【推荐1】The good news is that more people bought electric vehicles （EVs） in 2020. The bad news is that sport utility （多用途的）vehicles （SUVs） continued to grow in popularity, too. “The fall in oil consumption due to the first trend was completely canceled out by the second," said Laura Cozzi, an officer at the International Energy Agency （JEA）,

Between 2010 and 2020, global carbon dioxide emissions （排放）from conventional cars fell by nearly 35 billion Lons, due to reasons such as fuel efficiency improvements as well as the switch to electric cars. Emissions from SUVs rose by more than 50 billion tons. "While the growth in EVs is encouraging, the boom in SUVs is heart-breaking," says Peters at the Cicero Climate Research Centre in Norway.

There are many reasons for the growing popularity of SUVs. For example, rising economic boom in many countries means more people are able to afford them. Some people see them as status symbols. Also, SUVs are heavily advertised by car-makers, whose profit is higher on these vehicles. Some countries, including France, have introduced plans under which more taxes are paid on heavier cars. But Peters thinks that people who are rich enough to afford SUVs won't be deterred by slightly higher taxes. "There are now some electric SUVs available, but 1 hope one day you will see more electric vehicles brought to the SUV market," says Peters.

Even if it happens, switching to electric SUVs isn't a good solution. Due to their size and bigger batteries, it takes more resources to build electric SUVs, and they consume around 15 percent more electricity. That means higher emissions unless the electricity comes entirely from renewable sources, and higher electricity demand makes it harder to green the electricity supply.

1. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A．Scientists should devote themselves to improving fuel efficiency.

B．The emission of carbon dioxide of motor vehicles has hit a new low.

C．Electric vehicles will certainly take the place of sport utility vehicles.

D．The popularity of SUVs destroys some efforts at environmental protection.

2. What does the underlined word "deterred” probably mean?

A．Blocked.

B．Encouraged.

C．Removed.

D．Involved.

3. What is one of the reasons that SUVs are popular with consumers?

A．SUVs are discounted heavily.

B．SUVs are often advertised by car producers.

C．SUVs are taxed at a lower rate in some countries.

D．SUVs consume fewer resources than other vehicles.

4. What point does the author try to make in the last paragraph?

A．The electric SUVs should be made smaller and lighter.

B．The electric SUVs are a good guarantee for less pollution.

C．More electric SUVs don’t necessarily mean "environment-friendly".

D．Future electric SUVs will be powered with completely green energy.

【推荐3】Minh Anh Ho is sitting beside a microscope. Many people are busy with other tasks. One is interviewing the mayor for a TV news station. Another is running the electric company. As a researcher for a company that repurposes plastic, Minh Anh Ho is studying a sheet of cling wrap (保鲜膜). “It’s a really important job,” she says. “Plastic takes a really long time to disappear, so it would be good to come up with something else to do with it and not just throw it away.”

The learning center where Minh Anh Ho and her class are spending their day is designed to introduce kids to working life. Students run an imaginary town, with each kid doing a different job in a different business. Each year, about 83% of all sixth graders in Finland go through the program. It teaches them not just about business and working, but also, as Minh Anh Ho’s “job” makes clear, about the circular (循环) economy.

Most societies have linear (线性) economies, which operate on a “take, make, waste” model. Natural resources are taken from the Earth and made into products, which are usually thrown away if left over. In 2016, Finland became the first country to use a “road map” to a circular economy. This model focuses on the transformation of existing products. Businesses rely on recycled or repurposed materials and use less raw (未经加工的) material to make their products. That reduces the amount of waste going into landfills.

Education has always been a central part of Finland’s plan. Kindergarten director Liisa Woitsch is sitting on the floor with students and a broken wooden chair. “Do we just throw it away now,” she asks, “or can you think of anything else that can be done with it?” A little boy pounds on the chair. He says it can be used as a drum.

Anssi Almgren helped design the program. “Children have so many great ideas,” he says. “We want to enable them to think about solutions. But changing a society by educating its youth takes time.”

1. The author describes the learning center in paragraph 1 to ________.

A．make readers better understand the program

B．show how excited the students are

C．express his concern over the program

D．praise the students’ concentration

2. How does the author mainly develop paragraph 3?

A．By providing reasons.	B．By following time order.
C．By making comparisons.	D．By giving examples.

3. What is the main purpose of a circular economy?

A．To reduce the waste of resources.	B．To keep a higher living standard.
C．To increase the use of raw material.	D．To discover new types of natural resources.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．The lessons from a learning center.	B．An introduction to linear economies.
C．The education on the circular economy.	D．Finland’s plans on economic development.

【推荐1】Even though people have been paralyzed (瘫痪的) playing sports like rugby and football, extreme sports take the whole ordeal (磨难) to the next level. Sports like downhill cycling are very dangerous because one would be going downhill, over rocky or dirt zone, through forests, even at potentially deadly speeds. A slip up could be your downfall.

Nobody who gets into extreme sports goes with the desire to do harm to themselves. With that, athletes train for years and years before they attempt anything extreme. To most people, extreme sports are extreme simply because they take more skill than what an average person has. An athlete with skill and training makes an extreme thing become a daily routine. That does not wipe out the danger, but it greatly reduces it.

Even when there is a lot of skill involved, things might not go the athlete’s way, not at all. Luck and circumstances have a lot to do with how things develop, whether above 8000 meters or in a wood, going downhill. In some places, crossing the street is an extreme sport, considering how wild traffic can get.

Some view parkour — the sports of running, jumping and climbing under, around and through buildings — as an extreme sport, while it is more of a life philosophy, where the athlete does not have to do anything remotely dangerous. Free soloing, which means climbing a rock or ice face without safety gear, is absolutely deadly, where one slip means almost certain death, depending on the height, of course. Skateboarding is relatively safe, but if you constantly find ridiculous places to practice on, like the fence of a bridge, then things can get very complicated. The extreme part depends on the athlete.

To summarize, yes, extreme sports are dangerous, but the danger depends on the athlete, their choice of sport, direction in which they take it, as well as the circumstances. Some things are out of our reach of control, while others we can influence through exercise and healthier risk choices.

1. Why is downhill cycling mentioned in Paragraph 1?

A．To call for attention to extreme sports.

B．To introduce the origin of extreme sports.

C．To illustrate the danger of extreme sports.

D．To show the complexity of the extreme sports.

2. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about regarding extreme sports?

A．Extreme sports differ from one another.

B．Skill matters a lot in maintaining safety.

C．Athlete’s luck is a key factor that influences safety.

D．Extreme sports are more dangerous than regular sports.

3. Which would best describe the author’s attitude towards the danger of extreme sports?

A．Doubtful.	B．Objective.
C．Intolerant.	D．Uninterested.

4. Which of the following is the best title of the text?

A．Do Extreme Sports Test Your Courage?

B．Why Should Extreme Sports Be Banned?

C．Why Do We Love Extreme Sports so Much?

D．Are Extreme Sports Really That Dangerous?

【推荐3】Female role models are having a moment. In the United States, there is a female vice president. The women’s soccer team is fighting a public, uphill battle for equal pay. Women are even making their way into what had seemed a permanent men’s club: the senior operation ranks of the armed forces.

Role models inspire people by showing what is actually possible. Research supports that it works: these pioneers not only help us imagine where we might go but also map out the path there. Role models have also been shown to have a bigger impact on women and underrepresented communities—those who have not easily achieved their goals. Seeing more women in the world of science, girls of today are more likely, when asked to draw a scientist, to draw a woman than those in past decades. Even one role model can benefit a child, helping them perform better in school and maintain a positive attitude.

However, the idea of “good role models” needs an update, especially when it comes to girls; otherwise the endless stream of shining snapshots of achievement they see can actually lead to self-doubt. In addition to role models, our work on girls and the process of building confidence has found that what girls really need are “work in progress” models. Girls tend to judge themselves harshly and suffer from perfectionism. They need to see the struggles and failures in their role models, as well as great perseverance. Anything that suggests success effortlessly achieved can be discouraged rather than inspired, playing into girls’ worst self-doubt thinking patterns.

Helping girls see the extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary is a good solution to unrealistic expectations. “Everyday heroes have a special impact,” said the child psychologist Bonnie Zucker. “Take a young girl who has to shoulder-the-responsibility for raising her brothers or sisters for some reason. She might not have attractive social media presence, but her bravery, devotion, and emotional labor are, in fact, heroic.”

1. What is Paragraph 1 mainly talking about?

A．Some jobs suitable for females.

B．Some influences of female role models.

C．Females’ challenges at the workplace.

D．Females’ achievements in different fields.

2. What can we infer about role models from Paragraph 2?

A．They give us realistic guides to success.

B．They help us know more outstanding people.

C．They are preferred by female groups.

D．They show us the value of keeping learning.

3. What influence can the snapshots of achievement have on girls?

A．Broadening their minds.

B．Inspiring them to dream big.

C．Driving them to work harder.

D．Making them doubt themselves.

4. Why do girls need “work in progress” models?

A．They make them achieve success quickly.

B．They help them accept their imperfect selves.

C．They teach them to be strict with themselves.

D．They encourage them to follow their dreams.

5. What does the author imply by mentioning Bonnie Zucher’s words?

A．Many girls’ expectations are unrealistic.

B．Girls have a strong sense of responsibility.

C．Girls can follow heroic examples in daily life.

D．Social activities are of great importance to girls.

【推荐1】Look people in the eye. Smile. Shake hands. Sit up tall. Speak clearly and confidently. That’s the last- minute advice professor Paul Calhoun gives a handful of college students before they head off for a series of job interviews. The Skidmore College seniors he’s talking to are dressed in suits and shirts , or dresses and heels.

There isn’t an actual job on the other end of these interviews, just a satisfactory / unsatisfactory grade from a class called Presenting the Brand Called Me at this college in New York. Calhoun created the popular course 10 years ago. He’d spent more than three decades working in the banking industry, where he saw the importance of presentation skills :“A lot of it is acting .”

When he came to Skidmore as a business professor, he noticed a lot of students struggling with public speaking. He got theater professors to help him shape what eventually became this class , in order to give business majors the training analogous to what the theater department gives to actors .

Over the 13 weeks, there’s some role - playing with improv (即兴创作)--- “Talk for a minute about anything ----go !“ There are dance classes , and many guest speakers who talk about cover letters , resumes (简历) and personal branding . By the end of the course , students leave with a polished “ STAR ” story --- the short story about themselves and their abilities that’s designed to help land them a job . “ People don’t remember when you tell them you’re good at something,”Calhoun explains .“They remember when you tell them a story that proves you ‘ re good at something.” Dante Delemos is a junior business major. In his interviews , he tells a story about winning the election for class president . And it works . Delemos is spending the summer working part- time in finance .

In addition, the class also created professional-sounding email addresses for students. Say goodbye to “Bubblegum123.”“ You can’t email your future boss with some really odd email name,”explains Tytianna McClenningham , a recent graduate. And they’re email manners , too .I didn’t even think it was important to use a subject in an email ,” McClenningham says .“But now I know .”

1. What is described in the first paragraph ?

A．An activity at a job fair .

B．A college entrance interview .

C．A scene in a college class .

D．A college graduation ceremony .

2. What does the underlined word ” analogous “ in paragraph 3 mean ?

A．Similar .

B．Superior .

C．Available .

D．Important .

3. What does Calhoun say about telling stories in interviews ?

A．It can help interviewees relax .

B．It will impress interviewers .

C．It can meet the requirements of interviewers .

D．It will show interviewees’ communication skills .

4. How does McClenningham feel about the class ?

A．It is boring .	B．It is practical .
C．It is too popular .	D．It is too abstract .

【推荐2】Back in 2011,archaeologists first discovered a lost highway littered with Viking artifacts(古器物)—sleds, horse bones, walking sticks, a 1,700—year—old sweater and heap after heap of horse dung.

But now archaeologists have discovered so much more. They've published new research describing hundreds of items that have been found along Lendbreen pass: shoes, parts of sleds, and bones from packhorses. It would have remained hidden forever had the ice not rapidly begun melting, revealing all that roadside Viking litter.

The highway winds its way over the Lendbreen ice patch(流冰区) in Norway's Jotunheim Mountains, about 200 miles north of Oslo. "The pass was at its busiest during the Viking Age around 1,000 A.D., a time of high mobility and growing trade across Scandinavia and Europe," study co—author James Barrett said.

According to researchers, the highway was possibly built around the year 300. At the time, heavy snow covered rocks underfoot. Trading posts were built along the nearby Otta River. The road may have thrived for many more centuries.

“The decline of the Lendbreen pass was probably caused by a combination of economic changes, climate change and late medieval pandemics(中世纪流行病), including the Black Death,” study co—author Lars Pilo explained. “When the local area recovered, things had changed, and the Lendbreen pass was lost to memory.”

“The objects are amazingly well preserved,” study co—author Espen Finstad added. “It is like they were lost a short time ago, not centuries or millennia ago.”

For archaeologists, the Lendbreen ice patch seems like a gift from the ancient past. But it's alarming that it's unwrapping itself so rapidly. "Global warming is leading to the melting of mountain ice worldwide," said Pilo. “Trying to save the remains of a melting world is a very exciting job—the finds are just an archaeologist's dream—but at the same time, it is also a job you cannot do without deep worry.”

1. How many archaeologists joined efforts to publish the new research?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

2. What does the underlined word “thrive” in paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Grow weakly.	B．Develop badly.
C．Grow happily.	D．Develop successfully.

3. From the last paragraph, what feeling do the archaeologists have about saving the remains of melting world?

A．Excited and concerned.	B．Satisfied and disappointed.
C．Delighted and depressed.	D．Astonished and discouraged.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．An ancient highway lost to memory.	B．A history of the lost highway.
C．The mystery of the lost highway.	D．How to find the ancient highway.

【推荐3】For many animals in the ocean, crabs are food. That’s a problem for crabs. How can they stay off the dinner menu? One type of crab, known as the decorator crab, has found a clever solution. It “decorates” itself. Decorator crabs use seaweed to change their appearances so that predators (捕食者) will not recognize them.

More than 100 species of decorator crabs are found all over the world. One species, commonly called the longnose spider crab, takes decorating to a whole new level. The ocean floor was covered in seaweed, but these crabs wouldn’t use just any kind they found. “They were very, very picky, and things they pick were quite uncommon.” says Dr. Stachowicz of the University California.

He noticed that longnose spider crabs would grab a piece of seaweed and take a little bite. Sometimes they would just eat the seaweed. Other times, they would reach back and attach the piece to the small hairs on their back. These crabs were choosing to decorate themselves with seaweed that has a peppery-tasting (胡椒味) chemical in it. Most fish find this chemical unappetizing. “If the crabs just decorated to look like the background, they would be giving their predators a little side salad with the main course.” says Dr. Stachowicz. But by carefully choosing the peppery seaweed, these decorator crabs look less tasty and predators avoid them.

Once a longnose spider crab has put together a good suit to protect itself, it is set for a while. The seaweed continues to grow even while it’s stuck to the crab’s back. When a crab sheds (去除) its old shell, it has to redecorate, often using seaweed from its old shell. Basically, the crab recycles.

1. How do the longnose spider crabs differ from other decorator crabs?

A．They like eating seaweed.

B．They pick seaweed carefully.

C．They have small hairs on their back.

D．They use any seaweed to decorate themselves.

2. What does the underlined word “unappetizing” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Unattractive.

B．Unusual.

C．Unhealthy.

D．Unimportant.

3. What do we know about the longnose spider crabs from the text?

A．They shed their old shells regularly.

B．The decoration on their shells lasts forever.

C．They prefer the seaweed that fish usually avoid.

D．They never redecorate themselves with new seaweed.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Survival Tips for the Crabs	B．A Problem for Crabs
C．Ways to Decorate the Crabs	D．A Crab’s Clever Clothes

【推荐1】A huge block of ice has collapsed from the Marmelada mountain in Daly, leaving at least 5 dead and 10 wounded. All the mountain rescue stations in the area have been activated and the injured have been hospitalized in several hospitals, the national Rai TV reported, citing the Alpine Rescue.

“This summer risks being the perfect storm for glaciers(冰川),” said Ginvanni Baccolo. He is an environmental scientist and glacier expert at Milan-Bicocca University. Baccolo noted a lack of winter snow and a hot start to the summer affecting glaciers. “Nobody could have expected a glacier like the Marmolada to react like this,” he told Reuters. Temperatures on the normally freezing Marmolada reached 10 degrees Celsius on Saturday, Veneto area governor Luca Zaia said.

In fact, Italy has experienced early and severe summer heat. Glaciers in Europe’s Alpine Mountains, including the Dolomite Mountains, are becoming more unstable and dangerous because of rising temperatures linked to climate change.

“High altitude glaciers such as the Marmolada are often steep(陡峭的) and relying on cold temperatures below zero degrees Celsius to keep them stable.”said Poul Christoffersen. He is a professor at the University of Cambridge who studies glaciers. Christoffersen said that climate change melts more water, which releases heat that warms up the ice if the water re -freezes. He added that a worse effect would be the lifting of the glacier forn the rock below, causing a sudden unstable collapse.

Baccolo made suggestions to the climbers heading into the mountains to escape the summer heat. “The invitation I want to make to those who go to the high mountains this summer is to use much more carefulness,” he said. “The problem is that it may no longer be enough to read the signs from the glacier that have been read so far,” he added.

1. What does the author want to show by mentioning the glacier accident?

A．Mountain glaciers melt easily.	B．Accidents can happen anywhere.
C．High temperature affects glaciers.	D．It is dangerous to hike near glaciers.

2. What is the direct cause of the accident according to Christofferse?

A．Ice becomes water.	B．Frozen ice gets highter.
C．Ice in high location shrinks.	D．Glaciers separate from rocks.

3. What does Baccolo imply in the last paragraph?

A．More signs should be put up.	B．Climbers can never be too careful.
C．Summer is not suitable for climbing.	D．Climbers shouldn’t try steep mountains.

4. What is the suitable title of the text?

A．Italy Experiences Severe Summer

B．Global Warming Brings Threat to Tourism

C．Glacier Collapse Adds to Difficulty in Rescue

D．Rising Temperature Awakens Alpine Glaciers

【推荐3】Parts of East Asia could see “rivers in the sky” form due to climate change, bringing record-breaking levels of rainfall with them, a new study has revealed.

The team, from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, have already seen clear signs of global warming hitting parts of the country, so they wanted to see how bad things could get. “It’s been becoming more and more clear that global warming means more than just warmer temperatures,” they wrote.

One particularly-damaging extreme weather event is an increase in rainfall to unexpected and unprecedented (前所未有的) levels, which can result in flooding. To help predict rainfall events, researchers looked to one of the causes — the interaction of atmospheric rivers with mountain ranges.

“As the name suggests, atmospheric rivers are long, narrow bands of concentrated water vapour flowing through the atmosphere,” the team explained. “When one of these bands meets a barrier, such as a mountain range, it can produce extreme levels of rainfall or snowfall.”

Parts of East Asia have been subjected to (遭受) an increasing number of damaging, extreme weather events over the past decade.

To understand the impact, the team used high-resolution global atmospheric circulations model simulations (模拟) that virtually re-create the conditions in the atmosphere. They then looked at other regional climate models, comparing simulations based on real, meteorological data (气象数据) from 1951 to 2010 to predictions for 2090.

Authors used the climate scenario that would result in 4℃ of warming, compared to preindustrial levels — which is significantly more than 2℃ target set as part of Paris Climate Agreement.

First author, Professor Yoichi Kamae, said that their simulations predict strengthened water vapour transport, as well as increased rainfall at unprecedented levels. In simulations the greatest amounts of atmospheric river-related rainfall occurred on the southern and western slopes of mountains in East Asia, including in Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and northeastern China. They had to limit the study to East Asia due to computer time and processing limitations, but predict it would apply to other regions around the world.

1. What’s the possible consequence of the global warming?

A．It contributes to polluted air.

B．It leads to hot and rainy climate.

C．It only results in the rise of temperature.

D．It causes the destruction of more species.

2. The author wrote Paragraph 4 to ________.

A．describe the new study

B．introduce atmospheric rivers

C．analyze the cause of rainfall

D．warn people of global warming

3. How is the research carried to know the effect?

A．By comparison.	B．By discussion.
C．By examples.	D．By explanation

4. What’s the attitude of Professor Yoichi Kamae toward their simulations?

A．They are risky.	B．They are valueless.
C．They are perfect.	D．They are convincing.