1 . Why do animals migrate or move? They do so to find a place that will offer better living conditions. Not all animals migrate, but those that migrate are attempting to help the survival of their species. There are a variety of reasons why animals leave. Some migrate to avoid weather changes. Some leave because of the food supply. Unlike humans who migrate because of relationships, job changes, or other social reasons, animals migrate to survive.
There are different types of migration, but one of the most interesting is the seasonal migration. In seasonal migrations, animals move twice a year. These movements usually occur due to changes in the seasons or in the weather. For example, some birds migrate away from colder regions to warmer weather and then come back to a place once the colder weather has passed.
How do animals know when it is time to migrate? Some animals do not leave an are until the environment changes and becomes a place that is not favorable for them to live. Other animals seem to have inborn systems that tell them when it is time to leave.
Animals that migrate use many different ways to successfully reach their destinations. Scientists believe animals’ senses play a huge role in helping them find their way. For example, salmon(三文鱼)are thought to recognize specific smells that help them. Others are thought to use even the sun, moon, and stars to help guide them on their journeys. Although the animals use different methods to migrate, one thing is the same: migration remains an important journey for the survival of many of Earth’s most amazing species.
1. What is the text mainly about?| A．Animals’ senses. | B．Animals’ habitats. |
| C．Animals’ migration. | D．Animals’ destinations. |
| A．To improve relationships. | B．To reach their destinations. |
| C．To live with other species. | D．To find better living conditions. |
| A．Animals use the same method to migrate. |
| B．Animals may migrate for different reasons. |
| C．Animals are born to know where to migrate. |
| D．All migrating animals use the sun as a guide. |
| A．A history book. | B．A travel brochure. |
| C．A science magazine. | D．A financial newspaper. |
2 . “I like pop songs better before I actually got a chance to sing hua’er at the age of 19,” said Sa Lina, 36, who has since become a famous singer, devoting herself to this traditional art form for almost two decades.
Hua’er, which means flower in Chinese, is a Chinese folk song style. It is popular and shared by people of nine ethnic groups in Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia and Xinjiang for hundreds of years. Also known as a type of “mountain songs”, it was inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009.
After graduating in 2005, Sa returned to her hometown in Ningxia, and soon got a chance to sing with Ma Handong, a famous singer of hua’er. “I had never sung hua’er before, so I practiced a lot.To my surprise, I soon fell in love with its beautiful melodies,” said Sa.
Since then, Sa has devoted herself to mastering the folk art, and further bringing this traditional local folk art to the national stage. In 2010, she sang a hua’er song at a gala on Chinese New Year’s Eve, winning nationwide attention. At the age of 27, she was named an inheritor of hua’er, becoming the youngest inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage at the time.
“Art should not only be inherited, but also improved. I don’t only want to be a hua’er singer, but also a promoter of this folk music,” she said. In 2014 Sa set up an art school, which offers hua’er training courses free of charge. She also regularly gives singing lectures in public schools and communities, benefiting tens of thousands of people.
1. What can we learn about Hua’er from the text?| A．It is a kind of flower. | B．It is a local folk art. |
| C．It is popular worldwide. | D．It is a new art form. |
| A．Included. | B．Studied. | C．Awarded. | D．Spread. |
| A．Sa’s identity about Hua’er. | B．Sa’s performance at a gala. |
| C．Sa’s skills in singing Hua’er. | D．Sa’s achievements about Hua’er. |
| A．To offer courses free of charge. | B．To help people live more happily. |
| C．To inherit and promote the folk art. | D．To open more social media accounts. |
3 . Anna and her husband, Gray, got an unexpected delivery earlier this month after a security guard from a local grocery store appeared at their front door.
Anna said when she was in a hurry shopping at a grocery store in Kahului, she lost her wallet. But luckily, one of the store’s security guards, Johnson, found the wallet. After he finished his work that day, he rode a bike over 5 miles to Anna’s address to return the wallet.
When asked, Johnson said, “You know, I once lost a wallet too and it’s the worst thing in the world. I was just doing what I felt was right.”
Anna and Gray were greatly moved because Johnson would put in so much effort to help a stranger. Gray was so thankful for Johnson’s kind act that he shared the story to Facebook. One of Gray’s friends, Adam, also praised Johnson’s selflessness and he organized a GoFundMe to raise money to buy him a car. Before Christmas, they sent the car to Johnson, who had been riding a bike to and from work for the past five years.
“It means a lot,” said Johnson when he received the gift. “It’s not only about having better transportation. I can do more for my family now. That’s the bigger part of the picture.” Johnson said he thanked the Anna family for their kindness, although he still believed he did not do much. He said he only did what he believed was right.
1. Who lost the wallet?| A．Anna. | B．Gray. | C．Adam. | D．Johnson. |
| A．By making friends with him. | B．By asking Adam to help Johnson. |
| C．By starting a GoFundMe project. | D．By posting the story on the Internet. |
| A．Honesty. | B．Wisdom. | C．Bravery. | D．Generosity. |
| A．To attract more viewers. | B．To recommend a website. |
| C．To motivate people to be good. | D．To introduce a grocery store. |
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last Saturday evening, my friend and I went out to eat in the restaurant. While eat there, we happened to notice an elderly woman sitting alone. Before thinking about it for a while, I walked over to her and asked that if I could sit with her. She said yes and we began talking. Later I learned the woman has lost her husband and that that day would have been their 60 wedding anniversary. Hearing this, I asked her join me and my friend and she was exciting to do so. We shared a meal together and exchanged story. On our way back, I told my friend, “Always be kind to people. You never know what we are going through.”
5 . Can’t Sleep at Night?
Too many of us are missing out on sweet dreams. Nearly one-third of people say they lie awake at least a few nights each week. Getting a poor night’s sleep means more than just a bad day ahead. The quality of your sleep can also affect your health long-term. Why are you having a hard time catching the sleep you need?
Age is one of the factors that contributes to your sleep. Babies may, sleep up to 16 hours a day. School-aged children may sleep 10 hours a day.
Emotional states have close links with sleep. People who are depressed commonly struggle with insomnia (失眠) and no one sleeps well with worries. Completely removing stress and anxiety from your life isn’t realistic.
Many other things influence sleep. Caffeine(咖啡因)stays in the bloodstream much longer than most people recognize, keeping you energetic when you should be sleeping. And don’t forget that coffee and tea aren’t the only things filled with caffeine.
| A．Their sleep may be disturbed by an illness or fever. |
| B．Unhealthy lifestyle also leads to your sleep disorders. |
| C．Here are a few things that might influence your sleep at night. |
| D．Chocolate is causing sleep problems and people don’t realize it. |
| E．Nighttime sleep affects your daytime mood and emotional reactivity. |
| F．Therefore, learn how to place your worries up on a shelf for the night. |
| G．Some cheese, fruit or yogurt are good choices an hour or so before bedtime. |
6 . Experts believe the best time to teach kids language skills is when they are babies. Actually the task is easily done with parents reading or talking to their babies. However, that is impossible when kids are born deaf.
In that case, parents either have to quickly become adept at sign language or risk the child facing learning delays in the future. Now, a lovely blue-eyed robot, a human avatar(用户头像), and some high-tech neuroscience(神经科学)may help parents with this important developmental task.
The Robot Avatar Thermal-Enhanced system, or RAVE, is the creation of a team led by Petitto, a scientist at Gallaudet University. The learning begins when the robot’s thermal(热力的)camera, which is focused on the baby’s face, senses small changes in his body temperature, which is associated with awareness. This, combined with the baby’s facial expression, causes the robot to turn its head and guide the baby’s attention to a computer screen.
Here, a human avatar starts to communicate with the baby much like a parent would. For example, if the baby points towards the screen, the avatar might respond, “Are you pointing to me?” and follow that up with a fairy tale, or some necessary social communication, all in sign language. The “conversation” continues until the kid loses interest.
The team, who have been testing the system for three years, found that babies began to move their hands in a way similar to sign language after interacting with RAVE for just a few minutes. Petitto says natural language, whether communicated through speech or sign, starts the same parts of the brain and believes the movement proves the babies are learning the key parts of communication.
1. What does the underlined word “adept” in paragraph 2 probably mean?| A．Nervous. | B．Skillful. |
| C．Sensitive. | D．Astonished. |
| A．A kid born with hearing problems. | B．A kid who enjoys robot toys. |
| C．A kid fond of medical science. | D．A kid with a gift for language skills. |
| A．To show how a human avatar works. |
| B．To stress the importance of sign language. |
| C．To explain a human avatar’s weakness. |
| D．To encourage parents to talk to their babies more. |
| A．It is easily designed. | B．It falls short of her expectations. |
| C．It is effective in a way. | D．It helps deaf babies hear the world. |
7 . One piece of advice I give young people is that they don’t have to decide what they want to do for the rest of their life at age 22. Just think of all the jobs that didn’t exist 10 years ago and what might exist 10 years from now. Just think how much the nursing field has changed over the years and how many opportunities and different paths nurses can take these days.
My oldest daughter is a nurse practitioner(从业者). But she didn’t start there when she went to college. She got her undergraduate degree in hotel and restaurant management with a minor(辅修课程)in business. On graduation day she looked at me and said, “Mom, I don’t know what I’m going to do with my life that’s meaningful.” I looked at her and said, “Just get a job and then figure it out.”
She struggled for a year or two after college with a couple of different jobs. Whenever she talked to me about becoming a nurse, I told her she’d be a great nurse—super organized, able to multi-task better than anyone I knew, with amazing skills. But I also told her that she’d have to work very hard and study the sciences if she wanted to be a nurse.
She considered her choices and decided to participate in a combined nursing / nurse practitioner program getting her second bachelor’s degree then her master’s. Her nursing career since 2005 has progressed and she now has a mix of leadership, administrative, and clinical work.
1. What is the author’s suggestion for young people?| A．Decide their careers before age 22. |
| B．Consider all the jobs existing 10 years ago. |
| C．Think twice before choosing their careers. |
| D．Develop as many interests as possible. |
| A．She worked in various fields. |
| B．She majored in business in college. |
| C．She turned to her professor for career advice. |
| D．She knew exactly her future career while in college. |
| A．Generous. | B．Humorous. |
| C．Successful. | D．Traditional. |
| A．By listing facts. | B．By analyzing causes. |
| C．By making comparisons. | D．By providing a typical example. |
8 . Some libraries use unique architecture to encourage visitors to explore the shelves and settle down with a new book. No matter how they achieve it, these novel libraries are keeping the magic of reading alive.
Stuttgart City Library (Stuttgart, Germany)
Opened in 2011, this 9-story public library is so special because of its wonderful color scheme (lit by blue light at night) and its rare cubic shape. This cultural center for the city, designed to feel open and full of light, can be entered from any of its four sides, and people can borrow artworks as well as books.
Beach Library (Albena, Bulgaria)
Beach Library is the first of its kind in Europe to encourage visitors to read a book on the beach. The white, weather resistant shelves lined up not far from the surf feature 6, 000 books in 15 languages so every visitor can find the perfect book to read while exposed to the sun’s rays.
Seikei University Library (Tokyo, Japan)
This library is the new symbol of Seikei University. Libraries are usually famous for their quiet atmosphere, but this one encourages conversation. Pritzker Prize-winner Shigeru Ban designed the library with free-standing soundproofed(隔音的)equipment to serve as perfect spots for study groups and lively discussions.
Macquarie University Library (Sydney, Australia)
The very library was designed to be a sustainable building. A great combination of high technology and sustainable development, this building was made from recycled materials, features a green roof, and was designed to look like a local unique tree. It is also advanced, using robot tools to bring requested books to the front desk.
1. What can visitors do at Beach Library?| A．Attend a famous festival. | B．Watch wonderful light shows. |
| C．Have discussions with professors. | D．Enjoy reading while taking a sun bath. |
| A．Its cubic shape. | B．Its environmentally friendly building. |
| C．Its peaceful atmosphere. | D．Its weather-resistant shelves. |
| A．Sports. | B．Education. | C．Nature. | D．Economy. |
9 . Imagine being able to pop to your local park and pick some tomatoes, potatoes or even bananas to take home for dinner. Sounds too good to be true, right? For residents of Andernach, German, it’s not just a dream—it’s their reality.
In 2010, Andernach began its edible(可食用的)city project, planting 101 varieties of tomatoes in public green spaces around the city centre. Its 30,000 residents are free to help themselves to whatever grows, as are any other visitors. The town’s motto of sorts is “Picking is encouraged—help yourself!” Every year a new type of plant is highlighted. In 2011, 100 types of beans were planted, while 2012saw the introduction of 20 onion varieties.
It’s a community effort, as local citizens are encouraged to help plant and maintain the gardens. This offers an opportunity to socialise as well as to learn about planting, cultivating and harvesting food.
An Andernach resident spoke to DW,“I often drop by to pick some herbs that I’m missing at home. Everything is easily accessible. There aren’t any fences. You just take what you need. The only thing is that you have to be quick once the fruits are ripe or they’ll all be gone!”
Andernach may have been the first in German, but it isn’t the only edible city. It’s part of the Edible Cities Network, a project funded by European Union to connect green urban foot initiatives around the world. Other cities include Carthage in Tunisia, Havana in Cuba and Sempeter-Vrtojba in Slovenia. In February 2022, the first Edible Cities Network Conference took place. Dr Ina Saumel, principal investigator of the Edible Cities Network, called it “a unique opportunity to invite researchers of edible city solutions and practitioners to the same table.”
Ultimately, the Edible Cities Network aims to give people “greener, more edible and, above all, more livable cities.” It is a response to the pressures of global climate change, and a significant cause full of hope.
1. What can residents do in public green spaces according to the edible city project?| A．Sell the produce they grow there. |
| B．Learn knowledge about planting. |
| C．Grow whatever plant as they like. |
| D．Pay to pick some vegetables there. |
| A．Novel and popular. | B．Creative and costly. |
| C．Common and fundamental. | D．Rare and unacceptable. |
| A．Andernach is the only city to carry it out. |
| B．European Union originally established it. |
| C．It helps combine theories with practices. |
| D．It invites people to share meals together. |
| A．To help residents relieve their pressure. |
| B．To involve residents in urban planting. |
| C．To increase the produce supply in cities. |
| D．To create environmentally friendly cities. |
10 . It was mid-afternoon. I looked outside my dorm window, and saw the lifeless gray sky, the snow and the trackless sidewalks. There was no one in the snow but a squirrel. The brown-gray North American squirrel,a look of terror in his shining eyes, braved the cold to throw himself over snow. In his mouth was a large acorn(橡实)—I was surprised it fit in his mouth.
I moved closer to my window, outside of which is a medium-sized tree, lacking its warm-weather leaves. The squirrel ran up rapidly, higher and higher in the tree, and his small body held onto his dear acorn.
Up he went, to the tip of one of the highest branches. I held my breath—I wondered if that slender branch could support him. I wondered if his winter food store was in this tree—squirrels are known to hide their nuts, mushrooms, and vegetation high up in trees. Outside, the squirrel firmly grasped that branch, jaw clamping(夹紧)on his acorn.
Then came the wind blowing violently, shaking the tree, the branch and the squirrel. He hung on for dear life, and both arms wrapped around the branch in the wind. I held my breath: If he fell from a height like this, then.... Seeing this little squirrel, I had my heart in my mouth. As the wind became stronger, the squirrel’s precious acorn fell to the ground. The squirrel followed its downward progress only by sight—if he let go the branch, he would fall downwards as well. I was so nervous that I didn’t take my gaze off the squirrel for one minute. Surprisingly, he then climbed down the tree and was now half-buried in the snow, searching desperately for his acorn. Finally, he made it.
The brave animal is able to survive in nature all because of its desperate efforts.The same goes for us humans. We all work hard to survive, and this is the law of nature. So effort is not something special, but a matter for all living things to do to survive.
1. What did the author discover outside the window?| A．A squirrel was freezing nearly to death. |
| B．A squirrel was choked by a large acorn. |
| C．A squirrel was picking acorns from a tree. |
| D．A squirrel was climbing to the top of a tree. |
| A．Dead. | B．Straight. | C．Slim. | D．Thick. |
| A．Concerned. | B．Unfriendly. | C．Uncaring. | D．Curious. |
| A．Stop struggling, life is stopped. |
| B．Facts speak louder than words. |
| C．Failure is the mother of success. |
| D．Teaching others teaches yourself. |
