1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What do we know about the museum?

A．It can be explored in one day.

B．It houses a good many exhibits.

C．It can hold thousands of people at one time.

2. Where are the speakers?

A．In Egypt.

B．In the U. K.

C．In Greece.

3. What did the speakers fail to see this morning?

A．The modern artwork.

B．The ancient sculptures.

C．The American carvings.

4. When will the museum close?

A．At 3:00．

B．At 4:00.

C．At 5:00.

2 . Body shaming involves humiliating (羞辱) someone making negative comments about their body size or shape.     1     You may feel unhappy with how your body looks and judge yourself unkindly. However, there are ways to overcome the problem and build body positivity.

    2     Taking care of yourself is not a selfish act; it’s necessary for your personal well-being. Exercise, eat healthy food, enjoy the company of people who care about you, and spend some time outdoors to refresh your body and your mind.

Replacing negative self-talk with positive thoughts can be useful for making you feel better about yourself and your body.     3     For example, if you have beautiful hair or eyes, this is just as important as the features you dislike or that others try to ridicule.

Social media often emphasizes physical appearance and makes it easy to post hurtful comments about others. Cutting down or stepping away from social media can give you an opportunity to connect in-person and participate in other activities that lift your mood. Communicating face-to-face is nature’s cure of stress.     4    

Reach out to others for guidance and support and let them know what you have been experiencing.     5     Having a safe outlet to express your emotions can help you cope with the distress and humiliation of being body shamed.

A．Treat yourself with kindness and love.

B．Don’t hide or isolate yourself from others.

C．This type of criticism can be made to others or yourself.

D．Shift your focus to the things that you like about yourself.

E．Being physically active is also important for your overall health and well-being.

F．It’s crucial to find someone you trust and feel comfortable sharing your feelings with.

G．While nobody is immune to social pressures to look good, any comments about your body are unnecessary.

3 . Hundreds or even thousands of jackdaws (寒鸦) are known to launch into the winter sky at once from the treetops at sunrise, and then split into smaller groups to feed throughout the day. Now, ecologists know that this synchronized (同步的) departure is timed with a complicated behavior called “consensus decision-making”, where the majority agree to take action.

To figure it out, researchers in the United Kingdom recorded hundreds of hours of their bird calls in Cornwall over several months. They measured when the first jackdaws began their calls, how loud the birds were, and how quickly the swell (增强) of calls rose, and then compared these sounds to footage (镜头) of those birds’ departures. The team found that the jackdaw group left together once the chorus of calls reached a critical mass--the more rapidly the chorus swelled, the earlier the birds left.

“They all leave together in a few seconds. The sky just fills with black birds forthwith. It is just like a black snowstorm,” Alex Thornton, an ecologist at the University of Exeter, UK, told New Scientist. Every call is a jackdaw casting its vote to leave. “At first you just get a few calls, then more and more birds join in and it builds and builds. And the steeper the increase, the earlier they leave,” Thornton added. On rare occasions, when the intensity of the chorus doesn’t build enough and the jackdaws don’t agree, the birds instead launch off in small numbers.

The team also found that once jackdaws reached a consensus they departed almost immediately, with hundreds of individuals flying in less than five seconds. When scientists played past recordings of calls back to the jackdaws, getting in the way of the group’s natural crescendo (渐强的声音), they were able to push forward the birds’ launching by more than six minutes. The birds did not, however, change their launch times in response to other noises.

“The gregarious (群居的) birds prefer to leave as a group, although each jackdaw will have a slightly different preference as to when they want to leave, based on factors like their size and hunger,” Alex Dibnah, a University of Exeter graduate student and lead author of the study, said in a statement. “Leaving the roost (栖息处) together has various benefits, including safety from predators and access to information such as where to find food.”

This research shows the critical role vocalizations (发声) play in group decision-making for this species. One next step for this research, according to the authors, is to figure out how human-created noises might affect this process and the spread of information throughout these communities.

“Imagine a big roost near a town or busy road,” Thornton said. “If the birds can’t hear each other and can’t form a consensus to leave together, it could have big impacts on their population.”

1. What is the purpose of the research in Cornwall?

A．To understand how jackdaws reach an agreement.

B．To study what makes jackdaws’ departure time unique.

C．To make a comparison of jackdaws’ calls with other birds’.

D．To assess the importance of jackdaws’ complicated behaviors.

2. What does the underlined “forthwith” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Frequently.

B．Gradually.

C．Traditionally.

D．Immediately.

3. What can be inferred about the jackdaw group from Paragraph 4?

A．It can reach an agreement within seconds.

B．Its launch times vary little from season to season.

C．It can distinguish its natural calls from other noises.

D．It makes no response to the past recordings of calls.

4. What do the researchers plan to study next?

A．The impacts of human hunting on jackdaws’ population.

B．The effects of noises on jackdaws’ group decision-making.

C．The way jackdaws spread information in their communities.

D．The role of jackdaws’ vocalizations in group decision-making.

4 . Mica came into my life in 2012. When I heard that a _________ dog had been dumped by her family at a shelter, I turned to Iske. “Look,” I said, “a dog your age, _________ at the shelter. Can we adopt her?” Iske’s tail thumped (击打). Her approval _________ a lot.

After all, I may have adopted Iske, but actually she’s the one that rescued me—through a heartbreaking _________ and single parenthood, Iske had been my rock. _________, I learned from Iske, is a two-way street. And now it was time to _________

A few e-mails and a transport miracle later, Mica arrived. Unlike Iske, Mica had a tough time adjusting—She refused to be _________, walking away from all affection. She missed her family, _________ as it was. We loved her and hoped her heart would _________ enough to let us in.

After a few weeks of training and bonding, I decided to take her for a short hike. She had __________ her name and came when I called her, so I weighed the risk against the joy hiking might bring her. I made the decision.

As soon as I took off the leash (狗绳) in the forest, she __________, leaping over logs along the trail. At the lookout, she posed upon a rock and __________ the layers of hills dropping away towards New Jersey and beyond. Obviously, hiking gave her joy to be __________ and running free.

After that, we committed ourselves to completing the highest 35 mountains in the Catskill region. It would have been amazing for any dog to hike at this level of __________, but Mica bravely conquered those mountains at age twelve. From a pitiful creature on the end of a __________ to barking upon the summit of Mountains, Mica’s spirit has shown me just what a miracle is.

1.

A．lucky

B．senior

C．young

D．special

2.

A．reserved

B．preserved

C．abandoned

D．accompanied

3.

A．revealed

B．linked

C．made

D．meant

4.

A．breakup

B．cleanup

C．checkup

D．backup

5.

A．Agreement

B．Rescue

C．Adoption

D．Respect

6.

A．look head

B．give back

C．step down

D．hold on

7.

A．pulled

B．commanded

C．petted

D．ignored

8.

A．awful

B．awesome

C．familiar

D．similar

9.

A．swell

B．hurt

C．sink

D．heal

10.

A．loved

B．learned

C．forgotten

D．heard

11.

A．observed

B．raced

C．hesitated

D．wandered

12.

A．monitored

B．occupied

C．tracked

D．surveyed

13.

A．secure

B．loose

C．close

D．tense

14.

A．intensity

B．complexity

C．accuracy

D．severity

15.

A．chapter

B．day

C．street

D．chain

5 . In a crowded migrant (移民) camp in Tijuana, Mexico, a three-year-old girl wandered ________ toward the exit. She was steps from a busy road. Estefanía Rebellón was the only person who ________ her. The writer had just driven from Los Angeles with a group of friends to drop off food and clothing to a(n) ________ organization.

It was December 2018, a time when the US-Mexico border was seeing migrants from Central America ________ violence and poverty. Rebellón rushed over to the child and took her ________. “Where are your parents?” she asked anxiously. Eventually, she and her friends found the girl’s ________ father, who had stepped away to ________ for food.

Back at home, Rebellón gathered a group of volunteer ________ via social media, and using a thousand dollars from her ________, set up a school at the Tijuana border. In five years, the pilot program has grown into the non-profit Yes We Can World Foundation, which has ________ three school buses into classrooms and established two schools.

________ by donations, the foundation’s teachers have provided a bilingual education to more than 3,000 kids. The schools ________ an official curriculum (课程) from Mexico’s education ministry. They also offer ________ courses, which help kids understand more about migration.

Rebellón has received numerous ________ for her work, including Outstanding American by Choice. As more than 6.6 million people still live in refugee camps around the world, she says she’d like to ________ the foundation’s influence and support migrant children globally.

1.

A．leisurely

B．alone

C．freely

D．abroad

2.

A．tended

B．recognized

C．invited

D．noticed

3.

A．relief

B．health

C．business

D．education

4.

A．fighting

B．preventing

C．escaping

D．worsening

5.

A．side

B．place

C．hand

D．heart

6.

A．determined

B．annoyed

C．disappointed

D．panicked

7.

A．line up

B．make up

C．stand up

D．look up

8.

A．soldiers

B．doctors

C．writers

D．teachers

9.

A．expenses

B．savings

C．bills

D．charges

10.

A．integrated

B．forced

C．transformed

D．translated

11.

A．Limited

B．Funded

C．Motivated

D．Influenced

12.

A．create

B．adjust

C．reject

D．follow

13.

A．special

B．strange

C．common

D．major

14.

A．opportunities

B．honours

C．blessings

D．messages

15.

A．display

B．possess

C．maintain

D．expand

6 . Jobs for Organic Chemists

Welcome to the Organic Chemistry Portal Job Market! Here you can browse recent job openings worldwide, and find jobs in research and development both in industry and academia. Some tips for your career as an organic chemist and the application process in particular can be found further down on this page.

Educational Requirements

Studying is an essential component of becoming a chemist. To become a chemist, you will need to complete a formal education program that provides you with a strong foundation in chemistry, mathematics, physics, or other related sciences.

Networking Opportunities

To find an interesting job, you should occasionally interact with industrial chemists and make personal contacts. This is best done at scientific conferences or via the social medium Linked In, where the Organic Chemistry Portal is also represented. This gives you interesting insights and allows you to focus your job search on suitable topics and companies. On the other hand, some people already know you and under some circumstances you already have references that could be listed in the application.

Acquire More Knowledge

For special fields, you can deepen your knowledge beforehand in order to show off some details in job interviews. Studying a specific textbook or reading journals in the field is suitable for this purpose. In some companies, you also have to talk to chemists during the application process, who ask for some basic or detailed knowledge. Name reactions in particular can be queried.

The Application Process

The application process for a job vacancy can vary depending on the company and the role you are applying for, but in general, it usually involves some common steps. Click here for more details.

→Application Materials：Cover Letter, Resume

1. What education background is needed for a student to become a chemist?

A．Evening school of Sciences.	B．Self study of chemistry.
C．College education of Maths.	D．High school optional course of Physics.

2. What should you do to increase the chance of finding a good job?

A．Attend some job hunting fairs.

B．Give detailed personal information.

C．Chat with chemists via social media.

D．Pursue further education in related sciences.

3. Where will you find this advertisement?

A．A website.	B．A magazine.
C．A newspaper.	D．A brochure.

7 . 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。

China plans to start building a lunar base in about four years,    1     (kick) off with bricks made of moon soil, according to scientists related to the project, the local news agency reported. Ding Lieyun,     2     leading scientist at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, told local media that the first brick     3    (make) from moon soil during the Chang’e 8 mission around 2028.

China has previously said its lunar base will likely be powered by nuclear energy, and will include a lander, hopper, orbiter and rover, all of     4    would be constructed by the Chang’e 6, 7 and 8 missions. It wasn’t immediately clear in the interview     5     the entire base will be built with lunar soil.

“Eentually, building habitation     6     the Earth is essential not only for all humanity’s quest for space exploration, but also for China’s    7     (strategy) needs as a space power,” Ding said in a separate interview.

The moon is believed     8     (contain) a source of waste-free nuclear energy that could meet global energy demands for 250 years, meaning potentially hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of resources.

Yu Dengyun, from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, provided an    9     (update) timeline for the next three Chang’e missions. Chang’e 6 will launch in 2025 to collect samples from the far side of the moon, Chang’e 7 will blastoff the following year to search for water-ice,    10     Chang’e 8 should land some two years after that.

8 . 你校英文报正在开展学生使用拍照搜题类软件（snap-for-answers applications）的调查。请根据图表中的调查结果写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1.软件使用情况描述；
2.分析该现象的原因；
3.简要谈谈你的看法。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.短文开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

As is shown in the survey conducted by our school’s English newspaper,

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9 . If you are trying to assess a person’s character, make sure you do not rely too heavily on factors that can be misleading. Instead, observe the individual’s ability to tell the truth and to commit.     1    

You can tell a lot about a person’s character by observing how he treats other people.     2     It may be difficult to determine how he treats different types of people if you only encounter him in a single environment, such as the workplace. It is often possible, however, to get some idea of his manner of interaction with different types of people through conversation with him.

Whether or not a person is honest says a lot about his character. The attitude a person has about honesty can also indicate what type of person he is.     3     To some degree the types of lies he may tell and his motives for doing so matter.

    4     The word “commitment” often causes people to instantly think of close relationships. Whether a person can respect the vows (誓约) and agreements is usually an indication of character.

A person’s character is affected by his attitude.     5     Attitude can affect many aspects of a person’s life, including how hard he works and his ability to be supportive of others.

When you are trying to assess someone’s character, remember that it consists of qualities and habits that form his identity.

A．More importantly, it’s necessary to continue his inner struggle.

B．The level of commitment indicates the type of character he has.

C．There are many other things in life that may require commitment.

D．This includes both people he knows and people he does not know.

E．Also, pay attention to his attitude and try to distinguish how it impacts his life.

F．Observe the person’s conversations and try to determine how often he tells lies.

G．Some people generally have a negative outlook while others may try to be positive even in difficult situations.

10 . I was cleaning the roof of a customer’s house when the stroke (4 XI) happened. Laid up in the hospital bed, I was depressed, mind _________ with concern. I was the _________ of the family. I made the money. I was worried about our future.

I came home in a wheelchair. It was like waking up in a house after a storm, everything familiar yet _________ in some way. I was left unable to   _________, with problems with my hands and vision issues. Thankfully, my family was my _________ ready to restore with me. Gradually, I worked on _________to walk and using my hands again.

My son would move my walker a step forward, _________ me to walk further. And my wife was always my balance.

While focusing on my   _______I wanted to provide for my family to make sure they had a home even if I wasn’t here. Not to worry about rent. One night, I _________ a thought with my wife, “What about making our own house, a safety net for you and the kids.” She __________ worry in her eyes, but she believed in the dream and nodded in agreement.

After buying an old house with most of our savings, I started a blog online called Making a Home to __________ our journey of redecoration. People, once strangers, started __________ us. They comforted us when we were __________and celebrated our victories with us.

Now, we have moved into our home. We may continue to face many challenges. Still, together we’ve __________this far. Life throws storms our way, but we have the power to __________, and to rise again.

1.

A．racing

B．wandering

C．flying

D．resting

2.

A．helper

B．defender

C．goalkeeper

D．breadwinner

3.

A．plain

B．broken

C．repaired

D．organized

4.

A．walk

B．jump

C．sleep

D．balance

5.

A．floor

B．rock

C．stream

D．window

6.

A．having

B．planning

C．relearning

D．remembering

7.

A．challenging

B．permitting

C．reminding

D．discouraging

8.

A．trouble

B．change

C．recovery

D．adjustment

9.

A．shared

B．designed

C．made

D．kept

10.

A．nodded

B．smiled

C．refused

D．hesitated

11.

A．start

B．record

C．report

D．announce

12.

A．meeting

B．watching

C．observing

D．following

13.

A．happy

B．down

C．nervous

D．excited

14.

A．faked it

B．made it

C．meant it

D．believed it

15.

A．relieve

B．respond

C．restore

D．reflect