| A．Wildlife. | B．A project. | C．Task time. |
2 . To many web-building spiders, most of whom are nearly blind, the web is their essential window on the world: their means of communicating, capturing prey (猎物), meeting mates and protecting themselves. A web-building spider without its web is like a man cast away on an island of solid rock, totally out of touch and destined to starve to death.
So important is the web to an orb-web spider’s survival that the animal will continue to construct new webs daily even if it is being starved. For 16 days the hungry spider builds completely normal webs. Then, as the animal gets thinner, it constructs a wider-meshed web using fewer strands (线). Such webs would only trap larger prey, which is more economical from the perspective of a starving spider.
The spider stores energy by recycling web protein. It simply eats its own web each evening and re-uses it to produce new silk. In the following studies, it was found that 95 percent of web protein reappears in the next day’s web. Most of the energy needed for web-building is used in walking over the strands as they are laid down.
Scientists are impressed by the spider’s highly preprogrammed brain, which is larger for its size than the brain of any other invertebrate (无脊椎动物). If web-building is interrupted, or if some of the existing strands are destroyed, the spider simply goes back to see where the web is left off and then finished building a normal web. One spider will even finish building the incomplete web of another.
1. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?| A．Web-building spiders have good eyesight. |
| B．One web-building spider usually conducts one web. |
| C．Most spiders will stop conducting webs when hungry. |
| D．Web-building spiders will probably die without their webs. |
| A．it is 16 days old | B．it has fewer strands |
| C．it is getting weaker | D．it hunts for food |
| A．it uses web protein to reproduce silk |
| B．it has a highly preprogrammed brain |
| C．the web is almost everything for a spider |
| D．it is able to rebuild a completely destroyed web |
| A．Keys to Spiders’ Adaptability | B．Web-building Spiders’ Life Secrets |
| C．Importance of Webs to Spiders | D．Spiders’ Highly Preprogrammed Brain |
1. What might ladybugs do?
| A．Bite humans. | B．Eat harmful insects. | C．Carry diseases. |
| A．She will get married soon. |
| B．She will become rich. |
| C．She will have many children. |
| A．To bring good luck. | B．To do some research. | C．To kill the insects. |
1. When did Goldy come to the woman’s house?
| A．About 3 days ago. | B．About 7 months ago. | C．About 7 years ago. |
| A．Her feet are golden. | B．She hurt some birds. | C．She likes pursuing birds outside. |
| A．Go to get a dog. | B．Take a walk with Goldy. | C．Take Goldy to the pet shop. |
5 . Sophie became friends with the gray squirrels during her first week at Penn State, after spotting them running around and wondering what they would look like with tiny hats on their heads. Today, everyone at the university knows her as the “Squirrel Girl”.
Sophie tried bringing them food, and gradually they began to trust her. She managed to put a hat on a squirrel and take a picture. Thinking that her colleagues could do with something to lift their spirits, she started posting similar photos on Facebook. The response was greatly positive, and before long Sophie and her squirrels became an Internet sensation.
Growing up in a neighborhood outside of State College, Sophie was always fond of birds and animals around her home, but she didn't interact with people very much. She was later diagnosed (诊断) with Asperger's syndrome, but the squirrels changed that. “The squirrels help me break the ice, because I'll be sitting here patting a squirrel and other people will come over and well just start like feeding the squirrels together and chatting about them,” she said, “I am a lot more outgoing.”
And in case you're wondering how Sophie is able to get the squirrels to do what she wants for her photos, it has a lot to do with food. For example, whenever she wants them to hold or play with something, she puts peanut butter on the prop (道具), and they'll grab it. In the beginning, she would throw peanuts up the trees on campus and invite the squirrels to come down and get them, but they hesitated to approach her. She had the patience to earn their trust, though.
This year, Sophie is graduating with a degree in English and wildlife sciences. She wants to be a science writer and educate people on how to preserve the environment. As for her furry friends, Sophie plans to stay in the area and visit them as often as she can.
1. What does the underlined word “sensation” in paragraph 2 mean?| A．Event. | B．Hit. | C．Service. | D．Addiction. |
| A．She got lots of friends due to squirrels. |
| B．She used to be a popular girl in her childhood. |
| C．She lived in the far countryside when young. |
| D．She was more outgoing than before. |
| A．By attracting them with food. | B．By putting them in cages. |
| C．By playing music to them. | D．By dressing like squirrels. |
| A．Tolerant and capable. | B．Sociable and aggressive. |
| C．Patient and caring. | D．Indifferent and appreciative. |
6 . The other day a big, ugly, black bat found its way to my bathroom. I am what is known as “the man of the house”, so it was my
Being a man does not
As I came towards the frightening bat, I
My wife
| A．action | B．job | C．character | D．decision |
| A．awful | B．lovely | C．magical | D．intelligent |
| A．determine | B．prove | C．explain | D．change |
| A．afraid | B．fond | C．tired | D．ashamed |
| A．interested | B．trapped | C．involved | D．absorbed |
| A．admit | B．expect | C．pretend | D．confirm |
| A．difficult | B．lucky | C．small | D．visible |
| A．forbids | B．thinks | C．predicts | D．refuses |
| A．anxiety | B．promise | C．freedom | D．talent |
| A．concluded | B．showed | C．doubted | D．wondered |
| A．surprisingly | B．accidentally | C．slowly | D．violently |
| A．car | B．engine | C．door | D．window |
| A．pleased | B．shocked | C．embarrassed | D．amused |
| A．friend | B．master | C．champion | D．hero |
| A．escaped | B．stopped | C．continued | D．forgot |
7 . The idea of biting into a hamburger made from insets may take a little getting used to. But even if the thought of eating insects turns your stomach now, they could and should form an important part of our diet.
“Insects are a rally important missing piece of the food system,” says Peter Alexander, a senior researcher in food security at the University of Edinburgh. “They are undoubtedly a superfood - a whole lot of nutrition in a really small package.” Because of this, farmed insects could help deal with two of the world's biggest problems at once: food insecurity and the climate change.
Agriculture is the biggest driver of global biodiversity loss and a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions （排放）. Raising animals accounts for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Insect farming uses a small part of the land, energy and water required for traditional farming, and has a significantly lower carbon footprint.
Then there's the fact that insects are 12 to 25 times more productive at changing their food into protein （蛋白质） than animals. They need six times less feed than cattle, four times less than sheep and two times less than pigs. One of the main reasons is that insects are cold-blooded and therefore waste less energy keeping their body heat.
As well as saving energy, insects can live off food that would otherwise be thrown away, contributing to the recycling industry. Insects can be fed agricultural waste. To complete the recycling chain, their excrement can be used to make crops grow fast and large and improve soil.
“At the end of the day, you might have the healthiest, most nutritional, and most sustainable（可持续的） product, but unless it tastes nice so that people are willing to accept it, it may be a lot more difficult to get that across,” says Peter.
1. What could be an immediate benefit of farmed insects?| A．Reducing traditional farming. | B．Helping fight climate change. |
| C．Getting rid of food insecurity. | D．Improving global biodiversity. |
| A．They eat food with high protein. | B．They have a special type of blood. |
| C．They digest food better than animals. | D．They require less energy to stay warm. |
| A．Waste. | B．Food. |
| C．Meat. | D．Nutrition. |
| A．A Solution to World Food Insecurity |
| B．What to Do to Solve Climate Change |
| C．Why We Should Quit Animal Raising |
| D．An Overlooked Protein-Rich Superfood |
8 . It was our first evening dog-sitting while our teenage daughter Rochelle was on vacation for two weeks. Louie searched the entire house for his “mommy”. Then, that disappointed but determined puppy （小狗） developed a plan.
While my husband Paul and I were watching TV, we heard loud noises. Something heavy was being dragged down the stairs. I looked around and saw this six-month-old puppy laboriously dragging his large, hard-sided carrier down the stairs. The next moment saw him drag his possessions one by one, first his blanket, and then his bowl, bone, ball and sweater. The project took most of the evening but Louie showed no sign of tiredness at all.
After packing all the items into the carrier, he attempted to jump inside. Once inside, he got the zipper between his teeth and, with all the strength, he pulled the zipper closed. Then he lay down and went to sleep in it throughout the night. The message was abundantly clear. He wanted to go see his “mommy”. He had seen her pack her suitcase and go away for her vacation. He must do the same so he could find her. When I unzipped his carrier in the morning, Louie was excited, but his “mommy” was nowhere to be seen.
The puppy surprised us with new undertakings every day. His absolutely favorite activity was going for a car ride. The possibility of stopping at McDonald's was his consideration. But one day, my husband didn't stop at McDonald's. He left Louie in the car with the window slightly open while he went to a drugstore. Louie managed to jump out of the window. He walked two blocks and found Paul, walking around him as if saying, “Can we go to have fried chicken now?”
Louie is an old gray-haired dog now, but he is still up to his old, and new, tricks.
1. Why didn't Louie show any sign of tiredness?| A．He was eager to see Rochelle. | B．He could drag the carrier easily. |
| C．He wanted to delight Paul and me. | D．He enjoyed searching the house. |
| A．He did that as trained. | B．He used his strong teeth. |
| C．He followed his owner. | D．He employed all his strength. |
| A．He could play at McDonald's. |
| B．He could have his favorite food. |
| C．He could walk through the blocks freely. |
| D．He could accompany Paul to the drugstore. |
| A．Clever and well-trained. | B．Brave and proud. |
| C．Strong-minded and smart. | D．Faithful and quiet. |
One morning, my family and I woke up and went to eat breakfast——until we heard barking and scratching at the door. When my mom opened the door, we saw a puppy(小狗). We looked around to see if we saw its owner, but there was no one. We took it inside and fed it.
Regardless of how badly I wanted to keep the puppy, we decided to look for the owner. We looked all day, but we failed. We talked about whether we should keep looking or if we should look the next day. We all agreed to look for its owner the next day.
So, the next day my family and I looked for the dog's owner. It was so hard looking for its owner. We were looking for flyers(传单)that involved the puppy, but no luck. We wouldn't have quit because it's a puppy.
“We won't stop looking,” my mom and dad said. We were going to take care of the puppy until we found its owner.
When we woke up in the morning, we went to a pet shop to buy the puppy some dog food. After that we went back home to feed the puppy the dog food that we had just bought. After we fed the puppy, we gave it a nice bath. It was so dirty that the fur was black and sticky, but after we gave it a bath, it turned white.And I noticed there was a collar (狗项圈)on him, which said “Coby”. After we gave him a bath, we went to look for the p uppy's owner, but my mom stayed at home, and it was only my dad and me this time.
We continued looking more and more until we found flyers. “We looked at it.”it said.
“Lost Dog: Please Help if Found.” Then we looked at the picture;it looked exactly like Coby. We were all happy we found a flyer that was for Cody.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；2.请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
There was a phone number on the flyer.
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We found the lady’s house, and then we knocked on the door.
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10 . Now Sea World on the Gold Coast is the only dolphin park in Australia to continue keeping dolphins in captivity. This wouldn't have been possible without thousands of warm-hearted supporters being a voice for dolphins protection over many years.
In August last year, Ben Pearson, our head of campaigns in Australia and New Zealand, appeared before the NSW upper house inquiry into the use wild animals for entertainment to put forward our case for ban on captive Dolphin breeding in the state. “If a dolphin were bred today, it may still be alive in 2070. This regulation frees future dolphins from being kept in lockdown at a time when the public acceptability of keeping dolphins in captivity for entertainment is declining. As the tide turns against using marine mammals in captivity for entertainment, conversation about what will happen to the dolphins at Sea World needs to start now. First step is a ban on further breeding,” Ben Pearson said.
Major travel brands including Tripadvisor and Booking. com have already committed to stop selling tickets to dolphin shows and encounters. As well as these great changes for dolphins from the travel industry, Canada recently passed a ban on keeping dolphins and whales for entertainment. This is part of a global movement towards better treatment of these wild animals, which includes the nations of Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, India, Luxembourg, Norway, Switzerland, and the UK.
Dolphins are magnificent, intelligent animals. They belong in the wild and should not be bred in captivity for entertainment. In their natural environment, dolphins swim freely in 100 square kilometres of ocean, sometimes more, but the average dolphin in captivity has a fraction of that space. Together, we can make this the last generation of dolphins in captivity.
1. What makes Sea World on the Gold Coast the only dolphin park?| A．Dolphins take too long a time to feed. |
| B．People's awareness of protecting dolphins. |
| C．Sea World on the Gold Coast has enough money. |
| D．Dolphins in Sea World on the Gold Coast like people's voice. |
| A．Wave. | B．Support. | C．Opinion. | D．Doubt. |
| A．More parks for dolphins will be built. | B．More dolphins will be kept in parks. |
| C．Wild animals will live a better life. | D．More countries will feed wild animals. |
| A．Make Dolphins Live Freely | B．Protect Sea World on the Gold Coast |
| C．Change the Ways of Entertainment | D．Prevent People from Feeding Animals |
