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1、Hiking, a form of exercise older than exercise itself, is so hot right now. Hiking allows them to connect with nature.

Hiking offers all the cardiovascular (心血管的) benefits of walking, but the rough road does more to strengthen the leg and core muscles, which in turn boosts balance and stability. If you want to build upper-body strength, you can wear a weighted backpack and use trekking poles.

One small 2015 study found that people who walked in nature for 90 minutes were less likely to be at a risk factor for depression — than those who walked in an urban environment. Even short hikes can reduce tension and improve mood.

Choosing the right trail can make your experience more enjoyable. Some trails are easy and suitable for beginners, while others are more challenging. Many experienced hikers suggest starting with well-marked paths before attempting more difficult routes.

While the rewards are great, hiking does carry some risks. Taking a few simple safety precautions can help to ensure you get back safe and sound. Hiking alone can be peaceful, but it is often safer to go with a group or a friend. Leave a note on your car dashboard with your route so if you're not back by sunset, rangers will know where to find you. To avoid injury, don't push yourself too hard or fast through more challenging trails.

A. Spending time in nature is linked to lower stress.

B. It also generally burns more calories than walking.

C. Wearing proper hiking shoes can improve comfort.

D. A growing number of people prefer to hit the trails.

E. Remember: the point is to see the views and smell the flowers.

F. Checking the trail's difficulty in advance is vital to ensure a suitable trip.

G. Unlike run, hiking lets people slow down and admire their surroundings.

2、At a Berlin trade fair for sustainability, a new gadget (小物件) caught Waltraud Berg's eye — a solar panel small enough to be simply installed on the side of a balcony to feed energy produced by the sun directly into her home.

"I was absolutely thrilled to learn that such a thing even existed, that you can generate your own power and be more independent, " said Ms. Berg, a retiree who installed several panels on the balcony of her Berlin apartment by herself.

Each lightweight panel produces only enough electricity to charge a laptop or run a small refrigerator. But in homes across Germany, they are powering a quiet transformation, bringing the green revolution into the hands of people without requiring them to make a large investment, find an electrician or use heavy tools.

Over 500, 000 of the systems have already been set up across Germany, and new laws that relaxed rules around solar panel installation have contributed to a boom in use.

"We are seeing a continuous increase in solar installations in particular, " said Klaus Müller, president of the agency. "Compared to the total capacity at the end of 2023, almost 10 percent more solar capacity was added. Of that, two-thirds was installed on buildings, which includes balcony systems. "

"Some of the solar panels sold in Germany are made by European companies, but most are produced in China, " said Nicholas, an analyst with Rystad Energy. "Small-scale panels have benefited from the same economies of scale that China's solar manufacturing system has at its disposal. "

"We are seeing more diversity, more older people and more women, " said Christian, founder of an enterprise that promotes small-scale solar use. A growing user group is young people with families who are concerned about climate change.

"They say they want to make a contribution, " Mr. Christian said. "Even if it amounts to savings of less than €100 a year, they will gladly take it because it's for the next generation. "

3、Olga Khazan, a writer at the Atlantic magazine, argues that what we think of as our personality is not something innate. In "Me, but Better", Ms. Khazan records her attempts to change elements of her own personality by adjusting the so-called big-five qualities, such as openness and extroversion (外向).

Ms. Khazan's goal is to transform herself, over the course of one year, from a disagreeable introvert into a sunnier, livelier, more friendly extrovert. An enjoyable life seems well worth a bit of effort. She forces herself to take risks in improvisational comedy. She sets about throwing parties. She practices mindfulness. She feeds the homeless.

While exploring "the science and promise of personality change", the author is humorously open about her embarrassing efforts to break away from her familiar self. She admits joylessness and short-temper. Her openness has the effect of getting readers on her side. We're supporting her and, to be honest, we're supporting ourselves, too.

Yet let's say we can: Let's say we manage to adjust our big-five personality qualities so that we enhance our positive parts and reduce our deficiencies. How would we even know? One of the difficulties that any self-reformer faces is in measuring how much change his or her efforts have achieved. Ms. Khazan gets around this problem by regularly assessing her personality via a particular academic website. She uses the site's free questionnaire, takes the test again and tracks the changes regularly.

There is a lot of common sense here. Fake it until you make it. Your emotions follow your actions. Also: Other people are paying less attention to you than you imagine. It should be admitted that Ms. Khazan's stories, though rich in funny real-life examples, is pretty thin on science. But it's an entertaining read — and encouraging too.

4、As a scientist, Sara Cox realizes the dangers her beloved birds face. As an artist, she wants to help everyone else understand too.

Sara stops walking and points excitedly over the drystone wall into the field beyond. There, walking among the wandering sheep, is a lapwing, the official bird of the North Pennines. "They are brilliant," Sara says, a smile across her face as she watches the small bird peck grass. Early spring marks the return of lapwings to Teesdale, where Sara's family has lived for two decades.

Sara is out for one of her regular walks for inspiration, making drafts and mental notes to help her with her work. She specializes in making life-size bird sculptures out of wire, and some of her sculptures are installed on a nature road around Durham Wildlife Trust's reserve at Low Barns near Bishop Auckland.

"It's about drawing attention to certain birds," she says, adding: "A lot of the birds I've made have been endangered or are on the red list."

"I'm very conscious the birds that come up here are dropping in number. The environmental impact of what we do on birds is pretty severe, so anything I can do that makes people feel emotion or interest when they look at a sculpture is good for the environment."

Sara has science degrees from Aberystwyth, Sheffield and Durham, including one in zoology. But she also has a lifelong love of art and passion for creating things. Chirpy, one of the birds she made, recently spent a few weeks in London as part of the Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition.

"It was an absolute treat to go down and they displayed him beautifully," Sara says, "People said to me ‘can you bear to let him go' and I was thinking ‘yeah, absolutely', because that' s the point of making these things."

5、Sixty years after the classic family movie The Sound of Music, fans still flock to Salzburg to explore the origins of the singing Trapp family's story.

A taste of The Sound of Music

Guests staying at the Hotel Hyperion can have a three-course meal inspired by The Sound of Music — thanks to Michael Daus, the executive chef of Gaumenfreund, the hotel's on-site restaurant. Part art, part sculpture, and part deconstruction, each component of the meal is a nod to the movie, Alpine culture, or the original Trapp family.

Take a singing bicycle tour

Ideal for a family, Maria's Bicycles offers a 3. 5-hour singing bicycle tour through all the major movie locations. Photo stops include the Mozart Bridge (where Maria and the children point at their favorite sights), Mirabell Gardens (from the famous "Do-Re-Mi" song), and the Felsenreitschule — the theater where the family sings "So Long" after winning the 1938 Salzburg Summer Festival.

Stay at Schloss Leopoldskron

Fans can check into Schloss Leopoldskron where scenes were filmed, including when viewers see Baron von Trapp and Baroness Schraeder drink pink lemonade, Maria and the children fall out of their boat, and Maria return from the abbey. However, the Venetian ballroom, staircase, and main foyer were reproduced in Hollywood.

Recreate a famous scene

Visitors to Salzburg can also take the Mönchsberg elevator or walk three miles to the Winkler Terrace, located by the Modern Museum of Salzburg. Fans can recreate the "Do-Re-Mi" scene. The view of the Salzach River and the old city center make a perfect backdrop for an Instagram-worthy snapshot.

6、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。

Kevin was pretty bored. His mother was at work, and his father had been away on business. Therefore, he was left in the care of Mrs. Hill, an old lady who lived next door. His parents had raised the 12-year-old to be a good boy. He never got into trouble, though sometimes he wanted to do risky things. Mrs. Hill was asleep. Kevin sighed (叹息) and hoped something exciting would happen. Suddenly, a movement outside caught his eye.

Mrs. Hill's front window faced Mr. and Mrs. Green's house across the street. The couple had both gone to work, so it was strange that someone was over there. Kevin stared at the man at their front door. Suddenly, the man jumped through an open window into the house. With his heart in his mouth, Kevin grabbed Mrs. Hill's home phone and called the police.

Thinking that the man might get away with whatever he wanted before the police arrived, Kevin decided to do something. He rushed out of Mrs. Hill's house and crossed the street quickly. Grabbing a branch from a cut-down tree, he jumped in through the window. "Stop right there! You must leave right now!" he called out, holding the branch with both hands.

The man froze for a second, but when he saw the skinny boy he breathed a sigh of relief. "Hey, kid, put that down. It was my home. My parents used to live here and my father's watch was here," he explained, trying to lift a floorboard.

At that moment, the sounds of a police car echoed (回响) in the air. The man stood up in a panic, then ran through the house toward the window and jumped out. Kevin followed out and told the arriving police officers what had happened. They pursued and arrested the man.

Kevin went back to Mrs. Hill's house. Somehow he wasn't sure he had done the right thing. "What if he has told the truth?" he thought to himself. The man's words sounded pretty convincing.

注意：

(1) 续写词数应为150左右；

(2) 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1: When Mr. and Mrs. Green got home, Kevin went to talk to them.

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Paragraph 2: Kevin and Mr. Green took the watch they had found to the police station.

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7、你将参加英语课上的"一分钟演讲"活动。请你针对部分同学在校园内用手机拍摄短视频的现象写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：

(1) 陈述看法；

(2) 提出建议。

注意：

(1) 写作词数应为80左右；

(2) 请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。

My Views on Filming Short Videos on Campus

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8、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。

The price of fashion — economically and environmentally — has led to the rise of new way of dressing, and it's beginning to take off in Australia, too. As people now choose to wear more clothes fewer (time), clothing rental services have become increasingly popular.

"I think it's an amazing idea," says Tanya Perilli, who owns a clothing rental shop. "Customers today look past the fact that something is secondhand and focus instead the fact that they have something unique to wear are not overstuffing their own wardrobes (衣柜) or contributing to landfill."

Tanya's shop offers fashion clothes for women (rent) rather than purchase them outright, providing a less expensive (solve) to one-time event dressing. The concept (be) certainly not new — men have been renting good suits for decades — but for female shoppers, it is just taking off. This clothing-as-service model follows the broader societal movement towards shared economies.

Tanya is also looking beyond special-occasion dresses to less formal clothing, she plans to package as capsule wardrobes and offer to travellers, such as those headed to weddings abroad, with a longer-term rental period. "I really want to make this work for (people) lives today, and I know that doesn't always mean (return) a dress on the Monday after a special weekend," she says.

9、One of the most common mistakes in communication is trying to do too much. There's no value in delivering any kind of communication, whether written, spoken, formal, or informal, if the message doesn't come across clearly. Being clear and brief — while maintaining interest and including everything your listeners need to know — is a high-level communication skill.

Here are some tips worth following in order to communicate more effectively.

Keep your audience in mind.

Your audience will naturally be more interested and engaged when you tailor your communications to their interests. This will engage their desire to understand and interact with the information.

Don't use ten words when one will do.

Even the most engaged and committed audience will eventually get bored. Keeping your message simple and clear will make it easier for people to understand. However, they're hearing it for the first time. Keep it simple.

If you've ever worked as an instructor, manager, trainer or coach, you'll know that there are few better ways to learn new information than to teach it. Ask the audience to contribute their ideas or to take a role in explaining new concepts and policies to others. Allow them to lead discussions and meetings to develop their communication skills.

Consider the best method to deliver your message.

If the information you're communicating isn't urgent, consider sending an email. Written communication will give your audience more time to review it, think it over, and follow up with questions.        

Building effective communication skills takes time, but the effects are worth the effort.

A. Be patient.

B. Get the audience involved.

C. The best messages are often simple.

D. Speak directly to what matters to them.

E. You may be surprised by what your listeners offer.

F. It will also give them a handy record to refer back to.

G. As the speaker, you already know what you're going to say.

10、When I was a child I was often told what not to eat. "You don't want to get fat" was on constant repeat throughout my childhood. It really messed up my relationship with food — something that took me years to overcome. Because of this, I'm careful not to connect what my kids weigh with their worth as people. I encourage my daughter to make healthy snack choices and often dissuade (劝阻) her from a second dessert. But one day when I heard her saying "I think I'm too fat," my heart sank. It made me wonder if giving her advice on snacks was having an unintentionally negative impact.

According to Charlotte Markey, a professor of psychology, food is one of the rare subjects where, as parents, saying less is more. "There are so many things in parenting that are good to talk through, but I'm not convinced that food is one of them," she says. "It just creates some worries and insecurities in kids that aren't necessarily healthy."

Instead, she recommends applying a well-known concept among nutrition experts called the "Division of Responsibility," where parents provide a variety of mostly healthy foods to their kids at fixed times, and the kids themselves decide what and how much they want to consume — even if that means occasionally eating more cookies than carrots.

Allowing kids to eat what they want also exposes them to the natural consequences of their decisions. "When your child says, ‘My stomach hurts,' you can say, ‘Well you had a lot of sugary foods and you might feel better if you made some other choices,'" says Markey. "Let them feel like they have some control over it."

I've been trying out these strategies and I've found that when I'm less restrictive, they do make better decisions. "Feeding is a long game," says Markey. "The food you have available makes a huge difference. Even if they don't eat it, they' re seeing it. And then all of a sudden it clicks."

11、听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

12、听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

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15、听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

16、What is the man going to do tomorrow?

17、Where does the conversation take place?

18、How does the woman probably feel now?

19、What are the speakers talking about?

20、What does the man plan to do?