专题06+读后续写10篇（名校最新期中真题）-2022-2023学年高二英语下学期期中复习查缺补漏冲刺满分（人教版2019）

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人教版（2019）高二英语下学期期中复习 查缺补漏冲刺满分
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（2022春·重庆荣昌·高二重庆市荣昌永荣中学校校考期中）Salary: 17,500 RMB-19,000 RMB After Tax + Housing Allowance+Health Insurance Provided
Where is the location?
Nanchang city—the capital city of Jiangxi Province.
It is a beautiful city with the Gan River, the mother river of local people, flowing through the whole city. It is honored as “a green pearl in the southern part of China” thanks to its clear water, fresh air and great inner city virescence (绿化).
It is also a famous historical and cultural city with a history of over 2,200 years. Long and splendid history provides the city with many cultural relics, amongst which the Pavilion of Prince Teng is the most famous.
Who is us?
A teaching institution with a content language integrated learning (CLIL) curriculum.
The students learn through creatively designed lessons in subjects such as art, music, world culture, global leadership, science, reading, virtual PE and logical thinking.
The company originated in Beijing and now has grown over 41 cities with around 500+ foreign teachers.
What is our offer?
Salary: 17,500 RMB-19,000 RMB after tax/month
Housing allowance: 2000 RMB
Relocation bonus (receive at the first month payment): 10,000 RMB
Ending contract bonus: 8,000 RMB
FREE FLIGHT TICKET TO CHINA
Health insurance provided.
Dental Insurance: 2000 RMB
What is your teaching experience at our school?
Student age: 3-12 mainly
Working schedule: 5 days/week
Working hour: 36 hours/week
Class size: 10-14 students/class
Teaching assistant
When do we need teachers to start working?
March 2020
What is our requirement?
Native English teachers.
Holding a Bachelor degree(本科) at least.
Having a great passion for education.
Loving working with kids.
If you are interested, please send your resume(简历) to this email: hrsamuel. asiajobs@gmail. com
We look forward to working with you!
1．Much is mentioned about Nanchang mainly to ____________.
A．get people to know more about the city B．show Nanchang welcomes teachers
C．attract more students to study here D．stress the good working environment
2．Who will be most probably employed?
A．A Russian who speaks excellent Chinese.
B．An Australian teacher who greatly enjoys teaching.
C．An American middle school graduate who loves teaching.
D．A Japanese who teaches kids aged 3-12 well in drawing.
3．The passage is probably taken out of ___________.
A．an English book B．a travel magazine
C．a job-hunting website D．a personal letter

（2022春·湖南怀化·高二统考期中）Cambridge Summer School
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Why should intelligent high school students apply for Cambridge summer school?
Our aim is to help intelligent high school students aged 14-18 reach their full potential and prepare for their amazing futures. We help you achieve more through:
Outstanding Education
Learn from a wide variety of interesting subjects going beyond the school courses to help prepare you for university learning. Pick and mix from our diverse course list to pursue your passion or try out different subjects to find your favourite.
University Preparation
Live and study in a beautiful Cambridge college to help you prepare for the independence of university life. Practice making new friends, gain experience living away from home, and be inspired by our historic college setting.
Cultural Trips
Learn about British history and culture on our many trips—and optionally continue on to Paris. Visit castles, palaces, museums, cathedrals and more.
Enriching Activities
Quickly make new friends and create lifelong memories. Pick enriching afternoon activities and have fun in the evenings.
We let you pick and choose your courses from our wide selection, so that you can try a range of subjects according to your interests. Unlike many summer schools that save costs by hiring inexperienced students to teach, we only hire the best teaching staff. Our courses help to bridge the gap between school and university, teaching skills and pushing your academic horizons.
4．Who is the programme suitable for?
A．Kindergarten students. B．Elementary school students.
C．Undergraduates. D．Pre-college students.
5．Which is NOT the advantage of the school’s academics?
A．Low prices. B．Experienced tutors.
C．Preparation for college. D．Wide range and flexibility.
6．Where is this text most probably taken from?
A．A booklet. B．A website.
C．A film script. D．An academic article.

（2022春·湖南怀化·高二统考期中）Heat is the biggest end use for energy all over the world. It’s also critically important for survival in a country like Finland where the winter is long, cold and dark. And the recent move by Russia to cut off supplies of gas and electricity in response to Finland joining NATO has caused concern.
There is good news, however, that the world’s fully first working sand battery has been installed in Finland. It is a device which can store sustainably produced heat for months at a time and can be used to keep homes warm in winter. That’s why the new technology was developed by researchers there. Researchers believe it can solve the country’s year-round crisis in power supply, which is a significant issue for green energy.
The sand battery was installed in the Vatajankoski power plant that runs the heating system for the houses in the area. It works by heating the sand, circulating the heat generated in the sand using a heat exchanger. Researchers used low-grade sand to charge the devices with heat from cheap electricity coming from either solar or wind energy. The sand battery can store energy and heat up to 500 degrees Celsius. which can be used to warm homes during winter when electricity is more expensive.
It is a cost-effective method because when the battery releases the hot air, it warms the water for the district heating system that is pumped around homes, offices, and the local swimming pool. Sand is an ideal material because it is cheap and readily available everywhere. While other inexpensive items like water can store heat, sand can be heated to much higher temperatures. The sand used is of the lowest quality so it cannot be used in construction thus making it a sustainable choice. Besides, sand-based batteries last longer than other batteries. According to a study, researchers obtained silicon using sand to create a battery that lasts three times longer than lithium-ion(锂离子) batteries.
“This innovation is a part of the smart and green energy transition. Heat storage systems can significantly help to increase intermittent (间歇性的) renewables in the electrical network,” said Markku Ylönen, cofounder of Polar Night Energy. “At the same time, we can make full use of the heat waste to keep the city warm.”
7．Why did researchers install sand battery in Finland?
A．Because Finland is in desperate need of it owing to the climate.
B．Because people there can use it to keep warm in summer.
C．Because Russia cut off supplies of gas and electricity there.
D．Because sand in Finland can generate a great deal of solar power.
8．How does the sand battery work?
A．It generates electricity with seawater. B．It stores heat from green energy.
C．It charges electronic devices. D．The hot air is circulating inside a plant.
9．Sand is used in this new technology mainly because ________.
A．other material can’t store heat B．it is thrown everywhere
C．it is a kind of unsustainable resource D．it is inexpensive
10．What’s Markku Ylönen’s attitude towards the battery?
A．Indifferent. B．Negative. C．Positive. D．Neutral.

（2022春·内蒙古兴安盟·高二乌兰浩特市第四中学校考期中）Make unforgettable summer holiday memories, with amazing holiday experiences! Fit For Sport Summer Holiday Camp at Ivybridge Leisure Centre.
Fit For Sport summer holiday camps are the perfect solution to ensure your child enjoys a school holiday like no other as we invite your child to join us on our action-packed holiday programmes full of fun and adventure. With a brilliant mix of skills for sports, energizing activities to get children moving, creative sessions that encourage children to express themselves and much more—ensure your child doesn’t miss a moment by securing a place today!
At Fit For Sport, they put children at the centre of everything they do—ensuring each day is filled with opportunities for your child to:
1. Keep active with a wide range of options
2. Build confidence through learning new skills
3. Enjoy positive social interaction experiences with friends in a safe environment
4. Discover new activities delivered by expert play leaders
5. Improve well-being through promoting happiness, mindfulness and kindness
Summer Programme
Date: August 1～September 2
Claim 10% off summer camps: If you book the camps by July 15, you will receive a 10% early bird discount.
Booking Information
Call their friendly bookings team on 020 8742 4990 or drop them an email at enquiries @ fitforsport.co.uk.For any further information please visit www.fitforsport.co.uk.
11．What can we know about Fit For Sport?
A．It improves children’s communication skills.
B．It provides a lifelong learning experience.
C．It gives students chances to be leaders.
D．It offers an early bird discount anytime before camps open.
12．How can you book the camp for your child?
A．By visiting the website.
B．By writing a letter.
C．By sending an email.
D．By calling your friend.
13．What is the text mainly intended for?
A．Calling for students to exercise.
B．Spreading sports knowledge.
C．Introducing a fitness center.
D．Advertising summer holiday camps.

（2019春·陕西·高二陕西师大附中校考期中）Moving to a new city and state was difficult for me, especially in winter. Little did I know that a Colorado snowstorm would greet me after I had been in my new home for only a week.
I just missed home. But more than the old house and the beach, I missed Stacey, my best friend. And I missed our lovely tea. Going to a sweet little tearoom, we had discovered was a special treat for us. The place was a Victorian dream, with delicate teacups and tablecloths with flower prints. The hat shelf near the front door swept us back to childhood. Stacey and I became little girls, trying on different hats until we found the perfect one for our dress-up tea party. We would then choose a lovely table and order our tea. That was a precious time, filled with laughter between scones(煎饼) and sharing our lives between tiny cucumber sandwiches.
Springtime descended upon Denver, and the sun lightened my heart. But I still fought loneliness almost every day. I decided to explore the Denver area. While my husband went to the office, I took time to see what our new area had to offer.
One day, I was walking along the street when suddenly the words “Tea Leaves” caught my eye. A tea room? Here, in the land of loneliness and pain?
I walked through the doors, and tears came to my eyes. It was a beautiful room, not Victorian, but simple and lovely.
I sat down and ordered a pot of tea, a cucumber sandwich, and some scones. It felt silly and wonderful—and it felt like home. For the first time since moving, I felt as if this new city and state could be, would eventually be, my home. I would come back here and bring new friends. When Stacey visited, we would come here.
I lifted my cup and made a silent toast. I toasted Stacey, whom I missed, and I toasted the sweet little tearoom that lessened my pain.
14．The underlined word “treat” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
A．delicious food B．service C．something pleasant D．a kind of tea party
15．Which of the following about “Tea Leaves” is true?
A．It touched the author.
B．It looks silly and wonderful
C．Cucumber sandwiches and scones are its
D．It made the author recall her childhood. specialties
16．We can infer from the text that the author would probably ________.
A．open her own teahouse
B．ask the owner of the teahouse to decorate it like a home
C．go back to her hometown to visit Stacey
D．want to actively adapt to the new environment
17．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．East and West, Home Is the Best B．A Cup of Comfort
C．A Difficult Settlement D．A Friend in Need Is A Friend Indeed

（2019春·陕西·高二陕西师大附中校考期中）High-tech products, such as drones (无人驾驶飞机) and robots, are being put to good use to fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic (流行病) since the outbreak began.
A technology company based in Qingdao, East China’s Shandong province, donated 30 robots to six hospitals in Qingdao and neighboring city Rizhao. These intelligent machines are expected to be used in 20 more hospitals in the province.
The one-meter-tall and two-wheeled robots, shaped like a small refrigerator, sails from one hospital room to another autonomously (自主地) and sprays disinfectant (消毒剂).
The robot has a specially designed sprayer and can perform multiple forms of disinfection in almost every corner of hospital rooms, according to Fang Ke, chief operating officer of Qingdao Webull Intelligent Technology Co Ltd, manufacturer of the robot.
Lu Yun, director of general surgery of the Huangdao Campus of Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, where the robot was first used on January 31, applauded the move.
“Intelligent robotic products can effectively replace doctors and nurses in some work, thus reducing their chance of being infected,” Lu said.
The Qingdao municipal (市政的) government has called on artificial intelligence companies to help battle the epidemic.
Qingdao Tosun Intelligent Technology Inc. has also developed a kind of robot which can help maintain access control and temperature detection (检测) on passers.
If it detects someone with an abnormal body temperature, the robot will sound the alarm and report to security guards, according to the developer.
In Qingdao’s Huangdao district, also known as Qingdao West Coast New Area, drones are used to carry out disinfection at residential communities.
A drone can carry about 10 kilograms of disinfectant, with a spraying area of 5,000 square meters per load.
18．Why did the technology company donate robots to hospitals?
A．To help conduct disinfection work.
B．To help medical workers look after the patients.
C．To keep track of the novel coronavirus.
D．To promote high-tech products.
19．What does Lu Yun think of the use of robots?
A．It is not good for the development of the hospitals.
B．It is a risky but effective new try.
C．It will increase the risk of doctors’ and nurses’ careers.
D．It can help protect doctors and nurses.
20．What is Qingdao Tosun Intelligent Technology Inc.’s robot used to do?
A．Serve as the security guard.
B．Monitor the body temperature.
C．Spray disinfectant.
D．Detect abnormal behavior of passersby.
21．What does the text mainly talk about?
A．Multiple forms of disinfection work well.
B．Cities join hands to fight against the novel coronavirus.
C．Robots and drones join the battle against virus.
D．Technology companies have improved a lot.

（2022春·山东泰安·高二统考期中）Are you looking for the best amusement park in the world? Whether you wish to get the wonders of dreamland or want to get amazed with the craziest rides, there are numerous places that would surely give you excitement.
Gardaland
Considered to be one of the top amusement parks in the world, Gardaland is located in the Northeastern Italy and is an incredible journey for everyone. Begin a fantastic adventure with the themed-water well, and the thrilling rides that includes Blue Tornado, Raptor, Magic Mountain, and a lot more. While it also happens to be the fascinating one amongst the best amusement parks in the world, there is never a dull moment at this wonderland.
Universal Studios
Noted as one of the best amusement parks around the world, Universal studios, Osaka attracts millions of visitors every year. It is popularly known as the home of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. This theme park has a world-class entertainment for all ages to enjoy to the fullest. Many attractions are similar to that of Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood.
Happy Valley
Happy Valley is one of the best amusement parks around the world for kids and families. It is a magical place for extreme adventure rides and carnivals. Composing of nine areas of different themes including Sunshine Beach, Shangri-la Woods and Typhoon Bay, you are sure to have a great time here.
22．Where can people enjoy the themed-water well?
A．Gardaland B．Happy Valley.
C．Universal Studios. D．Southeastern Italy.
23．If you are a fan of magic films, which is your best choice?
A．Happy Valley. B．Gardaland.
C．Universal Studios. D．Blue Tornado.
24．Where can we probably read the passage?
A．In a novel. B．In a travel brochure.
C．In a textbook. D．In a book review.

（2022春·重庆·高二重庆一中校考期中）The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Winter Solstice, the 22nd solar term of the year, begins this year on Dec 21. Here are several things you should know about Winter Solstice.
The Winter Solstice Festival
There was a saying in ancient China, “The Winter Solstice is as significant as the Spring Festival.” As early as the Zhou Dynasty, people worshiped the gods on the first day of the Winter Solstice, which also was the first day of the new year. The Winter Solstice became a winter festival during the Han Dynasty. The celebratory activities were officially organized. On this day, both officials and common people would have a rest. During the following dynasties, such as the Tang , Song and Qing dynasties, the Winter Solstice was a day to offer sacrifices to Heaven and to ancestors.
Eating dumplings
During Winter Solstice in North China, eating dumplings is essential to the festival. There is a saying that goes “Have dumplings on the first day of Winter Solstice and noodles on the first day of Summer Solstice.”
Eating tangyuan
In places such as Shanghai, people eat tangyuan, a kind of stuffed small dumpling ball made of sticky rice flour, to celebrate Winter Solstice.
Eating rice cakes
During the Winter Solstice, Hangzhou residents traditionally eat rice cakes. In the past, before the approach of the winter solstice, every household would make the cakes to worship their ancestors or use as gifts for relatives and friends. Today, though fewer families eat homemade cakes, people there still buy rice cakes for the Winter Solstice Festival.
Eating mutton and vermicelli soup
In Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, people call midwinter the “Ghost Festival”. On that day, it is customary for people there to drink mutton and vermicelli soup and eat the dumplings in the soup. They give the midwinter soup a strange name “brain” and share it with their neighbors.
25．Which of the following statements is true?
A．People started to offer sacrifices to ancestors in the Han Dynasty.
B．It is an old tradition to worship the gods during the Winter Solstice.
C．Only officials could celebrate the Winter Solstice in the Han Dynasty.
D．The Winter Solstice became an official festival during the Zhou Dynasty.
26．What may a person living in Beijing eat during the Summer Solstice?
A．Tangyuan. B．Rice cakes. C．Dumplings. D．Noodles.
27．In which places will people eat dumplings during the Winter Solstice?
A．North China and Hangzhou. B．Hangzhou and Shanghai.
C．Shanghai and Ningxia. D．Ningxia and North China.

（2022春·福建·高二福建师大附中校考期中）When we long live together, we quickly learn to foresee the near-term behaviors of our co-workers or family members. Our ability to predict the actions of others makes it easier to successfully live and work together. In contrast, even the most intelligent and advanced robots have remained inept at this sort of communication. This may be about to change.
The study, conducted by Mechanical Engineering Professor Hod Lipson, is part of a broader effort to provide robots with the ability to understand and predict what others want. The researchers first built a subject robot and placed it in a playpen. They programmed the robot to seek and move towards any green circle it could see. But there was a hidden difficulty: Sometimes the robot could see a green circle in its camera and move directly towards it. But other times, the green circle would be blocked by a tall red cardboard box, in which case the robot would move towards a different green circle, or not at all.
After “researching” its partner on screen long, the new robot was eventually able to get its partner’s goal and path 98 out of 100 times, across varying situations. When starting the experiment, the researchers expected the robot might learn to make predictions about the subject robot’s near-term actions. What the researchers didn’t expect, however, was how accurately it could foresee the moves with only a few seconds of video.
“Our initial results are very exciting, showing how robots can see the world from another robot’s view,” says Lipson. “The understanding ability of the new robot is perhaps a primitive form of sensing others’ feelings, which we all can do.”
Meanwhile, he acknowledges there’re many moral questions. The technology will make robot more adaptable and useful and no longer passive instruction-following machines, but when robots ca predict how humans think, they may also learn to control or influence those thoughts.
28．What does “inept” underlined in the first paragraph mean’?
A．Careful. B．Smart. C．Active. D．Poor.
29．What is the experiment designed to find?
A．How a robot moves toward the targeted object.
B．Whether a robot can predict other robots’ goals.
C．Whether robots can work together like humans.
D．How accurately a robot foresees its partner’s moves.
30．How does the robot gain the understanding ability?
A．By communication. B．By following its camera.
C．By visual observation. D．By experiencing various tests.
31．What does Lipson think of the new robot?
A．It bears human characteristics. B．It has some kind of moral values.
C．It might replace human beings. D．It is an instruction-following machine.

（2022春·广东广州·高二广州市第八十六中学校考期中）If you’re looking for a way to achieve naturally glowing skin, you needn’t look further than face yoga. That’s what Akiko Grabin, a face yoga teacher believes.
The main reason people give it a shot is because of its effect on skin, with Grabin claiming that it can prevent wrinkles, or at least smooth their appearance. And there’s some evidence to back these claims. Research from 2018 found that 30 minutes a day of facial exercises over a 20-week period might improve the appearance of skin in middle-aged women.
Takatsu is credited as the creator of the Face Yoga Method. She wrote about how she started it on her website, saying she came up with the concept following a car crash in which her body was injured and her face was left looking asymmetrical(不对称的). Standing in front of the mirror one day, Takatsu had a realization; “If I exercise my body muscles, I should be able to do the same for my face.” After Takatsu started practicing this method, people began praising her appearance and were eager to know how she achieved such results. The Face Yoga Metjod was born.
But Dr Imaan Joshi, a cosmetician working in a beauty agency, remains skeptical of the practice. She believes face yoga can have “some beneficial effects” in terms of relaxing muscles, but says there’s no evidence it can reduce or prevent wrinkles. Joshi explains that wrinkles form from repetitive, life--long movement of facial muscles, accompanies by loss of collagen(胶原)and fat as we age. “So, there’s no realistic way of getting rid of wrinkles apart from reducing or freezing the movement of these muscles.”
32．Why do people try to do face yoga?
A．Doing face yoga can do good to people’s health.
B．Face yoga is the best way to achieve smooth skin.
C．Doing face yoga is beneficial to people’s skin.
D．Face yoga is highly recommended by experts.
33．What inspired Takatsu to create face yoga?
A．The wish to heal her injured face. B．The praise for her appearance.
C．The lecture she attended. D．The comments on her website.
34．What does the underlined word “cosmetician” in the last paragraph mean?
A．A professor who studies physical exercise and health.
B．A teacher who teaches biology.
C．A physician who improves people’s looks.
D．An adviser who provides the old with nutritious diets.
35．Which statement may Joshi agree with?
A．Face yoga is an effective way to get rid of wrinkles.
B．The claim that face yoga can relax muscles lacks evidence.
C．Repetitive movement of facial muscles causes loss of collagen.
D．More movements of facial muscles can result in the formation of wrinkles.

（2022春·甘肃兰州·高二兰州市外国语高级中学校考期中）In Sweden, scientists are looking to a farm animal to help them find a treatment or vaccine against the new coronavirus(新冠病毒). Researchers from the Karolinska Institute, a medical university near Stockholm, are putting their hope in a 12-year-old alpaca(羊驼) from Germany. Alpacas belong to the camel family.
The scientists started by recreating the so-called “spike” protein that permits the coronavirus to infect human cells. They then injected the spike protein into the alpaca, whose name is Tyson. The team is collecting blood samples to see whether the alpaca can develop antibodies against the spike protein.
In a statement to the press, the researchers called them “neutralizing antibodies.” If you neutralize something harmful, you take away its ability to cause harm. The head of the research team in Sweden is Gerald McInerney. He said the hope is that the neutralizing antibodies will be able to effectively block the virus protein - and thereby the coronavirus - from entering cells and spreading. The results could be used to develop drug treatments or possibly a vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. While the scientific work is still at an early stage, McInerney said his team has seen evidence it could work in people.
In a Reuters interview McInerney said, “In principle, all the evidence would suggest it will work very well in humans.” He added however, that “it is a very complex system.” McInerney noted that the coronavirus mutates(变异) “quite easily.” So, researchers need to be prepared to develop several different kinds of antibodies.
McInerney explained that his team began its research back in January. At that time, they say they believed the coronavirus could become a serious pandemic. The researchers also knew it would take a long time to develop a vaccine, as well as drugs to slow the progression of the disease and save lives, he added.
But why use an alpaca? Studies have shown that alpacas and other members of the camel family are known to produce nanobodies. Nanobodies are easier for scientists to work with. Sharks have also been found to produce nanobodies. But sharks are not as easy to work with as alpacas.
36．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A．Alpaca Helps to Make COVID-19 Vaccine
B．How Do Scientists Find Vaccine for COVID-19?
C．Gerald McInerney and His Research Team
D．Alpacas--An kind of Animal Belonging to Camel Family
37．What do we know about alpacas?
A．They can always develop antibodies against the spike protein.
B．They have been used to help treat COVID-19 so far.
C．They are the only existing animals which can produce nanobodies.
D．The nanobodies produced by them may have a positive effect on the treatment of COVID-19.
38．What is Gerald McInerney’s attitude towards the research of his team?
A．Vague B．Doubtful
C．Expectant D．Casual
39．It can be concluded from the passage that ________ .
A．It is much easier to obtain nanobodies from sharks than from alpacas.
B．It remains to be seen whether the coronavirus can mutates or not.
C．The virus protein plays a key role in the infection of COVID-19.
D．It has turned out that neutralizing antibodies will work very well in humans.

（2022春·山东菏泽·高二山东省鄄城县第一中学校考期中）Starship Technologies was founded in Estonia but is now based in San Francisco. The company employs dozens of six-wheeled delivery robots on college campuses. Now, Starship is adding four new schools to its operational field: University of Illinois Chicago, University of Kentucky, University of Nevada, Reno and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
At present, the company operates on 20 college campuses in 15 states with a global fleet that totals 1,000 robots. This expansion will add 85 more robots to that fleet. Starship states that it has done over 5 million deliveries worldwide since its founding in 2014. The company has raised $ 102 million so far, including $ 17 million in fresh funding announced earlier this year.
Each robot in Starship is electric, has a box that can fit about 20 pounds of goods, and has a number of cameras to recognize obstacles and help guide it to its destination. The robots have a delivery range of three to four miles and can travel at a maximum speed of 4mph; which is obviously slower than a delivery by a human on a bike or in a car. And they can climb the edge of the road but not stairs, which may limit their appeal to customers who live in high-rise buildings.
Delivery via robots is still relatively neoteric in the US. There are a handful of start-ups operating delivery robots of varying sizes — everything from fully-sized minivans like Udelv to robots that are almost similar to Starship’s like Amazon and Yandex. Recently, Postmates has also invented a delivery robot called Serve that can carry 50 pounds of goods. There are even some newly-produced robots like Nuro, which can be described as a mini-robotic car. All claim to be automated, but some still require humans to follow their movements.
Demand for delivery robots has risen since the pandemic, though it remains to be seen whether that will hold up as the economy reopens and fewer people rely on takeout food from restaurants.
40．What can we learn about Starship Technologies?
A．It is now based in Estonia. B．It hires college students as delivery men.
C．It is branching out into scientific education. D．It is spreading its service on college campuses.
41．What do the figures in Paragraph 2 show?
A．Modern people tend to rely heavily on robots.
B．Robots are popular among college students.
C．Starship has contributed a lot of money to charity.
D．Starship has made some achievements in robot delivery.
42．Why do people in high-rise buildings show tittle interest in delivery robots?
A．They work much slower than humans. B．They are unable to recognize floors.
C．They have difficulty going up stairs. D．They are likely to get lost in the buildings.
43．What does the underlined word “neoteric” probably mean in Paragraph 4?
A．Novel. B．Practical. C．Traditional. D．Necessary.

（2022春·山东菏泽·高二山东省鄄城县第一中学校考期中）Imagine yourself sitting in a cafe one day in your hometown, when on the next table you hear some people speaking English with a strong North American accent (口音)Being a friendly person, you smile and say, “Hi! Are you American?” “No,” comes the quick answer. “Canadian!” Calling an English-speaking Canadian an American can be as bad as telling a Scotsman that he’s English or a Swiss person that he’s German. Although they have a common language, there are differences in culture and national feeling. “No,” many Canadians will tell you with confidence, “we’re not Americans! We’re Canadians.”
About 80% of Canadians live within 150 kilometers of the US border (国界), and this has had a detrimental influence on the Canadian economy. Like most European countries, Canada has a good national health service, and a good social service, but the good services have to be paid for by high taxes(税). Because of this, hundreds of thousands of Canadians often get in their cars and drive over to the USA to go shopping. This is one cause of economic problems in Canada. Over half of Canada’s products that are brought in from other countries come from the United States.
But the American influence is not just a question of shopping. Lots of Canadians drive American cars, and cars are, almost as important in Canada as they are in the USA．There is television too.
While Quebecers watch their own French-language TV stations, English-speaking Canadians have a choice between local English-speaking television stations, national programmes from CBC, and many American television stations. Unless they want to watch local stations, they’re just as likely to choose one of the big American television stations which include many different types of programmes as they are to a Canadian television station.
44．What does the author want to tell us in the first paragraph?
A．Canadians can speak many languages.
B．Canadians have a strong national feeling.
C．Canadians are generally friendly to foreigners.
D．Canadians have a lot in common with Americans.
45．What does the underlined word “detrimental” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Timely. B．Special. C．Unexpected. D．Bad.
46．What can we learn about Canada?
A．The cost of living in Canada is quite high
B．Canada only has a few French programmes.
C．The service industries of Canada are famous.
D．Canada produces fewer cars than America.
47．Which of the following could be the best title for the text?
A．A nation of high taxes
B．What is Canadians’ lifestyle?
C．How is Canada influenced by the US?
D．The differences between Canada and the US’

（2022春·山东菏泽·高二山东省鄄城县第一中学校考期中）Chrissy Harrison’s jewelry business, Elsie Frieda, has outgrown the guest bedroom of her home, moving to a studio and production space. Designing necklaces and earrings, Harrison left her IT consulting sales job to pursue her passion for fashion in late 2018.
As a mother of two boys, Chrissy had just gotten her youngest started in kindergarten when she revisited her past hobby of jewelry making. Sourcing her bead (珠子) supply from a market in Ghana, she launched her jewelry business with about 12 designs selling at in-home jewelry parties and at Roan, the women’s clothing store in Carytown. In February 2019, a costume designer for the Netflix teen drama “Outer Banks” saw a social media post and bought multiple necklaces from Harrison for the show.
A year later, Harrison had forgotten about the exciting encounter as she continued to grow the business. Then the pandemic hit, and everything came to a stop. Like many small businesses, she had to handle shipping and supply issues. Then in April 2020, Harrison received an email from Netflix, which let her know that the show with her necklaces was about to be broadcast. “Our world just changed overnight,” Harrison says.
Since the debut (首播) of the show, Harrison says, orders have grown from about 30 per day to more than 100. Handling this wave of business was made possible thanks to her team of female employees who helped with everything from making the jewelry to shipping it.
Harrison named the business after her grandmother, Frieda, who graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia. Harrison modeled the company’s mission after Frieda’s character. “We are kind first, work hard second, and then we know we’ll be successful,” her grandmother once said. Harrison has helped raise funds for causes such as breast cancer awareness and hunger relief.
Harrison says she never would have guessed she’d be in this position with her business. “It’s been a really fun ride,” she adds. “I can’t wait to see what the future brings to us.”
48．What caused Harrison to make a career change?
A．Her strong interest.
B．Her kid’s pre-schooling.
C．A costume designer’s support.
D．Her dislike of her previous job.
49．What turned Harrison’s jewelry business around in the pandemic?
A．Her employees’ devotion and hard work.
B．Her constant efforts during the pandemic.
C．Her involvement in the Netflix teen drama.
D．The appearance of her necklaces in a Netflix show.
50．What kind of person is Chrissy Harrison according to the text?
A．She is socially responsible.
B．She is culturally intelligent.
C．She is honest and ambitious.
D．She is determined and patient.
51．What does Chrissy Harrison think of her successful business?
A．It is rewarding. B．It is unexpected.
C．It is predictable. D．It is far-reaching.

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52．What is the purpose of the first three paragraphs?
A．To show the importance of the book.
B．To spread Jerrie’s values across her family.
C．To introduce Jodi’s autobiography to people.
D．To advertise and attract customers to LifeBook.
53．What can we learn from LifeBook’s services?
A．LifeBook will take you on a tour.
B．There will be six people helping you.
C．There will be an interview on the phone.
D．LifeBook won’t provide free services for you.
54．What can you do if you are still confused after reading this text?
A．Send an email to LifeBook. B．Talk to the planner anytime.
C．Visit the website of LifeBook. D．Call 0800 -999 -2280 on Sunday.

（2022春·新疆喀什·高二新疆维吾尔自治区喀什第二中学校考期中）The recent few weeks have been the perfect time for a good book and here are some good ones that allow readers to get completely lost in another world.
Watch Me Disappear
If you like mysteries with the family drama, Janelle Brown’s best­selling thriller is for you. The story follows a wealthy wife and mom who goes on a hike and never returns. Her lonely husband and teenage daughter, Olive(who’s dealing with her own  problems), are confused with sorrow while trying to find out what  happens.
The Boy from the Woods
If you pick up one of Harlan Coben’s books, you won’t be able to put it down. His mystery stories keep readers fascinated. The Boy from the Woods is sure to satisfy fans by its twisty, heart­racing plots filled with interesting and exciting atmosphere. This is the book to read if you love masterful surprises.
How to Walk Away
Katherine Center’s best­selling novel follows a young woman, Margaret, with her perfect fiancé， a pilot who takes her on an upsetting flight that changes her life forever. Readers adore Margaret’s wisdom and humor as she faces a changed world and figures out what love really looks like.
The Last One Left
This novel, first published in 1967, still attracts readers decades later. Novelist Dean Koontz wrote the introduction to the recent edition, where he describes reading each of John D．MacDonald’s novels “at least three times, some of them twice”, This is your next read if you want to be swept away by a masterpiece of the mystery and excitement.
55．What is Watch Me Disappear probably about?
A．Mysterious disappearance of a woman.
B．Sorrow at a dead mom.
C．Teenager problems.
D．A family outing.
56．Who is the author of The Last One Left?
A．Dean Koontz. B．Harlan Coben.
C．Katherine Center. D．John D．MacDonald.
57．Which book deals with love?
A．Watch Me Disappear. B．The Boy from the Woods.
C．How to Walk Away. D．The Last One Left.

（2022春·新疆喀什·高二新疆维吾尔自治区喀什第二中学校考期中）TikTok is the birthplace of the entertainment stars of the new generation Z (born after1996). Ambitious young people have been able to attract huge audiences on the social media platform by dancing, singing, pulling pranks, performing skits and whatever else they can think of in short videos, most of which last between 15 seconds and a minute. Obviously, it’s a place for kids and most social media is youth-oriented. However, it maybe not just kids anymore. Austin, for instance, is 82 years old and is known to his 1.4 million TikTok fans as “Old Man Steve”.
Austin and several other older social media stars have developed big TikTok followings over the last few years, with fan bases well into seven or even eight figures. Most of them uploaded videos just for fun, but were lucky enough to go viral. Some have become full-time TikTok bloggers, making use of their fame on TikTok to appear on other platforms, and TV as well as ads and endorsement (代言). While they are just as energetic as the young people, they bring their own interest to TikTok. “I think that it’s a great thing for seniors to be able to be on the internet and communicate,” Old Man Steve say “I don’t think it’s just for the young people.”
The folk listed below is one of the biggest older TikTok stars—Jenny Krupa. J-Dog @its-j-dog. 2M followers and 83. 6M likes Jenny Krupa, 88, of Alberta, Canada, has become the TikTok star “J-dog” with the help of her grandson, Skylar Krupa. They have been making videos together since August 2019.J-dog is a fashionable old woman. On Valentine’s Day, for instance, she told viewers not to worry about not getting a card.“It’s not because no one likes you,” she said. “It’s probably because you’re a loser.” Skylar Krupa says.“When we started, she really didn’t like it, but once the  J-dog personality became a viral hit，there was no turning back.” “She liked the attention from it.” Skylar says, and now “she’s definitely turning into J-dog.” The person hasn’t overwhelmed the person, however, Skylar says his grandmother was very touched by the online love and support she got from her followers following her husband’s death in July.
58．What is the function of the first paragraph?
A．To tell the readers how to use TikTok.
B．To summarize the whole passage.
C．To give a detailed description of TikTok.
D．To introduce the topic to the readers.
59．Why did most of the older upload the video at first?
A．In order to become famous.
B．Just for enjoying themselves
C．To earn some money.
D．To compete with the youth.
60．What does the underlined phrase “go viral” mean in paragraph2?
A．caused by a virus B．getting worse
C．become popular D．be boring
61．Which of the following is NOT wrong according to the passage?
A．Only young people is fond of TikTok.
B．Most of the videos on TikTok last more than one minute.
C．Some elderly video bloggers take advantage of TikTok to earn some money.
D．Old Man Steve thinks it is not good for the old to surf the internet.

（2022春·福建福州·高二福建省福州外国语学校校考期中）For many years there’s been a debate about rewarding our children. Does it work? Is it effective?
Some people think we should establish a standard with our kids and give them something for meeting this standard as a reward. Punishment is given out in much the same way, but it’s used when certain standards of performance, behavior, etc. have not been met. Kids will often become more dutiful when threatened with punishment, and work harder when promised a valuable reward. The problem is what happens when you aren’t around.
To develop responsible, self-disciplined (自律) kids, parents need to promote certain ideas. One of these ideas is that everyone joins in and helps in your family. Another idea is that there can be enjoyment in doing any task if we choose to make it so. When a task is for a worthy cause (our family can enjoy the house more because I helped clean it), this message can have a big impact.
This is how we help our kids develop a sense of responsibility. When our children develop this responsibility, they’ll be more disciplined, and they’ll control their emotions better. When we give rewards to our kids, we reduce the sense of responsibility. We also create children who may temporarily perform to a certain standard, but who aren’t likely to continue the performance without the carrot hanging in front of them.
“Rewards and punishment can change behavior for a while, but they cannot change the person who engages in the behavior,” said Alfie Kohn, author of Punished by Rewards. “Good values have to be grown from the inside out.” Parents can help give their children a sense of shared responsibility and discipline which can last a life time. The real rewards that your children receive will be their readiness for the complex and demanding world that waits for them—a world that rewards those who have learned the secrets of discipline and responsibility. So keep those shiny rewarding to yourself, and let your kids find their own rewards.
62．According to the passage, when children are threatened with punishment, ________.
A．they may lose interest in their work B．they may appear to be well-behaved
C．they may change to another person D．the results will be worse than usual
63．The underlined part “the carrot” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to ________.
A．rewards B．aims C．apologies D．doubts
64．According to the passage, Alfie Kohn would agree that parents should ________.
A．never pay attention to the way their children do things
B．show their children how to behave by example
C．never punish their children
D．help their children establish good values
65．What’s the best title for the passage?
A．Do you often reward your children?
B．Should parents reward their children?
C．When should parents reward their children?
D．What can parents reward their children with?

（2022春·重庆·高二重庆巴蜀中学校考期中）How many friends do you have? Not counting the hundreds on Facebook or the names gathering dust in your address book. But real friends, the ones cast in stone. The kind who would lend you $100 without asking why, or put you up if you were kicked out of your house.
Anthropologist Prof Robin Dunbar feels he can put a number on it: five. No matter how much of a social butterfly you are, you can count your real pals on one hand, he says. To that he says you can add an ideal number of 15 “good friends”, the kind of people you would see in a group and would join for a drink if you bumped into them in the pub, and up to 150 “meaningful contacts”.
Prof Dunbar’s latest research is an exact formula(公式) for friendship: new friendships take 34 hours of one-on-one time to form, in which you’d spend an ideal duration of three hours and four minutes per interaction together over the course of six months. Note that this is to turn an acquaintance into a friend, not one of the close friends that makes up your inner circle of five—to do that, you’d have to devote 90 hours, according to a 2018 University of Kansas study.
According to the experts, the pandemic years have changed the number and nature of our friendship. It gave people more grounds for disagreement: over adherence(遵守) to social-distancing rules, for example. Plenty of people lost relationships in the cracks. “We are always on the outlook for new and better friends, but lockdown has had a big effect in making people reevaluate,” says Dunbar. “Perhaps they’ve decided the time has come to part with some and therefore there’s an empty space to fill.”
The forecast for British friendship was already gloomy before the pandemic. Three million people said they feel lonely “often or always”, according to the Government’s 2019 community life survey. But the average British adult lost four friends over the course of the pandemic, according to the poll.
66．What does the underlined expression “cast in stone” probably mean?
A．Firmly connected. B．Interested in stones.
C．Living nearby. D．Extremely generous.
67．How long does it take to form close friendships according to the formula?
A．34 hours of one-on-one time.
B．90 hours of interaction.
C．Six months of one-on-one time.
D．Three hours and four minutes of interaction.
68．Which of the following might Prof Dunbar agree with?
A．The more sociable you are, the more real friends you can make.
B．It’s much easier for people to make friends online.
C．The more friends you make, the happier your life will be.
D．There is a limit to the number of real friends in your life.
69．What might people argue about during the pandemic?
A．Whether to part with some old friends.
B．How to make better friends.
C．Whether to obey social distancing.
D．How to limit the number of friends.

（2022春·重庆·高二重庆巴蜀中学校考期中）Welcome to Greyhound Lines! Feel free to explore the bus features.
We want you to feel at home when you travel with us. So our buses have plenty of features to help you relax, like comfy leather seats and lots of legroom (plus free Wi-Fi, onboard entertainment and power outlets so you can still be an armchair surfer).
Free Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is free on all our buses, for all passengers. We see it as a must-have these days, not a premium(高级的) feature. So go ahead, check your emails or Instagram window scenery from the road (we’d love if you tag it). Please don’t stream video during your journey, though - we’ve all got to share the bandwidth(宽带)!
Personal Power Outlets
Nearly every seat has its own standard power outlet, so you can keep your devices charged all the way to your destination. Getting off with a fully charged phone is extra handy if you’re navigating around a new place.
Extra Legroom
When designing our new and updated buses, we actually removed a whole row of seats rather than trying to squeeze more in. So there’s always space to stretch out when you ride with Greyhound. (Our bus designers must have been really tall.)
Eco-friendly
Every Greyhound bus is fully equipped with the latest technology to burn fuel cleanly, reducing our impact on the environment. Check out the Going Green page for more of our eco-efforts, and techy facts on things like low-sulfur fuel.
70．Why does the company offer free Wi-Fi on the bus?
A．Because passengers are encouraged to post photos online.
B．Because the company considers it necessary.
C．Because passengers need to check their emails.
D．Because the company wants to earn extra money.
71．Which is available on the bus?
A．A fully charged phone. B．Eco-friendly equipment.
C．Standard power outlets. D．A new design of the bus.
72．What kind of company is Greyhound Lines?
A．A bus operator. B．A bus producer.
C．An entertainment company. D．A ticket company.


参考答案：
1．D    2．B    3．C
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍的是一份招聘广告。
1．细节理解题。根据“Where is the location?”部分中“It is a beautiful city with the Gan River, the mother river of local people, flowing through the whole city. It is honored as “a green pearl in the southern part of China” thanks to its clear water, fresh air and great inner city virescence (绿化)．(这是一个美丽的城市，甘河，当地人的母亲河，流经整个城市。它被誉为“中国南方的一颗绿色明珠”，因为它有清澈的水，新鲜的空气和巨大的内城绿化。)”可知，文中提到南昌是因为通过介绍南昌而强调此处良好的工作环境。故选D。
2．细节理解题。根据What is our requirement?部分中“Native English teachers. Holding a Bachelor degree(本科) at least. Having a great passion for education. (英语外教。本科以上学历。热爱教育事业。)”可知，B选项“An Australian teacher who greatly enjoys teaching. ( 一位非常喜欢教学的澳大利亚教师。)”符合该工作岗位。故选B，
3．推理判断题。根据第一段中“Salary: 17,500 RMB-19,000 RMB After Tax + Housing Allowance+Health Insurance Provided (工资：17500元-税后19000元+住房补贴+医疗保险)”可知，本文是一篇招聘广告。故推断文章出自于求职网站。故选C。
4．D    5．A    6．B
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍的是“剑桥学者项目”。
4．细节理解题。根据第一段中“The Cambridge Scholars’ Programme helps intelligent high school students pursue their passions, prepare for university, explore Britain and Paris, build their confidence and have lots of fun making friends from around the world.(剑桥学者项目帮助聪明的高中生追求自己的梦想，为上大学做准备，探索英国和巴黎，建立自信，并在结交来自世界各地的朋友中获得很多乐趣。)”可知，该项目适合为上大学做准备的高中生。故选D。
5．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“We let you pick and choose your courses from our wide selection, so that you can try a range of subjects according to your interests. (我们让你从我们广泛的选择中挑选你的课程，这样你就可以根据你的兴趣尝试一系列的科目。)”可知，在该活动中学生们课程的选择是广泛的；同时根据本段中“Unlike many summer schools that save costs by hiring inexperienced students to teach, we only hire the best teaching staff. (不像许多暑期学校通过雇佣没有经验的学生来教学来节省成本，我们只雇佣最好的教学人员。)”可知，该项目中的教学人员是有着丰富经验的老师；同时根据本段中“Our courses help to bridge the gap between school and university, teaching skills and pushing your academic horizons.(我们的课程有助于弥合学校和大学之间的差距，教授技能，并推动您的学术视野。)”可知，该项目的课程有助于弥合学校和大学之间的差距，即为大学做准备。故A选项“Low prices.(低廉的价格)”并未提及，即并非是该项目的优点。故选A。
6．推理判断题。根据“Choose Your Courses For 2023”部分中“Click to pick which week(s) you wish to attend. (请点击选择您希望参加的星期。)”可知，文章出自于网站。故选B。
7．A    8．B    9．D    10．C

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍的是一款绿色能源——沙子电池。
7．推理判断题。根据第一段中“Heat is the biggest end use for energy all over the world. It’s also critically important for survival in a country like Finland where the winter is long, cold and dark.(热是全世界最大的能源最终用途。这对一个像芬兰这样冬天漫长、寒冷、黑暗的国家的生存来说也至关重要。)”以及第二段中“It is a device which can store sustainably produced heat for months at a time and can be used to keep homes warm in winter. That’s why the new technology was developed by researchers there.(这是一种可以储存持续产生的热量的设备，一次可以储存几个月，可以用来在冬天保持家庭温暖。这就是为什么那里的研究人员开发了这项新技术。)”可知，因为芬兰由于气候原因急需沙子电池，这样可以帮助芬兰在冬天保持家庭温暖。故选A。
8．细节理解题。根据第二段中“It is a device which can store sustainably produced heat for months at a time and can be used to keep homes warm in winter. (这是一种可以储存持续产生的热量的设备，一次可以储存几个月，可以用来在冬天保持家庭温暖。)”可知，该沙子电池是通过储存持续产生的热量的方式工作的。故选B。
9．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“Sand is an ideal material because it is cheap and readily available everywhere. (沙子是一种理想的材料，因为它便宜而且随处可得。)”可知，使用沙子的原因在于沙子便宜。故选D。
10．推理判断题。根据最后一段中“This innovation is a part of the smart and green energy transition. Heat storage systems can significantly help to increase intermittent (间歇性的) renewables in the electrical network(这种创新是智能和绿色能源转型的一部分。蓄热系统可以极大地帮助增加电力网络中的间歇性可再生能源。)”可知，Markku Ylönen认为该电池能够极大地帮助增加电力网络中的间歇性可再生能源即保持的是积极的态度。故选C。
11．A    12．C    13．D

【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了Fit For Sport夏令营的理念、内容、开营时间及报名方式。
11．细节理解题。根据第二段“With a brilliant mix of skills for sports, energizing activities to get children moving, creative sessions that encourage children to express themselves and much more—ensure your child doesn’t miss a moment by securing a place today!(通过精彩的体育技能组合，充满活力的活动让孩子们动起来，创造性的课程鼓励孩子们表达自己，还有更多——确保您的孩子今天不会错过任何一个机会!)”及下文“3. Enjoy positive social interaction experiences with friends in a safe environment(3.在安全的环境中与朋友享受积极的社会互动体验)”可知，Fit For Sport能提高孩子们的沟通能力。故选A。
12．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Call their friendly bookings team on 020 8742 4990 or drop them an email at enquiries@ fitforsport.co.uk.(请致电020 8742 4990与他们友好的预订团队联系，或发送电子邮件@fitforsport.co.uk询问)”可知，可以通过发送电子邮件为孩子预定营地。故选C。
13．推理判断题。文章主要介绍了Fit For Sport夏令营的理念、内容、开营时间及报名方式，所以推断文章的目的是为此夏令营做推广。故选D。
14．C    15．A    16．D    17．B

【导语】本文讲述了作者因为从海边一个城市搬到一个新的城市Denver，开始极其不适应，想念家乡的一切，但作者还是努力的去适应新的环境，终于有一天，当他发现一个“Tea Leaves”的地方，为之深受触动，从而开始融入这个新的城市的故事。
14．词义猜测题。根据文章第二段第五句“The place was a Victorian dream, with delicate teacups and tablecloths with flower prints. (这是个维多利亚梦，有着精致的茶杯，和带有印花图案的桌布。)”可知，对于爱茶的“我”来说，是令人愉快的一些东西。故正确答案为C。
15．推理判断题。根据文章第四段“One day, I was walking along the street when suddenly the words ‘Tea Leaves’ caught my eye. A tea room? Here, in the land of loneliness and pain? (天，我在街上散步，突然“Tea Leaves”几个字吸引了我的眼球。茶室？在这里，在孤独和痛苦的土地上？)”可知，Tea Leaves让“我”想到孤独和伤痛，深深触动了“我”。故正确答案为A。
16．推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段第三句中“I felt as if this new city and state could be, would eventually be, my home. (我觉得这个新的城市和州可能会成为我的家。)”可知，作者想要积极适应这个新的城市和州。故正确答案为D。
17．主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段第二句中“I toasted the sweet little tearoom that lessened my pain. (我烤了烤甜蜜的小茶室，这减轻了我的痛苦。)”可知，甜蜜的小茶室缓解了“我”心中的痛苦。文章主要讲述了茶缓解了“我”搬家到新地方后的孤独和痛苦。B项“A Cup of Comfort (一杯安慰)”，指的是一杯缓和痛苦的茶，符合文意。故正确答案为B。
18．A    19．D    20．B    21．C

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。自新型冠状病毒疫情爆发以来，无人机和机器人等高科技产品正得到充分利用，以应对疫情。本文主要介绍了青岛市一家科技公司向医院捐赠的机器人。
18．细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“The one-meter-tall and two-wheeled robots, shaped like a small refrigerator, sails from one hospital room to another autonomously and sprays disinfectant. (一米高的两轮机器人，形状像一个小冰箱，从一个医院房间自动航行到另一个医院，并喷洒消毒剂。)”和第四段“The robot has a specially designed sprayer and can perform multiple forms of disinfection in almost every corner of hospital rooms… (该机器人有一个专门设计的喷雾器，可以在医院房间的几乎每个角落进行多种形式的消毒……)”可知，该科技公司捐赠这些机器人给医院是为了帮助医院消毒。故选A。
19．推理判断题。由第五段“Lu Yun, director of general surgery of the Huangdao Campus of Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, where the robot was first used on January 31, applauded the move. (1月31日首次使用机器人的青岛大学附属医院黄岛校区普外科主任卢云对这一举动表示赞赏。)”可知，卢云赞成使用机器人。由第六段““Intelligent robotic products can effectively rep lace doctors and nurses in some work, thus reducing their chance of being infected,” Lu said. (“智能机器人产品可以有效地代替医生和护士从事某些工作，从而减少他们被感染的机会，”卢说。)”可知，卢云认为机器人能在一些工作中取代医生和护士，从而减少他们被感染的风险。由此可知，卢云认为使用机器人有助于保护医生和护士。故选D。
20．细节理解题。根据倒数第四段“Qingdao Tosun Intelligent Technology Inc. has also developed a kind of robot which can help maintain access control and temperature detection (检测) on passers. (青岛东森智能科技股份有限公司还开发了一种机器人，可以帮助维护过路人的出入控制和温度检测。)”可知，青岛东森智能科技股份有限公司的机器人能够协助监测行人的体温。故选B。
21．主旨大意题。根据文章第一自然段“High-tech products, such as drones (无人驾驶飞机) and robots, are being put to good use to fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic (流行病) since the outbreak began. (自新型冠状病毒疫情爆发以来，无人机和机器人等高科技产品正得到充分利用，以应对疫情。)”可知，本文主要讲了无人驾驶飞机和机器人被应用到对抗新型冠状病毒的战斗中。故选C。
22．A    23．C    24．B

【导语】本文是篇说明文。文章主要介绍了世界上三个最好的游乐园。
22．细节理解题。根据第二段“Begin a fantastic adventure with the themed-water well,”（以主题水井开始一场奇妙的历险）可知，在Gardaland可以享受主题水井。故选A。
23．推理判断题。根据第三段“It is popularly known as the home of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.”（众所周知，这里是哈利波特魔法世界的所在地。）和“Many attractions are similar to that of Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood.”（许多景点与奥兰多环球影城和好莱坞环球影城相似。）可知，如果你是魔法电影的粉丝，Universal Studios会是最好的选择。故选C。
24．推理判断题。根据第一段“Are you looking for the best amusement park in the world? ”（你在寻找世界上最好的游乐园吗?）和“there are numerous places that would surely give you excitement.”（有许多地方肯定会让你兴奋。）并结合全文可知，本文主要是向要去旅行的人们介绍三个世界上最好的游乐园，所以我们很可能在一本旅行手册上读到这篇文章。故选B。
25．B    26．D    27．D

【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了中国冬至节日的一些饮食习俗。
25．细节理解题。根据第二段中“As early as the Zhou Dynasty, people worshiped the gods on the first day of the Winter Solstice, which also was the first day of the new year.(早在周朝，人们就在冬至的第一天祭拜神灵，这一天也是新年的第一天)”可知，B选项“冬至祭拜神灵是一个古老的传统”正确。故选B。
26．细节理解题。根据第三段中“There is a saying that goes “Have dumplings on the first day of Winter Solstice and noodles on the first day of Summer Solstice.”(俗话说：“冬至吃饺子，夏至吃面条。”)”可知，住在北京的人在夏至期间可以吃面条。故选D。
27．细节理解题。根据第三段中“During Winter Solstice in North China, eating dumplings is essential to the festival.(在中国北方，冬至期间吃饺子是必不可少的)”以及最后一段中“On that day, it is customary for people there to drink mutton and vermicelli soup and eat the dumplings in the soup.(在这一天，那里的人们习惯喝羊肉和粉丝汤，吃汤中的饺子)”可知，在宁夏和中国北部，人们会在冬至吃饺子。故选D。
28．D    29．B    30．C    31．A

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了当人类长时间生活在一起时，他们很快就能够预测身边人的行动。相比之下，即使是最智能的机器人在这方面也依然一头雾水。但一种新型的机器人学会了这一技能，通过观察，它可以预测机器人下一步的动作和意图。
28．词句猜测题。根据第一段“When we long live together, we quickly learn to foresee the near-term behaviors of our co-workers or family members.(当我们长期生活在一起时，我们很快学会预见同事或家庭成员近期的行为)”可知，人在一起生活的时间久了，就能知晓对方下一步的动作和意图。根据上文的“In contrast”及下文的“This may be about to change.(这种情况可能即将改变)”和有关机器人的新能力的研究可知，划线词所在句与前面的内容存在对比关系，表示相比之下即使是最智能、最先进的机器人在这种交流上仍然还很笨拙、很不擅长。inept为“缺乏技巧的，无能的，笨拙的”之意。故选D。
29．细节理解题。根据第二、三段的内容，尤其是第二段的“The study, conducted by Mechanical Engineering Professor Hod Lipson, is part of a broader effort to provide robots with the ability to understand and predict what others want.(这项研究由机械工程教授Hod Lipson进行，是为机器人提供理解和预测他人需求能力的更广泛努力的一部分)”和第三段的“When starting the experiment, the researchers expected the robot might learn to make predictions about the subject robot’s near-term actions.(在开始实验时，研究人员预计机器人可能会学会预测实验对象的近期行动)”可知，实验的目的是要看看机器人是否能够预测机器人的行动和打算。故选B。
30．细节理解题。根据第三段“After “researching” its partner on screen long, the new robot was eventually able to get its partner’s goal and path 98 out of 100 times, across varying situations. (在长时间“研究”屏幕上的合作伙伴后，新机器人最终能够在不同的情况下，在100次中有98次获得合作伙伴的目标和路径)”可知，机器人通过视觉观察获得了理解和预测其他机器人的行动的能力。故选C。
31．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“The understanding ability of the new robot is perhaps a primitive form of sensing others’ feelings, which we all can do. (这种新型机器人的理解能力可能是感知他人感受的一种原始形式，我们都能做到)”可知，在Lipson看来，这种新型的机器人具有人的特性。故选A。
32．C    33．A    34．C    35．D
【导语】本文是说明文。介绍了面部瑜伽创始人创造的初衷，对皮肤的作用和人们对其作用的不同观点。
32．推理判断题。根据第一段中“If you’re looking for a way to achieve naturally glowing skin, you needn’t look further than face yoga.(如果你正在寻找一种让皮肤自然容光焕发的方法，那就试试面部瑜伽吧)”和第二段中“The main reason people give it a shot is because of its effect on skin, with Grabin claiming that it can prevent wrinkles, or at least smooth their appearance.(人们尝试它的主要原因是它对皮肤的影响，Grabin声称它可以防止皱纹，或至少使皮肤外表光滑)”可知人们做面部瑜伽是因为做面部瑜伽对人的皮肤有益，故选C。
33．细节理解题。根据第三段中“she came up with the concept following a car crash in which her body was injured and her face was left looking asymmetrical (不对称的).(在一次车祸中，她的身体受伤，脸看起来不对称，于是她想到了这个创意)”可知Takatsu创作面部瑜伽是想治愈她受伤的脸，故选A。
34．词义猜测题。根据画线词语前的名字Dr Imaan Joshi和其后的工作地点“working in a beauty agency（在一家美容机构工作）”，并结合画线词语cosmetician的后缀和下文她对皱纹形成的专业论述可知，cosmetician指的是在美容机构工作的化妆师，美容师，故选C。
35．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Joshi explains that wrinkles form from repetitive, life-long movement of facial muscles, accompanied by loss of collagen (胶原）and fat as we age.( Joshi解释说皱纹形成于面部肌肉重复的终身的运动，和伴随年龄增长胶原蛋白和脂肪的流失)”可知Joshi认为面部肌肉的更多运动会导致皱纹的形成。故选D。
36．A    37．D    38．C    39．D

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍羊驼帮助科学家开发新冠肺炎疫苗。
36．主旨大意题。根据第一段“In Sweden, scientists are looking to a farm animal to help them find a treatment or vaccine against the new coronavirus(新冠病毒). Researchers from the Karolinska Institute, a medical university near Stockholm, are putting their hope in a 12-year-old alpaca(羊驼) from Germany. (在瑞典，科学家们正在寻找一种农场动物来帮助他们找到对抗新型冠状病毒的治疗方法或疫苗。斯德哥尔摩附近的卡罗林斯卡医学院的研究人员把希望寄托在一只12岁的德国羊驼身上。)”及全文可知，文章主要介绍科学家利用羊驼开发新冠肺炎疫苗。所以“Alpaca Helps to Make COVID-19 Vaccine(羊驼有助于制造COVID-19疫苗)”作为文章标题最为合适。故选A。
37．细节理解题。根据最后一段“But why use an alpaca? Studies have shown that alpacas and other members of the camel family are known to produce nanobodies. Nanobodies are easier for scientists to work with. (但为什么要用羊驼呢?研究表明，羊驼和其他骆驼家族成员已知能产生纳米体。纳米体对科学家来说更容易研究。)”可知，羊驼产生的纳米体可能对新冠肺炎的治疗有积极影响。故选D。
38．推理判断题。根据第三段“While the scientific work is still at an early stage, McInerney said his team has seen evidence it could work in people. (虽然这项科学工作仍处于早期阶段，但麦金纳尼说，他的团队已经看到了它对人类有效的证据。)”可推断，杰拉德·麦金纳尼对他的团队的研究持期待的态度。故选C。
39．细节理解题。根据第四段的“In a Reuters interview McInerney said, “In principle, all the evidence would suggest it will work very well in humans.”(麦金纳尼在接受路透社采访中表示：“原则上，所有证据都表明它（指代第三段提到的中和抗体）将在人体内很好地起到作用。”)”可知，事实证明，中和抗体在人体中非常有效。故选D。
40．D    41．D    42．C    43．A

【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了Starship科技公司，该公司在大学校园里雇佣了数十个六轮送货机器人。介绍了Starship在机器人投送方面的成就等情况。
40．细节理解题。根据第一段中“Now, Starship is adding four new schools to its operational field: University of Illinois Chicago, University of Kentucky, University of Nevada, Reno and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.(现在，Starship将在其运营领域增加四所新学校：伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校、肯塔基大学、内华达大学、雷诺分校和安柏瑞德航空大学)”可知，Starship Technologies正在大学校园里推广它的服务。故选D。
41．推理判断题。根据第二段中“At present, the company operates on 20 college campuses in 15 states with a global fleet that totals 1,000 robots. This expansion will add 85 more robots to that fleet. Starship states that it has done over 5 million deliveries worldwide since its founding in 2014.(目前，该公司在15个州的20所大学校园运营，在全球拥有1000个机器人。这次扩建将为该舰队增加85个机器人。Starship表示，自2014年成立以来，该公司已在全球交付了超过500万件货物)”可知，第二段中的数字说明了Starship在机器人投送方面取得了一定的成就。故选D。
42．细节理解题。根据第三段中“And they can climb the edge of the road but not stairs, which may limit their appeal to customers who live in high-rise buildings.(它们可以爬路边，但不能爬楼梯，这可能会限制它们对住在高层建筑中的客户的吸引力)”可知，住在高层建筑里的人对送货机器人没什么兴趣是因为它们上楼梯有困难。故选C。
43．词句猜测题。根据画线词后文“There are a handful of start-ups operating delivery robots of varying sizes — everything from fully-sized minivans like Udelv to robots that are almost similar to Starship’s like Amazon and Yandex.(有几家初创公司在运营不同大小的送货机器人——从像Udelv这样的全尺寸小型货车，到亚马逊和Yandex这样几乎与Starship类似的机器人)”可知，运营送货机器人的只有几家公司，说明通过机器人送货仍相对较新潮。故画线词意思是“新颖的”。故选A。
44．B    45．D    46．A    47．C

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍美国对加拿大人在日常生活方面的影响。
44．推理判断题。由文章第一段“Calling an English-speaking Canadian an American can be as bad as telling a Scotsman that he’s English or a Swiss person that he’s German. Although they have a common language, there are differences in culture and national feeling. ‘No,’ many Canadians will tell you with confidence, ‘we’re not Americans! We’re Canadians.’(把一个说英语的加拿大人称为美国人，就像告诉一个苏格兰人他是英国人或者告诉一个瑞士人他是德国人一样糟糕。虽然他们有共同的语言，但在文化和民族情感上存在差异。‘不，’许多加拿大人会自信地告诉你，’我们不是美国人！我们是加拿大人。’)”可知，加拿大人有强烈的民族感情。故选B项。
45．词句猜测题。由文章第二段“Because of this, hundreds of thousands of Canadians often get in their cars and drive over to the USA to go shopping. This is one cause of economic problems in Canada. Over half of Canada’s products that are brought in from other countries come from the United States.(正因为如此，成千上万的加拿大人经常坐上汽车，开车去美国购物。这是加拿大经济问题的一个原因。加拿大一半以上从其他国家进口的产品来自美国。)”可知，加拿大人经常去美国购物，很多产品都来自美国，这对加拿大本土经济有“很坏”的影响。所以猜测detrimental是“糟糕的，很坏的”的意思。故选D项。
46．推理判断题。由文章第二段“Like most European countries, Canada has a good national health service, and a good social service, but the good services have to be paid for by high taxes(税). (与大多数欧洲国家一样，加拿大拥有良好的国家卫生服务和良好的社会服务，但良好的服务必须由高税收支付。)”可知，在加拿大的税收是很高的，从而可以推断出他们的生活成本也很高。故选A项。
47．主旨大意题。由文章第三段“But the American influence is not just a question of shopping. Lots of Canadians drive American cars, and cars are, almost as important in Canada as they are in the USA. There is television too.(但美国的影响力不仅仅是购物的问题。许多加拿大人驾驶美国汽车，汽车在加拿大几乎和在美国一样重要。还有电视。)”以及结合上下文可知，文章主要介绍了美国对加拿大人在日常生活方面的影响。故选C项。
48．A    49．D    50．A    51．B

【导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主人公克里斯·哈里森辞去原来的工作重拾自己最热爱的珠宝设计工作，她经营了一家珠宝设计公司，尽管生意受到了疫情影响，但是通过节目展示的方式让她的事业再创高峰。
48．细节理解题。根据第一段“Designing necklaces and earrings, Harrison left her IT consulting sales job to pursue her passion for fashion in late 2018.(哈里森在2018年底辞去了IT咨询销售工作，去追求她对时尚的热情，她设计了项链和耳环)”可知，哈里森之所以改变自己的工作，是因为她对于时尚的热爱。故选A项。
49．细节理解题。根据第三段“Then in April 2020, Harrison received an email from Netflix, which let her know that the show with her necklaces was about to be broadcast. ‘Our world just changed overnight,’ Harrison says. (然后在2020年4月，哈里森收到了Netflix的一封电子邮件，告诉她她戴着项链的节目即将播出。“我们的世界一夜之间就改变了，”哈里森说)”以及第四段“Since the debut (首播)of the show, Harrison says, orders have grown from about 30 per day to more than 100.(哈里森说，自节目首播以来，订单量从每天30份左右增长到100多份)”可知，哈里森的珠宝生意受到疫情影响后，她参与了Netflix的一档节目，在节目播出后，因为节目效应，她的生意好转了。故选D项。
50．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段最后一句“Harrison has helped raise funds for causes such as breast cancer awareness and hunger relief.(哈里森曾为建立民众对乳腺癌的意识和饥饿救济等事业筹集资金)”可知，哈里森不仅用自己的热爱建立公司，而且也做了很多服务于社会大众的事情。由此推知，她是一个具有社会责任感的企业家。故选A项。
51．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Harrison says she never would have guessed she’d be in this position with her business.(哈里森说，她从来没有想过自己的公司会走到这个地步)”可知，哈里森公司的发展超出她的预期。故选B项。
52．D    53．B    54．C

【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章是一篇广告，介绍了专门为人代写私人自传的LifeBook。
52．推理判断题。前三段是三个人表达了写自传的愿望及感谢，由此引出专门代写私人自传的LifeBook，所以前三段的目的是为LifeBook做广告。故选D项。
53．细节理解题。根据文中“A devoted project manager and a team of 5 to help you.(一个忠诚的项目经理和一个5人团队来帮助你)”可知，在LifeBook的服务中，将有6个人帮助你。故选B项。
54．细节理解题。根据文章最后一句“For more information, visit the website: www.lifebookuk.com.(更多信息，请访问网站:www.lifebookuk.com)”可知，如果你读完这篇文章后仍然感到困惑，想要了解更多信息，可以访问LifeBook的网站。故选C项。
55．A    56．D    57．C

【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要推荐了四本好书，并介绍了作者和故事情节等。
55．细节理解题。根据“Watch Me Disappear”部分的“The story follows a wealthy wife and mom who goes on a hike and never returns. Her lonely husband and teenage daughter, Olive(who’s dealing with her own problems), are confused with sorrow while trying to find out what happens.(故事讲述了一个富有的妻子和母亲去远足，再也没有回来。她孤独的丈夫和十几岁的女儿奥利弗(她也有自己的问题) 很悲伤，同时又在试图弄清楚发生了什么。)”可知，这本书主要讲述了一个女人的离奇失踪。故选A。
56．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Novelist Dean Koontz wrote the introduction to the recent edition, where he describes reading each of John D. MacDonald’s novels “at least three times, some of them twice”(小说家Dean Koontz在最新版本的序言中描述了John D. MacDonald的每一部小说“至少读三遍，有些甚至读两遍”。)”可知，书的作者是John D. MacDonald。故选D。
57．细节理解题。根据“How to Walk Away”中的“Readers adore Margaret’s wisdom and humor as she faces a changed world and figures out what love really looks like.(玛格丽特面对一个变化了的世界，发现了爱的真谛，她的智慧和幽默深受读者喜爱。)”可知，这本书讲述了爱。故选C。
58．D    59．B    60．C    61．C

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了抖音上一些比较成功的老年明星以及他们的想法等。
58．推理判断题。根据第一段最后“Obviously, it’s a place for kids and most social media is youth-oriented. However, it maybe not just kids anymore. Austin, for instance, is 82 years old and is known to his 1.4 million TikTok fans as “Old Man Steve”.(显然，这是孩子们的地方，大多数社交媒体都是面向年轻人的。然而，可能不再只是孩子。例如，82岁的奥斯汀被140万抖音粉丝称为“老史蒂夫”。)”以及下面两段主要介绍了两位抖音上比较成功的老年明星可推断，第一段主要是为了向读者介绍本文主题。故选D。
59．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Most of them uploaded videos just for fun (大多数人上传视频只是为了好玩)”可知，大多数老年人最初只是因为好玩才上传视频。故选B。
60．词义猜测题。根据划线词组上一句“Austin and several other older social media stars have developed big TikTok followings over the last few years, with fan bases well into seven or even eight figures.(奥斯汀和其他几位年长的社交媒体明星在过去几年里在TikTok上拥有大量粉丝，粉丝基数达到了七位数甚至八位数。)”可知，这些老年抖音达人都拥有众多粉丝，也就是出名了。所以go viral为“出名”之意。故选C。
61．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Some have become full-time TikTok bloggers, making use of their fame on TikTok to appear on other platforms, and TV as well as ads and endorsement (代言).(有些人已经成为TikTok的全职博主，利用他们在TikTok上的名气出现在其他平台、电视、广告和代言上。)”可推断，有些老年博主可以利用TikTok来赚钱。故选C。
62．B    63．A    64．D    65．B

【导语】这是一篇议论文。主要讨论了父母该如何奖励孩子的话题。并提出了父母应该帮助孩子设立正确的价值观。
62．细节理解题。根据第二段中“Kids will often become more dutiful when threatened with punishment, and work harder when promised a valuable reward.”（当受到惩罚的威胁时，孩子们通常会变得更加尽职尽责，当得到有价值的奖励时，孩子们会更加努力学习。）可知，当孩子们受到惩罚的威胁时，他们可能表现得很乖。故选B项。
63．词义猜测题。根据第四段中“When we give rewards to our kids, we reduce the sense of responsibility.”（当我们给孩子奖励时，我们减少了责任感。）以及划线单词句中“We also create children who may temporarily perform to a certain standard, but who aren’t likely to continue the performance…”（我们还创造了一些孩子，他们可能暂时表现得符合某种标准……他们不太可能继续表现下去。）可知，根据上文提到的rewards以及上下文句意关系可知，当给孩子奖励时，他们暂时表现得符合某种标准，但是当不给奖励时，他们不太可能继续表现下去，故可猜测，划线单词the carrot指的是“奖励”。故选A项。
64．细节理解题。根据最后一段中“Rewards and punishment can change behavior for a while, but they cannot change the person who engages in the behavior,” said Alfie Kohn, author of Punished by Rewards. “Good values have to be grown from the inside out.” Parents can help give their children a sense of shared responsibility and discipline which can last a life time.”（《奖赏的惩罚》一书的作者阿尔菲·科恩说：“奖惩可以在一段时间内改变行为，但它们无法改变做出这种行为的人。”“良好的价值观必须由内而外培养。”父母可以帮助他们的孩子培养一种共同的责任感和纪律感，这种责任感和纪律感会伴随孩子一生。）可知，阿尔菲·科恩同意父母应该帮助他们的孩子建立良好的价值观。故选D项。
65．主旨大意题。根据文章大意以及第一段“For many years there’s been a debate about rewarding our children. Does it work? Is it effective?”（多年来，关于奖励孩子的问题一直存在争论。这有用吗？有效吗？）和最后一句“So keep those shiny rewarding to yourself, and let your kids find their own rewards.”（所以，把那些闪亮的奖励留给自己，让你的孩子自己去寻找。）可知，这篇文章作者最终探讨的是家长是否该给孩子奖励。故文章最好的标题是“父母应该奖励孩子吗？”。故选B项。
66．D    67．A    68．D    69．B

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了研究发现，真正的朋友也许没有我们想得那么多。
66．词句猜测题。根据划线词后句“The kind who would lend you $100 without asking why, or put you up if you were kicked out of your house.(那种会不问原因就借给你100美元，或者在你被赶出家门时收留你的人。)”可知，真正的朋友是非常慷慨的。所以cast in stone为“非常慷慨的”之意。故选D。
67．细节理解题。根据第三段“Prof Dunbar’s latest research is an exact formula(公式) for friendship: new friendships take 34 hours of one-on-one time to form, in which you’d spend an ideal duration of three hours and four minutes per interaction together over the course of six months. (邓巴教授的最新研究为友谊提供了一个精确的公式：新友谊需要34小时的一对一时间才能形成，在六个月的时间里，每次互动的理想时间是三小时四分钟。)”可知，根据这个公式，建立亲密的友谊需要34个小时的一对一时间。故选A。
68．推理判断题。根据第二段“Anthropologist Prof Robin Dunbar feels he can put a number on it: five. No matter how much of a social butterfly you are, you can count your real pals on one hand, he says. (人类学家罗宾·邓巴教授认为他可以给出一个数字：5。他说，无论你是多么善于交际的交际花，你真正的朋友一只手就能数得过来。)”可知，邓巴教授认为人的一生中真正的朋友是有限的。故选D。
69．推理判断题。根据第四段““We are always on the outlook for new and better friends, but lockdown has had a big effect in making people reevaluate,” says Dunbar. “Perhaps they’ve decided the time has come to part with some and therefore there’s an empty space to fill.”( “我们总是在寻找新的更好的朋友，但封锁在让人们重新评估方面产生了很大的影响。” 邓巴说，“也许他们已经决定是时候放弃一些了，因此有一个空缺需要填补。”)”和最后一段“The forecast for British friendship was already gloomy before the pandemic. Three million people said they feel lonely “often or always”, according to the Government’s 2019 community life survey. But the average British adult lost four friends over the course of the pandemic, according to the poll.(在大流行之前，对英国友谊的预测已经很悲观。根据政府2019年的社区生活调查，300万人表示他们“经常或总是”感到孤独。但调查显示，在大流行期间，英国成年人平均失去了四个朋友。)”可推断，在疫情期间，人们会争论如何交到更好的朋友。故选B。
70．B    71．C    72．A

【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章介绍了关于Greyhound Lines巴士公司提供了免费Wi-Fi，个人充电插座，超大空间和环保的措施以吸引游客。
70．细节理解题。根据第二段“We see it as a must-have these days, not a premium (高级的) feature.”（我们将其视作现如今的必备功能，而不是高级特点。）可知，公司认为Wi-Fi是乘客旅行的必需品。故选B项。
71．细节理解题。根据第三段“Nearly every seat has its own standard power outlet, so you can keep your devices charged all the way to your destination.”（几乎每个座位都有自己的标准电源插座，这样可以让你的电子设备充电一直到达目的地）可知，电源插座是可以利用的。故选C项。
72．推理判断题。根据第一段“We want you to feel at home when you travel with us.”（当你和我们一起旅行时，我们希望你能有宾至如归的感觉。）可知，Greyhound Lines会在旅行中提供服务，推断出Greyhound Lines是一家客运公司。故选A项。