1 . At Cleveland Bridge, in Bath, a long line of traffic is building up. Although the Georgian structure was praised for its handsome Greek Revival style by Nikolaus Pevsner, an architectural master, it was built for horses, not cars. Repairs will close the bridge for several months, causing bigger jams and more pollution in a city where air quality is already a cause of concern.

Bath is an extreme example of a tradeoff faced by much of the country. Britain has the oldest housing stock in Europe, with one in five homes more than 100 years old. Period features are valued and often protected by law. Yet as efforts to cut carbon emissions intensify, they are contradicting attempts to preserve heritage. It is a “delicate balance” says Wera Hobhouse, Bath’s Member of Parliament (议员) “What is the public benefit of dealing with the climate emergency, versus protecting a heritage asset?”

Two years ago, Bath was among the first British cities to declare a “climate emergency” when it also promised to go carbon-neutral by 2030. Yet Bath also wants—and is legally required to preserve its heritage. With Roman remains and Georgian streets that spread across the Avon Valley in shades of honey and butter, the city is designated a world heritage site by UNESCO. About 60% of it is further protected by the government as a conservation area, more than 5,000 of Bath’s buildings—nearly 10% of the total—are listed as being of special architectural or historical interest, making it a criminal offence to alter them without permission.

Many of the features that make Bath’s Georgian buildings so delicate also make them leaky. Buildings of traditional construction make up 30% of Bath’s housing stock but take up 40% of domestic carbon emissions, according to the Centre for Sustainable Energy, a charity. British homes are rated for energy efficiency on a scale from A to G; most traditional buildings in the city are an F or G.

Transport is another area where climate and heritage clash. Bath’s 17th-century streets lack room for bike lanes. Joanna Wright was recently relieved of her role as Bath’s climate chief after proposing that North Road, which leads to the university, should be closed to traffic. In two years she was unable to install any on-street electric-vehicle charging points, partly because of the “nightmare” of getting permission to dig up old pavements.

All this means going carbon neutral by 2030 looks hard, but the city is at least beginning to make compromises. In March it launched the first “clean-air zone” outside London, charging drivers to enter central Bath. A trial has made 160 electric motoreycles available to hire. And local opinion seems to be shifting in favour of sustainability. “The discussion has moved dramatically towards considering the climate emergency,” says Ms. Hobhouse.

1. What problem does Bath face?

A．It is getting more and more crowded due to the maintenance work underway.

B．Its housing stock with a long history are being altered without authorization.

C．Its historical significance makes it hard to be reformed into an eco-friendly city.

D．Its promise to go carbon-neutral by 2030 is greeted with doubt from its citizens.

2. The percentage mentioned in the underlined sentence (Paragraph 4) is intended to _________.

A．highlight the long history of Bath’s building complex

B．show the low energy efficiency of the historic buildings

C．illustrate the delicate features that Bath’s buildings share

D．challenge the validity and credibility of the A-G scale

3. Why was Joanna Wright removed from her position?

A．She proposed the North Road not be accessible to the public.

B．She failed to solve the conflict between transport and heritage.

C．She stood right in the way of the heritage preservation efforts.

D．She struggled to get authorized to dig up those old pavements.

4. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Wera Hobhouse keeps a balance between public benefit and heritage protection.

B．Traditional buildings in Bath are not available to visitors not having permits.

C．Bath has been setting the pace for the construction of a carbon-neutral city.

D．Local people in Bath used to favor heritage conservation over sustainability.

5 . It is well established that eating vegetables is good for us. Why, then, do some people like them but others don’t? A new study has found that other people’s likes and dislikes could play a part. According to the research, people who eat vegetables and show an obvious distaste for them can influence others.

A team of scientists in the UK set out to investigate how the facial expressions people make as they eat affect a person watching them. They asked more than 200 young women to watch videos of other adults eating raw broccoli. The people in the videos had different expressions while eating. They would smile, seem neutral (neither happy nor sad), or look disgusted by what they were tasting.

The study found that participants who watched someone else react with disgust while eating broccoli began to like broccoli less. The opposite was not true, however. When someone had a positive facial expression while eating broccoli, people watching them did not end up liking broccoli more.

Humans learn which behaviors, including eating, will benefit them by watching the reactions of others. Known as social modeling, this tendency can have a strong influence on people’s eating habits. Scientists believe that people might avoid food that appears disgusting because it could help protect them from eating something that tastes bad or could even be dangerous.

Although the research focused only on adults, experts think the results could also apply to children. This means that if children see their parents or siblings not enjoying certain foods, including vegetables, they might not want to eat them either. A previous study found that children between the ages of 4 and 6 were more likely to eat broccoli if they had seen video clips of adults enjoying it.

The team said further research is needed to understand more about how the behavior of adults influences children’s enjoyment of food. This could help experts find ways to encourage young people to eat more of the foods that are healthy for them.

1. What was the purpose of the UK scientists’ study?

A．Assess young women’s eating habits.

B．Examine the effect of raw broccoli on people.

C．Study the impact of diners’ expressions on viewers.

D．Investigate facial expressions during eating.

2. What does “social modeling” in paragraph 4 refer to in the text?

A．Correcting others’ behaviors.	B．Learning beneficial behaviors from observing others.
C．Developing others’ eating habits.	D．Socializing one’s behaviors by learning from others.

3. According to the text, what is the likely reason that children refuse to eat vegetables?

A．Influence of family members.	B．Impact of friends.
C．Personal taste preferences.	D．Unpleasant taste of vegetables.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Developing Good Habits: The Importance of Modeling.

B．Impacting Food Preferences: The Power of Eating Habits.

C．Encouraging Vegetable Consumption: The Importance of Healthy Eating.

D．Influencing Food Choices: The Power of Facial Reactions.

6 . Parents, they are here to clothe us, feed us and, embarrass us. Sixteen is a _______ ripe age for embarrassment and poor Rain Price of Utah was no _______ . It was the beginning of his high school year and his first time to _______ the bus. So it was really embarrassing when his dad Dale _______ him off. After school, he _______ his mom Rochelle to stop Dale from doing it again. Guess who overheard?

To Rain’s _______, not only did the father decide to go on waving his son goodbye, _______ he decided to send him off dressed in costume. But this wasn’t a one-time _______.

Dale dressed up in different clothes every _______ day for 170 straight school days, “When he did it the first day, I was in shock. You don’t want to see your dad dressing up in a wedding dress, waving at you on the ________.” Rain told the Metro, to which his dad ________, “I hope this lives with him for the rest of his life.” Dale made his ________ goodbye on and on, from the Little Mermaid to the Wonder Woman.

Dale became ________ as the “Wave At The Bus Dad’’, coming out in the most strange and funny costumes and never repeating the same ________. He said he only spent around $50 the whole year and relied on friends and neighbors to ________ him costume and other materials. So the family could share the incidents with the rest of the world. Rochelle created a blog to document all the costumes.

Rain is now all grown up at 19. He still remembered Dale as a blushing bride. “In the end, it was just fun. I was laughing on the bus the whole way. I am proud of him.”

1.

A．hopefully

B．slightly

C．particularly

D．quietly

2.

A．use

B．way

C．excuse

D．exception

3.

A．ride

B．see

C．follow

D．choose

4.

A．kissed

B．waved

C．hugged

D．chased

5.

A．ordered

B．begged

C．advised

D．persuaded

6.

A．joy

B．sorrow

C．relief

D．disappointment

7.

A．and

B．but

C．so

D．while

8.

A．event

B．incident

C．accident

D．affair

9.

A．other

B．busy

C．single

D．happy

10.

A．bus

B．bike

C．subway

D．train

11.

A．stuck

B．objected

C．responded

D．adapted

12.

A．special

B．beautiful

C．considerate

D．valuable

13.

A．regarded

B．treated

C．scolded

D．known

14.

A．time

B．look

C．place

D．location

15.

A．hand

B．show

C．lend

D．award

7 . A huge fire broke out (爆发) on 2 September 1666 in London. The fire, known as the Great Fire of London, was the worst fire in the history of London. It burned down (烧毁) more than three quarters of the old city.

The fire started in the very early hours of Sunday morning in the house of the king’s baker. A strong wind blew the fire from the baker’s house into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.

At that time, most of the buildings in London were made of wood, so it was easy for the fire to spread quickly. By eight o’clock, three hundred houses were on fire. By Monday, nearly a kilometre of the city was burning along the Thames River. On Tuesday, which was considered the worst day, the fire destroyed many well-known buildings, including the old St Paul’s Cathedral.

The fire burned until finally hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire were destroyed to create a firebreak. The fire then died out eventually with nothing left to burn.

1. Why is the fire of 1666 called the Great Fire of London?

A．The fire broke out in the capital of England.

B．People in England will never forget the fire.

C．The fire was the worst fire in the history of London.

D．The fire spread fast into Thames Street.

2. Where did the fire break out?

A．In Thames Street.	B．In the house of the king’s baker.
C．In the house of the baker’s neighbour.	D．In St Paul’s Cathedral.

3. Why did the fire spread quickly?

A．Most of the buildings in London were wooden.

B．It broke out on a Sunday morning.

C．A hotel was next to the baker’s house.

D．It started in a baker’s house.

4. What is the meaning of the underlined word?

A．a bell or other device that gives people warning of a fire in a building

B．a bright ball of fire, especially one at the centre of an explosion

C．a special vehicle that carries equipment for fighting large fires.

D．a thing that stops a fire from spreading, for example a strip of land that has been cleared .

8 . 假定你是李华，你想邀请留学生好友汤姆一起参观京剧艺术展。请你给他写一份邮件，内容包括：1. 展览的时间、地点 2. 展览内容
注意：词数80词左右。注意：（1）写作词数应为80左右；（2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
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Yours,

Li Hua

9 . 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。

Nearly a week passed     1     the girl was able to explain     2     had happened to her. One afternoon she set out     3     the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat     4     (strike) a rock and the girl jumped into the sea. Then she swam to the shore after     5     (spend) the whole night in the water. During that time she covered     6     distance of eight miles. Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She     7     (sure) knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the     8     (cliff).     9     arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. That was all she remembered. When she woke up a day later, she found    10     (her) in hospital.