What can we infer about those mummies?
| A．They had their own characteristic in culture. |
| B．Their genes had much in common with their neighbors. |
| C．They seemed to isolate themselves from other groups. |
| D．They developed faster than others. |
2 . In a 1716 letter, he described his contribution to science this way: “My work, which I’ve done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now enjoy, but chiefly from a strong desire for knowledge, which I notice resides in me more than in most other men. And therefore, whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that the scientific community might be informed there of.”
What does the quote from Leeuwenhoek's letter suggest?
| A．He admitted that many of his discoveries happened by chance. |
| B．He considered his work to be central to later medical breakthroughs. |
| C．He was greatly concerned with improving people’s living conditions. |
| D．He believed the sharing of knowledge was a key to scientific progress |
3 . Maasha’s experience with NASA wasn’t the only thing that came in handy that day, the engineer first fell in love with aviation (航空) as a teenager growing up near an airport in Monrovia, Liberia. “Looking back, I guess I had the perfect sets of circumstances to recognize the issue that day,” he said. “Since I was a kid, I’ve always tried to sit in a window seat near the wing, and as I grew up, I am determined to run after my dream during my university years. That’s not the first time I’ve noticed something. I’m sure it won’t be the last.”
What played a major role in Maasha’s brave action?
| A．His birth place and home location. |
| B．His university years and honesty. |
| C．His childhood education and seat choice. |
| D．His working experience and personal interest. |
4 . All my life, for three decades now, I've gone to work early each day with a spring in my step. Occasionally, I meet my former students. Their obvious love for me and fond memories of our time together are my rewards. When I meet others who thirst for superpowers, like the brand new teacher struggling to perfect her skills with a brave face on, or the one in a remote, rural school travelling 70 kilometers each day just for his pupils, I feel proud to belong to the same group.
What can be concluded about being a teacher from the text?
| A．With one thousand times for the peach garden sweet. |
| B．Teachers lead the door, progress in the individual. |
| C．In scholarship there is no difference of age. |
| D．Learning without a teacher is hard to gain. |
5 . When Stephen Mills spotted a dusty old safe(保险箱)in a museum in Canada, he thought he’d try to crack the code, “just like in the movies”. But when he began turning the dial, he wasn’t expecting a Hollywood ending.
For years, anyone who visited the Vermillion Heritage Museum in Alberta would have passed by a large,black metal box. Staff knew it had come from the long-gone Brunswick hotel and was donated to the museum in the 1990s. But its code and contents remained a mystery for decades – until Mills unexpectedly cracked the code.
Mills, who lived in Fort McMurray, Alberta, was visiting the museum with his family last month over a holiday weekend. As they wandered around the exhibits with the museum guide, Tom Kibblewhite, they spotted the safe.
What does Mills probably mean by saying “I’m buying a lottery ticket”?
| A．He wanted to become richer. |
| B．He opened the safe by luck. |
| C．He was good at cracking the code. |
| D．Buying lottery tickets leads to success. |
6 . “Hello,” they each said in Spanish. They asked where he's from, and told him they were happy to see him. Then Levitz took him on a quick tour of the school before classes began—to her office the school store, the library, and the dining hall.
A total of 19 languages are spoken in Bulkeley High School. “We have so many new students coming here from other countries every single day,” Levitz said. “So it's not like he's the only one who has that feeling.”
“You could tell he's little worried," Guillermo said as we left.” But, at the same time, he's looking forward to it.”
What can we learn about Bulkeley High School?
| A．It has no library. |
| B．It is an international school. |
| C．It plans to open Spanish classes. |
| D．It requires all students to wear uniforms. |
7 . My mother knew that I was trying hard and failing at that time. It wasn’t until after she left that I noticed at the foot of my bed an envelope thick with cash. She knew how desperately I needed it. She knew that had she just shown up with groceries, or offered to pay my rent, she would have made me feel much worse. The cold, hard cash meant she was helping me. And, funnily enough, the distance with which she gave the gift felt like she was giving me space to fix my life and preserve my dignity. My mother and father both did the same thing. One was giving me the means to take my own decisions, and the other was giving me a second chance when those decisions had cost me dearly.
Which word can best describe the author’s mother?
| A．Sensitive. | B．Optimistic. |
| C．Considerate. | D．Determined. |
8 . “We did a test run one day in August, and decided to give it a go. To be honest, I thought he’d blink (眨眼)after it got really cold or rainy, but he never did,” Jonathan said. He recalled one day when the weather was particularly bad. “It’s really raining out there today,” he told Simon. “And Simon said, ‘Well then we’re going to get wet!’ He took pride in toughing it out, and it became a really fun family routine.”
What can be inferred from paragraph 4?
| A．Simon has trouble with his eyesight. |
| B．Simon is really stubborn and inflexible. |
| C．Simon is much tougher than expected. |
| D．Simon didn’t get support from his father. |
9 . A Portland, Oregon man, Colin O’Brady, has become the first person to travel across Antarctica by himself with receiving any assistance.
O’Brady completed the 1,500 - kilometer trip on Wednesday. He crossed the continent in 54 days. Friends, family and other people followed his progress through messages and pictures he left on social media. The 33 - year – old O’Brady documented the trip on the social networking service Instagram.
What can be inferred in the last paragraph?
| A．Some people have managed to travel across Antarctica. |
| B．Worsley succeeded in traveling alone across Antarctica. |
| C．Louis Rudd is now undertaking the journey with Worsley. |
| D．O’ Brady will have a fierce competition with Louis Rudd. |
10 . After running hundreds of tests, the researchers noted that the monkeys would go for the higher values more than half the time, indicating that they were performing a calculation, not just memorizing the value of each combination.
When the team examined the results of the experiment more closely, they noticed that the monkeys tended to underestimate（低估）a sum compared with a single symbol when the two were close in value—sometimes choosing, for example, a 13 over the sum of 8 and 6. The underestimation was systematic: When adding two numbers, the monkeys always paid attention to the larger of the two, and then added only a fraction（小部分）of the smaller number to it.
What did Livingstone's team find about the monkeys?
| A．They could perform basic addition. |
| B．They could understand simple words. |
| C．They could memorize numbers easily. |
| D．They could hold their attention for long. |
