1 . 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。

Japanese fish industry is starting to use artificial intelligence (AI)     1    (select) high quality fish at markets and find good fishing grounds, areas where they have traditionally relied largely     2     experience. All tools are drawing attention because they can easily copy good skills, including those     3    (need) to evaluate the quality of tuna (金枪鱼) and determine good spots to catch fish.

When     4    (judge) the quality of fish, buyers look at     5     fresh and firm the meat is and how much fat it puts on. “You need over 10 years of experience to acquire     6     excellent eye,” a fish market worker said. An advertising agency developed and brought a smartphone app into     7    (practice) use that enables users to easily pick out delicious tuna.

According to the advertising agency, the AI tool, fed with data on how tail sections of frozen tun     8    (grade) by skilled merchants (商人), judges the quality of tuna     9    (instant). The app grades quality in three to five stages as soon as users hold their smartphones over a fish and is gaining     10    (popular) in the seafood processing industry.

2 . 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Adam来信说要到你所在的城市旅游，希望你带他游玩一天。请你给他回信，内容包括：
1. 表示欢迎；
2. 旅行安排；
3. 期望和祝愿。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Adam,
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Yours,

Li Hua

3 . The climate crisis may lead the human race to decrease in size, as mammals (哺乳动物) with smaller bodies appear better able to deal with rising global temperatures, a leading fossil expert said.

Prof Steve Brusatte, a palaeontologist (古生物学家) at the University of Edinburgh, suggested that the way in which other mammals have previously responded to periods of climate change could offer an insight into humans’ future.

He compared the potential situation of people as similar to that of early horses, which became smaller in body size as temperatures rose around 55m years ago, a period called the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum.

Writing in The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, Brusatte notes that animals in warmer parts of the world today are often smaller than those in colder areas, an ecological principle known as Bergmann’s rule. “The reasons are not entirely understood, but it is probably, in part, because smaller animals have a higher surface area compared to their size than bigger animals and can thus better get rid of extra heat” he writes.

Brusatte said that becoming smaller was “a common way that mammals deal with climate change”. He added, “That’s not to say every species of mammal would get smaller, but it seems to be a common survival trick of mammals when temperatures spike pretty quickly, which does raise the question: if temperatures do spike really quickly, might humans dwarf, might humans get smaller? And I think that’s certainly convincing.”

In a recent study, researchers studying human remains over the past million years have also suggested that temperature is a major predictor of body size variation, while scientists studying red deer have said that warmer winters in northern Europe and Scandinavia may lead to the body size of these animals becoming smaller.

However, not all experts agree that rising temperature causes mammals to decease. Prof Adrian Lister, of the Natural History Museum in London, said the relationship shown by the recent human remains study is weak, while the strong relationship between temperature and mammal body size may often result from the availability of food and resources.

Lister doubts whether humans will shrink as the climate heats. “We are not really controlled by natural selection,” he said. “If that was going to happen, you’d need to find large people dying before they could reproduce because of climate warming. That is not happening in today’s world. We wear clothes, we have got heating, we have got air conditioning if it is too hot.”

1. According to the passage, the early horses got smaller in body size         .

A．to keep cool	B．to save food
C．to keep warm	D．to avoid being killed

2. What does the underlined word “spike” in the 5th paragraph mean?

A．Rise

B．Drop

C．Balance

D．Change

3. What is Brusatte most likely to agree with?

A．Every species of mammal would get smaller as the temperature goes up.

B．Animals in warmer areas are definitely smaller than those in colder areas.

C．Smaller animals have a higher surface area and so they can cool down quickly.

D．The change of Mammals’ body size is closely related to their food and other resources.

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Climate Change Causes Natural Disasters.	B．Climate Change Leads to Heated Discussions.
C．Climate Change Causes Changes in Body Size.	D．Climate Change Leads to Changed Lifestyle.

4 . Some people say he is a hero. Some people say he is stupid. Emmanuel Tulor thinks he did the _______ thing. The 18-year-old from Liberia found $50,000 on the highway. He gave it back to the _______ . Life in Liberia isn't _______ . The country went through 14 years of civil wars. Tulor dropped out of school in seventh grade and started driving a motorcycle taxi to _______ money. One day, he was _______ on the highway when he saw a bunch of money wrapped in a plastic bag. It had been _______ on the road unnoticed. There were thousands of dollars inside. “I was _______ because it was plenty.” he said, “and so I brought it home and gave it to my aunty to _______ until the owner could ask for it.”

That day, Musu Yancy, the businesswoman who had lost the money, went on the radio _______ for her money and appealing to anyone who found the money to return it. So he took it to her. Yancy gave him a(n) ________ of cash and some gifts, which was worth about $1, 500 in all. Yancy celebrated with Tulor.

Tulor said that while many Liberians are praising his actions, others couldn't ________ him. They said it might be a better ________ for him to save the money; they said Tulor should let the money help himself.”

Tulor ________ thinks he made the right choice. He thinks people should ________ lost things and the cash they find. Tulor planned to ________ the gifts with some people who were with him when he found the cash. “But the cash I got will be given to my grandma.” he said.

1.

A．strange

B．foolish

C．right

D．wrong

2.

A．owner

B．police

C．person

D．school

3.

A．hard

B．poor

C．happy

D．easy

4.

A．borrow

B．pick

C．produce

D．make

5.

A．wandering

B．approaching

C．driving

D．parading

6.

A．dropped

B．placed

C．buried

D．forgotten

7.

A．shocked

B．excited

C．content

D．curious

8.

A．check

B．donate

C．hide

D．keep

9.

A．shouting

B．crying

C．arguing

D．complaining

10.

A．award

B．room

C．reward

D．prize

11.

A．help

B．understand

C．save

D．recognize

12.

A．opportunity

B．target

C．choice

D．tradition

13.

A．only

B．still

C．seldom

D．even

14.

A．ignore

B．seek

C．return

D．report

15.

A．share

B．accept

C．tolerate

D．purchase

5 . Much meaning can be conveyed clearly with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak.

    1     In a bus you may look at a stranger but not far too long. And if he sensed that you are staring at him, he may feel uncomfortable.

The same is true in our daily life. If you are stared at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down to see if there is anything wrong with you.     2     Eyes do speak, right?

Looking too long at someone may seem to be side and aggressive     3     If a man stares at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to look away from her, his intentions are obvious. He wishes to attract her attention, and let her know that he is admiring her.

However, when two persons are engaged in a conversation, the speaker will only look into the listener’s eyes from time to time to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking.     4     If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking as if trying to control you, you will feel awkward. A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim. He wrongly believes that looking straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication.     5     Actually, eye contact should be made based on specific relationship and situation.

A．On the contrary, it will give him away.

B．Do you have such a kind of experience?

C．That’s what normal eye contact is all about.

D．Actually, continuous eye contact is limited to lovers only.

E．After all, everybody likes to be stared at for quite a long time.

F．But things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex.

G．If nothing goes wrong, you will feel annoyed at being stared at that way.

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Imagine having the     1     to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone. You can do this in a virtual choir. Virtual choir members record themselves while they perform alone on video. These videos are uploaded onto the Internet, and then they are put     2     into one video that you can see online—a virtual choir. Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere—all you need is a video camera and an Internet     3    . You do not even need a     4    . A virtual choir helps connect     5     people together. Many people do not have close friends or     6     who have the same interest in music. Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir. A virtual choir     7     them to add their voices to those of other     8     and become part of the global community. It has     9     to be a positive influence on the lives of many people. As one virtual choir member said, “Music helps me to … forget my problems. With music, I become someone     10    .”

10 . 假设你是李华，你将参加学校一年一度的英语演讲比赛，就高中学生对网络游戏上瘾的问题发表演讲，请你根据以下内容写一篇演讲稿。内容包括：
1．描述现象；
2．沉迷网游的危害；
3．发出呼吁。
注意：
1．写作词数应为80左右；
2．请按如下格式作答。
Dear fellow students,
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That’s all. Thank you!