1 . A former police officer has become a real-life hero for dog owners in the United Kingdom. Phil James from Woodborough turned his hobby of flying drones (无人机) into a rescue operation to help reunite lost dogs with their owners. James started Drone to Home in 2020,and now he and the team have successfully rescued over 1,400 dogs.
When a pet goes missing, most owners are left to organize their own search and rescue mission and rely on the kindness of strangers. But for those near Drone to Home, one call can make a world of difference. The charity rescue operation works to locate lost dogs and return them back to their worried owners. With the help of drones, the team at Drone to Home can cover significant ground and search in areas that would take rescuers on foot much longer to scan.
Searching for a lost dog can be tricky business. Not only can dogs often outrun us humans, but they can also find their way into inaccessible areas like thick forests. This can make finding and getting a lost animal back seem impossible. But thanks to the team at Drone to Home in the East Midlands area of England, these barriers are less of an issue.
Using thermal (热量的) drones, James and other drone pilots can cover serious ground in a short amount of time. The thermal camera works to discover warm areas, so a field that would take searchers on foot hours to cover can be searched in minutes.
Drone to Home also uses their networking skills to help the community keep a lookout for a lost dog. “As 2021 went by, it became clear I required help, so I created a Whatsapp group where volunteers could join and help me if they could spare the time. Drone to Home now has hundreds of volunteers who help share content on social media and assist on-ground searchers,” James said on the charity’s website.
1. What’s one advantage of drones in finding lost dogs?| A．They can catch the dogs’ attention. |
| B．They can communicate with the dogs. |
| C．They can protect the dogs from being attacked. |
| D．They can search for the dogs in unreachable areas. |
| A．Their target users. |
| B．Their major function. |
| C．Their complex design. |
| D．Their potential market. |
| A．It helps the lost dogs find new homes. |
| B．It trains volunteers to help the community. |
| C．It attracts many warm-hearted people to join. |
| D．It gives drone-lovers a chance to make money. |
2 . A restaurant owner’s remarkable act of heroism saved many lives during a storm in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, which destroyed a local restaurant.
Tracy Harden, the owner of Chuck’s Dairy Bar, rushed her staff into a walk-in cooler moments before a tornado hit the establishment on Friday.
Harden spoke to Good Morning America reporter Robin Roberts on Monday alongside two employees, Barbara Pinkins and Carolyn Washington, who were both in the restaurant when the tornado hit.
As the horrible tornado tore through the local area, Harden said she only had a minute of advance notice before it came moving rapidly through the restaurant.
“I got two text messages back-to-back from my sister and my daughter in Vicksburg and they both said, “There’s a tornado down, get to a safe place.’ At the same time I had my teenage cashier came running towards the back of the building saying, ‘My mother is on the phone and she said there is a tornado down here.’ At that point, most of us were towards the back of the building and the lights flickered(闪烁). And I just shouted, ‘Cooler!’ And my husband opened the cooler door and started pushing us in.”
Harden said that once her husband got them all inside, including himself, “he lost control of the door, the wind took the door and somehow he was able to get the door back.”
“Just before it shut, he looked up and he said, ‘I see the sky,’ so that let us know that this was way worse than anything we could have imagined,” she continued. “And the roof was gone.”
Pinkins, meanwhile, recalled the chaos(混乱场面)before the tornado touched the restaurant, as Harden led people to safety. She said she remembered hearing Harden say,“Calm down. Everybody gets to the cooler!”
“By the time we got to the cooler, I couldn’t hear anything but the ceiling falling,” Pinkins said through tears, hugging Harden.
1. Where was Harden when the tornado struck?| A．In Chuck’s Dairy Bar. |
| B．In Vicksburg. |
| C．In Good Morning America station. |
| D．In Robin Roberts’ restaurant. |
| A．It was slow but frightening. |
| B．It was the worst in local history. |
| C．Harden lost her husband because of it. |
| D．Harden received an advance notice about it. |
| A．Ambitious and energetic. |
| B．Brave and calm. |
| C．Optimistic and determined. |
| D．Selfless and tough. |
| A．Methods to Survive a Tornado |
| B．Damage Brought by a Tornado |
| C．Restaurant Owner Saved her Staff from Tornado |
| D．Horrible Tornado Destroyed a Local Restaurant |
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4 . With the help of her mom, one little girl made an incredible gesture to a member of the local police force. What’s even more
It started when Mikayla and her mother, Mimi, were having dinner at a restaurant. Police officer Joseph Quinn stopped by to
When Officer Quinn went to pay the bill, the
Officer Quinn had quickly figured out who the
In order to pay back her act of kindness, the officers of the Jamesburg Police Office
| A．touching | B．interesting | C．important | D．fearful |
| A．protect | B．build | C．affect | D．change |
| A．pick at | B．pick up | C．pick on | D．pick out |
| A．closed | B．watered | C．dropped | D．shone |
| A．meeting | B．meal | C．word | D．walk |
| A．respect | B．consideration | C．success | D．expectation |
| A．policeman | B．waiter | C．cook | D．host |
| A．excited | B．confident | C．motivated | D．determined |
| A．optimistic | B．committed | C．clever | D．generous |
| A．Fortunately | B．Amazingly | C．Naturally | D．Intentionally |
| A．killed | B．injured | C．blamed | D．rejected |
| A．prepare | B．make | C．buy | D．bring |
| A．advised | B．reminded | C．invited | D．allowed |
| A．In reality | B．In addition | C．In general | D．In contrast |
| A．spent | B．earned | C．raised | D．borrowed |
①Today he lives in a small dormitory room with only second-hand furniture and he gets his clothes and a lot of other things from charity shops.
②He made the choice to give all his money away. And this, he said, brought him happiness and a sense of success in life.
③Sixteen years ago, Jason was a college professor with a huge six-bedroom house and a fortune of two million dollars.
④He was tired of being regarded as living a successful life, as a person who had everything while many people had nothing.
⑤But Jason appreciates this change. He is pleased to give up the lifestyle of a rich man.
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7 . I live in a university dorm with a couple of great roommates. I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates from all the people I associate with online. Yet the truth of the matter is: I feel lonely.
I’m barely the only person who feels this way. According to research, over two-thirds of young people find it easier to make friends online than it is “in real life”. I’m way beyond a shy or reserved person, but I’m wired up every day, like most of my friends. On the surface, I have an active social life. I attend parties and play sports but I’m always distracted. They say that phones bring people closer together but in reality, my mind is always a million miles away. I obsess over exactly how many followers I have on my account, but I can’t remember the birthdays of some of my oldest mates.
From the passage, we know that the writer________.
| A．is a shy and reserved person |
| B．doesn’t have many friends in real life |
| C．cares too much about how many followers he has online |
| D．believes that attending parties and playing sports make him distracted |
8 . Most people assume that the human brain is set on “automatic”—that means it learns all by itself. But this isn’t always true. We need to train ourselves to be better learners—to actively take part in the learning process and to reflect on what we have learnt. These kinds of learning behaviours are called“active learning”. I suggest doing the following things to take an active role in your learning.
1. Listen to the outer voice
There are two kinds of voices: the inner voice and the outer voice. Y our inner voice expresses your personal opinions, while the outer voice tells you about opinions from what you hear or read. Although your inner voice can be useful, it can also get in the way of learning. If you keep paying too much attention to it, you risk missing important information. Instead, active learners are open-minded and focus on what the speaker / writer is saying, not on what their brain is saying in the background. In this way, they are in a better position to make decisions.
2. Get to the truth
Active learners do not accept everything they learn. They attempt to find the truth at the heart of each idea. Even when an idea sounds entirely unlikely, there may be an aspect of it that is based on truth. So if someone says that dinosaurs still exist today, think about why they believe this. Where does the idea come from? Do they have enough data to support their views?If you try to find out the source of an idea, no matter how crazy it seems, you will increase your chance of learning something.
1. What do most people believe about the human brain?| A．It needs to be trained. |
| B．It can learn in an automatic way. |
| C．It can’t help us reflect on what we have learnt. |
| D．It can help us take part in the learning process actively. |
| A．Try hard to figure out the facts. |
| B．Let the outer voice get in the way. |
| C．Pay no attention to what others say. |
| D．Pay no attention to an idea that sounds impossible. |
9 . Gravy started working as a comfort dog at Grand Ledge High School in Michigan in September. She showed off tricks in the hallways with her handler (驯兽员), Capra, and made students laugh aloud. When students learned that Gravy’s first birthday fell just before Thanksgiving break, they asked Capra if they could throw a party. Capra said sure, thinking there wouldn’t be many people interested. However, on the big day, there were several hundred students in this gym.
The pandemic (大流行病) has been hard on students across the United States. Many young people experienced loneliness and the loss of loved ones. To solve the problem, schools have hired social workers and increased the number of their social-emotional learning classes.In some cases, they bought dogs.
Undoubtedly, the dogs make kids happy.“He’s kind of like a rock star; when the kids see him coming, they smile,“ said Traci Souva, an art teacher at North Huron Schools who trains Chipper, another comfort dog. “A lot of times the kids will tell Chipper what’s wrong rather than adults, and that’s pretty amazing.”
There are possible blemishes of having dogs in school. These include cleanliness, and student fears. But school officials say these are all manageable. The dogs are highly trained and always with a handler, so no student is forced to communicate with the dogs if they don’t want to.
Since the pandemic, demand for trained dogs in schools“has just increased,“ said Nikki Brown, a dog trainer and the director of Canines for Change, a nonprofit that trains dogs for work in schools. Over the last year, her organization has provided dogs to at least seven areas in Michigan, including Grand Ledge. “The dogs are highly trained to be in a school environment,” she added.“They are trained to work with kids with emotional problems. They sense stress. By the dogs’ behaviour they might warn a teacher of a kid who is struggling emotionally.“
1. Which of the following best describes Gravy as a comfort dog?| A．Tricky. | B．Popular. | C．Humorous. | D．Caring. |
| A．Requirements. | B．Disadvantages. | C．Influences. | D．Suggestions. |
| A．Working on campus brings a lot of pressure to dogs. |
| B．There is a high global market demand for trained dogs. |
| C．School environment can affect dogs’ behaviour greatly. |
| D．The dogs have the ability to notice students’ mental illness. |
| A．How dogs relieve students’ mental problems |
| B．How dogs ensure students’ safety on campus |
| C．How dogs enrich students’ after-school activities |
| D．How dogs develop students’ sense of responsibility |
Long-distance running is a great sport for beginners. It has a lot of benefits. It will help you get fit and prevent diseases.
If you are new to running, here is some advice for you. It is important to warm up and cool down properly before and after running, so you do not hurt yourself.
| A．But you need to find someone to keep running with you. |
| B．It will also hurt you if you don't warm up before running. |
| C．A warm-up gets your blood flowing and prepares your body before you exercise. |
| D．It also strengthens your immune system and reduces the risk of serious health problems. |
