1 . She applied strategies that web insiders are familiar with (keeping multiple browsers open, refreshing sites every 20 seconds, erasing cookies) and added a few of her special skills. “I drink a lot of coffee, and I’m a fast typer,” she says. Soon enough, Zwinggi had secured appointments for both of her parents. “I felt like a rock star,” she says.

Zwinggi decided that helping others would be her way of giving back. “I feel like I need to will us out of this pandemic,” she says. On February 10, she logged on to Facebook to let people know that she was assisting with bookings. By March 2, she’d secured appointments for 400 people, a feat (壮举) that made Nick conclude, “Marla is an angel.”

Which of the following best describes Zwinggi?

A．Caring and confident	B．Passionate and persevering
C．Thoughtful and talented	D．Supportive and skillful

2 . “If you look at where hydrogen is going to be produced in Europe in the next million years, it’s in two countries, Spain and Portugal,” said Thierry Lepercq, the founder and president of HyDeal Ambition, an industry platform bringing together 30 companies. “Hydrogen is the new oil.”

Lepercq is working with companies like Spanish gas pipeline corporation Enagas and global steel giant ArcelorMittal to design an end-to-end model for hydrogen production, distribution and supply at a competitive price. Criticism has centered on green hydrogen’s higher cost compared with highly-polluting “gray hydrogen” drawn from natural gas. Lepercq argues that solar energy produced in Spain is priced low enough to compete.

Globally, Lepercq said, “Electricity is 20% of energy consumption. What about the 80% that is not electrified? ... You need to replace those fossil fuels. Not in 50 years’ time. You need to replace them now.”

What can be inferred about green hydrogen in Spain according to Lepercq?

A．It is highly priced.	B．It is easy to store.
C．It is competitive.	D．It is highly-polluting.

3 . The Colombian researchers are not the only ones working on creating a slower-melting ice cream. In 2015, scientists at the University of Dundee in Scotland found that a natural protein called BsIA was very effective in keeping the treat frozen for longer periods of time. With both teams fighting to be the first to get to the market, the future of everyone’s favorite dessert certainly looks bright.

What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．BsIA is popular in the market.

B．CNFs are more useful and expensive than BsIA．

C．Ice creams with CNFs have been on sale at the market.

D．Slowly enjoying an ice cream will soon become a reality.

4 . Who can apply?

Anyone is qualified to enroll in the Summer Semester, but please note some courses are only available to current students who are enrolled in a UQ degree.

Past applicants have included:

●current UQ students

●students from other universities, including international students

●professionals

●adults from a range of backgrounds

●high-school students

Which word can best describe the past applicants of Summer Semester?

A．Skilled.

B．Young.

C．Diverse.

D．Competent.

5 . As Mrs. Brown revealed in her award acceptance speech about her journey to creating Eden Village, helping homeless people is something personal, “I watched as my homeless friends walked off into the darkness to a hidden, wet and cold camp while we went home to a warm bed. I had to do something.”

Why is Mrs. Brown’s award acceptance speech mentioned in the paragraph?

A．To express her sympathy for her friends.

B．To highlight the influence of the village.

C．To show her sincere gratitude for the award.

D．To give her reason for setting up the village.

6 . Navigating growing up alongside academic demands is a difficult phase of life for anyone. “The hardest part of having dyscalculia in my K-12 experience was dealing with a disability on top of the normal aspects of growing up,” Cladek said. “Growing up with dyscalculia greatly affected myself-worth and not feeling like I am enough,” said Cladek, who is now a college student. “If I could only be able to fit in with the rest of the kids and not have this anxiety and frustration every time I look at a math problem on my worksheet, then I’ll be enough, which was a common thought I had.”

What does the author want to say by men toning Cladek’s experience?

A．Cladek has fantastic memories of schooling.

B．It’s better to have dyscalculia diagnosed earlier.

C．Growing up with dyscalculia is a big challenge.

D．Academic demands outweigh struggling with dyscalculia.

7 . ......

“No one can read a pamphlet (小册子) about cars and suddenly expect to drive,” said Rollins. “Driving is a skill that requires education and practice. The same is true of responsive parenting. Public health professionals, clinicians, and researchers must collaborate to help families develop psychosocial assets, including responsive parenting and a structured home environment. This could improve childhood obesity rates and other important quality-of-life outcomes,” she continued.

Which of the following would Professor Rollins agree with?

A．Kids’ early exposures to family psychosocial assets are hard to measure.

B．Kids’ academic success largely depends on family psychosocial assets.

C．Responsive parenting is the most important family psychosocial asset.

D．Developing psychosocial assets is a joint effort of experts and families.

8 . Of course, all of these are predictions. Scientists have said it’s almost impossible to truly predict how evolution will unfold. As we go further and further out, the prediction is less accurate. And it’s even more difficult to predict whether another species will develop human-level intelligence, Some think that it could happen. Others, however, are less optimistic because they don’t think nature will make mistakes twice.

Which of the following best describes the future of other species filling the same role as humans?

A．Hopeless.	B．Challenging.
C．Promising.	D．Uncertain.

9 . But, it doesn’t have to be all bad news. “One major motivation in studying the link between climate change and human-wildlife conflicts is finding solutions,” said Abrahms. “As we learn about specific incidents, we can identify patterns and tends-and come up with interventions(干预) to try to address these conflicts.”

Some interventions maybe as simple as public-awareness campaigns. Governments can also plan forties when extreme climate events will bring people and wild if e into closer contact. “Once you know the root causes of a conflict, you can design interventions to help both people and wildlife,” said Abrahms. “We can change.”

What does Abrahms think of interventions?

A．They are too simple.	B．They are out-of-date.
C．They are changeable.	D．They are beneficial.

10 . We, modern humans, spend 90% of our time inside, traveling between homes and offices, schools and apartments, restaurants and gyms. I’ve been hearing this statistic so much that I started to wonder if it was an urban legend. It’s not! The best reference for the statistic appears to be The National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS).

The survey was funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “EPA’s main purpose for collecting the NHAPS data was to provide diary records that could be used as inputs for computer-based human exposure models,” says the study. In other words, in order to understand how humans might be impacted by pollutants in our various indoor and outdoor environments, scientists needed to know how much time we spend in different locations.

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What can we learn about modern humans according to NHAPS?

A．They’re an indoor species.	B．They’re an urban legend.
C．They enjoy a leisurely life.	D．They like living in modern cities.