvantaged
backgrounds.
A few things lie behind this change. The government has given cash to universities to reach
underrepresented students and, since 2018, required them to publish plans showing how they are
doing this. One report in 2018 showed that eight schools, six of which were private, accounted for
more Oxbridge places than 2,900 other secondary schools combined.
Teach First, a scheme that sends clever graduates into tough schools for a couple of years,has also helped raise pupils, eagerness. It began in London, where the highest- performing state
schools are concentrated.
All this has fueled a joint effort by schools and universities to make pupils consider the
distinguished universities. For those state-school kids getting into top universities, extra help is
needed. “You need to provide extra tutoring in the first year,” says Professor Smith from Oxford,
who made efforts to admit state-school students before it became fashionable. She says they often
do worse in exams at the end of the first year, but clean up in final exams.
That would seem to rebut one of the criticisms made of universities’ efforts to correct the
state-private imbalance: that letting in more state-school students means standards will slip. “If
you bring in people with diverse experiences and ways of thinking, who challenge one another’s
assumptions, it promotes intellectual creativity and academic success,” says Helen, the principal
of Mansfield College, Oxford.
“All this adds up to an important change,” says Lawrence. “Increasing numbers of state-
school children are applying to universities in America and getting full scholarships.”
13．What was the quiet revolution?
A．Admitting more poor students into top universities.
B．Getting state schools to cooperate with top universities.
C．Letting less private-school students into universities.
D．Having private schools take poor-background students.
14．What is implied in the 2018 report?
A．State schools should promote their students’ academic reports.
B．Oxford and Cambridge preferred graduates from private schools.
C．Students in Oxbridge place high standard for their aims in life.
D．Oxbridge had a stricter admission standard than other universities.
15．What can we infer about state-school students from Professor Smith’s words?
A．They get academic help from Teach First.
B．They become top students in a few years.
C．They need extra tutoring in the first term.
D．They are inspirations for other students.
16．What does the underlined word ”rebut" mean in paragraph 6?
A．Support. B．Expose. C．Improve. D．Oppose.More families than ever are taking “adventures”—long term trips where children learn on
the road. Worldschooling (游学世界), adventuring, life-learning, whatever you call it, more
parents are doing it.
Take Jo and Jamie Robins, who are into a four-month South America trip with their
daughters. “We want to take some time to step back from life, the treadmill (枯燥无味的工作) of
working hard to pay a mortgage (按揭贷款), not having enough time for family or to follow our
interests , says Jo.
David and Debs Hurst’s three-month mission to visit their Facebook friends with their sons
turned into a campervan(房车) trip across 13 countries. “To our minds, they are learning in a more
interesting way,” says David.
Martina and Julian Tyrrell sold their house in Cambridge to sail off into the sunset on a
yacht(游艇) with their daughters. Nearly two years on, they are now based by the Guadiana River
on the border of Spain and Portugal while the girls go to a Spanish school and are wondering
where the wind might take them next. “When people asked us how long we would be away, I
jokingly said between six months and 60 years. The kids love the life and I’m not that concerned
about school because we always said we would homeschool them. If they get to a point where
they want to go to school, I won’t stand in their way,” says Martina.
The Department of Education takes a poor view of any time away from school. “Children
must receive a suitable education. Even missing a week of school affects children’s attainment,”
said a spokeswoman.
Most round-the-world family blogs praise the experience as life-changing in the best way
possible. Lara Pennington-Ellis, a British single mum based in Barcelona who set off on a round-
the-world trip with her eight-year-old son, is one exception. I’m loving our intense time together
but I’m also missing my personal freedom and adult conversation. “Worldschooling sounds
easygoing but it’s actually the hardest hour of the day, to work hard and do maths /Spanish
/English /handwriting homework.” she says in one post.
17．Why did Jo go adventuring?
A．To find inspiration for her work. B．To enjoy life with her family.
C．To meet her online friends. D．To learn Spanish.18．What do Martina’s words show?
A．She is concerned about school education.
B．She has difficulty teaching her kids at home.
C．She will allow her kids to decide when to attend school.
D．She will spend less than three months on a trip.
19．What is the spokeswoman’s attitude towards adventures?
A．Reserved. B．Supportive. C．Uncaring. D．Critical.
20．What is a disadvantage of adventure for parents according to Lara?
A．They fail to find useful guidance from professionals. B．They have much less time for
themselves.
C．They are short of teaching materials. D．They can hardly afford it.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse decades of progress made
towards gender equality, according to a global study that reveals women have been hit much
harder socially and economically than men. Previously, coronavirus-related gender disparity
studies have focused on the direct health impacts of the crisis. It is well known that across the
globe men have experienced higher rates of COVID cases, hospitalization and death. However,
until now, few studies have examined how gender inequalities have been affected by the many
indirect social and economic effects of the pandemic worldwide.
The research, conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University
of Washington and published in The Lancet, shows that women have experienced greater negative
social and economic impacts than men. The greatest and most persistent gender gap was seen in
employment and uncompensated labour, with 26% of women reporting loss of work compared
with 20% of men globally in September 2021. Women and girls were also more likely to drop out
of school and more likely to report an increase in gender-based violence than men and boys.
“This study provides the first comprehensive global evidence on gender disparities for a
wide range of health-related, social and economic indicators throughout the pandemic,” said
senior author Prof Emmanuela Gakidou. “The evidence suggests that COVID-19 has tended to
exacerbate previously existing social and economic disparities.”
The study analysed publicly available data sets from 193 countries using surveys taken
from March 2020 to September 2021 on health and well-being during the pandemic. In every partof the world, women have experienced higher rates of employment loss than men since the start of
the pandemic.
“Economic impacts have affected women more than men in some countries because they
tend to be employed disproportionately in sectors harder-hit by COVID-19, such as the hospitality
industry or as domestic workers,” said Dr Luisa Flor, the study’s co-lead author. “Moreover,
gendered social norms in many countries attribute household and childcare responsibilities
preferentially to women and reduce their time and ability to engage in paid labour.”
“The further we progress in this pandemic the more we feel that the inequities being
exacerbated are only going to worsen, and that any pre-pandemic progress towards gender
equality will be reversed,” said Rosemary Morgan of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health, which was not involved in the study. “Hopefully this data will reinforce the need for
decision-makers to act before it is too late.”
21．What can be inferred from the first paragraph?
A．More men have died from the novel coronavirus than women.
B．Plenty of gender disparity studies are in progress.
C．The COVID-19 pandemic affects men and women equally.
D．The progress towards gender equality got reversed.
22．The underlined word “exacerbate” in paragraph 3 most probably means “”.
A．accelerate B．accumulate C．lessen D．worsen
23．Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A．More women have lost their jobs because some industries have been harder-hit by COVID-19.
B．The gender inequalities existed before the COVID-19 pandemic.
C．More women have lost their jobs because they have been replaced by men.
D．The gender gap is not only in employment.
24．Which would be the best title for the passage?
A．Women Need Jobs More than Men in the Pandemic B．COVID-19 Has Hit Women
Harder than Men
C．More Act Is Needed to Curb Gender Inequalities D．COVID-19 Has Intensified Gender
Inequalities
“Farm to table” is the name of a movement that encourages people to eat locally grownfood. The farmtotable idea has become more popular in recent years. But there is also a movement
that brings “table to farm”. Its purpose is to connect people to the land and to honor local farmers
by creating a sort of restaurant without walls.
Its founder, Jim Denevan, got the idea for this kind of “culinary adventure (美食探险)”, as
he called it, ten years ago. He recently prepared tables for more than a hundred people at Briars
Farm in Virginia. He and his eightmember team arrived the night before. Chefs (厨师) from a
local restaurant prepared the dinner.
Jim Denevan’s brother is a farmer and he himself is a chef. He thought that the idea of a
meal served right on the farm made sense, though not everyone agreed.
“But I wanted to make the idea work, so I decided to cross the country,” said Denevan. “I
went all the way across the United States and set the table on farms, ranches (大牧场) and
beaches, and all the places where food came from.”
“This kind of event connects us with a lot of enthusiastic people, people that we can form
relationships with,” said Matt Szechenyi, who operates Briars Farm.
The tour of the farm ends at the dinner table. The meats in the meal come from Matt
Szechenyi’s farm. The vegetables come from nearby farms. Guests and local farmers sit together.
Annoica Ingram came with a friend. “The food is wonderful. I appreciate their hard work. I
see everything they have to do to take care of the animals and make sure they are wellcaredfor.
Without them, I think, we’ll have big problems,” she said.
25．What is the main purpose of the movement “table to farm”？
A．To provide people with healthy food.
B．To help farmers earn more money.
C．To honor farmers for their hard work.
D．To encourage people to work less and practice more.
26．Members of the movement “table to farm” will probably not ________.
A．make new friends B．walk around the farms
C．communicate with farmers D．build restaurants for farmers
27．What’s Annoica’s attitude towards farmers’ work?
A．worried B．grateful C．doubtful D．supportive
28．What kind of writing is the passage likely to be?
A．A travel guide. B．A news report. C．A diary. D．Popular science.The big French pet care company AgroBiothers Laboratoire will no longer sell very small
containers for raising fish.
The company has a 27 percent share of the French market for products used by people who
raise animals at home. But it said it would no longer sell any fishbowls that hold less than 15 liters
of water. They will only offer four-sided ones.
The company said it was animal abuse (虐待) to put fish in small bowls without added
oxygen and filtration. Filtration is the process of removing small waste from the water with a
device.
AgroBiothers chief Matthieu Lambeaux recently used the term “impulse”—meaning a
sudden strong desire to do something—to describe why many adults buy goldfish. “People buy a
goldfish for their kids on impulse, but if they knew what torture it is, they would not do it.
Turning round and round in a small bowl drives fish crazy and kills them quickly,” Lambeaux
added.
Goldfish can live up to 30 years and grow to about 25 cm in large aquariums (养鱼缸) or
outdoor ponds. But in very small bowls they often die within weeks or months. Lambeaux said
goldfish are social animals that need other fish, lots of space and clean water. He added that
having an aquarium requires some special equipment and knowledge.
Germany and several other European countries have long banned (禁止) fishbowls, but
France has no laws on the problem.
Lambeaux explained the company’s decision further by saying, “We cannot educate all our
customers by explaining that keeping fish in a bowl is terrible. We consider that it is our
responsibility to no longer give customers that choice.”
“There is demand for fishbowls,” he said, “but the reality is that what we offer children is
the possibility of seeing goldfish die slowly.”
29．What makes the French company stop selling certain fishbowls?
A．Their size. B．Their price.
C．Their weight. D．Their popularity.
30．What does the underlined word “torture” probably in paragraph 4 mean?
A．Progress. B．Pleasure.
C．Difficulty. D．Suffering.31．What is paragraph 5 mainly about?
A．The age goldfish can reach. B．Costs of keeping goldfish.
C．Proper living conditions for goldfish. D．The advice on how to choose fishbowls.
32．What does the company prefer to do based on Lambeaux’s words?
A．Raise the price of the fishbowls. B．Remove the chances of harming goldfish.
C．Keep goldfish outside in the wild. D．Educate parents to care for goldfish.
Do you speak a dialect (方言) in daily life? While many Chinese people speak Mandarin,
some local dialects are in danger of disappearing. To save them, the Chinese government started
the Chinese Language Resources Protection Project a few years ago.
This project looks at how people talk in 1,712 places. Their languages include 103 dialects
that are almost gone. It has helped China to build the largest language resource library in the
world. There’s an online library where people can learn dialects from over 5.6 million audio clips
(音频) and over 5 million videos.
Why is it important to protect the dialect culture? According to British linguist Harold
Palmer, dialects are a key to store local cultures. Language faithfully shows the history, the beliefs
and the biases (偏见) of an area, he said.
Scholar Zhang Hongming talked about his concerns of the disappearing of dialeets, “For
about over 10 years, in the Wu dialect areas such as Shanghai and Suzhou, children aged 6 to 15
can understand but hardly speak the dialect. Meanwhile, young people above 15 years old
sometimes speak it, but not very well. If this keeps happening, the dialect might disappear,” he
said.
So how did China make this big library? “A big national effort has been put into the project
to make it happen,” said Cao Zhiyun, chief expert on the project. Over five years, more than 350
universities and research groups joined in, along with over 4,500 experts and more than 6,000
dialect speakers.
The project is now entering into its second part. This includes creating digital tools like
apps and mobile dictionaries to help people lean dialects.
33．How does the author start the text?
A．By quoting sayings. B．By sharing a story.
C．By stating his own experiences. D．By asking a question.34．What’s the third paragraph mainly about?
A．The development of Mandarin. B．Why to protect dialects.
C．How to develop speaking skills. D．The disappearing of dialects.
35．What’s Zhang Hongming’s attitude to Wu dialect?
A．Worried. B．Positive. C．Indifferent. D．Unelear.
36．What can we know about the project according to the text?
A．It has entered into the third part.
B．Over 5.6 millions videos are collected in the project.
C．It looks at how people talk in 1,712 places.
D．Harold Palme is the chief expert on the project.
Dr. Jewel Tankard, the CEO and founder of the Millionairess Club, is going to attend the
Millionairess Conference on Saturday, in Detroit. The conference inspires women to learn the
rules of economics, become financially independent, and start their own businesses.
Tankard thinks a millionairess is someone who desires more. It has nothing to do with her
present financial state. It has everything to do with her desiring more, wanting more and believing
in more. The desire is big, but women are inspired in the end to make a big difference.
Tankard’s parents were the first African Americans to own a business in downtown Detroit.
They had housekeepers, cooks, drivers, and all the best money could buy. After Tankard turned 19,
however, they lost everything. After their lives greatly changed, Tankard asked her mom what her
thoughts were during the process. Like many other women, her mother told her that she felt that
some different financial decisions should have been made but she finally left money decisions up
to her dad.
Tankard wants women to know they are able to become educated about financial matters
and that they have the ability to make sound financial choices. Just because a man is a man, it
doesn’t make him a better financial manager. Women should learn to trust their financial instincts
and step up concerning money matters.
The Millionairess Conference is held to help ordinary women lead extraordinary lives by
arming attendees with the knowledge and tools needed to take control of their finances. It works
on providing financial advice to help women achieve generational wealth.
37．Who is a millionairess in Tankard’s opinion?A．A woman who always makes a contribution. B．A woman who is always hungry for more.
C．A woman who has started a business. D．A woman who has a lot of money.
38．What might inspire Tankard to pay attention to women’s financial position?
A．Her mother’s words. B．Her wealthy childhood.
C．The conflict between her parents. D．The desire of African Americans.
39．Why should women make financial decisions according to Tankard?
A．Men’s decisions aren’t always wise.
B．Their social position is relatively high.
C．The education they receive requires them to do so.
D．They have the ability to make wise financial choices.
40．What's the purpose of the Millionairess Conference?
A．To improve the development of economy. B．To provide women with a better education.
C．To guide women to financial independence. D．To achieve equality between men and
women.参考答案：
1．C 2．B 3．A 4．D
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。主要报道了旧金山湾区捷运系统(BART)推出自动售货亭提
供短篇故事打印服务，旨在满足乘客阅读需求，提升出行体验，Trost认为此举措能吸引更
多乘客，对BART的未来持乐观态度，预期乘客量将会增长。
1．推理判断题。根据第三段““You enter the fare gates (检票口) and you’ll see a kiosk that is
lit up and it tells you can get a one-minute, a three-minute, or a five-minute story,” says Alicia
Trost, the chief communications officer for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit - known as
BART. “You choose which length you want and it gives you a receipt-like short story.”(旧金山湾
区捷运系统（BART）首席通讯官Alicia Trost表示：“你进入检票口，会看到一个亮着灯
的信息亭，它告诉你可以得到一分钟、三分钟或五分钟的报道。你可以选择你想要的长度，
它会给你一个类似收据的短篇故事。”)”可知，BART启动信息亭是为了满足乘客在乘车过
程中的阅读需求，为他们提供不同长度的短篇故事或诗歌来打发时间。故选C项。
2．细节理解题。根据第三段“You choose which length you want and it gives you a receipt-
like short story.(你可以选择你想要的长度，它会给你一个类似收据的短篇故事)”可知，信息
亭中的故事按长度分类，乘客可以根据自己的需求选择不同长度的故事。故选B项。
3．细节理解题。根据第五段“We wanted to do something where we do a call to artists in the
Bay Area to submit stories for a contest,(我们想做一些事情，呼吁湾区的艺术家为比赛提交故
事)”以及第六段“The winning stories would go into our kiosk and then you would be a
published artist.(获奖故事会进入我们的书报亭，然后你就会成为一名出版艺术家)”可知，
Trost最近在组织一个故事竞赛，向湾区的艺术家征集故事，获胜作品将被放入书报亭供乘
客阅读。故选A项。
4．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段““At the end of the day all transit agencies right now are
doing everything they can to improve the rider experience. So I absolutely think we will get more
riders just because of short stories,” she says.(她说：“归根结底，所有的交通机构现在都在尽
一切努力改善乘客体验。所以我绝对认为，我们会因为短篇小说而吸引更多的乘客。”)”
可知，Trost认为通过提升乘客体验，包括提供短篇故事阅读服务，BART可以吸引更多的
乘客，乘客量将会增加。故选D项。
5．A 6．D 7．D 8．B【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要说明了中国出台新规，限制儿童玩网络游戏的时
间，介绍了制定这一新规的原因以及限制孩子使用手机时长仍然面临的问题。
5．细节理解题。根据第一段中“The rules limit children to just three hours of online game
playing a week. That is one hour between 8 p. m. and 9 p. m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
most weeks. (规则规定孩子们每周只能玩三个小时的网络游戏。即多数星期的周五、周六和
周日晚上8点到9点之间的一个小时。)”可知，根据新规定，孩子们星期五晚上8点到9点
之间可以玩游戏。故选A。
6．细节理解题。根据第二段中“In the end, experts say, parents should be the ones to set limits
and support good practice. (最后，专家说，父母应该是设定限制和支持良好做法的人。)”可
知，据专家介绍，父母在限制孩子玩网络游戏的时间上起着很大的作用。故选D。
7．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“A specialist treating Internet addiction expects about 20
percent of children will find ways to break the rules by borrowing accounts of their older relatives
and find a way around facial recognition. (一位治疗网瘾的专家预计，大约20%的孩子会想办
法通过借用年长亲戚的账户来打破规则，并找到绕过面部识别的方法。)”可知，孩子们可
能会借他们年长亲戚的账户来对抗新规定。故选D。
8．主旨大意题。根据第一段“China has set new rules limiting the amount of time children can
play online games. The rules limit children to just three hours of online game playing a week. That
is one hour between 8 p. m. and 9 p. m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday most weeks. (中国出台
新规，限制儿童玩网络游戏的时间。规则规定孩子们每周只能玩三个小时的网络游戏。即
多数星期的周五、周六和周日晚上8点到9点之间的一个小时。)”并结合文章主要说明了中
国出台新规，限制儿童玩网络游戏的时间，介绍了制定这一新规的原因以及限制孩子使用
手机时长仍然面临的问题可知，B选项“限制电子游戏时间的规定”最符合文章标题。故
选B。
9．C 10．D 11．A 12．B
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了在美国兴起的“修复文化”现象。
9．细节理解题。根据第一段中“It’s time human beings reminded themselves of fixit culture.
(人类是时候提醒自己不要忘记修复文化了)”和第二段中“U.S. consumers show an increased
interest in prolonging the life of the things they own, rather than getting rid of them. Online how-to videos are getting hundreds of thousands of hits, and people are heading to community repair
workshops across the country. (美国消费者对延长他们拥有的东西的寿命表现出越来越大的
兴趣，而不是丢弃它们。在线操作视频获得了数十万次点击，人们纷纷前往全国各地的社
区维修作坊)”可知，文中描述了在美国人们开始对修理东西变得感兴趣，“修复文化”开
始兴起。故选C项。
10．细节理解题。根据第三段中的“So-called “Right to Repair” legislation is focused on
getting producers to offer people their parts, tools and service information.(所谓的“维修权”立
法的重点是让生产商向人们提供零部件、工具和服务信息)”可知，“维修权”让生产商向
人们提供他们的零件、工具和服务信息。由此可知，“维修权”立法会让消费者更容易得
到修理所需的物品，进而让消费者获益。故选D项。
11．推理判断题。根据第四段中Edmonson的话“The bills will ask producers to provide any
third parties with sensitive information tools and parts without requiring any of the critical
consumer protections that are afforded by authorized repair networks like training and competency
certification(这些法案将要求制造商向任何第三方提供敏感信息工具和部件，而不需要任何
由授权维修网络提供的关键消费者保护，如培训和能力认证)”和“That could threat market
orders.(这可能会威胁到市场秩序)”可知，Edmonson认为这些法案可能会扰乱市场秩序。由
此可推测，Edmonson对“维修权”的实施感到担忧。故选A项。
12．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“But he’s seen a drop in his phone repair business, with
producers offering ever-more appealing deals to customers who give used products in part
exchange for shiny new ones.(但他发现因为生产商向客户提供了越来越有吸引力的交易，这
些客户可以用旧产品部分换取闪亮的新产品，因此自己的手机维修业务出现了下滑)”可知，
Ghadieh的电话维修业务面临的挑战是客户可以用旧产品换新产品，导致他维修业务下滑。
故选B项。
13．A 14．B 15．C 16．D
【导语】本文是新闻报道。讲述了英国一些顶尖大学开始接受公立学校的学生。
13．细节理解题。根据第二段中“Then began a quiet revolution. The number of state-schooled
pupils getting Oxbridge places has risen yearly; the number from private schools has fallen. The
Russell Group of 24 leading universities says its members aim to admit more students from
disadvantaged backgrounds.(然后一场悄无声息的革命开始了。公立学校的学生进入牛津剑桥的人数每年都在上升，而私立学校的人数却在下降。由24所顶尖大学组成的罗素集团表
示，其成员的目标是招收更多来自弱势背景的学生)”可知，悄无声息的革命是让更多贫困
学生进入顶尖大学。故选A项。
14．推理判断题。根据第三段中“One report in 2018 showed that eight schools, six of which
were private, accounted for more Oxbridge places than 2,900 other secondary schools combined.
(2018年的一份报告显示，八所学校（其中六所是私立学校）在牛津剑桥大学的入学人数超
过了2900所其他中学的总和)”可推知，牛津和剑桥更青睐私立学校的毕业生。故选B项。
15．推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中“All this has fueled a joint effort by schools and
universities to make pupils consider the distinguished universities. For those state-school kids
getting into top universities, extra help is needed. “You need to provide extra tutoring in the first
year,” says Professor Smith from Oxford, who made efforts to admit state-school students before it
became fashionable. (所有这些都促使学校和大学共同努力，让学生考虑名牌大学。对于那
些要进入顶尖大学的公立学校的孩子来说，需要额外的帮助。在公立学校成为时尚之前就
努力录取公立学校学生的牛津大学的史密斯教授说：“你需要在第一年提供额外的辅
导。”)”可知，从史密斯教授的话中我们可以推断出公立学校学生，他们在第一学期需要
额外的辅导。故选C项。
16．词句猜测题。根据后文““If you bring in people with diverse experiences and ways of
thinking, who challenge one another’s assumptions, it promotes intellectual creativity and
academic success,” says Helen, the principal of Mansfield College, Oxford.(牛津大学曼斯菲尔德
学院(Mansfield College, Oxford)校长海伦(Helen)说：“如果你引进具有不同经历和思维方式
的人，他们会挑战彼此的假设，这将促进智力创造力和学术成就。”)”可知，此处是对前
文的提出的观点“that letting in more state-school students means standards will slip.(让更多的
公立学校学生入学意味着标准将下滑)”的反驳，可推测rebut是“反驳”之意，和D项词义
相近。故选D项。
17．B 18．C 19．D 20．B
【导语】本文是新闻报道。文章报道了不同家长对于带孩子游学的不同观点。
17．细节理解题。根据第二段中的““We want to take some time to step back from life, the
treadmill (枯燥无味的工作) of working hard to pay a mortgage (按揭贷款), not having enough
time for family or to follow our interests , says Jo.(“我们想花点时间从生活中退一步，从努力工作还房贷的单调乏味中退一步，我们没有足够的时间陪伴家人或从事自己的兴趣爱
好，”乔说)”可知，Jo带孩子游学是为了有更多的时间与家人享受生活。故选B。
18．推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中“If they get to a point where they want to go to school, I
won’t stand in their way.(如果他们到了想上学的地步，我不会挡他们的路)”可知，Martina允
许孩子们自己决定什么时候去上学。故选C。
19．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“Children must receive a suitable education. Even
missing a week of school affects children’s attainment.(孩子们必须接受适当的教育。即使缺课
一周也会影响孩子的成绩)”可知，这位女性发言人对游学持批评的态度。故选D。
20．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“I’m loving our intense time together but I’m also missing
my personal freedom and adult conversation.(我喜欢我们在一起的紧张时光，但我也想念我的
个人自由和成年人的谈话)”可知，Lara认为带孩子游学的弊端是没有自己的时间。故选
B。
21．A 22．D 23．C 24．D
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。本文主要介绍新的研究发现新冠导致女性在社会和经济方法
受到更多的负面影响，加剧了性别不平等。
21．推理判断题。根据第一段的“It is well known that across the globe men have experienced
higher rates of COVID cases, hospitalization and death. (众所周知，在全球范围内，男性的病
例率、住院率和死亡率都更高)”推知，比起女性来，死于新冠的男性更多。故选A。
22．词句猜测题。根据第二段的“The greatest and most persistent gender gap was seen in
employment and uncompensated labour, with 26% of women reporting loss of work compared
with 20% of men globally in September 2021. Women and girls were also more likely to drop out
of school and more likely to report an increase in gender-based violence than men and boys.(性别
差距最大、持续时间最长的是就业和无偿劳动领域，截至2021年9月，全球有26%的女性
报告失业，而男性的这一比例为20%。与男性和男孩相比，妇女和女孩更有可能辍学，更
有可能报告性别暴力的增加)”可知，研究表明新冠给女性带来了更多的负面的社会和经济
影响。由此可知，这些证据表明新冠似乎加剧了已经存在的社会和经济差异。即exacerbate
意为“加剧，使……恶化”，与worsen同义。故选D。
23．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“Economic impacts have affected women more than men
in some countries because they tend to be employed disproportionately in sectors harder-hit byCOVID-19, such as the hospitality industry or as domestic workers(在一些国家，经济影响对女
性的影响大于男性，因为她们往往在受COVID-19影响最严重的行业就业，如酒店业或家
庭佣工)”可知，更多女性在新冠期间失业是因为她们从事的行业更容易受到新冠的影响。C
项“越来越多的女性失去了工作，因为她们被男性取代了”描述错误。故选C。
24．主旨大意题。通读全文，并结合第一段的“The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
threatens to reverse decades of progress made towards gender equality, according to a global study
that reveals women have been hit much harder socially and economically than men. (一项全球研
究显示，2019冠状病毒病大流行的影响有可能逆转数十年来在性别平等方面取得的进展，
女性在社会和经济方面受到的打击要比男性严重得多)”以及第三段的“The evidence
suggests that COVID-19 has tended to exacerbate previously existing social and economic
disparities(有证据表明，新冠倾向于加剧先前存在的社会和经济差距)”可知，本文主要介绍
新的研究发现新冠导致女性在社会和经济方法受到更多的负面影响，加剧了性别不平等。
D项“COVID-19 Has Intensified Gender Inequalities(COVID-19加剧了性别不平等)”可以作
为本文的最佳标题。故选D。
25．C 26．D 27．B 28．B
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要介绍了名叫“从餐桌到农场”的运动，这是一项鼓
励人们吃本地种植植物的活动。
25．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“But there is also a movement that brings “table to farm”.
Its purpose is to connect people to the land and to honor local farmers by creating a sort of
restaurant without walls.(但也有一场将“餐桌到农场”的运动。它的目的是将人们与土地联
系起来，并通过创造一种没有围墙的餐厅来致敬当地的农民。)”可知，“从餐桌到农场”
运动的主要目的是向辛勤劳作的农民致敬。故选C项。
26．推理判断题。根据文章第四段“I went all the way across the United States and set the
table on farms, ranches (大牧场) and beaches, and all the places where food came from.(我走遍
了美国，把餐桌放在农场、牧场和海滩上，以及所有食物来源的地方。)”可知，“从餐桌
到农场”运动的发起人不会给农民们建餐厅，而是要让他们在户外享受美味。故选D项。
27．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“The food is wonderful. I appreciate their hard work. I
see everything they have to do to take care of the animals and make sure they are wellcaredfor.
Without them, I think, we’ll have big problems,(食物很好吃。我欣赏他们的辛勤工作。我看到他们为照顾动物所做的一切，并确保它们得到很好的照顾。没有他们，我想我们会有大问
题，)”可知，Annoica对农民工作的态度是感激的。故选B项。
28．推理判断题。通读全文，并结合第一段的“But there is also a movement that brings
“table to farm”. Its purpose is to connect people to the land and to honor local farmers by creating
a sort of restaurant without walls.(但也有一场将“餐桌到农场”的运动。它的目的是将人们
与土地联系起来，并通过创造一种没有围墙的餐厅来致敬当地的农民。)”可知，文章主要
介绍了“从餐桌到农场”这项活动，这是一项鼓励人们吃本地种植植物的活动。由此推知，
这类文章应该是新闻报道类文章，第一段作为新闻的导语。故选B项。
29．A 30．D 31．C 32．B
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章介绍了法国宠物护理公司AgroBiothers Laboratoire决
定停止销售特小的鱼缸。该公司认为把鱼放在没有增氧和过滤的小缸里是虐待行为。该公
司决定不再给顾客提供这种选择，因为他们认为这是一种责任。
29．细节理解题。根据第二段中“But it said it would no longer sell any fishbowls that hold
less than 15 liters of water. They will only offer four-sided ones.(但该公司表示，将不再销售容
量低于15升水的鱼缸。他们只提供四边的。)”以及第三段中“The company said it was
animal abuse(虐待)to put fish in small bowls without added oxygen and filtration.(该公司表示，
将鱼放在没有添加氧气和过滤的小碗中是虐待动物。过滤是用一种装置从水中去除小废物
的过程。)”可知，该公司表示，将鱼放在没有添加氧气和过滤的小碗中是虐待动物，因此
该公司表示，将不再销售容量低于15升水的鱼缸，即他们停止销售某些鱼缸是因为它们的
大小。故选A。
30．词义猜测题。根据划线词后面的内容“Turning round and round in a small bowl drives
fish crazy and kills them quickly(在一个小碗里转来转去，会让鱼发疯，很快就会死掉)”可知，
人们会冲动地给孩子买一条金鱼，但如果他们知道小鱼在一个小碗里转来转去，会让鱼发
疯，很快就会死掉，这对鱼来说是一种折磨，这样他们就不会这么做了。故划线词与D选
项“Suffering.(折磨，痛苦)”为同义词。故选D。
31．主旨大意题。根据第五段中“Goldfish can live up to 30 years and grow to about 25 cm in
large aquariums (养鱼缸) or outdoor ponds. (金鱼可以活到30岁，在大型水族馆或室外池塘
里可以长到25厘米左右。)”以及“Lambeaux said goldfish are social animals that need other
fish, lots of space and clean water.(兰比克斯说，金鱼是群居动物，需要其他鱼类、大量的空间和干净的水。)”可知，此处提到金鱼需要大量的空间和清洁的水，即本段主要谈论的是
金鱼适宜的生活环境，故选C。
32．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Lambeaux explained the company’s decision further by
saying, “We cannot educate all our customers by explaining that keeping fish in a bowl is terrible.
We consider that it is our responsibility to no longer give customers that choice.”(Lambeaux进一
步解释了公司的决定，他说：“我们不能通过解释把鱼放在碗里很糟糕来教育所有的顾客。
我们认为，我们有责任不再给客户这样的选择。”)”可知，公司更愿意做的是消除对金鱼
的伤害。 公司认为将金鱼放在小鱼缸中是一种折磨，所以他们决定不再提供这个选择。故
选B。
33．D 34．B 35．A 36．C
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章报道了一些地方方言正面临消失的危险，为了保护这
些方言，中国政府启动了“中国语言资源保护工程”。
33．推理判断题。根据第一段“Do you speak a dialect (方言) in daily life? While many
Chinese people speak Mandarin, some local dialects are in danger of disappearing. To save them,
the Chinese government started the Chinese Language Resources Protection Project a few years
ago.(你在日常生活中说方言吗?虽然许多中国人说普通话，但一些地方方言正面临消失的危
险。为了拯救它们，中国政府在几年前启动了汉语资源保护工程)”中“Do you speak a
dialect (方言) in daily life?”可知，作者用一个问题来引出本文要谈论的主题，所以作者是通
过问一个问题来开始这篇文章。故选D项。
34．主旨大意题。根据第三段“Why is it important to protect the dialect culture? According to
British linguist Harold Palmer, dialects are a key to store local cultures. Language faithfully shows
the history, the beliefs and the biases (偏见) of an area, he said.(为什么保护方言文化很重要?根
据英国语言学家哈罗德·帕尔默的说法，方言是储存当地文化的关键。他说，语言忠实地展
示了一个地区的历史、信仰和偏见)”可知，本段引用英国语言学家哈罗德·帕尔默的话来说
明为什么要保护方言。故选B项。
35．推理判断题。根据第四段中Zhang Hongming的话“For about over 10 years, in the Wu
dialect areas such as Shanghai and Suzhou, children aged 6 to 15 can understand but hardly speak
the dialect. Meanwhile, young people above 15years old sometimes speak it, but not very well. If
this keeps happening, the dialect might disappear(大约十多年来，在上海和苏州等吴语地区，6至15岁的孩子能听懂但几乎不会说方言。同时，15岁以上的年轻人有时会说英语，但不
是很好。如果这种情况持续下去，这种方言可能会消失)”可推知，张洪明认为吴语会消失，
他对此感到担忧。故选A项。
36．细节理解题。根据第二段中“This project looks at how people talk in 1,712 places.(这个
项目着眼于1712个地方的人们如何说话)”可知，这个项目研究了1712个地方的人们如何说
话。故选C项。
37．B 38．A 39．D 40．C
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要说明了百万女富豪俱乐部的创始人兼首席执行官
Jewel Tankard博士将参加周六在底特律举行的百万女富豪大会。该会议鼓励女性学习经济
学规则，实现经济独立，并自主创业。
37．细节理解题。根据第二段“Tankard thinks a millionairess is someone who desires more. It
has nothing to do with her present financial state. It has everything to do with her desiring more,
wanting more and believing in more.( Tankard认为，女百万富翁是渴望更多的人。这与她目
前的经济状况无关。这一切都与她渴望更多，想要更多，相信更多有关)”可知，在Tankard
看来，一个总是欲求更多的女人是百万富翁。故选B。
38．细节理解题。根据第三段“After their lives greatly changed, Tankard asked her mom what
her thoughts were during the process. Like many other women, her mother told her that she felt
that some different financial decisions should have been made but she finally left money decisions
up to her dad.(在他们的生活发生巨大变化后，坦卡德问她的母亲在这个过程中有什么想法。
像许多其他女性一样，她的母亲告诉她，她觉得应该做出一些不同的财务决定，但她最终
把钱的决定交给了父亲)”以及第四段“Tankard wants women to know they are able to become
educated about financial matters and that they have the ability to make sound financial choices.
( Tankard希望女性知道，她们能够接受财务方面的教育，并有能力做出明智的财务选择)”
可知，是妈妈的话促使Tankard关注女性的经济状况。故选A。
39．细节理解题。根据第四段“Tankard wants women to know they are able to become
educated about financial matters and that they have the ability to make sound financial choices.
Just because a man is a man, it doesn’t make him a better financial manager. Women should learn
to trust their financial instincts and step up concerning money matters.(坦卡德希望女性知道，她
们能够接受财务方面的教育，并有能力做出明智的财务选择。仅仅因为男人是男人，这并不会让他成为更好的财务经理。女性应该学会相信自己的理财直觉，并在金钱问题上有所
作为)”可知，女性应该做财务决定因为她们有能力做出明智的财务选择。故选D。
40．推理判断题。根据最后一段“The Millionairess Conference is held to help ordinary
women lead extraordinary lives by arming attendees with the knowledge and tools needed to take
control of their finances. It works on providing financial advice to help women achieve
generational wealth.(“女百万富翁大会”旨在帮助普通女性过上不平凡的生活，为与会者提
供管理财务所需的知识和工具。它致力于提供财务建议，帮助女性实现世代财富)”可推知，
“女百万富翁大会”大会的目的是引导妇女经济独立。故选C。
