3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

29 outstanding Party members were conferred the July 1 Medal, one of     1     was Zhang Guimei. She founded a high school,     2    (offer) free education to girls in a less­developed area of Yunnan Province.

Zhang’s efforts helped nearly 2,000 girls go to college. She visited poor     3     (family) and persuaded them not to let their children drop out of school. This shows     4     educators should work with a greater sense of responsibility.

Another important lesson from Zhang’s story is that we should take a long­term view of rural education. Zhang has been working     5     (improve) education in rural areas because of her high degree of     6     (commit) and making the education of talents as her goal.     7    is because of the very goal that Zhang could overcome difficulties, and help the poor throw off     8     wrong idea that “education is useless”. It also reminds us that more efforts should     9     (make) to develop education in rural areas, and we should focus     10     long­term goals and interests.

4 . The Nobel Prize is considered one of the most recognizable and admirable awards possible, _______ people of the world for their outstanding achievements in different fields.

Alfred Nobel was born in 1833 to a family of engineers in Sweden. In 1850, he met Ascanio Sobrero, the inventor of nitroglycerin (硝酸甘油) in Paris. Interested in its irregular _______ of exploding under pressure or heat, Nobel started to find a way to control it and make a _______ explosive. After years of _______, in 1867, at the age of 34, Nobel invented dynamite (炸药), which is much easier and safer to control than nitroglycerin.

During his lifetime, Nobel invented and patented various explosives. He _______ his wealth from his 355 inventions, among which dynamite was the most important.

When Alfred’s brother Ludwig died in 1888, a French newspaper _______ published Alfred’s obituary (讣告). Reading his own obituary, Nobel was _______ to find out his public image. The newspaper strongly _______ Nobel for inventing dynamite, giving him the nickname of “the merchant of death” and saying “Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became _______ by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday.”

To Alfred, this obituary was a(n) ________. He spent his lifetime alone ________ things and was deeply concerned with how he would be remembered. This unfortunate event inspired him to make changes in his will, so as to ________ his public image, and to be remembered for a good cause. In 1895, one year before his death, Nobel made the last ________, saying clearly that his wealth would be used to create a series of prizes for those who have made great ________ to mankind in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. To widespread astonishment, Dr. Alfred Nobel ________ 94% of his total wealth to found the five Nobel Prizes.

1.

A．remembering

B．honouring

C．crediting

D．preparing

2.

A．nature

B．conduct

C．flavour

D．benefit

3.

A．deadly

B．bitter

C．usable

D．mild

4.

A．innovations

B．efforts

C．hesitation

D．association

5.

A．brought up

B．put up

C．broke up

D．built up

6.

A．mistakenly

B．purposefully

C．unintentionally

D．scientifically

7.

A．satisfied

B．relieved

C．impressed

D．disappointed

8.

A．praised

B．blamed

C．appreciated

D．favoured

9.

A．greedy

B．essential

C．rich

D．sufficient

10.

A．error

B．warning

C．threat

D．consequence

11.

A．destroying

B．inventing

C．combining

D．stimulating

12.

A．improve

B．establish

C．illustrate

D．secure

13.

A．request

B．illustration

C．will

D．fortune

14.

A．choices

B．decisions

C．profits

D．contributions

15.

A．gave away

B．gave back

C．gave off

D．gave out

5 . Edward O. Wilson, known as “ant man”, was born on June 10, 1929, in Birmingham, Alabama. His parents divorced when he was young, and he was moved frequently throughout his childhood. Wilson grew up exploring the forests and wildlife. One of these adventures left him partly blind, but they also set off his lifelong fascination with ants and their social structures.

Wilson earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Alabama. In 1955, he received his Ph. D. from Harvard and worked there until retirement.

Wilson’s early study of ants led to his first major discovery in 1959: how ants communicate through the release of chemical signals. Later, in 1990, Wilson and German biologist Bert Holldobler published their Pulitzer-winning The Ants. It detailed the insects’ social structure that was both valued by scholars and accessible to general readers.

Another of Wilson’s major works started in the early 1960s when he teamed up with Robert MacAr-thur. The pair published The Theory of Island Biogeography, where they sought to explain why different places have different numbers of species.

What many consider to be Wilson’s most important contributions to evolutionary biology came in 1975 when he published Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. The work explored the genetic roots of animal behavior and argued that genes shaped human behavior. Wilson faced accusations for these ideas but his work finally largely proved true. In 1978, his ideas on the role biology plays in human culture peaked in On Hu-man Nature, which won him a Pulitzer (普利策奖) in 1979.

Wilson published more than 400 scientific papers and 20 books. These achievements offered him a type of superstar status, but friends and colleagues say the polite Southerner remained down to earth. “Professor Wilson really listened and engaged with whomever he was interacting with,” said Corrie S. Moreau, who was one of Wilson’s final advisees.

1. What contributed to Wilson’s passion for ants?

A．His disability.	B．His boyhood time spent in nature.
C．The school education he received.	D．The discovery he made about ants.

2. What is Wilson’s first Pulitzer-winning book about?

A．The social structure of ants.

B．The distribution of different species.

C．The links between biology and human culture.

D．The role of chemical signals in communication.

3. According to the last paragraph, which word best describes Wilson?

A．Imaginative.

B．Independent.

C．Open-minded.

D．Modest.

4. Where can we read this passage?

A．A science magazine.	B．A health report.
C．A film review.	D．A travel guidebook.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A 72-year-old grandma has become a hit on Chinese social media for     1     (bring) physics to the masses with her unique videos. She has attracted more     2     one million followers.

Wu Yuren is a retired physics professor. Three years ago, she     3    (join) a team of teachers as part of a science “popularization campaign” on Kuaishou and other short video platforms.

“Physics is very     4    (interest). Why is. it that many students don’ t like it? Because they are afraid     5     difficult physics tests,” Wu said. “I hope to tell teachers and kids     6     to teach or learn physics.”

Wu,     7     (call) “grandma Wu” or “science grandma” online, uses simple props (道具) that can easily     8    (find) in everyday life to teach about physical concerns (概念). She sets up many simple     9     (experiment) to attract and hold people’s interest. She also manages     10    (inspire) her students’ imagination.

8 . Had she been a singer, she might have been an American star. But Clora Bryant played the trumpet, and reputation came slowly. Bryant, a barrier breaker who stood firm in her determination to be a respected jazz trumpet player despite the open sexism (性别歧视) that shadowed her, died on August 25, in 2019, in Los Angeles, when she was 92. Life as a jazz trumpeter was an uphill battle, said her son Darrin. “It was a man’s world, and that made it hard for her. But that only fueled her fire, and made her more resolved.”

Bryant played the trumpet with such passion and she became a mainstay in the growing jazz scene in the 1940s. Dizzy Gillespie once told Times jazz critic Leonard Feather that Bryant was the most underrated (低估) trumpet player in L.A.

But by 1992, she was living on Social Security, staying at a son’s Long Beach, in California, apartment, and two of her trumpets were in the pawnshop (典当铺). “A lot of clubs have closed.” she told the Times. “And how many female trumpet players do you see working?”

Bryant and her brothers were raised by their father, a patient man who encouraged his children to think big. She wanted to be in the high school marching band, but Charles Bryant warned his daughter she’d likely face resistance. “But anything you want to do, I’m behind you,” she recalled. It was her father who encouraged her to do whatever she wanted to do that made her stronger and stronger.

1. What does the underlined word “resolved” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Adventurous.

B．Unique.

C．Emotional.

D．Determined.

2. Why is “Social Security” mentioned in paragraph 3?

A．To show people’s acts of kindness.

B．To prove Bryant’s struggle through life.

C．To explain how Bryant earned his living.

D．To stress the importance of the pawnshop.

3. What’s the key reason for Bryant’s being underrated?

A．The open sexism from society.

B．The poor family background.

C．The terrible financial situation.

D．The mental pressure from colleagues.

4. What played an important role for Bryant to stick to her dream?

A．Her son’s support.	B．Her brothers’ company.
C．Her strict family education.	D．Her father’s encouragement.