2 . 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Students may want to feed street cats in school, but they may not know where the cats are. Now, at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), students can use their phones to find school cats and get to know them.

To give school cats a better life, students of the university made a WeChat mini-program (小程序)—Beiwai Cats. On it, every cat in the university has an “ID card”. The cards show the cats photos and also have stories about them. Cat lovers can also adopt (收养) school cats on the mini-program.

Zhou Hengxiao, 20, helped make the mini-program. He is a member of the BFSU Love Cats Group. He says it is useful for both the students and the cats. Through the mini-program, students can learn more about the cats.

The group is also active on Weibo, Bilibili and Xiaohongshu. “We share the culture of our university through the cats. When we make money from these platforms (平台), we will use it to feed the cats and help with their illnesses,” he says.

The group hopes to add more cats near the university to Beiwai Cats. “Some people think it’s a little dangerous for students to feed the cats, but we just want to do our best to give every small life a home,” says Zhou. “Students can learn how to take care of others, too.”

1. What do the “ID cards” show about cats?
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2. Why does Zhou Hengxiao think the mini-program is useful?
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3. What will the students use the money from the platforms to do?
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4. What does the group hope to do in the future?
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5. Do you think it is good, for the students to feed the cats? Why?
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3 . 请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从下面的七个选项中选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整，并在答题卡上将其序号涂黑。一空一句。

Feel down? Hug a tree! Recently, many Chinese young people have turned to trees to lower (减少) stress. It sounds strange.     1    

US scientist Edward Wilson pointed out that humans were born to love being around other living things. Human’s love for nature is “in our DNA”.     2     It’s also one of the reasons why people love cute pets.

Some scientists have studied why tree-hugging can help with our health. A study in 2021 reported that the activity can create more oxytocin (催产素).     3     The higher the level of oxytocin is, the happier we may be. Hugging trees for only 21 seconds can lead to an increase in oxytocin.

Hugging trees also helps cut cortisol (皮质醇) production, which makes us feel better.     4     The brain produces more cortisol when the person is worried, angry, or very sad.

Although the activity is helpful to us, it’s important to keep in mind that we shouldn’t hurt nature while hugging trees. Trees play a valuable role in our environment. Many small living things live in the tree.     5     You need to be gentle when hugging trees—just like how you hug a friend!

A．Cortisol is a sign of stress.

B．It’s something connected with feelings.

C．It is normal for adults to be stressed out.

D．And they are too small to be seen.

E．Worries can be a heavy weight over our shoulders.

F．However, there’s some science behind the act of tree-hugging.

G．His idea helps to explain why people prefer natural views (景色) to city views.

5 . Jane Goodall is a famous scientist. For more than 40 years, Goodall had lived mostly in Tanzania in East Africa, studying chimpanzees (黑猩猩).

As a young child, Jane Goodall was interested in animals. She grew up in the English countryside and was always climbing trees or riding horses.

When Jane was 23, she got a chance to go to Africa. Even though she had never been to college, she got a job with a famous scientist named Louis Leakey.

One day Louis Leakey said he needed a volunteer. He needed someone to go to a lake in Tanzania to study a kind of chimpanzees. Jane was excited. On July 16th, 1960, she began her exploration (探索). At first, the chimpanzees ran away from Jane. But with time passing, they got used to her being around.

Every day, Jane would follow the chimpanzees, taking notes on their behaviors. She learned many new things about chimpanzees. She watched how a chimpanzee made a tool. She learned how some chimpanzees became good leaders. She watched how mother chimpanzees raised their children. She watched animals get angry and get upset. She wrote everything down so others would understand animals as she did. She learned that if you pay really close attention to animals, you will understand what they are “saying”.

1. Jane Goodall grew up in the ________.

A．countryside

B．city

C．town

D．college

2. How old was Jane Goodall when she went to Africa? ________

A．18.

B．20.

C．23.

D．27.

3. Jane learned chimpanzees could ________.

A．ride a horse

B．follow her

C．make a tool

D．understand her

4. Jane ________ the chimpanzees’ behaviors to help others understand them.

A．wrote down	B．took pictures of
C．made videos of	D．drew pictures about

7 . A record of 1,101 manatees (海牛) died in Florida last year, many from hunger. So last December, government wildlife experts thought up a plan to give food to the manatees. They decided to feed them green vegetables like lettuce and cabbage. Ron Mezich, an expert, said, “We’re making a difference.” So far, they have served up more than, 193,000 pounds of lettuce to hungry manatees. But as the weather is getting warm, the program is expected to end soon.

Manatees are huge sea animals that only eat sea grass and other plants that live in the sea. That’s one reason why they’re sometimes called “sea cows”. Since 1967, Florida’s manatees have been on the US government’s list of endangered animals. Most dangers to manatees come from humans. One of the biggest problems facing the animals are boats. Manatees are curious and fairly slow. That has led to thousands of manatees being hit or killed by boats. At one point, there were only about 2,000 manatees left in Florida. With protection, the number increased. In 2016, there were more than 6,000 manatees.

However, as sea grass began to disappear, the number of manatees keeps going down again. Warming seas with polluted water have created huge growths of algae (藻) on the ocean’s surface. The algae blocks the sunlight that allows the sea grass to grow. For example, in Indian River Lagoon, where manatees often go in the winter, about 90% of the sea grass beds there have died off. Long term, Florida will work to help restore (恢复) sea grass beds. But that will take time. Scientists still worry that hundreds more manatees could starve this winter.

1. Why are manatees sometimes called “sea cows”?

A．They are as big as cows.	B．They can swim like cows.
C．They have tails like cows.	D．They feed on plants like cows.

2. How has the number of manatees changed over years?

A．	B．
C．	D．

3. Which shows the correct order of the causes of manatees’ death?

A．sea pollution→growth of algae→death of sea grass→death of manatees

B．growth of algae→sea pollution→death of sea grass→death of manatees

C．sea pollution→death of sea grass→growth of algae→death of manatees

D．growth of algae→death of sea grass→sea pollution→death of manatees

4. The underlined word “block” can be replaced by the word ________?

A．provide

B．prevent

C．help

D．attack

5. What is the main idea of passage?

A．The government in Florida carries out a feeding program to prevent manatees from starvation.

B．Manatees in Florida are facing threats from boats and pollution.

C．Sea grass beds are disappearing due to algae growth, impacting manatees.

D．Reasons for Manatees’ death are still unclear.

8 . 先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

My mom and I flew to Whitehorse to care for my sick old grandfather. We planned to spend two months ________ the town where I lived when I was a kid.

A few days before we arrived, my grandfather called to say he was flying to Vancouver for another operation (手术). My mom had already booked the air tickets and asked for her ________ from work, so even though my grandfather wouldn’t be there, we still made the trip.

Grandpa ________ a dog. He got it from a local shelter two years earlier and renamed him “Scruffy”. ________ we were alone in my grandpa’s house with nothing to do, Scruffy saved us. The dog needed to be walked. Those walks were ________ to revisit the place where I grew up. I left that small town behind as soon as I finished primary school. Scruffy took us to the school, where ________ picture still hung.

By the fall, we were back in Toronto and Grandpa was back in Whitehorse. He was weak, so I flew to ________ him. When I arrived, my grandpa was tired and slept a lot. With ________ to talk to, I found myself chatting with Scruffy. He was always excited to see me. I gave him many ________: Scruffster, Scruff-man, Scruffmaster. He would ________ reply to them all.

The last month of the year was ________. My grandfather died. Visitors came and went. My mom and I were too ________ to keep Scruffy. But it didn’t matter because Scruffy had ________ the heart of my grandpa’s neighbor months earlier. He was well taken care of.

Last summer, I took a trip to Whitehorse. During my ________, I visited the neighbor’s home to see Scruffy. As soon as I opened the door, he, as ________ as ever, ran up to me, making me feel right at my grandfather’s home.

1.

A．of

B．in

C．on

D．to

2.

A．leave

B．change

C．choice

D．decision

3.

A．met

B．trained

C．kept

D．followed

4.

A．After

B．While

C．Until

D．Unless

5.

A．hopes

B．problems

C．methods

D．chances

6.

A．my

B．his

C．her

D．its

7.

A．think of

B．look after

C．worry about

D．hear from

8.

A．somebody

B．anybody

C．nobody

D．everybody

9.

A．walks

B．toys

C．snacks

D．names

10.

A．happily

B．quietly

C．bravely

D．politely

11.

A．important

B．sweet

C．hard

D．free

12.

A．serious

B．nervous

C．lonely

D．busy

13.

A．won

B．missed

C．offered

D．hidden

14.

A．excuse

B．break

C．life

D．stay

15.

A．kind

B．excited

C．thankful

D．natural

9 . 请阅读全文，并从文后的六个选项选择五个句子还原到原文里，使原文的意思完整、连贯。

Scientists have studied how apes (猿) use gestures. But until recently, no research had been carried out on humans’ ability to understand ape’s gestures. Researchers Kirsty and Catherine at the University of St. Andrews decided to work on it.     1    

They created a game for people to play online. The game was simple.     2     Then they had to choose the correct meaning of the gesture out of four possible answers. For the videos, the researchers chose 10 of the most common gestures used by apes.

Thousands of people played the game. The researchers were surprised to find that people were able to choose the correct meaning of the gestures over 50% of the time.     3     For some of the gestures, people were able to choose the correct meaning about 80% of the time. One example of this was the gesture of wiping the mouth, which people correctly guessed “give me that food”.

The scientists believe that humans may have a natural ability to understand the gestures of apes. But it’s not clear why.

    4     So one possibility is that the body language of these gestures has been passed down from this shared ancestor (祖传).

The researchers say that they need to study how humans are able to understand the gestures of apes.     5    

A．People watched short videos of apes making a gesture.

B．They wanted to see if humans could understand the gestures of apes.

C．Humans and other apes all developed from an earlier kind of ape that lived long ago.

D．They’re also curious about how humans understand other animals, like dogs.

E．That’s twice as much as people would be expected to do.

F．The final result is surprising, since most people haven’t spent much time at all with apes.

10 . What will you do when you feel down? Hug a tree? Recently, many Chinese young people have turned to trees to help with their stress. Although it sounds strange, in fact, there’s a science behind the act of tree-hugging.

A famous scientist named Edward Wilson from US ever said that humans are born to love being around other living things. Humans’ love for nature is “in our DNA”. This idea helps to explain why people prefer natural, green views to city views. It’s also one of the reasons why people love cute pets.

Some studies have looked into why hugging trees can help with our health. A study in 2021 reported that the activity can increase oxytocin (催产素). Oxytocin has a big influence on people’s feelings. The higher the level of it is, the calmer and happier you may be. Hugging trees for only 21 seconds can lead to an increase in oxytocin.

Another thing called cortisol (皮质醇) is a marker of stress. The brain produces more cortisol when the person is anxious, angry, or very sad. Hugging trees helps cut cortisol production, which makes us feel better.

Although the activity is helpful to us, it’s important to keep in mind that we shouldn’t hurt nature while doing it. Trees often hold many things that are good for the environment. Many small creatures live on the tree, and they are so small that they hardly can be seen. You may want to be gentle when hugging trees—just like how you hug a friend!

1. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in Paragraph 3?

A．Activity.	B．Feeling.
C．Oxytocin.	D．Study.

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Hugging trees can lead to reducing oxytocin.

B．They might feel angry and sad when people have a lower oxytocin.

C．We feel much happier with a higher level of cortisol.

D．Humans hate being around other living things.

3. The last sentence is written to ________.

A．regard trees as your friends and take them home

B．find out the small creatures living on the tree

C．make friends with the creatures living on the tree

D．tell people not to hurt nature

4. What is the right structure of the text?

A．

B．

C．

D．

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A．A Special Way to Reduce Stress

B．A Right Way to Keep Fit

C．Environmental Protection

D．To Be Friends with Nature