3 . As the world starts to become increasingly aware of the dirty carbon footprint left behind by airplane travel, could it be time to bring back to the air ship? Hybrid Air vehicle, a UK-based company, has recently displayed a new concept design of their around 100-passenger air-ships that hopes to revolutionize city tripping, all while reducing carbon emissions (排放). The images of the flashy inside parts are just an ambitious plan for the moment, but the company argued the air ship would be well-suited to city-to-city trips.

A journey by air ship would take slightly longer than one by airplane. For example, a flight from Liverpool to Belfast across the Irish Sea is approximately 4 hours and 24 minutes, check-in and security time included, while the air ship will take 5 hours and 20 minutes in theory. However, the payoff comes in the amount of carbon dioxide released—67.75 kilograms (149.36 pounds) of carbon emissions per passenger by plane, compared to 4.75 kilograms (10,47 pounds) per passenger by air ship.

The company claims their standard Airlander 10 model can now complete journeys with a total of a 75 percent reduction in emissions compared to conventional aircrafts. They eventually hope to introduce a hybrid-electric (混合电能的) model by 2025, which would reduce emissions by 90 percent, then a totally electric model by 2030 that would be a zero emissions aircraft.

In a bid to attract air travel enthusiasts, the company also hopes to make the experience more pleasurable than the typical journey of sticky seats and minimal leg room. “For many decades flying from A to B has meant sitting in a metal tube with tiny windows—a necessity but not always a pleasure. On Airlander, the whole experience is pleasant, even enjoyable,” George Land, Commercial Business Development Director at Hybrid Air vehicle, said in a recent statement.

1. What is the new air ship designed for?

A．Trips with fewer passengers.

B．Reducing the use of carbon.

C．Traveling specially between cities.

D．The lowest cost of trips for passengers.

2. Why does the author list the figures in paragraph 2?

A．To highlight the speed of the airplane.

B．To stress the disadvantages of the new airship.

C．To indicate the potential market of the new airship

D．To present the positive effect of the new air ship on the environment.

3. What is the plan of the company for the new air ship?

A．Producing a fully electric model by 2030.

B．Producing a hybrid-electric model by 2030.

C．Completing the standard Airlander 10 model by 2025.

D．Putting the standard Airlander la model into service by 2025.

4. What does George Land think of the traditional airplane?

A．It's much safe.	B．Its space is too narrow,
C．Its seats are too hard.	D．Its atmosphere is more pleasant.

4 . Months ago, Matt posted about starting a Thank You Thursday Revolution. He_________readers to write a Thank You Note every Thursday.

_________I read Matt’s post, I have delivered (递送) a handwritten Thank You note to someone in my company every _________. In most cases, I leave the_________in the company mailbox. Occasionally (偶尔地), I drop a note on someone’s_________at the end of the day. In each case, I haven’t made a big deal out of the delivery. I have always waited until the end of the day to_________the note.

In most cases, the notes are_________the next day. Sometimes it takes a week or two. And the response (反应) has been_________. My colleagues have come up to me after receiving their notes and_________their surprise and thanks. They are__________that someone would recognize their actions and attitudes in the office.

Months ago, we__________a young man in our department. His__________is to order cell phones and set them up for employees throughout our__________. I really appreciated (感激) his positive attitude in providing__________for me.

The next day, I wrote him a thank you note thanking for__________I mentioned above, One week later, he__________the message in his mailbox. As I was walking__________the office, I noticed that he had his Thank You note__________on the desk in his office. Later that day, he came up and__________me for thanking him. You should have seen his face. It seemed that he had been__________ a big prize.

1.

A．promised

B．suggested

C．encouraged

D．warned

2.

A．Since

B．When

C．Though

D．If

3.

A．Friday

B．Thursday

C．Tuesday

D．Monday

4.

A．gift

B．phone

C．note

D．book

5.

A．hand

B．bed

C．shelf

D．desk

6.

A．welcome

B．send

C．receive

D．gather

7.

A．admitted

B．remembered

C．kept

D．discovered

8.

A．amazing

B．sudden

C．patient

D．regular

9.

A．concerned

B．expressed

C．said

D．spoke

10.

A．interested

B．confused

C．happy

D．curious

11.

A．fired

B．came across

C．lived with

D．employed

12.

A．job

B．game

C．training

D．rule

13.

A．weekend

B．office

C．house

D．holiday

14.

A．money

B．chance

C．support

D．challenge

15.

A．where

B．when

C．that

D．what

16.

A．picked up

B．turned up

C．made up

D．brought up

17.

A．through

B．across

C．away

D．out of

18.

A．written

B．avoided

C．showed

D．missed

19.

A．provided

B．thanked

C．respected

D．read

20.

A．passed

B．taught

C．paid

D．awarded

6 . In 2009, Marina Ross, a psychologist at the UK's University of Portsmouth, conducted experiments in which she tickled（使发痒）monkeys. The monkeys responded by laughing.

Ross, who studies laughter, suggests we get our ability to laugh from humans and monkeys’ common ancestors, which lived 10 to 16 million years ago.

Now her latest study goes a step further, showing that monkeys display “laugh faces”—smiling with teeth bared—with or without actual laughter.

“This shows that monkeys can communicate in clearer and more versatile（多样化的）ways than we thought,” she says. “It’s similar to how people may smile silently while talking or laughing.”

Jaak Panskepp, a psychologist at Washington State University in Pullman, has found that tickled rats make happy noises. When scientists tickled the rats, they made the same sounds that they use during play. Some of the lab rats liked being tickled so much that they followed the hand that tickled them.

Since then, Panskepp and his colleagues have shown that studying play is serious business. They’ve found that the parts of rats’ brain responsible for laughter can be used to study human emotion. He’s also found seven basic emotional systems housed in the same areas of human brains.

His research has even helped fight depression in people One antidepressant（抗抑郁剂）in clinical trials, called GLYX-13, has its roots in the study of rat laughter.

“We think of rats and monkeys as smart, but intelligence isn’t a requirement for laughter,” Panksepp adds. “Maybe one should look at it the other way around, since it’s possible that play in any species can increase social intelligence.”

“So identifying other animals that laugh,” he says, “may be a matter of listening to the sounds they make while having fun.”

Who knows? One day we may discover an actual silly goose that laughs.

1. What does Ross’s latest study show?

A．Humans and monkeys have common ancestors.

B．Monkeys can smile like human beings.

C．Monkeys communicate mainly by laughing.

D．Monkeys like being tickled.

2. What does the underlined word “they” in paragraph 5 refer to?

A．Scientists.	B．Monkeys.
C．Rats.	D．Panskepp and his colleagues.

3. What is known about Panskepp and his colleagues’ research?

A．It can improve rats’ intelligence.

B．It can help people overcome depression.

C．It can find out the smartest animals.

D．It can understand the cause of rat laughter.

4. What is the best title of the text?

A．Do Lab Rats Have Depression?

B．Is Intelligence a Requirement for Laughter?

C．Do Animals Laugh?

D．Is Studying Play Serious Business?

7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why is Flight 571 put off?

A．The weather is terrible.

B．A passenger suddenly falls ill.

C．Something is wrong with the plane.

2. What is the destination of Flight 571?

A．Seattle.

B．Salem.

C．Olympia.

3. What is the present weather like in Seattle?

A．Cloudy.

B．Rainy.

C．Sunny.

4. What will the passengers do next?

A．Return their tickets.

B．Fasten the safety belts.

C．Learn to use oxygen masks.

8 . A national park is created for the purpose of conservation. Yellowstone National Park in the US was the first national park in the world. Here are some other national parks in the world.

Northeast Greenland National Park, Denmark

The national park is the largest one in the world. It covers an area of 927，000 km²，It is also the most northern national park in the world.

Around 5,000 to 15,000 musk oxen (麝香牛) as well as polar bears live in the park. Some of the birds also live there.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia

The park is the second largest national park in the world. It protects a large part of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from being damaged in any way.

All commercial ships must stay on specific shipping routes that avoid the most sensitive areas of the park. The Great Barrier Reef has the world's largest number of corals and other sea life.

Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, Mozambique

This national park covers an area of 99,800 km².It joins some of the famous wildlife areas in southern Africa into a huge conservation area.

In 2006, the Giriyondo tourist access between the Limpopo and Kruger national parks was opened. There were 5,000 animals moving from Kruger to Limpopo National Park, including over 1,000 elephants.

Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada

The park was created in 1922 to protect the wood bison (森林野牛) whose population had dropped from 40 million in 1830 to less than 1.000 by 1900.

The park consists of 44,807 square kilometers of northern plains. It is also the world's only natural living place of the cranes (鹤).

1. Which of the following is the earliest national park?

A．Wood Buffalo National Park.	B．Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park.
C．Northeast Greenland National Park.	D．Yellowstone National Park.

2. What can you see in Great Barrier Reef Marine Park?

A．Some sea animals.	B．A lot of polar bears.
C．Many cranes.	D．Hundreds of elephants.

3. What do we know about Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park?

A．It has an area of 44,807 km².	B．It is home to the wood bison.
C．It lies in southern Africa.	D．It is the largest national park.

10 . Last September, British artist Sacha Jafri set the record for creating the world's largest painting. Last week, the painting was sold for $62 million, which will go to charity.

Last year, as the COVID-19 spread and many countries went into lockdown, Mr. Jafri was in Dubai. Rather than feeling stuck, Mr. Jafri decided to take on a huge project that could“make a really big difference”.

He decided to create the world's largest painting. And he wanted to do it in a way that would include people from around the world. He asked children to send him pictures showing how they were feeling during the pandemic(疫情). He got artwork from kids in 140 different countries.

Using the children's ideas as a starting point, Mr. Jafri began to paint in a huge dancing room in a fancy hotel. It took Mr. Jafri seven months to create the painting. He worked long hours every day—often up to 20 hours a day. He hurt his back by bending over so much while he painted. It took over 1,000 paintbrushes and 6,300 liters of paint to create the painting. The painting, which was over 1,600 square meters, was around the size of four basketball courts.

Mr. Jafri hoped that his painting, called “The Journey of Humanity”, would help bring the world together during a difficult time. Since Mr. Jafri’s goal was to raise money to help children suffering from the pandemic, the painting was split up into 70 large parts. Mr. Jafri hoped that by selling the parts separately, he could raise $30 million.

But when the auction(拍卖) ended on March 22, Mr. Jafri did much better than that. A French businessman bought all the pieces. Knowing that the money would go to charity also motivated him to decide to pay more. He says he was poor when he grew up, so he's glad to be helping children around the world by buying the painting.

1. How did Sacha Jafri create the large painting?

A．He finished the painting with kids in his room.

B．He got painting inspiration from kids' pictures.

C．He made the painting under 140 kids' guidance.

D．He filled his whole artwork with kids5 drawings.

2. What can we know about the large painting?

A．It remained complete all the time.

B．It took the artist a lot of efforts.

C．It earned the artist a better living.

D．It was made to set a world record.

3. Why did Sacha Jafri create the painting?

A．To help fight the pandemic.

B．To develop kid’s love for art.

C．To show pandemic sufferings.

D．To kill time and seek pleasure.

4. Which of the following words can describe the French businessman?

A．Modest and honest.

B．Brave and determined.

C．Sympathetic and generous.

D．Creative and hardworking,