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Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice seedlings(幼苗)aboard the Tiangong space station and this experiment may offer key insights into how astronauts can grow food to support long—term space missions, experts said on Monday. This experiment is the first to produce the complete life cycle of the plant, which begins with a seed and ends with a mature plant producing new seeds.
The breakthrough was conducted in the Wentian space laboratory, which was launched into orbit on July 24, 2022. Three astronauts were conducting the experiment smoothly and testing the plants according to the plan.
“The rice seedlings are growing very well,” said Zheng Huiqiong, a researcher of the task, adding that the experiment also contained seedlings of a small flowering plant often used by scientists to study mutations(变异). “The astronauts will keep monitoring the plants, and if it is successful, they will collect the newly produced seeds and bring them back to Earth for further studies,” she noted
The flowering stage is crucial for plant reproductive development. “We want to investigate how microgravity can affect the plant flowering time and whether it is possible to use the microgravity environment to control the related process,” she said.
Since the 1980s, China has been taking seeds of rice and other crops to space to help them mutate and produce higher yields once they were planted on Earth. But growing rice in orbit is a different challenge due to the tough conditions of space such as microgravity and lack of air.
Rice has been a main food for astronauts since the early days of space exploration. Freeze—dried chicken and rice was the menu for the Apollo 11 mission, which carried the first humans to land on the moon in July 1969.
“But if we want to land on and explore Mars, bringing food from Earth is not enough to provide for the astronauts’ long journey and mission in space. We have to find a food source for long term space explorations,” Zheng added.
1．What’s the significance of Chinese recent space rice experiment?
A．It enables human beings to move to another planet.
B．It helps people get a better idea of the human life cycle.
C．It inspires more other countries to do space explorations
D．It makes it possible to carry out long—term space missions
2．What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A．The mutation. B．The experiment. C．The exploration. D．The space mission.
3．Why have crop seeds been brought to space since the last century?
A．To promote genetic changes and increase crop harvest.
B．To figure out how to create an earth—like environment.
C．To study the impact of microgravity on crop growth.
D．To develop new crop species with strong ability to adapt.
4．Where is the text most probably from?
A．A medical report. B．A fashion magazine.
C．A science newspaper. D．A history book.
Carbon dioxide emissions from transportation are now thought as the top source of green—house gases. One of the most effective ways to reduce your carbon footprint is to reconsider how much, and how often, you travel.
Going car free for a year could save about 2.6 tons of carbon dioxide, according to a study from the University of British Columbia. How can you stop using a car? Try taking a train, bus or better yet, riding a bike.
But let’s be realistic. You will likely need to use a car this year. So, when you do, here are some tips to make your trip more climate—friendly. Driving efficiently can help to reduce emissions. Go easy on the gas and brakes and drive like you have an egg under your foot. Regularly service your car to keep it more efficient. Keeping your tires pumped correctly can reduce emissions. Low tire pressure will hurt your fuel economy. Air conditioning and frequent city driving can make emissions go up So cut down on these as often as possible. Use cruise control(定速巡航)on long drives—in most cases, this can help to save gas. Don’t weigh your car down with extra things that you don’t need on your trip.
Fly often? Taking one fewer long round—trip flight could reduce your personal carbon footprint significantly. If you use public transportation often and fly less, your carbon foot print might still be relatively sustainable, but if you drive and fly a lot, your emissions will be higher. If you can’t avoid flying, you can offset them by donating money to sustainable projects, such as supplying efficient stoves to rural homes, or projects which help farmers deal with crop waste environmentally.
5．What does the author think of going car free?
A．Efficient. B．Costly. C．Impractical. D．Reliable.
6．Which can be adopted to save fuel of your car?
A．Maintaining your car properly.
B．Using cruise control in the city.
C．Stepping hard on the gas and brakes.
D．Getting rid of all the necessary loads.
7．What does the underlined word “offset” in paragraph 4 mean?
A．Put up with. B．Team up with. C．Set foot in. D．Make up for.
8．Which is the best title for the text?
A．Lower carbon footprint in transportation
B．How to reduce your carbon footprint
C．Reduce carbon footprint by all means
D．How to save fuel when driving cars
Four Best Language Exchange Apps
HelloTalk
HelloTalk is a language exchange application that allows you to talk with others from around the world for free. You can write a brief summary about yourself in your profile（简介）, choose your native language and select the language and level that you’re currently learning. Then you’re able to search for native language partners from around the world! What sets HelloTalk apart from similar apps is that native speakers can edit your messages and correct your grammar while you chat together.
Lext Talk
Lext Talk is an application that allows users to connect with people from around the world. Once your profile is complete, you can select which language you speak and which language you’d like to learn. A very convenient feature that Lext Talk offers is its map. Users can use Lext Talk’s map to search for language partners in their areas, or find a partner in a specific region.
Doongle
Like the feature of Lext Talk but you have an Android phone? Don’t worry, there’s a similar app for all Android users too! Doongle allows its users to share voice messages, photos and more. Like Lext Talk, Doongle also has a map feature. Doongle offers a particular group chat feature, where you can talk about English grammar or share tips on how to make a pizza with others.
italki
With italki, you get to choose your teachers based on your interests and goals. You pay per lesson but you get what you pay for. You can choose to take lessons anytime and anywhere to your liking. If you don’t know which teacher to choose, don’t worry. All teachers will have a video introduction of themselves and you could also judge by looking through previous re—views from students.
9．What’s special about HelloTalk?
A．It is the best application to learn grammar.
B．Users’ errors can be corrected in the message.
C．HelloTalk offers quality lessons at a low price.
D．Users can choose language partners by gender.
10．Which offers professional guidance to a language learner?
A．HelloTalk. B．Lext Talk. C．Doongle. D．italki.
11．What can be inferred from the text?
A．Doongle doesn’t have a map feature.
B．HelloTalk doesn’t offer a text chat feature.
C．Lext Talk is not suitable for Android users.
D．italki doesn’t offer much detail of teachers.
In Yakutia, Siberia, temperatures drop to as low as -71℃. It is actually one of the coldest places on earth. Located a few hundred miles outside the Arctic Circle, The Republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutiya or Yakut-Sakhat, is now the largest republic in Russia.
Fur(毛皮) hats and thick coats are surely required. Thick fur boots, gloves, and anything else to avoid frostbite is highly encouraged.
People of Yakutia are so used to the cold that they even have an open air market where they can shop for meat and fish. The best part is that they don’t need those huge freezers to keep the meat. Sellers remain outdoors for the entire day in the freezing winds.
And if you think there’s no way to have fun in such a tough environment, think again. They love ice fishing and ice swimming. They actually take off all their clothes and put on their swimwear before swimming in the freezing waters.
It’s so cold outside that some people don’t need freezers anymore. Pipes are left outside as well since they cannot be laid out under the ground because of the hard soil. Other people make do with blocks of ice that they cut from the rivers for free water. Toilet duties are handled outside. Just be sure to do everything quickly.
It’s not always freezing as summer can hit +40℃ though it is short and dry. It is among the coldest cities in the world. Visitors need to do a lot of research and preparations before spending a few days in Yakutia, though it certainly is an interesting place to experience!
12．What can be learned from paragraph 1?
A．Yakutia is larger than Russia.
B．Yakutia is actually the coldest place on earth.
C．The temperature in Yakutia is always -71℃ in winter.
D．Yakutia is located a few hundred miles outside the Arctic Circle.
13．What does the underlined word “frostbite” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A．Frozen injury. B．High fever.
C．Going out. D．Falling down because of icy road.
14．What do people in Yakutia like to do for fun?
A．Cut blocks of ice for water.
B．Sell fish and meat in open air.
C．Go ice fishing and ice swimming.
D．Handle toilet duties outside quickly.
15．Where can the text be found?
A．In a science report. B．On a tour website.
C．In a sports magazine. D．In an entertainment newspaper.
Recordings (录音) of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says. Beehives (蜂窝) either recorded or real may even prevent elephants from damaging farmer’s crops.
Years ago, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them. Today, Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might stop elephants from eating crops. But before she asked farmers to set up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the bees would frighten elephants away.
Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set up a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life. Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry bees had calmed down. Next, Lucy searched out elephant families in Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya and put a speaker in a tree close to each family.
From a distance, Lucy turned on the pre-recorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video camera. Half the elephant groups left the area within ten seconds. Out of a total of 17 groups, only one group didn’t react to the sound of the angry bees. Lucy reported that all the young elephants immediately ran to their mothers to hide under them. When Lucy played the sound of a waterfall (瀑布) instead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families, the animals were undisturbed. Even after four minutes, most of the groups stayed in one place.
Lucy is now studying whether the elephants will continue to avoid the sound of angry bees after hearing it several times. She hasn’t tested enough groups yet to know and she has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephants are frightened away.
16．Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive?
A．To record the sound of angry bees. B．To make a video of elephants.
C．To see if elephants would run away. D．To find out more about the behavior of bees.
17．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Groups of elephants will make bees angry.
B．Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one place.
C．Elephants do not go near trees with bees living in them.
D．Young elephants ignore African honeybees.
18．According to the passage, Lucy ________.
A．works by herself in Africa
B．needs to test more elephant groups
C．has stopped elephants eating crops
D．has got farmers to set up beehives on their farms
19．What can be the title of the passage?
A．Bees are the King of the Forest B．How to Keep Elephants Away
C．Don’t Get Close to Angry Bees D．Angry Bees Frighten Big Elephants Away
The example of a foreign teacher who volunteered to help fight the wildfires in Chongqing’s Beibei District with other local residents has touched many.
In the unbearable heat and drought conditions, multiple wildfires hit parts of Chongqing. On Sunday night, a forest fire broke out and spread in Beibei District. The local government issued an urgent call for volunteers with certain skills and experience, such as chain saw（链锯）operation, to join in the firefighting. Chain saws were used to create fire barriers.
“I was happy to help,” said Francis Stonier, a professor in a university. “I used to cut trees around my yard and neighborhood and had volunteered many times in the US in the past.”
Stonier found a translator—50-year-old He Wu, a foreign language professor—who also signed up to fight fires. Soon after arriving at the volunteer area, the pair were assigned to one of the chain saw groups—examining and adjusting chain saws.
“Stonier is responsible and focused, and is doing a really good job,” said He, adding that Stonier checked each chain saw carefully, to see if it was too tight or too loose. “Wherever I went, the volunteers and local residents gave me a big thumbs-up. It was an unforgettable experience,” Stonier said.
Thanks to the joint efforts of fire and rescue workers, as well as volunteers and residents, the scaring wildfire in Beibei had been put out as of Thursday night.
“It was great to see such an outpouring of help in the extreme heat,” Stonier said, noting that he was impressed with the number of locals who came to help. Motorcyclists gave up their jobs to transport materials and people up and down the mountains. Others gave their time to carry heavy supplies, prepare and serve meals or help organize.
20．What caused the outbreak of the forest fire in Beibei District?
A．The extreme heat and drought.
B．The local area being short of water.
C．The existence of enough oil materials.
D．The lack of people guarding the forest.
21．Why was Stonier accepted to participate in the firefighting?
A．He was capable of creating fire barriers.
B．He was experienced in chain saw operation.
C．He was determined to become a firefighter.
D．He showed no consideration for his own safety.
22．Which words can best describe Stonier?
A．Determined and creative. B．Generous and independent.
C．Devoted and courageous. D．Humorous and passionate.
23．What message does the author intend to convey in the last paragraph?
A．To care is to help. B．Many hands make light work.
C．Dare to challenge and achieve yourself. D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Polar bears generally use sea ice to hunt (捕猎), but a newly discovered group has found another way. An isolated (与世隔绝的) population of polar bears has been discovered in a fjord (峡湾) in southeast Greenland, which is free of sea ice for most of the year. Polar bear generally need sea ice to survive, so the discovery is raising hopes that some kinds of the polar bears might survive the loss of sea ice caused by global warming.
Researchers found the population living in a fjord in the southeast Greenland, which is surrounded by mountains and an ice sheet to the west, and ocean to the east. The sea-ice coverage lasts for only around 100 days each year. With sea ice in the fjord becoming smaller because of global warming, the whole group were expected to die out by the end of this century.
But the isolated population has found a way to hunt without sea ice. The group, about 27 adult females, has been isolated from other polar bear populations along Greenland’s east coast for at least 200 years.
Tracking data from marked bears proves that they don’t move far. For example, when members of the group went out of the fjord, the ice on which they sat sometimes got caught in the rapid water flow. “Whenever this happened, they would get stuck and then, they would have to jump off, swim to the beach and walk back home empty-handed,” says lead author Kristin Laidre, an animal ecologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Though the researchers failed to video their hunting without sea ice, the existence of this small population in conditions of low sea-ice coverage suggests there is a chance that the population can survive, even as sea ice flows away to farther north each year.
24．What have the newly discovered polar bears found?
A．A place filled with ice sheets.
B．A way to hunt without sea ice.
C．A way to track sea ice flowing away.
D．An ice sheet caught in the rapid water flow.
25．Why were polar bears in the fjord expected to die out?
A．They are being hunted by human.
B．They have lost their source of food.
C．They can’t stand the increasing heat.
D．The sea ice there is becoming smaller.
26．What can be inferred from the text?
A．The bears can swim very far to hunt for food.
B．Kristin Laidre is negative about the future of the group.
C．Once the group went out of the fjord, they might get into trouble.
D．If the bears got caught in the rapid water flow, they wouldn’t go home.
27．Which is the most suitable title for the text?
A．Polar bear population can survive without sea ice
B．Sea ice is becoming smaller because of the global warming
C．Polar bear population may die out because of the global warming
D．A newly discovered polar bear population has been stuck in a fjord
When you are about to go to a boarding school in England, there are many different questions that may come to mind. But once you look at them with some perspective, you will certainly feel easy. Here is a normal boarding day.
Early Morning:
Usually boarders get up around 7: 00 am and have around an hour to take a shower and put on their uniform before breakfast.
Lessons:
Classes start at 9: 00 am and every lesson lasts for 50 minutes. After two lessons, at 10: 40 am, you’ll have a short break. The next period of classes will include two more lessons.
Lunch:
Lunch is usually held around 12: 30 pm at the dining hall, where you’ll join your friends to enjoy a hot dish. After an hour of lunch, you’ll have three or four more lessons to attend.
Dinner:
At 5: 00 pm you will have finished your school lessons for the day. Most boarding schools in the UK offer their full boarders different kinds of hot meals to choose from.
Activities/ Sports:
All boarding schools in the UK provide many different kinds of activities for their boarders, such as football, swimming, golf or art.
Prep:
An important part of boarding school life is the supervised homework session known as “prep”. Although prep might sound stressful, it’s a great way for you to keep up with your studies.
Free time:
Once you are done with all your classes and activities, it’s time to relax.
Bedtime:
In most boarding schools, the lights go out around 10: 30 pm.
Being nervous just before you go to a boarding school is completely normal and understandable. Hopefully, being aware of the usual routine you’ll be following can help you. Once you are there, you will also see how exciting life in a boarding school in England can be.
28．What do we know about boarding schools in England from the text?
A．Classes usually start at 8: 30 am.
B．They don’t give students any free time.
C．They turn off the lights around 10:30 pm.
D．Students can have a short break after four lessons.
29．What can help you keep up with your studies in the boarding school?
A．Doing activities. B．Having lessons.
C．Enjoying free time. D．Supervised homework sessions.
30．What is the purpose of the text?
A．To help students know about boarders’ life.
B．To attract more students to boarding schools.
C．To introduce a new school life.
D．To advertise for boarding schools.
Online, English has become a common language for users from around the world. In the process, the language itself is changing. There are now thought to be some 4.5 billion web pages worldwide. Some language experts predict that within 10 years English will occupy the internet — but in forms very different to what we accept and recognize as English today.
That’s because people who speak English as a second language already outnumber native speakers. And increasingly, they use it to communicate with other non-native speakers, particularly on the internet where less attention is paid to grammar and spelling and users don’t have to worry about their accent (口音).
Users of Facebook already socialize in a number of different “Englishes” including Indian English, Spanish English and Korean English. While these different styles have long existed within their cultures, they’re now expanding and coming online. Technology companies are introducing newly-developed English words with products aimed at enabling users to add words that are not already in the English dictionary. And most large companies have English websites, while smaller businesses are learning that they need a common language — English — to reach global customers.
The increasing popularity of the internet allows more languages to develop quickly. “Most people actually speak several languages — it’s less common to only speak one,” says Mr. Munro. “English has taken its place as the world’s common language, but it’s not pushing out other languages.” Instead, other languages are pushing their way into English, and in the process creating something new.
31．Which of the following is NOT true about online communication?
A．People need to spell exactly. B．Grammar is not so important.
C．People do not care about their accent. D．Most English-speakers are not native speakers.
32．What can we infer from the text?
A．We can only communicate online in English.
B．It’s impossible to find all the English words in the dictionary.
C．Some technology companies start to publish English dictionaries.
D．Smaller businesses are not allowed to have English websites.
33．What can we learn from what Mr. Munro said?
A．The other languages are enriching English.
B．One can’t live well without speaking several languages.
C．English will become the only language in the world.
D．Chinese used to be the world’s common language.
34．What does the text mainly talk about?
A．English is a common language around the world.
B．There are now many different language styles.
C．English language is developing with the Internet.
D．Smaller businesses are learning a common language.
It’s a struggle to learn a second language at any age. Now, in a new study, scientist have found out the exact age after which your chances of reaching fluency in a second language seem to plummet: 10.
The study published in the journal Cognition, found that it’s “nearly impossible” for language learners to reach native-level fluency if they start learning a second language after age 10. “It turns out you’re still learning fast,” says study co-author Joshua Hartshorne. “It’s just that you run out of time, because your ability to learn starts dropping at around 17 or 18 years old,” People who start a few years after age 10 may still become quite good at a language, the authors say, but they are unlikely to become fluent.
Kids may be better than adults at learning new languages for sound reasons. Children’s brains are more plastic than those of adults, meaning they’re better able to adapt and respond to new information. Kids may also be more willing to try new things than adults are. Their comparatively new understanding of their native language may also be advantageous.
These findings may seem discouraging, but it was inspiring for scientists to learn that the key period for fluent language learning might be longer than previously thought. Some scientists believed that the window begins to close shortly after birth, while others made it longer to very early childhood. Compared with those judgments, age 17 or 18—when language learning ability starts to drop off—seems relatively old.
For this study, the researchers created an online test promising to guess people’s native language and home country based on their responses to English grammar questions. Almost 670,000 people took it, giving the researchers huge amounts of data from English speakers of many ages and backgrounds. Examining the responses and grammar mistakes allowed them to made unusually exact judgments about language learning.
35．What does the underlined word “plummet” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．Appear gradually. B．Increase greatly.
C．Double suddenly. D．Drop sharply.
36．What can we learn from the study?
A．Adults’ learning ability can boost their second language.
B．All these new findings are quite discouraging for scientists.
C．Children are at an advantage in acquiring a new language.
D．People have different key periods for mastering a language.
37．What does the last paragraph mainly focus on?
A．The process of the study. B．The findings of the study.
C．The subject of the study. D．The purpose of the study.
38．What’s the best title of the text?
A．Never Too Early to Learn New Languages
B．Better to Learn a New Language Before Age 10
C．Never Say Die When Learning a New Language
D．Best Ways to Improve the Second Language Fluency
参考答案：
1．D
2．B
3．A
4．C
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了中国宇航员在天宫空间站成功种植水稻幼苗，这项实验可能为宇航员如何种植粮食以支持长期太空任务提供关键见解。
1．细节理解题。根据第一段“Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice seedlings(幼苗)aboard the Tiangong space station and this experiment may offer key insights into how astronauts can grow food to support long—term space missions, experts said on Monday.( 专家周一表示，中国宇航员已经成功地在天宫空间站上种植水稻幼苗，这一实验可能为宇航员如何种植食物以支持长期太空任务提供关键见解。)” 中国最近的太空水稻实验使执行长期太空任务成为可能，故选D。
2．词句猜测题。根据第三段““The rice seedlings are growing very well,” said Zheng Huiqiong, a researcher of the task, adding that the experiment also contained seedlings of a small flowering plant often used by scientists to study mutations(变异).( “水稻幼苗长得很好，”该任务的研究员郑慧琼说，他补充说，该实验还包含了一种小型开花植物的幼苗，科学家经常用它来研究突变)”可知如果实验成功，他们将收集新产生的种子，并将它们带回地球进行进一步研究。故此处的it指代实验，故选B。
3．推理判断题。根据第五段“Since the 1980s, China has been taking seeds of rice and other crops to space to help them mutate and produce higher yields once they were planted on Earth.(自20世纪80年代以来，中国一直在将水稻和其他作物的种子带到太空，帮助它们在地球上种植后发生突变，从而产生更高的产量。)”可推断自上个世纪以来农作物种子被带到太空，促进基因变化，提高作物产量。故选A。
4．推理判断题。根据第一段“Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice seedlings(幼苗)aboard the Tiangong space station and this experiment may offer key insights into how astronauts can grow food to support long—term space missions, experts said on Monday.( 专家周一表示，中国宇航员已经成功地在天宫空间站上种植水稻幼苗，这一实验可能为宇航员如何种植食物以支持长期太空任务提供关键见解。)”可知文章是关于科学的一篇报道，故选C。
5．C
6．A
7．D
8．A
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了如何选择适当的出行方式，降低运输中的碳足迹。
5．推理判断题。根据第二段“How can you stop using a car? Try taking a train, bus or better yet, riding a bike.(你怎么能不开车呢？试着坐火车、公共汽车或者骑自行车。)”可知，作者认为不开汽车是不实际的，故选C。
6．推理判断题。根据第三段“Low tire pressure will hurt your fuel economy. Air conditioning and frequent city driving can make emissions go up So cut down on these as often as possible. Use cruise control（定速巡航）on long drives—in most cases, this can help to save gas. Don’t weigh your car down with extra things that you don’t need on your trip.( 轮胎气压过低会影响你的燃油经济性。空调和频繁的城市驾驶会使排放上升，所以尽可能减少这些排放。在长途驾驶中使用巡航控制——在大多数情况下，这可以帮助节省汽油。不要给你的车添置旅途中不需要的额外物品。)”可知适当的保养汽车可以节省汽车的燃油，故选A。
7．词义猜测题。根据第四段“by donating money to sustainable projects, such as supplying efficient stoves to rural homes, or projects which help farmers deal with crop waste environmentally.(你可以通过向可持续发展项目捐款，比如为农村家庭提供高效炉具，或者帮助农民环保地处理作物废物的项目。)”可知上文意思是如果你不能避免坐飞机，你可以通过向可持续发展项目捐款来抵消这些损失，所以offset意为弥补，A. Put up with.容忍；B. Team up with.提出；C. Set foot in.踏上；D. Make up for.弥补，故选D。
8．主旨大意题。根据第一段“Carbon dioxide emissions from transportation are now thought as the top source of green—house gases. One of the most effective ways to reduce your carbon footprint is to reconsider how much, and how often, you travel. (交通运输排放的二氧化碳现在被认为是温室气体的主要来源。减少碳足迹最有效的方法之一就是重新考虑旅行的次数和频率。)”可知本文主要介绍了如何选择适当的出行方式，降低运输中的碳足迹，故A选项“降低运输中的碳足迹”符合题意，故选A。
9．B
10．D
11．C
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四个语言交流程序。
9．细节理解题。根据第一部分“What sets Hello Talk apart from similar apps is that native speakers can edit your messages and correct your grammar while you chat together.”（HelloTalk与类似应用程序的不同之处在于，说本族语的人可以在一起聊天时编辑信息并纠正语法。）可知， HelloTalk的用户可以在消息中更正用户的错误。故选B项。
10．细节理解题。根据最后一部分“With italki, you get to choose your teachers based on your interests and goals. ”（有了italki，你可以根据你的兴趣和目标来选择你的老师。）可知，italk为语言学习者提供专业指导。故选D项。
11．推理判断题。根据倒数第二部分“Like the feature of Lext Talk but you have an Android phone? Don’t worry, there’s a similar app for all Android users too! ”（像Lext Talk的功能，但你有Android手机？别担心，也有一个适用于所有Android用户的类似应用程序！）可知，Lext Talk不适合Android用户。故选C项。
12．D
13．A
14．C
15．B
【分析】本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了地球上最冷的地方，西伯利亚的雅库蒂亚，讲述了当地人们的生活方式。
12．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“Located a few hundred miles outside the Arctic Circle, The Republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutiya or Yakut-Sakhat, is now the largest republic in Russia.（位于北极圈以外几百英里处，萨哈共和国，也被称为雅库蒂亚或者雅库特萨哈，是俄罗斯最大的共和国。）”可知，雅库蒂亚位于北极圈以外几百英里处，故选D。
13．词义猜测题。根据文章第一段“In Yakutia, Siberia, temperatures drop to as low as -71℃.（西伯利亚的雅库蒂亚，气温降至零下71摄氏度。）”的提示可知，此处“Thick fur boots, gloves, and anything else to avoid frostbite is highly encouraged.（强烈建议穿上厚皮靴，戴上手套和其他任何避免frostbite的东西。）”中的划线词“frostbite”指的是因为寒冷而引发的冻伤，故此处frostbite一词的与A项“Frozen injury冻伤”意思相近，故选A.
14．细节理解题。根据文章第四段“And if you think there’s no way to have fun in such a tough environment, think again. They love ice fishing and ice swimming.（如果你认为在这样艰苦的环境下没有办法可以玩得很开心，那就再想想。他们喜欢冰上钓鱼和冰上游泳。）”可知，雅库蒂亚的人喜欢冰上钓鱼和冰上游泳，故选C。
15．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Visitors need to do a lot of research and preparations before spending a few days in Yakutia, though it certainly is an interesting place to experience!（游客在来到雅库蒂亚之前需要做些研究和准备，尽管它绝对是一个有趣的地方。）”以及本文对雅库蒂亚当地人的生活方式可知，可以在关于旅游的网站上找到这篇文章，故选B。
16．A
17．C
18．B
19．D
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。一项新的研究表明，愤怒的蜜蜂的录音足以让高大强壮的非洲象逃跑。本文对这项研究结果进行了论证。
16．推理判断题。根据第二段中的“But before she asked farmers to set up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the bees would frighten elephants away.(但在她要求农民在他们的农场上建立蜂箱之前，她需要弄清楚这些蜜蜂是否会把大象吓跑)”以及第三段中的“Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set up a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life.(露西在肯尼亚北部的一棵树里发现了一个野生蜂巢，并安装了一台录音机。然后她向蜂箱扔了一块石头，蜂箱突然活了起来)”可推知，露西往一个野蜂箱里扔了块石头来记录蜜蜂愤怒的声音。故选A。
17．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Years ago, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them.(多年前，科学家露西·金和她的团队发现，大象会避开某些有蜜蜂居住的树木)”可知，大象不会靠近有蜜蜂居住的树木。故选C。
18．推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“She hasn’t tested enough groups yet to know and she has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephants are frightened away.(她还没有对足够多的群体进行测试，现在她已经开始在田野里放置扬声器，看看大象是否会被吓跑)”可推知，露西需要测试更多的象群。故选B。
19．主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“Recordings (录音) of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says.(一项新的研究表明，愤怒的蜜蜂的录音足以让高大强壮的非洲象逃跑)”可知，文章主要讲述的是愤怒的蜜蜂会把大象吓跑。由此可知，D. Angry Bees Frighten Big Elephants Away适合作本文最佳标题。故选D。
20．A
21．B
22．C
23．B
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了外籍教师Francis Stonier自愿与其他当地居民一起帮助扑灭重庆北碚区的野火的感人事迹。
20．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“In the unbearable heat and drought conditions, multiple wildfires hit parts of Chongqing. On Sunday night, a forest fire broke out and spread in Beibei District.(在难以忍受的高温和干旱条件下，多起野火袭击了重庆部分地区。周日晚上，北碚区发生森林火灾并蔓延。)”可知，造成北碚区发生森林火灾的原因是极端高温和干旱。故选A。
21．推理判断题。根据文章第二段“The local government issued an urgent call for volunteers with certain skills and experience, such as chain saw operation, to join in the firefighting. Chain saws were used to create fire barriers.(当地政府紧急呼吁具有一定技能和经验（如链锯操作）的志愿者加入救火。链锯被用来制造防火屏障。)”可知，政府需要有使用链锯操作经验的志愿者。根据文章第三段“I used to cut trees around my yard and neighborhood and had volunteered many times in the US in the past.(我过去经常在我的院子和社区周围砍树，也曾多次在美国做志愿者。)”可知，Stonier之前有砍树的经验，而砍树是需要操作链锯的，可推测出他会使用链锯。所以Stonier可以参加救火是因为他有操作链锯的经验。故选B。
22．推理判断题。根据文章第二段“On Sunday night, a forest fire broke out and spread in Beibei District.(周日晚上，北碚区发生森林火灾并蔓延。)”和第三段“‘I was happy to help,’ said Francis Stonier, a professor in a university. ‘I used to cut trees around my yard and neighborhood and had volunteered many times in the US in the past.’(“我很乐意帮忙，”一所大学的教授弗朗西斯·斯托尼尔说。)”可知，在北碚区发生森林火灾这么危险的情况下，Stonier还是乐意去帮忙，说明他是勇敢的；根据文章第五段“‘Stonier is responsible and focused, and is doing a really good job,’ said He, adding that Stonier checked each chain saw carefully, to see if it was too tight or too loose.(他说：“斯托尼尔很负责，很专注，工作做得很好。”他补充道，斯托尼尔仔细检查了每一把链锯，看看它是太紧还是太松了。)”可知，Stonier在志愿者活动期间工作非常认真负责，这说明他是全心全意来做这项工作的。C选项描述正确。故选C。
23．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“‘It was great to see such an outpouring of help in the extreme heat,’ Stonier said, noting that he was impressed with the number of locals who came to help. Motorcyclists gave up their jobs to transport materials and people up and down the mountains. Others gave their time to carry heavy supplies, prepare and serve meals or help organize.(史托尼尔说：“在酷热的天气下，能看到这么多人伸出援手，真是太棒了。”他还指出，前来帮忙的当地人之多给他留下了深刻印象。骑摩托车的人放弃了工作，在山上来回运送物资和人员。其他人则花时间搬运沉重的物资，准备和提供饭菜，或者帮助组织。)”可知，在这场火灾中，不同身份的人们都齐聚在一起，共同为扑灭火灾而努力。所以作者想表达的是“众人拾柴火焰高，人多力量大”这一道理。B选项“Many hands make light work.(众人拾柴火焰高。)”符合语境。故选B。
24．B
25．D
26．C
27．A
【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章讲述了研究者发现北极熊可能会在全球变暖导致海冰流失中幸存下来。
24．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“But the isolated population has found a way to hunt without sea ice.(但是这一与世隔绝的群体发现了一种没有海冰的狩猎方式)”可知，新发现的这一北极熊群体找到了这一种没有海冰的狩猎方式，故选B。
25．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“With sea ice in the fjord becoming smaller because of global warming, the whole group were expected to die out by the end of this century.(随着全球变暖，峡湾的海冰变少，预计整个群体将会在本世纪末消亡)”可知，由于海冰变少，峡湾里的北极熊群里就可能会面临灭绝。故选D。
26．推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段“For example, when members of the group went out of the fjord, the ice on which they sat sometimes got caught in the rapid water flow. “Whenever this happened, they would get stuck and then, they would have to jump off, swim to the beach and walk back home empty-handed,” says lead author Kristin Laidre, an animal ecologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.(例如，当北极熊群体的成员走出峡湾时，它们坐在上面的冰有时会被湍流的水流所困住。“每当这种情况发生时，它们就会被困住，而不得不跳下，游到海滩，空手回家，”西雅图华盛顿大学的动物生态学家Kristin Laidre说道)”可推知，如果北极熊群体走出峡湾，它们就会陷入困境。故选C。
27．主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“Polar bear generally need sea ice to survive, so the discovery is raising hopes that some kinds of the polar bears might survive the loss of sea ice caused by global warming.(北极熊常常需要海冰才能生存，因此这项发现提高了人们的希望，即某些种类的北极熊可能会在全球变暖导致的海冰流失中幸存下来)”可知，本文主要讲述了研究者发现北极熊可能会在全球变暖导致海冰流失中幸存下来。由此可知，A项“没有海冰，北极熊群体可能会幸存下来”符合文章标题。故选A。
28．C
29．D
30．A
【导语】本文是应用文。文章主要介绍在英国寄宿学校里学习和生活的日常。
28．细节理解题。根据Bedtime部分“In most boarding schools, the lights go out around 10: 30 pm.”(在大多数寄宿学校，晚上10:30左右熄灯。)可知，在英国，大多数寄宿学校晚上10:30左右熄灯。故选C。
29．细节理解题。根据Prep部分“An important part of boarding school life is the supervised homework session known as “prep”. Although prep might sound stressful, it’s a great way for you to keep up with your studies.”(寄宿学校生活的一个重要部分是被称为“准备”的有监督的家庭作业。虽然备考可能听起来很有压力，但这是你跟上学习进度的好方法。)可知，在寄宿学校，要想跟上学习进度，最重要部分是被称为“准备”的有监督的家庭作业。故选D。
30．推理判断题。根据第一段“When you are about to go to a boarding school in England, there are many different questions that may come to mind. But once you look at them with some perspective, you will certainly feel easy. Here is a normal boarding day.”(当你要去英国的寄宿学校时，可能会想到很多不同的问题。但一旦你从某种角度看待它们，你肯定会感到轻松。接下来是寄宿学校正常的一天。)可知，这篇文章的目的是帮助读者了解英国寄宿学校里学习和生活的日常。故选A。
31．A
32．B
33．A
34．C
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了互联网英语已经成为来自世界最普通的语言，同时英语也在发生着变化。
31．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“particularly on the internet where less attention is paid to grammar and spelling and users don't have to worry about their accent.(特别是在互联网上，对语法和拼写的关注较少，用户不必担心他们的口音。)”可知，在网络交流中人们不需要准确地拼写。故选A。
32．推理判断题。根据第三段的“Technology companies are introducing newly-developed English words with products aimed at enabling users to add words that are not already in the English dictionary.(科技公司正在推出新开发的英语单词，其产品旨在使用户能够添加尚未在英语词典中出现的单词。)”可知，不可能在字典里面找到所有的单词。故选B。
33．细节理解题。根据最后一段的“Instead, other languages are pushing their way into English, and in the process creating something new.(相反，其他语言正在推动进入英语，并在此过程中创造新的东西。)”可知，Mr. Munro 认为其他语言正在丰富英语，故选A。
34．主旨大意题。根据文章和第一段的“Some language experts predict that within 10 years English will occupy the internet-but informs very different to what we accept and recognize as English today.(一些语言专家预测，在10年内，英语将占据互联网，但与我们今天接受和认可的英语信息大不相同。)”和最后一段的“The increasing popularity of the internet allows more languages to develop quickly.(互联网的日益普及使更多的语言得以快速发展)”以及“Instead, other languages are pushing their way into English, and in the process creating something new.(相反，其他语言正在推动进入英语，并在此过程中创造新的东西。)”可知，文章主要介绍英语随着网络在发展。故选C。
35．D
36．C
37．A
38．B
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了孩子比成年人更容易学习语言的原因，并提出最好在10岁之前学习一门新语言这样一个观点。
35．词义猜测题。根据文章第二段中“The study published in the journal Cognition, found that it’s “nearly impossible” for language learners to reach native-level fluency if they start learning a second language after age 10. (这项发表在《认知》杂志上的研究发现，对于语言学习者来说，如果他们在10岁以后开始学习第二语言，达到母语水平的流利程度“几乎不可能”。)”可知在10岁以后开始学习第二语言，几乎不可能和母语一样流利，故推知“in a new study, scientist have found out the exact age after which your chances of reaching fluency in a second language seem to plummet :10.”表述的是：在一项新的研究中，科学家们发现了一个确切的年龄：10岁，在这个年龄之后，你流利掌握第二语言的可能性似乎会极剧下降，故推知划线词“plummet”的意思是“急剧下降”；故选D项。
36．推理判断题。根据文章第三段中“Kids may be better than adults at learning new languages for sound reasons. (孩子在学习新语言方面可能比成年人做得更好，是有合理的原因的。)”可知孩子在学习新语言方面可能比成年人更好，由此推知孩子在学习一门新语言方面具有优势；故选C项。
37．主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段“For this study, the researchers created an online test promising to guess people’s native language and home country based on their responses to English grammar questions. Almost 670,000 people took it, giving the researchers huge amounts of data from English speakers of many ages and backgrounds. Examining the responses and grammar mistakes allowed them to made unusually exact judgments about language learning. (在这项研究中，研究人员创建了一个在线测试，承诺根据人们对英语语法问题的回答来猜测他们的母语和祖国。近67万人参加了测试，为研究人员提供了大量来自不同年龄和背景的说英语者的数据。通过检查他们的回答和语法错误，他们可以对语言学习做出异常准确的判断。)”可知，文章最后一段主要是介绍这项研究的过程；故选A项。
38．标题判断题。根据第二段的“The study published in the journal Cognition, found that it’s “nearly impossible” for language learners to reach native-level fluency if they start learning a second language after age 10.(这项发表在《认知》杂志上的研究发现，如果语言学习者在10岁之后开始学习第二语言，他们“几乎不可能”达到母语水平的流利程度。)”和第三段的“Kids may be better than adults at learning new languages for sound reasons.(孩子在学习新语言方面可能比成年人做得更好，这是有原因的。)”可知，本文主要讲述了孩子比成年人更容易学习语言，在10岁之前学习新语言最好，故选项B“最好在10岁之前学习一门新语言”合适作为本文标题；故选B项。
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Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice seedlings(幼苗)aboard the Tiangong space station and this experiment may offer key insights into how astronauts can grow food to support long—term space missions, experts said on Monday. This experiment is the first to produce the complete life cycle of the plant, which begins with a seed and ends with a mature plant producing new seeds.
The breakthrough was conducted in the Wentian space laboratory, which was launched into orbit on July 24, 2022. Three astronauts were conducting the experiment smoothly and testing the plants according to the plan.
“The rice seedlings are growing very well,” said Zheng Huiqiong, a researcher of the task, adding that the experiment also contained seedlings of a small flowering plant often used by scientists to study mutations(变异). “The astronauts will keep monitoring the plants, and if it is successful, they will collect the newly produced seeds and bring them back to Earth for further studies,” she noted
The flowering stage is crucial for plant reproductive development. “We want to investigate how microgravity can affect the plant flowering time and whether it is possible to use the microgravity environment to control the related process,” she said.
Since the 1980s, China has been taking seeds of rice and other crops to space to help them mutate and produce higher yields once they were planted on Earth. But growing rice in orbit is a different challenge due to the tough conditions of space such as microgravity and lack of air.
Rice has been a main food for astronauts since the early days of space exploration. Freeze—dried chicken and rice was the menu for the Apollo 11 mission, which carried the first humans to land on the moon in July 1969.
“But if we want to land on and explore Mars, bringing food from Earth is not enough to provide for the astronauts’ long journey and mission in space. We have to find a food source for long term space explorations,” Zheng added.
1．What’s the significance of Chinese recent space rice experiment?
A．It enables human beings to move to another planet.
B．It helps people get a better idea of the human life cycle.
C．It inspires more other countries to do space explorations
D．It makes it possible to carry out long—term space missions
2．What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A．The mutation. B．The experiment. C．The exploration. D．The space mission.
3．Why have crop seeds been brought to space since the last century?
A．To promote genetic changes and increase crop harvest.
B．To figure out how to create an earth—like environment.
C．To study the impact of microgravity on crop growth.
D．To develop new crop species with strong ability to adapt.
4．Where is the text most probably from?
A．A medical report. B．A fashion magazine.
C．A science newspaper. D．A history book.
Carbon dioxide emissions from transportation are now thought as the top source of green—house gases. One of the most effective ways to reduce your carbon footprint is to reconsider how much, and how often, you travel.
Going car free for a year could save about 2.6 tons of carbon dioxide, according to a study from the University of British Columbia. How can you stop using a car? Try taking a train, bus or better yet, riding a bike.
But let’s be realistic. You will likely need to use a car this year. So, when you do, here are some tips to make your trip more climate—friendly. Driving efficiently can help to reduce emissions. Go easy on the gas and brakes and drive like you have an egg under your foot. Regularly service your car to keep it more efficient. Keeping your tires pumped correctly can reduce emissions. Low tire pressure will hurt your fuel economy. Air conditioning and frequent city driving can make emissions go up So cut down on these as often as possible. Use cruise control(定速巡航)on long drives—in most cases, this can help to save gas. Don’t weigh your car down with extra things that you don’t need on your trip.
Fly often? Taking one fewer long round—trip flight could reduce your personal carbon footprint significantly. If you use public transportation often and fly less, your carbon foot print might still be relatively sustainable, but if you drive and fly a lot, your emissions will be higher. If you can’t avoid flying, you can offset them by donating money to sustainable projects, such as supplying efficient stoves to rural homes, or projects which help farmers deal with crop waste environmentally.
5．What does the author think of going car free?
A．Efficient. B．Costly. C．Impractical. D．Reliable.
6．Which can be adopted to save fuel of your car?
A．Maintaining your car properly.
B．Using cruise control in the city.
C．Stepping hard on the gas and brakes.
D．Getting rid of all the necessary loads.
7．What does the underlined word “offset” in paragraph 4 mean?
A．Put up with. B．Team up with. C．Set foot in. D．Make up for.
8．Which is the best title for the text?
A．Lower carbon footprint in transportation
B．How to reduce your carbon footprint
C．Reduce carbon footprint by all means
D．How to save fuel when driving cars
Four Best Language Exchange Apps
HelloTalk
HelloTalk is a language exchange application that allows you to talk with others from around the world for free. You can write a brief summary about yourself in your profile（简介）, choose your native language and select the language and level that you’re currently learning. Then you’re able to search for native language partners from around the world! What sets HelloTalk apart from similar apps is that native speakers can edit your messages and correct your grammar while you chat together.
Lext Talk
Lext Talk is an application that allows users to connect with people from around the world. Once your profile is complete, you can select which language you speak and which language you’d like to learn. A very convenient feature that Lext Talk offers is its map. Users can use Lext Talk’s map to search for language partners in their areas, or find a partner in a specific region.
Doongle
Like the feature of Lext Talk but you have an Android phone? Don’t worry, there’s a similar app for all Android users too! Doongle allows its users to share voice messages, photos and more. Like Lext Talk, Doongle also has a map feature. Doongle offers a particular group chat feature, where you can talk about English grammar or share tips on how to make a pizza with others.
italki
With italki, you get to choose your teachers based on your interests and goals. You pay per lesson but you get what you pay for. You can choose to take lessons anytime and anywhere to your liking. If you don’t know which teacher to choose, don’t worry. All teachers will have a video introduction of themselves and you could also judge by looking through previous re—views from students.
9．What’s special about HelloTalk?
A．It is the best application to learn grammar.
B．Users’ errors can be corrected in the message.
C．HelloTalk offers quality lessons at a low price.
D．Users can choose language partners by gender.
10．Which offers professional guidance to a language learner?
A．HelloTalk. B．Lext Talk. C．Doongle. D．italki.
11．What can be inferred from the text?
A．Doongle doesn’t have a map feature.
B．HelloTalk doesn’t offer a text chat feature.
C．Lext Talk is not suitable for Android users.
D．italki doesn’t offer much detail of teachers.
In Yakutia, Siberia, temperatures drop to as low as -71℃. It is actually one of the coldest places on earth. Located a few hundred miles outside the Arctic Circle, The Republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutiya or Yakut-Sakhat, is now the largest republic in Russia.
Fur(毛皮) hats and thick coats are surely required. Thick fur boots, gloves, and anything else to avoid frostbite is highly encouraged.
People of Yakutia are so used to the cold that they even have an open air market where they can shop for meat and fish. The best part is that they don’t need those huge freezers to keep the meat. Sellers remain outdoors for the entire day in the freezing winds.
And if you think there’s no way to have fun in such a tough environment, think again. They love ice fishing and ice swimming. They actually take off all their clothes and put on their swimwear before swimming in the freezing waters.
It’s so cold outside that some people don’t need freezers anymore. Pipes are left outside as well since they cannot be laid out under the ground because of the hard soil. Other people make do with blocks of ice that they cut from the rivers for free water. Toilet duties are handled outside. Just be sure to do everything quickly.
It’s not always freezing as summer can hit +40℃ though it is short and dry. It is among the coldest cities in the world. Visitors need to do a lot of research and preparations before spending a few days in Yakutia, though it certainly is an interesting place to experience!
12．What can be learned from paragraph 1?
A．Yakutia is larger than Russia.
B．Yakutia is actually the coldest place on earth.
C．The temperature in Yakutia is always -71℃ in winter.
D．Yakutia is located a few hundred miles outside the Arctic Circle.
13．What does the underlined word “frostbite” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A．Frozen injury. B．High fever.
C．Going out. D．Falling down because of icy road.
14．What do people in Yakutia like to do for fun?
A．Cut blocks of ice for water.
B．Sell fish and meat in open air.
C．Go ice fishing and ice swimming.
D．Handle toilet duties outside quickly.
15．Where can the text be found?
A．In a science report. B．On a tour website.
C．In a sports magazine. D．In an entertainment newspaper.
Recordings (录音) of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says. Beehives (蜂窝) either recorded or real may even prevent elephants from damaging farmer’s crops.
Years ago, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them. Today, Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might stop elephants from eating crops. But before she asked farmers to set up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the bees would frighten elephants away.
Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set up a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life. Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry bees had calmed down. Next, Lucy searched out elephant families in Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya and put a speaker in a tree close to each family.
From a distance, Lucy turned on the pre-recorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video camera. Half the elephant groups left the area within ten seconds. Out of a total of 17 groups, only one group didn’t react to the sound of the angry bees. Lucy reported that all the young elephants immediately ran to their mothers to hide under them. When Lucy played the sound of a waterfall (瀑布) instead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families, the animals were undisturbed. Even after four minutes, most of the groups stayed in one place.
Lucy is now studying whether the elephants will continue to avoid the sound of angry bees after hearing it several times. She hasn’t tested enough groups yet to know and she has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephants are frightened away.
16．Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive?
A．To record the sound of angry bees. B．To make a video of elephants.
C．To see if elephants would run away. D．To find out more about the behavior of bees.
17．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Groups of elephants will make bees angry.
B．Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one place.
C．Elephants do not go near trees with bees living in them.
D．Young elephants ignore African honeybees.
18．According to the passage, Lucy ________.
A．works by herself in Africa
B．needs to test more elephant groups
C．has stopped elephants eating crops
D．has got farmers to set up beehives on their farms
19．What can be the title of the passage?
A．Bees are the King of the Forest B．How to Keep Elephants Away
C．Don’t Get Close to Angry Bees D．Angry Bees Frighten Big Elephants Away
The example of a foreign teacher who volunteered to help fight the wildfires in Chongqing’s Beibei District with other local residents has touched many.
In the unbearable heat and drought conditions, multiple wildfires hit parts of Chongqing. On Sunday night, a forest fire broke out and spread in Beibei District. The local government issued an urgent call for volunteers with certain skills and experience, such as chain saw（链锯）operation, to join in the firefighting. Chain saws were used to create fire barriers.
“I was happy to help,” said Francis Stonier, a professor in a university. “I used to cut trees around my yard and neighborhood and had volunteered many times in the US in the past.”
Stonier found a translator—50-year-old He Wu, a foreign language professor—who also signed up to fight fires. Soon after arriving at the volunteer area, the pair were assigned to one of the chain saw groups—examining and adjusting chain saws.
“Stonier is responsible and focused, and is doing a really good job,” said He, adding that Stonier checked each chain saw carefully, to see if it was too tight or too loose. “Wherever I went, the volunteers and local residents gave me a big thumbs-up. It was an unforgettable experience,” Stonier said.
Thanks to the joint efforts of fire and rescue workers, as well as volunteers and residents, the scaring wildfire in Beibei had been put out as of Thursday night.
“It was great to see such an outpouring of help in the extreme heat,” Stonier said, noting that he was impressed with the number of locals who came to help. Motorcyclists gave up their jobs to transport materials and people up and down the mountains. Others gave their time to carry heavy supplies, prepare and serve meals or help organize.
20．What caused the outbreak of the forest fire in Beibei District?
A．The extreme heat and drought.
B．The local area being short of water.
C．The existence of enough oil materials.
D．The lack of people guarding the forest.
21．Why was Stonier accepted to participate in the firefighting?
A．He was capable of creating fire barriers.
B．He was experienced in chain saw operation.
C．He was determined to become a firefighter.
D．He showed no consideration for his own safety.
22．Which words can best describe Stonier?
A．Determined and creative. B．Generous and independent.
C．Devoted and courageous. D．Humorous and passionate.
23．What message does the author intend to convey in the last paragraph?
A．To care is to help. B．Many hands make light work.
C．Dare to challenge and achieve yourself. D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Polar bears generally use sea ice to hunt (捕猎), but a newly discovered group has found another way. An isolated (与世隔绝的) population of polar bears has been discovered in a fjord (峡湾) in southeast Greenland, which is free of sea ice for most of the year. Polar bear generally need sea ice to survive, so the discovery is raising hopes that some kinds of the polar bears might survive the loss of sea ice caused by global warming.
Researchers found the population living in a fjord in the southeast Greenland, which is surrounded by mountains and an ice sheet to the west, and ocean to the east. The sea-ice coverage lasts for only around 100 days each year. With sea ice in the fjord becoming smaller because of global warming, the whole group were expected to die out by the end of this century.
But the isolated population has found a way to hunt without sea ice. The group, about 27 adult females, has been isolated from other polar bear populations along Greenland’s east coast for at least 200 years.
Tracking data from marked bears proves that they don’t move far. For example, when members of the group went out of the fjord, the ice on which they sat sometimes got caught in the rapid water flow. “Whenever this happened, they would get stuck and then, they would have to jump off, swim to the beach and walk back home empty-handed,” says lead author Kristin Laidre, an animal ecologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Though the researchers failed to video their hunting without sea ice, the existence of this small population in conditions of low sea-ice coverage suggests there is a chance that the population can survive, even as sea ice flows away to farther north each year.
24．What have the newly discovered polar bears found?
A．A place filled with ice sheets.
B．A way to hunt without sea ice.
C．A way to track sea ice flowing away.
D．An ice sheet caught in the rapid water flow.
25．Why were polar bears in the fjord expected to die out?
A．They are being hunted by human.
B．They have lost their source of food.
C．They can’t stand the increasing heat.
D．The sea ice there is becoming smaller.
26．What can be inferred from the text?
A．The bears can swim very far to hunt for food.
B．Kristin Laidre is negative about the future of the group.
C．Once the group went out of the fjord, they might get into trouble.
D．If the bears got caught in the rapid water flow, they wouldn’t go home.
27．Which is the most suitable title for the text?
A．Polar bear population can survive without sea ice
B．Sea ice is becoming smaller because of the global warming
C．Polar bear population may die out because of the global warming
D．A newly discovered polar bear population has been stuck in a fjord
When you are about to go to a boarding school in England, there are many different questions that may come to mind. But once you look at them with some perspective, you will certainly feel easy. Here is a normal boarding day.
Early Morning:
Usually boarders get up around 7: 00 am and have around an hour to take a shower and put on their uniform before breakfast.
Lessons:
Classes start at 9: 00 am and every lesson lasts for 50 minutes. After two lessons, at 10: 40 am, you’ll have a short break. The next period of classes will include two more lessons.
Lunch:
Lunch is usually held around 12: 30 pm at the dining hall, where you’ll join your friends to enjoy a hot dish. After an hour of lunch, you’ll have three or four more lessons to attend.
Dinner:
At 5: 00 pm you will have finished your school lessons for the day. Most boarding schools in the UK offer their full boarders different kinds of hot meals to choose from.
Activities/ Sports:
All boarding schools in the UK provide many different kinds of activities for their boarders, such as football, swimming, golf or art.
Prep:
An important part of boarding school life is the supervised homework session known as “prep”. Although prep might sound stressful, it’s a great way for you to keep up with your studies.
Free time:
Once you are done with all your classes and activities, it’s time to relax.
Bedtime:
In most boarding schools, the lights go out around 10: 30 pm.
Being nervous just before you go to a boarding school is completely normal and understandable. Hopefully, being aware of the usual routine you’ll be following can help you. Once you are there, you will also see how exciting life in a boarding school in England can be.
28．What do we know about boarding schools in England from the text?
A．Classes usually start at 8: 30 am.
B．They don’t give students any free time.
C．They turn off the lights around 10:30 pm.
D．Students can have a short break after four lessons.
29．What can help you keep up with your studies in the boarding school?
A．Doing activities. B．Having lessons.
C．Enjoying free time. D．Supervised homework sessions.
30．What is the purpose of the text?
A．To help students know about boarders’ life.
B．To attract more students to boarding schools.
C．To introduce a new school life.
D．To advertise for boarding schools.
Online, English has become a common language for users from around the world. In the process, the language itself is changing. There are now thought to be some 4.5 billion web pages worldwide. Some language experts predict that within 10 years English will occupy the internet — but in forms very different to what we accept and recognize as English today.
That’s because people who speak English as a second language already outnumber native speakers. And increasingly, they use it to communicate with other non-native speakers, particularly on the internet where less attention is paid to grammar and spelling and users don’t have to worry about their accent (口音).
Users of Facebook already socialize in a number of different “Englishes” including Indian English, Spanish English and Korean English. While these different styles have long existed within their cultures, they’re now expanding and coming online. Technology companies are introducing newly-developed English words with products aimed at enabling users to add words that are not already in the English dictionary. And most large companies have English websites, while smaller businesses are learning that they need a common language — English — to reach global customers.
The increasing popularity of the internet allows more languages to develop quickly. “Most people actually speak several languages — it’s less common to only speak one,” says Mr. Munro. “English has taken its place as the world’s common language, but it’s not pushing out other languages.” Instead, other languages are pushing their way into English, and in the process creating something new.
31．Which of the following is NOT true about online communication?
A．People need to spell exactly. B．Grammar is not so important.
C．People do not care about their accent. D．Most English-speakers are not native speakers.
32．What can we infer from the text?
A．We can only communicate online in English.
B．It’s impossible to find all the English words in the dictionary.
C．Some technology companies start to publish English dictionaries.
D．Smaller businesses are not allowed to have English websites.
33．What can we learn from what Mr. Munro said?
A．The other languages are enriching English.
B．One can’t live well without speaking several languages.
C．English will become the only language in the world.
D．Chinese used to be the world’s common language.
34．What does the text mainly talk about?
A．English is a common language around the world.
B．There are now many different language styles.
C．English language is developing with the Internet.
D．Smaller businesses are learning a common language.
It’s a struggle to learn a second language at any age. Now, in a new study, scientist have found out the exact age after which your chances of reaching fluency in a second language seem to plummet: 10.
The study published in the journal Cognition, found that it’s “nearly impossible” for language learners to reach native-level fluency if they start learning a second language after age 10. “It turns out you’re still learning fast,” says study co-author Joshua Hartshorne. “It’s just that you run out of time, because your ability to learn starts dropping at around 17 or 18 years old,” People who start a few years after age 10 may still become quite good at a language, the authors say, but they are unlikely to become fluent.
Kids may be better than adults at learning new languages for sound reasons. Children’s brains are more plastic than those of adults, meaning they’re better able to adapt and respond to new information. Kids may also be more willing to try new things than adults are. Their comparatively new understanding of their native language may also be advantageous.
These findings may seem discouraging, but it was inspiring for scientists to learn that the key period for fluent language learning might be longer than previously thought. Some scientists believed that the window begins to close shortly after birth, while others made it longer to very early childhood. Compared with those judgments, age 17 or 18—when language learning ability starts to drop off—seems relatively old.
For this study, the researchers created an online test promising to guess people’s native language and home country based on their responses to English grammar questions. Almost 670,000 people took it, giving the researchers huge amounts of data from English speakers of many ages and backgrounds. Examining the responses and grammar mistakes allowed them to made unusually exact judgments about language learning.
35．What does the underlined word “plummet” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．Appear gradually. B．Increase greatly.
C．Double suddenly. D．Drop sharply.
36．What can we learn from the study?
A．Adults’ learning ability can boost their second language.
B．All these new findings are quite discouraging for scientists.
C．Children are at an advantage in acquiring a new language.
D．People have different key periods for mastering a language.
37．What does the last paragraph mainly focus on?
A．The process of the study. B．The findings of the study.
C．The subject of the study. D．The purpose of the study.
38．What’s the best title of the text?
A．Never Too Early to Learn New Languages
B．Better to Learn a New Language Before Age 10
C．Never Say Die When Learning a New Language
D．Best Ways to Improve the Second Language Fluency
参考答案：
1．D
2．B
3．A
4．C
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了中国宇航员在天宫空间站成功种植水稻幼苗，这项实验可能为宇航员如何种植粮食以支持长期太空任务提供关键见解。
1．细节理解题。根据第一段“Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice seedlings(幼苗)aboard the Tiangong space station and this experiment may offer key insights into how astronauts can grow food to support long—term space missions, experts said on Monday.( 专家周一表示，中国宇航员已经成功地在天宫空间站上种植水稻幼苗，这一实验可能为宇航员如何种植食物以支持长期太空任务提供关键见解。)” 中国最近的太空水稻实验使执行长期太空任务成为可能，故选D。
2．词句猜测题。根据第三段““The rice seedlings are growing very well,” said Zheng Huiqiong, a researcher of the task, adding that the experiment also contained seedlings of a small flowering plant often used by scientists to study mutations(变异).( “水稻幼苗长得很好，”该任务的研究员郑慧琼说，他补充说，该实验还包含了一种小型开花植物的幼苗，科学家经常用它来研究突变)”可知如果实验成功，他们将收集新产生的种子，并将它们带回地球进行进一步研究。故此处的it指代实验，故选B。
3．推理判断题。根据第五段“Since the 1980s, China has been taking seeds of rice and other crops to space to help them mutate and produce higher yields once they were planted on Earth.(自20世纪80年代以来，中国一直在将水稻和其他作物的种子带到太空，帮助它们在地球上种植后发生突变，从而产生更高的产量。)”可推断自上个世纪以来农作物种子被带到太空，促进基因变化，提高作物产量。故选A。
4．推理判断题。根据第一段“Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice seedlings(幼苗)aboard the Tiangong space station and this experiment may offer key insights into how astronauts can grow food to support long—term space missions, experts said on Monday.( 专家周一表示，中国宇航员已经成功地在天宫空间站上种植水稻幼苗，这一实验可能为宇航员如何种植食物以支持长期太空任务提供关键见解。)”可知文章是关于科学的一篇报道，故选C。
5．C
6．A
7．D
8．A
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了如何选择适当的出行方式，降低运输中的碳足迹。
5．推理判断题。根据第二段“How can you stop using a car? Try taking a train, bus or better yet, riding a bike.(你怎么能不开车呢？试着坐火车、公共汽车或者骑自行车。)”可知，作者认为不开汽车是不实际的，故选C。
6．推理判断题。根据第三段“Low tire pressure will hurt your fuel economy. Air conditioning and frequent city driving can make emissions go up So cut down on these as often as possible. Use cruise control（定速巡航）on long drives—in most cases, this can help to save gas. Don’t weigh your car down with extra things that you don’t need on your trip.( 轮胎气压过低会影响你的燃油经济性。空调和频繁的城市驾驶会使排放上升，所以尽可能减少这些排放。在长途驾驶中使用巡航控制——在大多数情况下，这可以帮助节省汽油。不要给你的车添置旅途中不需要的额外物品。)”可知适当的保养汽车可以节省汽车的燃油，故选A。
7．词义猜测题。根据第四段“by donating money to sustainable projects, such as supplying efficient stoves to rural homes, or projects which help farmers deal with crop waste environmentally.(你可以通过向可持续发展项目捐款，比如为农村家庭提供高效炉具，或者帮助农民环保地处理作物废物的项目。)”可知上文意思是如果你不能避免坐飞机，你可以通过向可持续发展项目捐款来抵消这些损失，所以offset意为弥补，A. Put up with.容忍；B. Team up with.提出；C. Set foot in.踏上；D. Make up for.弥补，故选D。
8．主旨大意题。根据第一段“Carbon dioxide emissions from transportation are now thought as the top source of green—house gases. One of the most effective ways to reduce your carbon footprint is to reconsider how much, and how often, you travel. (交通运输排放的二氧化碳现在被认为是温室气体的主要来源。减少碳足迹最有效的方法之一就是重新考虑旅行的次数和频率。)”可知本文主要介绍了如何选择适当的出行方式，降低运输中的碳足迹，故A选项“降低运输中的碳足迹”符合题意，故选A。
9．B
10．D
11．C
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四个语言交流程序。
9．细节理解题。根据第一部分“What sets Hello Talk apart from similar apps is that native speakers can edit your messages and correct your grammar while you chat together.”（HelloTalk与类似应用程序的不同之处在于，说本族语的人可以在一起聊天时编辑信息并纠正语法。）可知， HelloTalk的用户可以在消息中更正用户的错误。故选B项。
10．细节理解题。根据最后一部分“With italki, you get to choose your teachers based on your interests and goals. ”（有了italki，你可以根据你的兴趣和目标来选择你的老师。）可知，italk为语言学习者提供专业指导。故选D项。
11．推理判断题。根据倒数第二部分“Like the feature of Lext Talk but you have an Android phone? Don’t worry, there’s a similar app for all Android users too! ”（像Lext Talk的功能，但你有Android手机？别担心，也有一个适用于所有Android用户的类似应用程序！）可知，Lext Talk不适合Android用户。故选C项。
12．D
13．A
14．C
15．B
【分析】本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了地球上最冷的地方，西伯利亚的雅库蒂亚，讲述了当地人们的生活方式。
12．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“Located a few hundred miles outside the Arctic Circle, The Republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutiya or Yakut-Sakhat, is now the largest republic in Russia.（位于北极圈以外几百英里处，萨哈共和国，也被称为雅库蒂亚或者雅库特萨哈，是俄罗斯最大的共和国。）”可知，雅库蒂亚位于北极圈以外几百英里处，故选D。
13．词义猜测题。根据文章第一段“In Yakutia, Siberia, temperatures drop to as low as -71℃.（西伯利亚的雅库蒂亚，气温降至零下71摄氏度。）”的提示可知，此处“Thick fur boots, gloves, and anything else to avoid frostbite is highly encouraged.（强烈建议穿上厚皮靴，戴上手套和其他任何避免frostbite的东西。）”中的划线词“frostbite”指的是因为寒冷而引发的冻伤，故此处frostbite一词的与A项“Frozen injury冻伤”意思相近，故选A.
14．细节理解题。根据文章第四段“And if you think there’s no way to have fun in such a tough environment, think again. They love ice fishing and ice swimming.（如果你认为在这样艰苦的环境下没有办法可以玩得很开心，那就再想想。他们喜欢冰上钓鱼和冰上游泳。）”可知，雅库蒂亚的人喜欢冰上钓鱼和冰上游泳，故选C。
15．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Visitors need to do a lot of research and preparations before spending a few days in Yakutia, though it certainly is an interesting place to experience!（游客在来到雅库蒂亚之前需要做些研究和准备，尽管它绝对是一个有趣的地方。）”以及本文对雅库蒂亚当地人的生活方式可知，可以在关于旅游的网站上找到这篇文章，故选B。
16．A
17．C
18．B
19．D
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。一项新的研究表明，愤怒的蜜蜂的录音足以让高大强壮的非洲象逃跑。本文对这项研究结果进行了论证。
16．推理判断题。根据第二段中的“But before she asked farmers to set up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the bees would frighten elephants away.(但在她要求农民在他们的农场上建立蜂箱之前，她需要弄清楚这些蜜蜂是否会把大象吓跑)”以及第三段中的“Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set up a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life.(露西在肯尼亚北部的一棵树里发现了一个野生蜂巢，并安装了一台录音机。然后她向蜂箱扔了一块石头，蜂箱突然活了起来)”可推知，露西往一个野蜂箱里扔了块石头来记录蜜蜂愤怒的声音。故选A。
17．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Years ago, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them.(多年前，科学家露西·金和她的团队发现，大象会避开某些有蜜蜂居住的树木)”可知，大象不会靠近有蜜蜂居住的树木。故选C。
18．推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“She hasn’t tested enough groups yet to know and she has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephants are frightened away.(她还没有对足够多的群体进行测试，现在她已经开始在田野里放置扬声器，看看大象是否会被吓跑)”可推知，露西需要测试更多的象群。故选B。
19．主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“Recordings (录音) of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says.(一项新的研究表明，愤怒的蜜蜂的录音足以让高大强壮的非洲象逃跑)”可知，文章主要讲述的是愤怒的蜜蜂会把大象吓跑。由此可知，D. Angry Bees Frighten Big Elephants Away适合作本文最佳标题。故选D。
20．A
21．B
22．C
23．B
【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了外籍教师Francis Stonier自愿与其他当地居民一起帮助扑灭重庆北碚区的野火的感人事迹。
20．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“In the unbearable heat and drought conditions, multiple wildfires hit parts of Chongqing. On Sunday night, a forest fire broke out and spread in Beibei District.(在难以忍受的高温和干旱条件下，多起野火袭击了重庆部分地区。周日晚上，北碚区发生森林火灾并蔓延。)”可知，造成北碚区发生森林火灾的原因是极端高温和干旱。故选A。
21．推理判断题。根据文章第二段“The local government issued an urgent call for volunteers with certain skills and experience, such as chain saw operation, to join in the firefighting. Chain saws were used to create fire barriers.(当地政府紧急呼吁具有一定技能和经验（如链锯操作）的志愿者加入救火。链锯被用来制造防火屏障。)”可知，政府需要有使用链锯操作经验的志愿者。根据文章第三段“I used to cut trees around my yard and neighborhood and had volunteered many times in the US in the past.(我过去经常在我的院子和社区周围砍树，也曾多次在美国做志愿者。)”可知，Stonier之前有砍树的经验，而砍树是需要操作链锯的，可推测出他会使用链锯。所以Stonier可以参加救火是因为他有操作链锯的经验。故选B。
22．推理判断题。根据文章第二段“On Sunday night, a forest fire broke out and spread in Beibei District.(周日晚上，北碚区发生森林火灾并蔓延。)”和第三段“‘I was happy to help,’ said Francis Stonier, a professor in a university. ‘I used to cut trees around my yard and neighborhood and had volunteered many times in the US in the past.’(“我很乐意帮忙，”一所大学的教授弗朗西斯·斯托尼尔说。)”可知，在北碚区发生森林火灾这么危险的情况下，Stonier还是乐意去帮忙，说明他是勇敢的；根据文章第五段“‘Stonier is responsible and focused, and is doing a really good job,’ said He, adding that Stonier checked each chain saw carefully, to see if it was too tight or too loose.(他说：“斯托尼尔很负责，很专注，工作做得很好。”他补充道，斯托尼尔仔细检查了每一把链锯，看看它是太紧还是太松了。)”可知，Stonier在志愿者活动期间工作非常认真负责，这说明他是全心全意来做这项工作的。C选项描述正确。故选C。
23．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“‘It was great to see such an outpouring of help in the extreme heat,’ Stonier said, noting that he was impressed with the number of locals who came to help. Motorcyclists gave up their jobs to transport materials and people up and down the mountains. Others gave their time to carry heavy supplies, prepare and serve meals or help organize.(史托尼尔说：“在酷热的天气下，能看到这么多人伸出援手，真是太棒了。”他还指出，前来帮忙的当地人之多给他留下了深刻印象。骑摩托车的人放弃了工作，在山上来回运送物资和人员。其他人则花时间搬运沉重的物资，准备和提供饭菜，或者帮助组织。)”可知，在这场火灾中，不同身份的人们都齐聚在一起，共同为扑灭火灾而努力。所以作者想表达的是“众人拾柴火焰高，人多力量大”这一道理。B选项“Many hands make light work.(众人拾柴火焰高。)”符合语境。故选B。
24．B
25．D
26．C
27．A
【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章讲述了研究者发现北极熊可能会在全球变暖导致海冰流失中幸存下来。
24．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“But the isolated population has found a way to hunt without sea ice.(但是这一与世隔绝的群体发现了一种没有海冰的狩猎方式)”可知，新发现的这一北极熊群体找到了这一种没有海冰的狩猎方式，故选B。
25．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“With sea ice in the fjord becoming smaller because of global warming, the whole group were expected to die out by the end of this century.(随着全球变暖，峡湾的海冰变少，预计整个群体将会在本世纪末消亡)”可知，由于海冰变少，峡湾里的北极熊群里就可能会面临灭绝。故选D。
26．推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段“For example, when members of the group went out of the fjord, the ice on which they sat sometimes got caught in the rapid water flow. “Whenever this happened, they would get stuck and then, they would have to jump off, swim to the beach and walk back home empty-handed,” says lead author Kristin Laidre, an animal ecologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.(例如，当北极熊群体的成员走出峡湾时，它们坐在上面的冰有时会被湍流的水流所困住。“每当这种情况发生时，它们就会被困住，而不得不跳下，游到海滩，空手回家，”西雅图华盛顿大学的动物生态学家Kristin Laidre说道)”可推知，如果北极熊群体走出峡湾，它们就会陷入困境。故选C。
27．主旨大意题。根据文章第一段“Polar bear generally need sea ice to survive, so the discovery is raising hopes that some kinds of the polar bears might survive the loss of sea ice caused by global warming.(北极熊常常需要海冰才能生存，因此这项发现提高了人们的希望，即某些种类的北极熊可能会在全球变暖导致的海冰流失中幸存下来)”可知，本文主要讲述了研究者发现北极熊可能会在全球变暖导致海冰流失中幸存下来。由此可知，A项“没有海冰，北极熊群体可能会幸存下来”符合文章标题。故选A。
28．C
29．D
30．A
【导语】本文是应用文。文章主要介绍在英国寄宿学校里学习和生活的日常。
28．细节理解题。根据Bedtime部分“In most boarding schools, the lights go out around 10: 30 pm.”(在大多数寄宿学校，晚上10:30左右熄灯。)可知，在英国，大多数寄宿学校晚上10:30左右熄灯。故选C。
29．细节理解题。根据Prep部分“An important part of boarding school life is the supervised homework session known as “prep”. Although prep might sound stressful, it’s a great way for you to keep up with your studies.”(寄宿学校生活的一个重要部分是被称为“准备”的有监督的家庭作业。虽然备考可能听起来很有压力，但这是你跟上学习进度的好方法。)可知，在寄宿学校，要想跟上学习进度，最重要部分是被称为“准备”的有监督的家庭作业。故选D。
30．推理判断题。根据第一段“When you are about to go to a boarding school in England, there are many different questions that may come to mind. But once you look at them with some perspective, you will certainly feel easy. Here is a normal boarding day.”(当你要去英国的寄宿学校时，可能会想到很多不同的问题。但一旦你从某种角度看待它们，你肯定会感到轻松。接下来是寄宿学校正常的一天。)可知，这篇文章的目的是帮助读者了解英国寄宿学校里学习和生活的日常。故选A。
31．A
32．B
33．A
34．C
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了互联网英语已经成为来自世界最普通的语言，同时英语也在发生着变化。
31．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“particularly on the internet where less attention is paid to grammar and spelling and users don't have to worry about their accent.(特别是在互联网上，对语法和拼写的关注较少，用户不必担心他们的口音。)”可知，在网络交流中人们不需要准确地拼写。故选A。
32．推理判断题。根据第三段的“Technology companies are introducing newly-developed English words with products aimed at enabling users to add words that are not already in the English dictionary.(科技公司正在推出新开发的英语单词，其产品旨在使用户能够添加尚未在英语词典中出现的单词。)”可知，不可能在字典里面找到所有的单词。故选B。
33．细节理解题。根据最后一段的“Instead, other languages are pushing their way into English, and in the process creating something new.(相反，其他语言正在推动进入英语，并在此过程中创造新的东西。)”可知，Mr. Munro 认为其他语言正在丰富英语，故选A。
34．主旨大意题。根据文章和第一段的“Some language experts predict that within 10 years English will occupy the internet-but informs very different to what we accept and recognize as English today.(一些语言专家预测，在10年内，英语将占据互联网，但与我们今天接受和认可的英语信息大不相同。)”和最后一段的“The increasing popularity of the internet allows more languages to develop quickly.(互联网的日益普及使更多的语言得以快速发展)”以及“Instead, other languages are pushing their way into English, and in the process creating something new.(相反，其他语言正在推动进入英语，并在此过程中创造新的东西。)”可知，文章主要介绍英语随着网络在发展。故选C。
35．D
36．C
37．A
38．B
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了孩子比成年人更容易学习语言的原因，并提出最好在10岁之前学习一门新语言这样一个观点。
35．词义猜测题。根据文章第二段中“The study published in the journal Cognition, found that it’s “nearly impossible” for language learners to reach native-level fluency if they start learning a second language after age 10. (这项发表在《认知》杂志上的研究发现，对于语言学习者来说，如果他们在10岁以后开始学习第二语言，达到母语水平的流利程度“几乎不可能”。)”可知在10岁以后开始学习第二语言，几乎不可能和母语一样流利，故推知“in a new study, scientist have found out the exact age after which your chances of reaching fluency in a second language seem to plummet :10.”表述的是：在一项新的研究中，科学家们发现了一个确切的年龄：10岁，在这个年龄之后，你流利掌握第二语言的可能性似乎会极剧下降，故推知划线词“plummet”的意思是“急剧下降”；故选D项。
36．推理判断题。根据文章第三段中“Kids may be better than adults at learning new languages for sound reasons. (孩子在学习新语言方面可能比成年人做得更好，是有合理的原因的。)”可知孩子在学习新语言方面可能比成年人更好，由此推知孩子在学习一门新语言方面具有优势；故选C项。
37．主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段“For this study, the researchers created an online test promising to guess people’s native language and home country based on their responses to English grammar questions. Almost 670,000 people took it, giving the researchers huge amounts of data from English speakers of many ages and backgrounds. Examining the responses and grammar mistakes allowed them to made unusually exact judgments about language learning. (在这项研究中，研究人员创建了一个在线测试，承诺根据人们对英语语法问题的回答来猜测他们的母语和祖国。近67万人参加了测试，为研究人员提供了大量来自不同年龄和背景的说英语者的数据。通过检查他们的回答和语法错误，他们可以对语言学习做出异常准确的判断。)”可知，文章最后一段主要是介绍这项研究的过程；故选A项。
38．标题判断题。根据第二段的“The study published in the journal Cognition, found that it’s “nearly impossible” for language learners to reach native-level fluency if they start learning a second language after age 10.(这项发表在《认知》杂志上的研究发现，如果语言学习者在10岁之后开始学习第二语言，他们“几乎不可能”达到母语水平的流利程度。)”和第三段的“Kids may be better than adults at learning new languages for sound reasons.(孩子在学习新语言方面可能比成年人做得更好，这是有原因的。)”可知，本文主要讲述了孩子比成年人更容易学习语言，在10岁之前学习新语言最好，故选项B“最好在10岁之前学习一门新语言”合适作为本文标题；故选B项。
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